Peace Symposium Opens At St Francis College
Six changing pictures flickered in the gym as four professors debated "What is Peace" during the opening night of St Francis College Peace Symposium. Dr Ahsan Nimbark of Adelphi urged questioning beyond slogans while Dr Robert Lifton of Yale warned of nuclear numbing and the cult of nuclear weapons as the crowd listened.
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Peg Hendrick
St. Francis College
Ashakant Nimbark
Adelphi College
New York
Richard J. Spath
St. Francis
North Korea
United States
St. Francis of Assisi
Nimbark
Corporation
Dr. Nimbark
Hiroshima
Robert Jay Lifton
Association
Yale
William Lawrence
Lifton
Irving L. Horo
Peace Talks Begin Amid Arrangements Dispute
Paris AP United States and North Vietnamese delegations opened the Paris conference with a focus on procedural details. Cyrus Vance and Ha Van Lau led the initial talks while Harriman and Xuan Thuy remained in the background. American officials reported disappointment that substantive talks did not start today.
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Paris
Cyrus R. Vance
Col
Ha van Lau
International Conference Center
Southeast Asia
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
United States
North Vietnam
Harriman
Thuy
Kleber
Arc de Triomphe
Internatonal Conference Center
Czechoslovakia Sets Off On Liberal New Path
In Prague Old Town Square a 5000 crowd debates a government address as Novotny is ousted. Dubcek Cernik and Svoboda push liberal reforms lifting press bans. Citizens discuss Masaryk's legacy and Jan Masaryk death as the regime faces hard currency needs and a purge of conservatives.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Novotny
Karel Capek
Old Town Square
Antonin Novotny
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Oldrich Cernik
Ludvik Svoboda
Staliniet
Thomas Garrigue Masaryk
Jan
Vaclavske Namesti
Jan Masaryk
Moscow
Chuckle Money Talks No More Sneaks Away
A lighthearted item notes that Chuckle Money used to talk but now quietly slips away when unobserved, a playful jab at vanished coin chatter and the whimsy of everyday life.
Republicans Open State Convention in Bangor
AP reports U S Sen Howard Baker Jr opening Maine Republican State Convention warns America in its gravest crisis since the Civil War. He says GOP must elect leaders to repair eight years of Democratic rule and avert further chaos. Other speaker includes Gladys O Donnell of the National Federation of Republican Women.
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Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Gladys O'Donnell
National Federation of Republican Women
Baker
GOP
Johnson-Humphrey
Maine
America
Freedom Fighter Stabbed in Boston During Poor People’s March
Joseph Mrot Mroz, a self styled Polish freedom fighter, was stabbed on his left side outside the Boston office of the SCLC as Poor People's March volunteers prepared to board buses. He was admitted to Boston City Hospital with a stab wound and placed on the danger list for X-rays. The group planned stops in Providence, R. I. after spending the night in Boston. Reverend Ralph Abernathy, SCLC leader, called the march possibly the last effort to address poverty issues.
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Boston
Joseph Mrot- Mroz
Boston City Hospital
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Washington Sound
Providence
Ralph Abernathy
SCLC
Memorial for King Study Prompts Debate in Atlanta
In Atlanta a memorial for Martin Luther King Jr prompts debate over symbolic vs practical tribute. Mrs. King urges actions like eradicating slums in his memory while donations pour in for a King Memorial Chapel at Morehouse College. Andrew Young envisions a center for peace race and poverty studies to advance the science of integration.
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Atlanta
Martin Luther King Jr
Young
King
Ter
World Action Center
Morehouse College
Hugh M. Gloster
More
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Lizzie Chapel Baptist Church
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
Memphis
Tenn
SCLC
Andrew Young
Kings
Associated Press
Savings Catalog Highlights Fashion Bargains At American Discount
A vintage sale flyer promotes Famous Brands with pay less pricing on items like panty hose nylon tricot slips and long coats. Reversible hooded jackets water repellent shoes and slippers are advertised alongside coats and suits near the post office area.
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