Negroes start boycott of white firms in Orangeburg drive
In Orangeburg, South Carolina area, a large Negro assembly voted to boycott white-owned businesses after recent racial violence that left three dead. National guardsmen remained on duty as dusk to dawn curfews continued and demands were sent to the governor and city council.
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Orangeburg
D. C
Negro College
I. D. Newman
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Trinity Methodist Church
Columbia
Robert McNair
Thant Meets With Soviets On Vietnam
Thant met with Brezhnev Kosygin and Podgorny in Moscow to discuss Vietnam while Tass and Pravda pushed for peace talks on Hanoi's terms. Minh met Podgorny as Thant left and warned of the liberation struggle advancing.
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Moscow
UPI
United Nations
Thant
Vietnam
Kremlin
United States
Hanoi
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Alexei Kosygin
Nikolai Podgorny
London
Kosygin
New Delhi
Brezhnev
Podgor
Minh
Podgorny
Pravda
North Vietnam
U.S
Arthur Goldberg
Maryland Teachers Back After Nine Day Strike
In Montgomery County Maryland classes resumed Monday following a nine day teacher strike over higher pay. Officials reported attendance near normal for mid February as both teachers and students returned to schools.
Johnson Fills Treasury Post
President Johnson promotes Joseph Bowman Jr a 36 year old tax legislation specialist to assistant secretary of the treasury. Bowman will be nominated to succeed True Davis who resigned January 15 and will remain the treasury congressional liaison and supervisor of customs and engraving and printing operations.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Joseph Bowman
the Treasury
Bowman
True Davis
Treasury
Fowler
Congress
White House
Customs Bureau
Bureau
Sues Supreme Court To Clean Its Back Yard
Robert Schramm aide to Sen. Herman Talmadge sues the Supreme Court seeking a declaratory judgment and injunction to clean vacant lots behind the court building. He cites litter beer cans rags newspapers and graves of dead cats near his home as a nuisance and accuses court officials of acting arbitrarily.
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Supreme Court
Washington
UPI
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Robert Schramm
Talmadge
Schramm
NFO Extends Hold Action To Livestock
Des Moines AP The National Farmers Organization extends its grain market action to livestock seeking higher prices. Oren Staley says members in 45 states will contract only with processors who pay 26 to 32 cents for cattle 19 to 23 for hogs and 23 to 29 for sheep. The withholding aims to align hog cattle and sheep prices with grain market gains. The move mirrors the Jan 11 grain embargo and could last up to 43 days.
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National Farmers Organization
Orent Lee Staley
NFO
Staley
Robbers Do Too Thorough a Job
In Salt Lake City two masked men robbed Chuck McKenzie 20 during a night deposit of 1700 dollars. The wallet or sack burst and landed on the bank roof as the men fled. McKenzie was startled but uninjured.
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Salt Lake City
Chuck McKenzie
McKenzie
Statesman and politician think about the state
A witty reflection contrasts a statesman who sees himself as part of the state with a politician who claims ownership of the state, highlighting the difference in mindset.
Johnson Urges Talks on Curbing Missile Race
President Johnson urged immediate talks with the Soviet Union to curb the missile race. He noted Soviet willingness in principle and praised a draft treaty to halt nuclear spread. U.S. and Russia discussed limiting offensive and defensive missiles and ABM defenses amid global tensions.
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Johnson
Washington
UPI
United States
Soviet Union
Congress
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Kremlin
U.S
Moscow
Reds Claim Second Bucher Confession
Tokyo broadcast claims North Korea aired what it called the second confession by Cmdr. Lloyd Bucher of the Pueblo taken Jan 23 with 83 crew. The text, monitored in Tokyo, details the Pueblo mission and other naval intelligence work in the Sea of Japan and is said to be in flawless English unlike the first alleged confession.
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Tokyo
UPI
North Korea
Cmdr
Lloyd Bucher
Pueblo
Sea of Japan
Korea
Bucher
Japanese Will Work in Harlem in New York
Tokyo AP reports Hiroshi Uemura a Japanese writer and social worker announced a program to send 10 Japanese students to New York in July for about six months of Harlem social work. The effort aims to deepen cross cultural learning and aid local communities.
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Tokyo
Hiroshi, Uemura
New York
Harlem
Garbage Pact Widens Rocky Lindsay Rift
New York City faced a growing rift between Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and Mayor John Lindsay as Rockefeller moved to place 10 000 sanitation workers under state control to end an illegal strike. The plan drew sharp retreating lines over home rule and who would pay salaries while a three day delay was sought to allow talks with the sanitation union.
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New York City
Nelson Rockefeller
John Lindsay
Rockefeller
Assn
Lindsay
Lindsay - Rockefeller
Sanitation Department
National Guard
Union
Sanitation Union
Cedar Rapids Marine Curtis Snitker Killed in Vietnam
Cedar Rapids mourns Corporal Curtis Dean Snitker killed on patrol near Thua Thien Feb 1 in Vietnam. Born 1948 in Waukon, he served two years in the Marines and attended Washington High School. Survived by parents, four brothers, three sisters, and grandparents. Services pending.
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Curtis Dean Snitker
Vietnam
Benjie A. Snitker
Fiftieth Street
Cpl. Snitker
Thua Thien
Marines
Waukon
Washington High School
Carl
Douglas
Jerry
Rodney
Connie Mae
Michele Kay
Kimberly Ann
Jall
Cedar Rapids
Maude O'Hare
Elmer Snitker
Turner ‘Chapel East
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Marines Enter Hue Citadel in New Assault Fight
U S forces launch fresh attack on Hue Citadel as Marine reinforcements enter the walled fortress for the first time in the two week battle. South Vietnamese troops push Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces toward a corner of the Citadel amid ongoing fighting in Saigon and suburbs.
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Saigon
Hue
U.S
Jan. Ai
Citadel
Perfume
Imperial
Phan van Khoa
Tan Son Nhut Air Base
Fire in Hong Kong tenement kills 18, injures eight
A blaze swept a five story tenement in Hong Kong on Monday killing at least 18 and wounding eight others. Firefighters battled the flames through the night as residents escaped the building.
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Hong Kong
Not Ready for the Money Says Burnt Hills Millionaire Bum
Clint Wescott 51, living in a downtown lot with friends, refused 19219 from a 1961 foreclosure of a Burnt Hills gas station near Schenectady. He says he has 44 cents and prefers a simple life with no taxes or work, planning to go straight only when ready. The money remains in two bank accounts awaiting delivery by a New York law firm.
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Los Angeles
Clint Wescott
Wescott
Jack
Burnt Hills
N. Y
Schenectady
New York Supreme Court
John Brown
Brown
Los Angeles Times
Clinton
Wes
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