Miami Beach Council shelves SCLC request for poor people city
The Miami Beach City Council shelved a plan by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to establish a "poor people’s city" at Flamingo Park for about 500 attendees during the July Democratic convention. Rev. Ralph Abernathy urged a nonviolent witness, while council actions included empowering a police chief to declare emergencies and curfews, and approving riot control measures amid protests.
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Miami Beach
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Ralph David Abernathy
SCLC
Flamingo Park
Resurrection City II
Party of the People
Clifford O’key
Abernathy
America
Rocky Pomerance
Legislator Cites Discrimination Through Practice
State Rep. Joan Lipsky addressed Iowa gender bias citing laws and practices that favor men. She cited credit, loan and guardianship barriers facing women at a Cedar Rapids meeting of the American Business Women's Assn held Wednesday at the Montrose hotel.
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Joan Lipsky
R-C.r
Cedar Rapids
American Business Women’s Assn
Montrose Hotel
Mrs. Lipsky
World Seed Spitting Match Set for July 8
Neosho Missouri receives official sanction for a world championship watermelon seed spitting contest on July 8. Jim Morris news director of KBTN radio announced the event approval by Frank Spencer editor of the local paper.
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Pawhuska Journal Capital
Pawhuska
Okla
International Seed-Spitting Institution, Ltd
Spencer
Missouri
Oklahoma
Dale Blaylock
Paul’s Valley
Neosho
Jim Morris
Kbtn Radio
Frank Spencer
Delta Queen Strikes Pier In Fog Then Rides To Repairs
The Delta Queen sternwheel boat struck a bridge pier on the Ohio River near Madison Indiana tearing a hole above the waterline. It headed to Jeffersonville for repairs after ramming Scuttlebutt harbor dock and going aground. No injuries reported.
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Madison
Ind
Ohio River
Jeffersonville
Milton
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Tacon
RCA
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