Strong Demands By Committee For Poor People
The Poor People's Campaign led by Rev. Ralph Abernathy outlines demands to the Department of Agriculture including ending subsidies to large farmers, supporting farm workers’ bargaining rights, and making food stamps free for the very poor. Organizers plan a multi day camp in Washington with aims of guaranteed income housing and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Ralph Abernathy
Orville L. Freeman
Department
Treasury Department
Capitol Hill
A Glance At Politics A P Summary Of Campaign News
The Democrats Kennedy and McCarthy enter the final week of campaigning in Indiana ahead of the May 7 primary. Humphrey attacks Kennedy over Vietnam policy, calling him opposed to further escalation. On the Republican side Rockefeller is expected to announce candidacy possibly before May 16.
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Associated Press
Robert F. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Indiana
Hubert H. Humphrey
Kennedy
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Intercepted Letter Questions How to Use Extra Daylight Time
An intercepted letter addresses Cha. about solving the issue of what to do with the extra daylight time. The note questions practical adjustments and daily plans in the light of longer days.
Rockefeller to announce political plans Tuesday in Albany
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller will hold a 11 a.m. news conference in the Red Room to reveal his political plans. Reports indicate he may declare candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination amid a Cedar Rapids trip with a full press corps.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Leslie Slote
Slote
Rockefeller
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Red Room
Three Kansans Die In Weekend Traffic Crashes
Three people died in separate Kansas crashes over the weekend. Thomas L. Sinclair, 19, of Jetmore, perished in a one car wreck five miles east of Jetmore on U S 156 Sunday. Linda Douglas, 21, of Oberlin, died in Topeka after her car left 12th and Edison and overturned. two Forbes Air Base airmen were injured. Beatrice E. Gordon, 43, of Wichita, died from injuries after being struck by a pickup driven by Roy L. Nash, 41, in a Wichita intersection.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Thomas L. Sinclair
Jetmore
U.S
Topeka
Linda Douglas
J. L. Douglas
Oberlin
Forbes Air Base
12Th
Edison
Beatrice E. Gordon
Wichita
Docking Calls for More Exports
Gov. Robert Docking urged expanding exports to ease the U.S. balance of payments at the Mississippi Valley World Trade Conference in New Orleans. He cited Kansas exports and called for an aggressive program including information channels for firms, while warning against import quotas and stressing agriculture as a major export.
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New Orleans
Robert Docking
Kansas
U.S
Docking
Kansas State
George Meeker
Gardens City
National Association of Wheat Growers
Odd Happenings Reported Discovered to Be Routine
A light flashing on Safari golf course at Santa Fe Park led officers to find a caretaker in a golf cart inspecting water outlets. A bicycle dumped by a passerby was found to belong to a boy who rode it to the dump. A 13 year old boy reported missing was later found at home asleep.
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Santa Fe Park
Highway Patrol
Blockade Ends Protest at Columbia as Impatient Students Move In
An impatient faction of Columbia University students formed a Majority Coalition and blocked Low Memorial Library to end the week long sit in. About 200 protesters faced a cut off of food and medical supplies as the campus entered its seventh morning of disruption with red flags atop two buildings and makeshift bivouac areas.
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New York
Columbia University
Majority Coalition
Low Memorial Library
Columbia
Four U.S. Scientists Plan Sixty Days on Ocean Floor
Four Interior Department scientists will endure a 60 day undersea mission called Operation Tektite 1. The study, conducted with Navy NASA and Interior, probes marine science and human isolation as training for future space travel. A GE built twin chamber habitat will sit 50 feet deep in Virgin Islands National Park near St John, with surface voice links and mixed oxygen nitrogen air.
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Valley Forge
U.S
Navy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Interior Department
General Electric
Lameshur Bay
Virgin Islands National Park
St. John Island
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Topeka for 48 Hours
Topeka traffic death log shows 161 fatalities for a 1967 48 hour period ending at 9 a.m. The comparable period in 1967 is noted, highlighting a high casualty rate in the state’s roadways.
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Topeka
Kansas
North Vietnam Replies on Peace Talks Site in Laos
U S officials report North Vietnam reacted to 15 proposed sites for preliminary peace talks but no site agreement exists. Sessions were held in Vientiane Laos on Saturday and Sunday, with Washington noting no agenda discussion yet and unclear Vietnamese response.
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Washington
North Vietnam
Laos
U.S
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Vientiane
United States
Hanoi
Weather forecast for Kansas into Tuesday
Area forecast calls for generally fair and warmer weather through Tuesday. Low tonight in the upper 40s with a high around 80 Tuesday. Kansas forecast notes warmer conditions in western and north central areas with highs 70 to 75, overnight lows from 34 at Abilene to 43 at Chanute and Dodge City.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Abilene
Ft. Riley
Chanute
Dodge City
Virus Strikes Air Force Academy Forces Closure Warned
An unidentified virus sickened cadets at the Air Force Academy in Colorado causing class suspensions and about 500 treated for throat infections. Roughly 60 cadets reported sore throats vomiting and diarrhea while none were in danger. A gym ward isolates patients and area public schools closed as a precaution.
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AIR Force Academy
Colo
Academy Hospital
Academy Area
Howard Dunning
Real Paydirt Hit By Big U.S. Force In A Shau Valley
AP report on a 10 day offensive in the A Shau Valley with U S troops landing April 19 in helicopters from the 1st Air Cavalry Division. Despite heavy anti air fire, casualties were light in three days with 50 NVA and 20 Americans killed. Tolson calls the operation highly successful and notes key terrain held.
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Saigon
A Shau
U.S
Gen
Tolson
Cause Of Prison Rioting In El Reno Federal Reformatory
El Reno Oklahoma AP. Prison officials and the FBI continued work to determine the cause of a Saturday night riot by 250 to 300 inmates at the El Reno Federal Reformatory. Three guards and five inmates were hospitalized, with damage estimated at 10 000 to 15 000 dollars as guards ringed the prison and extra patrols arrived.
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EL Reno
Okla
FBI
el Reno Federal Reformatory
Iot
Noah L. Alldredge
Youth Held After 5 Killed in Mattoon Farm Slayings
Police hold 18 year old Thomas Charles Fuller in Coles County jail without bond for a preliminary hearing Tuesday on charges stemming from the murder of five Cox children aged 16 to 5 near Mattoon. He reported dating the teenage daughter Louise 16 who was at home and unharmed. The five victims were found shot in the head and two girls also battered. Fuller was arrested near Eastern Illinois University about 13 hours after the murders. The couple’s mother and eldest daughter had taken another child to Mattoon for treatment of a burn. Mattoon, Illinois, population about 20 000, is in east central Illinois.
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Abernathy
Washington
SCLC
Congress
King
Charleston
Ill
Thomas Charles Fuller
Coles County
Eastern Illinois University
William Cox
Mattoon
Jess Caudill
Lewis
Theresa
Mary Catharine
Gary
Kenneth
Louise
Fuller
Cox
Christine Cline
Chicago
Cline
Car Accident Causes $1,000 Damage at Earlton
A 1966 Chevrolet station wagon driven by Josephine A. McKean, 50, of Kansas City, sustained about $1,000 damage in a crash at Earlton yesterday about 5:56 p.m. The vehicle, approaching from the south, missed the US 169 curve by the Santa Fe railroad crossing and struck a pole crossarm. No injuries were reported.
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Josephine A. McKean
Kansas City
Highway Patrol
Earlton
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U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
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