Poverty War shaping politics as OEO funds activists
The AP report details how Office of Economic Opportunity programs funded groups like People’s Action Group and Legal Services to organize the poor, challenge authorities, and drive political change in Newark and Camden, with broader effects on black political power and agency control.
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Office of Economic Opportunity
OFO
Michael J.sniffen
Associated Press
Newark
N.J
People’s Action Group
War On Poverty
City Hospital
Police Athletic League
Camden
Legal Services
Spiro T. Agnew
Office of the Economic Opportunity
OEO
Community Action Agency
Antipoverty
Agnew
Reagan
California Rural Legal Assistance
Chicago
U.S. General Accounting Office
Congress
City Hall
Lyndon Johnson
Budget Bureau
Peterson
Johnson
Nixon
Woodburn
Oregon
Oefo-Funded
Valley Migrant League
Oregon Council of the Poor
Hollis West
Knox County
Louie Nunn
West
Sar A. Levitan
George Washington University
Howard Phillips
Gerson Green
CEO
Two Arrested Charged DWI in Weekend DPS roundup
Two men were arrested by the Department of Public Safety over the weekend and charged with driving while intoxicated. Lee Virgil Davis of Childress pleaded guilty and was fined $100 plus $47 in court costs and 15 days in jail with probation. Fred Merrell Neal of Amarillo pleaded not guilty with bond set at $1,000.
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Department of Public Safety
Lee Virgil Davis
Childress
Fred Merrell Neal
Amarillo
Lions Clubs Reach One Million Members Worldwide
Bernard A. Gill of Virginia Beach was recognized as the one millionth member of Lions Clubs International during ceremonies at Oak Brook headquarters. Gill, 45, a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel and Viet Nam veteran, serves as executive director of the United Drug Abuse Council in Virginia and is a member of the Virginia Beach Oceana Lions Club.
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Oak Brook
Illinois
Bernard A
Barney” Gill
Virginia Beach
International Association of Lions Clubs
Lions
George Friedrichs
Annecy
France
Lions International
Association
Ill
Gill
Phil W. Sterker
Basalt
Colo
International Board of Directors
United Drug Abuse Council, Inc
Tidewater
Virginia
Nancy
Oceana Lions Club
Senator John Tower Proposes Tax Incentive for Health Worker Shortages
In a Senate bill Senator John Tower argues for tax relief to attract physicians dentists and optometrists to scarce rural and low income areas. He cites shortages nationwide and in Texas including 83 doctors in a West Texas eight county area and 42 counties with no dentist. The plan would exempt the first 20000 of adjusted gross income for five years for those who practice two years in a designated shortage area.
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Texas
Senate
Congress
San Angelo
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Tom Green
Concho
Irion County
United States
Hidalgo
Date Line Defines Start and End of Civil Day
The International Date Line marks the 180th meridian through the Pacific, separating one civil day from the next as it runs north to south.
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Pacific Ocean
Dust fall totals for major cities in a month
A monthly dust fall tally shows Detroit receiving about 72 tons per square mile while New York City gets 68 tons and Chicago 61. Pittsburgh records 46 tons Cincinnati 34 tons and the remaining city 33 tons.
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Detroit
New York City
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Moyers Journal Faces Suspense Over Public TV Support
Bill Moyers says public affairs series may not return to national air if CPB demands prescreening and if interconnection control is resolved. CPB cites money shortages and uncertain funding for four programs. Iselin of WNET remains hopeful Moyers’ journal returns this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Bill Moyers
Journal
Corporation For Public Broadcasting
Moyers
Lyndon B. Johnson
CPB
Public Broadcasting Service
Movers
United Mine Workers Union
Wnet-Tv
Ford Foundation
Congress
PBS
John Jay Iselin
WNET
Letitia Peltz Receives Panhellenic Spirit Award
Letitia Peltz a University of Tulsa education major received the Kappa Alpha Theta Panhellenic Spirit Award at the Panhellenic banquet on April 16. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth W Peitz of 2015 Denfield Lane Childress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Letitia Peltz
University of Tulsa
Kenneth W. Peitz
Denfield Ln
Classifieds Offerings and Notices From Los Angeles
Brief classifieds scan highlights listings and notices from Los Angeles with general merchandise, services, and small ads. The page showcases local commerce and community sightings typical of a metropolitan section.
Tuneful Items Across and Down Puzzle Clues
A crossword style list of clues including Across entries such as Shatter Close poet Light blow Termination Doctor of Divinity instants Indonesian island Period time Light browns Melody Secular Sunken fence Signal of distress Hindu river Harvest Island Down clues include Wiles Chamber Early center of Celtic Church fideles Paulo Spanish dish Not a single person two words
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Wiles
Celtic Church
Fideles
The Otter Pace and Antique Tax Rules Mentioned
The note states the otter is the fastest North American freshwater mammal and can swim long distances underwater. It also discusses a changed definition under customs laws where objects under 100 years old are taxable, with older works titled antiques.
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North America
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Lions Clubs
John Tower
BY Jay Sharbutt
AP Television
Ions
Los Angeles
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Parker
Associated Builders, Inc
Harvest
Island
John
Clio
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