Two Tell Senate Committee Story Of Ghetto Life At Urban Inquiry
In Harlem accents two men who met in jail told a Senate subcommittee about life in the ghetto, where crime is a war and convicts are prisoners of war. Arthur Dunmeyer and Claude Brown, author of Manchild in the Promised Land, described drugs, illegitimacy, and a system that links survival to crime.
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Senate Committee
Urban Inquiry
Washington
Harlem
Arthur Dunmeyer
Dunmeyer
Claude Brown
Senate
Brown
Ralph Bunche
Market Ends Upper Mixed Session Amid Pessimism
Analysts say grim mood overdone but economy not headed for recession. Trading surged to 10.89 million shares with blue chips dropping as Dow fell 13.53 to 767.03. US Steel, GM, RCA, Xerox and others posted sizable losses as volume neared a potential selling climax.
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Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis
New York Stock Exchange
Indicator Digest
Dow Jones
Associated Press
US Steel
General Motors
United Aircraft
RCA
Eastman Kodak
Xerox
United Air Lines
Shooting and standoff end with Murphy dead in Virginia Beach
Police in gas masks fired 21 tear gas grenades into a Chesapeake Bay area home where John Murphy was found dead by a sofa with a bullet wound. Earlier Murphy threatened relatives, then shot Kingsley King at Cavalier Beach Club before a police chase. by nightfall occupants described a night of gunfire and crossfire as officers moved in.
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Thomas Murphy
Virginia Beach
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Waukegan
Patrick Quilty
South Side
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Walter Riley
Labor groups eye Byrd vote at Virginia convention
Godwin lhan candidate opposing Sen Harry Byrd Jr plans to speak at the convention Tuesday while Labor leaders discuss endorsing Byrd. AFL-CIO officials weigh how much labor could swing the race and push voter registration. Inouye urged support for Byrd and praised Hawaii statehood ally Jennings, framing Byrd as a capable senator amid changing times. Virginia notes praise for low unemployment and few work stoppages.
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Harry F. Byrd Jr
Traylor
Byrd
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
Democrats
Afl-Cio
Sen
Young Byrd
Inouye
Rep
Jennings
Labor
Julian F. Carper
Committee On Political Education
COPE
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Virginia
Bankers warn of dislocations if rates keep climbing
The article notes criticism of Truman's policy from Rep. Randall D Mo Rep Burtis R Mo and Rep Jonas R NC plus comments by Bankers Association President Davis in Raleigh NC. Davis urged Congress to curb non war expenditures to curb inflationary pressures and warned rising interest rates could disrupt the economy.
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William J. Randall
D-Mo
Thomas Burtis
R-Mo
Charles R. Jonas
R-N.c. Bankers Association
Davis
Raleigh,n.c
Congress
De Gaulle Heads to Cambodia for Neutrality Push
French President Charles de Gaulle arrives in Phnom Penh for a three day visit aimed at endorsing Cambodia's neutrality and independence. He is expected to urge no foreign troops and stress absolute neutrality while meeting North Viet Nam's Nguyen Thuong and backing Prince Norodom Sihanouk amid Indochina tensions. UN envoy Herbert de Ribbing travels to Phnom Penh at the Cambodian government request to ease Thailand Cambodia tensions.
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Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Cap
Charles de Gaulle
Viet Nam
Djibouti
Taaliland
North Viet Nam
Nguyen Thuong
Thuong
Norodom Sihanouk
South Viet Nam
Thailand
China
Sihanouk
Bangkok
United Nations
Herbert de Ribbing
Chries de Gaulle
de Ribbing
U Thani
Proverb Quotation on Honest Wages and Moral Conduct
A religiously toned excerpt cites commandments on fair pay and social conduct. It mentions paying workers promptly, avoiding gossip, not cursing the deaf, not harming the blind, and forbidding mixed seeds. The text concludes with a parenthetical note about space contributed by no citizen.
Vietnam War updates pace from air action to desertion figures
U S Air Force and Navy pilots reported destroying 20 Viet Cong trucks and damaging 11 in Thanh Hoa and Dong Hoi. The U S claimed end of Allegheny with 113 enemy killed near Da Nang. A Viet Cong mine slightly damaged a U S minesweeper near Saigon as patrol boats returned fire. Desertions in the 705,000 army rose to 67,000 in six months, with Ky government imposing harsher penalties and US advisers pushing living-standard improvements and a 30 percent pay rise.
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Saigon
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Cu Chi
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnamese
Smoking filter myth challenged by Moore report
In Buffalo, Dr. George E. Moore reported eight filter up cigarettes were largely ineffective at filtering tar and nicotine. He cited Pall Mall and Chesterfield as showing higher tar and nicotine in filters versus regulars, with True and Kent among other brands also exceeding readings. Magnuson pressed for labeling and FTC action on tar and nicotine disclosures.
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Magnuson
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Chesterfield
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Kent
Marlboro
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Lark
Salem
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Carlton
Buffalo
N.Y
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Roswell Park Memorial Institute
New York State
Cancer Research and Treatment Center
Mansfield Proposes U S France Meet To End Viet War
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield urged President Johnson and French President Charles de Gaulle to meet on French soil to pursue peace talks, suggesting Guadeloupe as a possible meeting site on De Gaulle’s return from Asia. He stressed opposition to escalation and noted France and Cambodia signed the Geneva accords.
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Viet Nam
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Ieresting
Executive Branch
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Dean Rusk
United States
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Racial clash at Wisconsin meeting ends in stalemate
Demonstrators led by Rev James Groppi gathered at city hall to press Judge Cannon over civil rights. Cannon refused to meet in public, newsmen present, and the session collapsed. Police guarded Cannon’s home as 300 whites were blocked four blocks away while 10 demonstrators spoke of a public meeting. Gov Knowles and Archbishop Cousins sought to end the nightly marches.
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Eagles Club
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Wauwato Sa
Ervin Meier
James Groppi
Warren P. Knowles
Joseph C. Fagan
Wisconsin
Industrial Commission
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Youth Council
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Milwaukee
William E. Cousins
Wauwatosa
Stone City Hall
Eagles
Florida
John Roseboro
Los Angeles
Police Department
Reserves House rejects Rus sell amendment 378 to 3 vote
The House rejected the Rus sell amendment by 378 to 3 after Rivers urged the bill would not be the proper vehicle for the change. He said the Senate language aimed to equalize the Viet Nam war burden between draftees and Reserve forces and that the administration could act if the authority existed. The plan would let the President call up specified Reserves without a national emergency, while a full call would still require such a declaration.
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Senate
White House
Massachusetts
Sen
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
House
Rivers
Viet Nam
Theother
Spacecraft weighings spark lunar orbit and survey era
Luna Luna 11 weighs 3 615 pounds almost seven times Luna 10 the first ship to orbit the moon Luna 10 took no pictures Luna 9 earlier made history first soft landing Feb 3 and sent pictures from the moon Luna 11 and Sputnik weigh more than the U S Lunar Orbiter suggesting growing mission complexity including mapping and photographing the moon
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United States
U.S
Faith Easter Turns Northeast Toward North Atlantic
Faith Easter accelerates as forecasters track a northeasterly path likely pushing the storm toward its death in the cold North Atlantic waters. Meteorologists monitor trajectory and intensity for updates.
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Faith
North Atlantic
Red Guards Attack East German Attache in Peking
East German military attache his wife and son were attacked by youths in street near the Soviet Embassy in Beijing. Red Guards allegedly intervened though attackers lacked armbands. East German Embassy protests to Foreign Ministry as reports link youth actions to broader anti foreign campaigns in Tibet and Peking.
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Peking
Soviet Union
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Norpu Lingka Park
People’s Park
Red China
Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart Aacademy
Hong Kong
China
Red Guard
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Chen
Viet Nam
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