White House Civil Rights Conference weighs policy power
Debates over the Johnson administration civil rights push are set against Senate hearings on a broad rights package. Ervin calls open housing a constitutional risk as the panel plans to hear governors, Senators, and civil rights leaders. Perspective remains elusive amid partisan clash and a broader national debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonson
JonesSon
White House
Senate Committee On the Judiciary
Jonnson
Floyd McKissick
Viet Nam
U.S
Martin Lurser Kine
Johnson
Senate
Sam J. Ervin, Jr
North Carolina
Subcommittee
Ervin
Nicholas Deb. Katzenbaach
Washington
Court of Opinion on Fourth District Nomination Bid
A Chesapeake lawyer Lewis Curtine challenges Congressman Watkins Abitt for the Fourth District party nomination. Curtine accuses Abitt of voting against measures benefiting the people while Curtine, relying on AP and Norfolk reports, asserts Abitt’s voting record spans since February 17, 1948. The column warns Curtine may be biased and favors the incumbent’s long record and support from local farmers.
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Chesapeake
Lewis Curtine
Watkins Ap Bitt
Curvine
Associated Press
Norfolk
Curaine
Nottoway
Assrrt
Congressman Apsttt
Congress
Curnine
Assitt
Curzine
Subcommittee
House Committee On Agriculure
House
Assur
Danville Named Cigarette Brand Aims at Viewers
The P. Lorriuaro Company promotes its Danville brand filter cigarette to readers in the Carolinas and nearby TV audiences. It operates a major tobaccos processing facility here where leaf quality is mellowed over two to three years to meet Lorittaro standards. Danville residents echo the praise of Danville and its Danville smokes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolinas
Danville
P. Lorriuaro Company
P. Lorritrarp Company
P. Loriutaro
P. Lorittaro
NATO Faces Eviction Drive From France Over HQ Move
France’s Charles de Gaulle orders NATO to quit French soil targeting the military arm. Ministers meet in Brussels to relocate the command to Belgium while seeking to keep the Political Council nearby. Belgium resists moving bases yet favors aligning the council with NATO command as tensions mount.
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Charles of Gaulle
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Brussels
Belgium
DE Gaulle
France
Italy
Canada
United States
Treaty Organization
de Gaulue
Paris
The Danville Register subscription rates and notices
The Danville Register lists in city carrier, mail, and Sunday delivery rates. It notes postal zones pricing, renewal notices, and urges prompt renewal and subscription payments in advance.
Castro pushes revolution across Latin America to threaten region
The article reports Fidel Castro and his allies coordinating secret May Havana meetings to plan continent wide upheaval. It cites operations in Guatemala Brazil Argentina Peru Colombia and Mexico with armed groups saboteurs and student strikes backed by Cuba and the Soviets. It warns the United States faces a major challenge as guerrilla and public safety actions spread amid anti American sentiment and a supposed mobilization of American forces to counter revolution.
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United States
Vietnam
Latin America
Fidel Castro
Havana
Guatemala
Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias
F.A.R
Revolutionary Armed Forces
Argentina
Hector J. Campos
Chamber of Deputies
Canta
Peru
Lima
Brazil
Legislative Assembly
Secret Service
Recife
Juan Morta
Colombia
Mexico
Communist Party
J. William Fullbright
Cuba
America
Africa’s emergent nations contrasted with Rhodesia’s democracy
The piece surveys Africa’s postcolonial regimes from Uganda to Congo and Nigeria, noting military rule, uprisings, and repression versus Rhodesia’s constitution and voting limits. It argues Rhodesia has more civil order and law than most African states, despite sanctions and international criticism.
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Uganda
Milton Obote
Thhe
Buganda
Obote
Congo
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Europe
Nigeria
Tronsi
Rhodesia
U.N
Eeeata i
Harold Wilson
Smith
Lyndon Johnson
Security Council of the
United Nations
Africa
Lindsay's Conservative Buckley Ideas For Lindsay
Holmes Alexander catalogs Buckley inspired reform ideas offered to Mayor Lindsay including juvenile offender naming, parental accountability, neighborhood rehab residency, and tougher police praise. He proposes residency rules, police support, bounties for informants, a city wide water metering plan, and a value added tax to replace all city taxes. The piece notes Lindsay’s unsteady tenure and lingering conservative influence.
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Lindsay
Bill Buckley
City Hall
West
Europe
Romney Westward Drift Shapes 1968 Nomination Fight
The 1968 Republican convention may hinge on whether Michigan is viewed as eastern or western. Governor George Romney, once an outsider at American Motors, clashes with General Motors and argues for breakup to boost auto competition. Rockefeller’s endorsement of Romney as an eastern favorite adds to his front-runner prospects alongside potential top-ticket talk with Javits.
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Washington, D.C
John Lindsay
New York
Lindsay
JFK
Noel E. Parmenter, Jr
Esquire
Walter Lippmann
Sammy Davis
Dick Nixon
The
Village Voice
Inez Robb
Norman Mailer
Madison Avenue
Cherry Grove
Maidstone Club
Rat Pack
Council On Foreign Relations
John
Senate
Barry Goldwater
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Michigan
George Romney
Richard Nixon
American Motors
General Motors
Romney
Detroit
du Ponts
Delaware
Borah
Idaho
la Follettes
Wisconsin
Hiram Johnson
California
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Javits
Paper clips and politics echo in a shifting GOP map
The column notes the lack of a monument to the paper clip inventor amid bomber fixes and uses satire to discuss 1968 GOP dynamics. It cites Barry Goldwater, West and South power shifts, and contenders like Nixon, Tower, Hatfield, Babcock, Evans, Love, Smylie, and Romney, stressing pragmatic, regional balance shaping the nomination.
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Castro
Sludgepump
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Holmes Alexander
Buckley
Last
John Chamberlain
Senator Soaper
Mars
Young Americans For Freedom
Goldwater
Republican Party
Ballance
George Abbott
Nevada Republicnet Party
Republican Governors’ Association
Nixon
South
Georgia
Alabama
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John Tower
Texas
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Tim Babcock
Montana
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John A. Love
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