Alioto Forms First Negro in San Francisco Mayor Cabinet
San Francisco mayor-elect Joseph L. Alioto announces the appointment of the city’s first Black cabinet member as part of a broader effort to address ghetto problems. He plans inauguration both at the Opera House and in ghetto districts to signal commitment to jobs housing and schools, while boasting diverse background and business ties.
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New York Times
San Francisco
Joseph L. Alioto
Alioto
Willie Mays
Opera House
Mission District
Hunter’s Point
San Fran
New York
Candlestick Park
San Francisco Bay
Board of Education
John Lindsay
Boss Tweed
Alicio
Eugene McAteer
Jack Shelley
Peace Corps
Opera and
Symphony
Joe
Urban Think Tank Proposal Aims to Aid Cities
President Johnson proposes a non profit Institute for Urban Development to study city problems. It would recruit 60 to 100 professionals, operate independently, and seek contracts from federal then state and local agencies. A six member panel will nominate directors and seek a site and incorporation papers.
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Max Frankel
New York Times News Service
Washington
Johnson
Rand Corp
Institute For Urban Development
Defense
Institute
Congress
Department of Housing and Urban Development
White House
Separate development policy in South Africa explained
The piece outlines Prime Minister B. J. Vorster’s defense of separate development as a means to preserve white identity while offering limited facilities for other groups. It covers plans for segregated universities, black homelands, and land and mineral wealth allocation, with critics noting racial stakes and territorial imbalances.
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B. J. Vorster
Transkei
Zululand
Northern Transvaal
Western Transvaal
Malawi
Vorster
Editorial reprints and foreign policy critique in 1964 forum
A Decatur Daily forum reprint critiques U S foreign policy and apartheid era South Africa. It discusses campaigns in Oklahoma in 1964, Fulbright urging force, and Vorster's apartheid as a separate nationalities policy framed as anti-Communist. The piece argues apartheid is immoral, unjust, and unreal, questioning sincerity.
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New York Times
South “Africa
South Africa
Decatur
Alabama
News Coeeetoner
Evens Paul
Vorster
Republic
Finland marks 50th independence anniversary amid political shifts
Helsinki celebrates Finland's 50th year of independence amid a stable era under Urho Kekkonen. The government, led by the Agrarian Center party, includes Communists in a broad coalition, as unemployment rises and regional disparities widen. Youths show tentative openness to Communist participation while Swedenic language influence and growing urban commerce frame daily life.
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New York Times
Helsinki
Finland
Urho Kekkonen
Russia
Soviet Union
Kekkonen
Social Democrats
Agrarian Center Party
Socialists
Kepponen
Sweden
Paavo
Avith
Moson
Finnish Peoples Democratic League
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Earch
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Spellman
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St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Pusic Forum
Richard— —Dewey—Jr
Reagan
Eufata
Oklahoma
Asia
Fulbright
Rermat Ines Sid
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Chicago
Daley
No Man’s Land
Romney
Detroit
Selma
New Haven
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Gover
Birmingham
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