Negro Candidate Claims Ouster From His Home
Walter J. Calhoun, a Black Wilcox County sheriff hopeful, says a white landlady forced him from his grocery home when he announced his candidacy. Sheriff P. C Jenkins backs him, noting protection. The Wilcox County race mirrors a broader SCLC voter drive led by Martin Luther King Jr. The article also notes other Black candidates and local political dynamics amid a white majority and growing Black electorate.
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Atlanta
Walter J. Calhoun
Wilcox County
Alabama
Calhoun
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Martin Luther King Jr
Wilcox
James H. Perryman
Donnie V. Irby
Lonnie L. Brown
Divided U S opinion on Vietnam risks war escalation
The nation remains split over Vietnam policy with senators Dodd Morse and Fulbright proposing varied paths from arbitration and negotiated settlements to firm troop increases. McNamara boosted forces to 235000 while experts warn of risks with Red China as stalemate persists.
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Washington
United States
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Johnson
Congress
Morse
United Nations
U.N. Security Council
J. W. Fulbright
Arkansas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
North
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
China
James M. Gavin
Fulbright
Red China
Robert S McNamara
Gavin
George F. Kennan
State Department
Negroes Make First Formidable Bid In Alabama Demo Primary
In Alabama Democratic primaries Negro candidates push into 18 counties led by Barbour where 12 seek sheriff tax assessor and school board seats. Barbour district has 8,000 white to about 3,000 Negro registrants while Lowndes County plans a black panther third party ticket amid abolitionary voting tensions.
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Birmingham
Ala
George Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Barbour
Democratic Executive Committee
Mary Target
Lowndes County
Democratic Party
Selma
Martin Luther King Jr
Board of Revenue
Wilson Baker
James G. Clark
Greene, Hale
Macon
Perry
Wilcox
Harkness Ballet Plans Four Month State Sponsored Tour
The Harkness Ballet departed February 19 for a four month tour abroad sponsored by the U S State Department. The group travels to Cannes Nice Toulon Aix en Provence Tunis Rabat Casablanca Beirut Alexandria Cairo Barcelona Bilbao Oviedo and the Festival du Marais in Paris with stops in Egypt Morocco Tunisia and Lebanon.
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New York
Harkness Ballet
Egypt
Morocco
Tunis
Lebanon
U.S. State Department
Cannes
Nice
Toulon
Aix en-Provence
Rabat
Casablanca
Beirut
Alexandria
Cairo
Barcelona
Bilbao
Oviedo
Festival du Marais
Paris
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Camden
P. C Jenkins
Ku Klux Klan
Jenkins
Perryman
Irby
Brown
South Alabama
Senate
Rse
EIA
Marlow
South
Decatur
Southern Cotton Oil CO
Decatur Cotton Oil CO
Citizens Bank
Hartselle
First. National Bank Decatur
Citizens Bank Moulton
Alabama Farmers Cooperative, Inc
Bank OF Moulton
Moulton
Alabama Oil Company
State National Bank Decatur
Tanner
J. D. Elliott & Son Gin Greenbrier
Sivley Cotton CO
Farmers Gin CO. Moulton
Priceville Gin CO
Priceville
Trinity. Gin CO
TrinIty
Preuit & Mauldin
Town Creek Gin CO
Town Creek
First National Bank
Athens
ASC
ASCS
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