Summer editorial on race unrest and militant response in America
The piece cites Sterling Tucker of the National Urban League and other observers warning whites tire of blacks and protests risk escalating into guerrilla tactics. It notes incidents against police, Panthers leader Huey Newton's sentencing, and militant groups forming as data from cities like Los Angeles, Oakland, St. Louis show rising tension and calls for systemic change amid violent clashes and legal actions.
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United States
Thomas A. Johnson
New York Times News Service
New York
Sterling Tucker
National Urban League
America
Wallace
Black Panthers
Brooklyn
Huey Newton
Oakland
Panthers
Martin Luther King Jr
Los Angeles
University of California
Pontiac, Mich
Milton Henry
Henry
Republic of New Africa
Ocie Pastard
Watts
Pastard
Mid-City Community Congress
St. Louis
Nathan S. Caplan
Jeffery M. Paige
Scientific American
Newark
Detroit
Institute For Social Research
University of Michigan
National Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
Student Nonviolent Coordinatin Committee
Charles Koen
Black Liberators
Liberator
Koen
Phil Hutchins
Hutchins
The
American Civil Liberties Union
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Violence and Police Tactics Spark Racial Tensions Across Cities
Editorials condemn police harassment of Black residents while white groups and some labor leaders back law enforcement. In Detroit NAACP leader Robert Tindal warns of danger if attitudes don’t change, as rioting fears rise and loyalists applaud Missouri Governor Hearnes’ stance. Disturbances draw Negro workers into clashes as officers push crowds and tear gas fills streets.
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Missouri
Warren Hearnes
The
Post-Dispatch
St. Louis
Detroit
Robert Tindal
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Tindal
Cleveland
What If The Loser Had Won
Russell Baker argues the presidency seems overestimated as a force shaping history with Nixon or Humphrey, noting presidents are political brokers under strong public myth. He contrasts mythic power with reality, urging humility about one leader influencing events. American voters face limits on executive control amid racial tensions and potential riots in major cities.
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New York Times News
Washington
Landon
Willkie
Dewey
Stevenson
Goldwater
Asia
Tolstoy
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Nixon
Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
White House
Zeus
McCarthy
Chicago
Act of Congress
Lyndon Johnson
Presideits
United States
House of Representatives
Third Edition of Dr. Spock To Be Printed
Barbara A. Bannon reports on Dr. Benjamin Spock’s revised third edition of Baby and Child Care to be published by Meridith Press and Pocket Books. The piece notes Spock’s shift toward child service to others, expanded adolescence coverage, updated toilet training, and his ongoing peace activism and legal challenges.
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Dr. Spock
Benjamin Spock
Publishers’ Weekly
Spock
Barbara A. Bannon
World Book Science Service
Meridith Press
Pocket Books
New York Psychiatric Institute
Childret
What’s Wrong With Being a Dropout
A Billy Graham column cites New York City's East Village crime and youth disorder. It quotes a 13-year-old rape victim’s death and a missing 15-year-old found in a drugrenched Lower East Side apartment, reflecting on youth freedom and consequences.
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New York Times
East Village
Sandusky
Ohio
Eastside
Westchester County
Midwest
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Walter Shirra
Outer Space
Newark College of Engineering
Miroslawa Jurasz
Jersey City
Walter Cramp
Livingston
N.J
Schirra
Atlantic
the Observer
Russell Baker
New York City
King
Calvin Coolidge
Dury Medical School
Columbia University
College of Physicians At Surgeons
Peace Movement
U. S. Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Li and Schuster
Houghton Miffin
Dr. Spo
Billy Graham
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