Force Of Graduation Forces Welfare Help In Chicago
In Chicago, welfare parents demanded public aid to cover graduation costs for seniors in African American areas. A National Welfare Rights Organization spokesman said a federal suit may target state and county aid departments over fees. Parents showed bills, including DuSable High School charges totaling 33 dollars for a single graduate, plus items like cap and gown, yearbook, and dinner-dance.
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Chicago
National Welfare Rights Organization
Carmelia Williams
Jessie
Moore
DuSable High School
Michael Lefkow
Community Legal Council
Lefkow
James F. Redmond
Virginia
Mack
Welfare Rights Organization
Public Aid Department
Attorney Charges Film Should Be Destroyed
Johnson County attorney James W. Bouska filed an information in district court asking the seizure and destruction of the film I Am Curious Yellow on grounds of obscenity. Operators of the Kimo South theater in Overland Park were ordered to appear before Judge Herbert W. Walton to show cause why the film should not be confiscated. A New York federal jury ruled the movie obscene last year, a decision later reversed by the U S Court of Appeals. The free world used over 900 million lbs of nickel in 1968.
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Clathe
Kan
James W. Bouska
Johnson County
Overland Park
Herbert W. Walton
New York
U.S. Court of Appeals
Miccosukee Fight Jetport Threat Near Everglades Dance
Miccosukee leaders warn a new jetport 50 miles west of Miami will erase tribal grounds used since the Seminole wars. They contest federal funding and say progress harms their birthright as conservation groups urge protection of Everglades National Park from water and noise pollution.
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Frog City
Fila
Everglades
Buffalo Tiger
U.S. Senate
Everglades National Park
Tamiami Trail
Grape Growers Refuse Pact Without Worker Consent
Ten major California table grape growers refuse to ratify a three year pact with the AFL-CIO farm workers union unless workers agree to its terms and can prove the union represents them. Negotiations opened with federal mediators. next meeting planned. Critics call talks a sellout while Sen. Murphy urges federal probe for possible collusion.
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Los Angeles
California
Afl-Cio
Dolres Huerta
Chavez
George Murphy
Calif
Federal Mediation Service
al Caplan
Kansans Ready For $500 Million Traveler Spendin 1969
Kansas economic chief Jack Lacy predicts more than 500 million dollars will be spent in 1969 by Travelers. Expenditures along Interstate 70 are put at 300 thousand dollars daily and over a million vehicles a month will use the Kansas Turnpike in June July and August. The remarks were for the Kansas Hotel and Motel Association meeting. The Eisenhower funeral era has boosted travel inquiries to the state.
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Lawrence
Kans
Kansas
Kansas Department of Economic Development
Jack Lacy
Kansas Turnpike
Lacy
Kansas Hotel and Motel Association
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Las Vegas
Rook
Cron Oil
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Whing
Taren
Seetle Bailey
Garden City
Tel Manbay
Free World
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Roe Blvd
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