World’s Fair opening overshadowed by sit-in arrests
New York World’s Fair opened amid rain and protests as police arrested 106 demonstrators including James Farmer and Bayard Rustin outside the New York Pavilion. Civil rights groups staged a stall-in to spotlight discrimination while attendance lagged behind expectations.
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New York
Johnson
Farmer York World
Fairgrounds
United States
James Farmer
National Di-Ji P.m
Congress
Equality
John ‘Son
Charles West Lege
Reshman
New Jersan Anatomaly, Recreation and New York
Bill Turchyn
Jersey Beauty
Eniglietuna
Lealing Ithvong
Begam
Turchyn
Flushing Meadow
St. Peter's Col
National Core Organization
CORE
Faye F
Harry 8. Weriman
Manhattan
Sto Flushing Meadow
Dwight Li. Eisenhower
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Robert *. Wagner
India
Indira Gandhi
Ferde Grofe
John A. Gronouski
LBJ Opens New York Fair Amid Protests
President Johnson opened the New York World’s Fair while racially charged demonstrators gathered outside. He defended free critique as vital to freedom and predicted peace in this generation. CORE representatives waved banners and chanted as police kept them at a distance from the pavilion.
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New York
Johnson
Vitali
Jobson
United States Exhibition Building
Congress of Racial Equality
Freedom
Council Rejects Swim Pool Offer After Audit Report
City council voted unanimously to reject the sale of the swimming pool at 1407 2nd St J for 50,000 and to continue paying the unpaid balance in annual installments. An audit showed 1968 pool income of 21,004 with operating costs around 10,943. Promoter Willard Quirk and firm Patterson Quirk had presented a competing proposal.
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W. Morcross
Warnocd
2Nd St.j
Pease
Willard Quirk
Nelson
Dug Sears
Gresley Jaycee Haley
Patterson & Quirk
Lo l
al Cal Consulting Engineers
Mace
Quirk
Yenord
Court Nixes Bid to Halt Platte District Formation
Colorado Supreme Court refused to halt the Lower South Platte Water Conservancy District plan. A special conference denied a petition from Morgan County residents to stop Logan County District Court action on forming the district. A hearing on the district’s creation is set for Thursday in Steining District Court.
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Colorado Supreme Court
Lower South Platte Water Conservancy District
Morgan Co ‘Ly
Ipl
Logen County
High Court
District Court
Court Order Faces Redistricting Fight in Georgia Colorado
The article discusses potential court action on redistricting amid disputed petitions in Georgia and Colorado. It notes a federal ruling on population equality for House districts and mentions figures from the 1960 census, with Colorado’s districts and past reapportionment debates highlighted.
Reds and British swap two accused spies
London AP report details a prisoner exchange at the Heerstrasse crossing near West Berlin involving agents Greville Wynne and Oleg Penkovsky. Wynne, jailed since 1962, was exchanged for Soviet agent Lansdale as UK negotiates with Moscow. Wynne’s wife denied claims about his status. the deal followed UK offer to pardon Wynne in exchange for Lansdale. Wynne was arrested in Budapest in 1962 while on business. Penkovsky, executed for supplying atomic secrets.
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J. Edgar
Chenoweth
Trinidad
Donald Gante
Lyndon B. Johnson
Cole
Lonsdale
Tado
Helmn
Moscow
Wielsandi
Dale
Courier
John A. Love
Thellion
Wynne Tee Starling
Congress
Wynne
Yollale
Mort Morgan
Keesey
London
Royal Air
Maynards
Greville Wynne
Portland Naval Morcaw
Gorton Lansdale
Sheila
Heerstrasse
West Berlin
East Germany
Foreign Office
Soviet Union
Budapest
Oleg Penkovsky
Penkovsky
Justice Halts Primary Plans In California
Justice Wayne testified that California intelligence service was duped in preparing for a June 2 presidential primary. He said he never knew what was on the ballot and revealed details of a Penkovsky connection during Lonsdale’s trial. Stassen’s appeal seeks to avert a California Supreme Court ruling on certifying his name for the Republican primary.
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Gary Rehn
Eagle Scout
Weld
Explorer Peets
Relm
Washington
Wayne
So William, C. Douglas
T le Brilipreme
Caliish Intelligence Service
Hadfornia
Harold Lassen
Lonsdale
Cvitist
Porttanul
Peter Kroger
Rand
Helen
Morsie i
Lona Cohen
Stassen
California
Supreme Court
Slats
Resal
Noccross Offer To Sell Pool To City In March Fetter
Mr and Mrs Noccross in a fetter dated March 9 offered to sell the pool and to permit the city to pay for it by 3004 dollars.
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Love
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Miller
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