NAACP Plans 340000 South Carolina Voters Registered
The NAACP announced a 1968 presidential election voter drive to register 340,000 Black voters in South Carolina. W. C. Patton will lead a 2000 plus volunteer effort starting Sept 1 to re register 190,000 holders and add 150,000 new registrants before November 1968.
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Columbia
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
South Carolina
NAACP
W. C. Patton
Birmingham
Ala
Patton
Castro links Latin left to U S Cuban revolt push
Delegates from 27 nations backed armed struggle and broke with peaceful co existence, as Castro’s influence grew among Hemisphere youth. The conference, pairing pro guerrilla factions with moderates, urged armed revolt while deeming less violent means acceptable if effective. Western diplomats judged the move a challenge to Soviet policy.
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Chael
U.S
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Proguerrilla
Castro
Fisherman Finds Bodies Of Two Girls In Creek
Two 14 year old girls from North Syracuse Jacquelyn Saunders and Mary Ann Marzullo were found bound together with rope in Chittenango Creek near Bridgeport. An autopsy was ordered to determine the cause of death. The girls were last seen at a volunteer firemen event in Mattydale and wore shorts and windbreakers.
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Bridgeport
N.Y
Syracuse
Chittenango Creek
Jacquelyn Saunders
Mary Ann Marzullo
Roxboro High School
Mattydale
Jacqueline
Bernadine Saunders
Mary Ann
Salvatore Marzullo
Medlin pioneer educator and NC school leader retires home
Luther R. Medlin, longtime principal at Page High School Greensboro and former Guilford County education figure, to move to GTI president's residence. Mrs Helen Peden Medlin, once his hire, is now principal of Claxton Elementary in Greensboro. Their son Luther R. Medlin Jr. teaches at Aycock Junior High.
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South
Medlin
Helen Peden
Fountain Inn
S. C
Claxton
Greensboro
Luther R. Medlin, Jr
North Carolina Education Assn
Guilford County
Civitan
Gastonia
Greensboro Club
North Carolina
International E
High Point College Alumni Association
State
Parent - Teacher Congress
Starmount
GTI
Bombing Raids Add Pressure on Hanoi in Vietnam War
U.S. raids on North Vietnam including the Doumer Bridge were described by Adm. Sharp as a logical progression of pressure. The White House and Pentagon declined comment as Hanoi denounced the strikes, which partially collapsed the bridge a day earlier, cutting a major artery to Haiphong and Red China.
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Washington
Doumer Bridge
North Vietnam
Johnson Administration
Hanoi
South Vietnam
White House
State Department
Pentagon
U.S
Pacific
Adm
Ulysses S.G. Sharp
Air Force
Navy
Haiphong
Red China
Checked Into U S Prague Exposes Large Expat Community
AP reports CTK says of 1.5 million Czechoslovaks living abroad, 1.2 million reside in the United States. This highlights the large diaspora and distribution across nations.
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Prague
United States
CTK
China watchers rate Mao cultural revolution weak scorecard
Jan observers say Mao Zedong’s cultural revolution is failing to consolidate power. Only four of 26 provinces report established revolutionary committees, with eight provinces under mixed Maoist control and significant resistance from Liu Shao-chis followers.
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Mao Tse-tung
China
Mao
Communist Party
Central Committee
Liu Shao-Chi
Red Guards
Liu
Heilungkiang
Shantung
Shansi
Kweichow
Peking
Sanghai
Szechwan
Henan
Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region
Hopeh
Kiangsu
Anhwei
Hupeh
Chekiang
Kiangsi
Hunan
Kwangtung
Kwangsi Autonomous Region
Sinkiang Autonomous Region
Fukien
Formosa Strait
Ulanfu
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Inner Mongolian
Yang Yung
Chen Tsai-tao
Wuhan
Wang Enmao
Sinkiang
Hsu
Shih-yu
Nanking
Huang Hsin-ting
Chengtu
Canton
Tsingtao
Shanghai
Chungkinang
Nash
Nash Jewelry & Loan CO
N. Main ST
High Point
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FaraPress
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