March on Washington mobilizes vast crowds and logistics
A planning snapshot outlines Lincoln Memorial area crowding with a $16,000 loudspeaker system funded by Walter P. Reuther's United Auto Workers. Officials coordinate zones, traffic control, and safety as 34,000 expected train arrivals, two thousand bus parking spots, and 30 first aid stations are readied.
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Sands
Lincoln Memorial
Walter P Reuther
United Auto Workers
Howard V. Covell
Washington
Rockwell
Whitey Young
Congress
National Urban
Capitol
Covell
Union Station
Memorial Bridge
Potomac
Record Race Offerings Reach New Heights
The Dix River Dam project near Danville features a towering 275 foot height and a vast earth filled structure, claimed as the largest of its kind. Across the nation, race offerings totaled a record 493,643 dollars in the fiscal year to aid support for various programs. The article notes various historical references and regional notes, including Seminole and Negro college mentions.
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ICA
High Point Enterprise
Dix River
Dan
Nasuville
Methville
Florida
Ital
Tobacco heat praised by Atlantic Kero firm
Tobacco men choose a clean even economical heat form praised by Atlantic Kero for quality.
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Government Services, Inc
Red Cross
A. Philip Randolph
Bayard Rustin
Randolph
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Portiers
Negro American Labor Council
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Mathew Ahmannn
National Catholic) ‘Conference For Interracial Justice
Eugene Carson Blake
United Presbyter
Ian Church
Council of Churches of Christ
Aneica
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Martin Luther Knigwt
Southern
Christian Leadership Conference
John Lewis
Nonviolent Coordinating
Sayl
BSL
George Je Aie Rockwell
Iean Nazi Party
Joachim Prinz
American Jewish Congress
Rob Walter P. Reuther
Bert V. Murray
Roy Wilkins
National Association
the Advancement of Colored Pannia
Secuse
U.S. House of Representatives
Brower Oil Co
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Figzag
Singer
Adel
Eperd
Singer Sewing Centers
S. Main ST
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Singer Sewing Machine
Blue Horse
Jarrett
N. Wrenn
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Oxfords
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Penney
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