Wilkins Defends Demonstrations At Senate Hearing
About 1,000 pickets protested job discrimination at a Brooklyn construction site as Roy Wilkins testified before the Senate Commerce Committee on civil rights. Arrests followed demonstrations at Manhattan housing and other sites, with police moving in to detain picketers. The protests aimed to desegregate public accommodations and highlight racial inequality amid national tensions.
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America
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Downstate Medical Center
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Charleston
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Cambridge
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Congress of Racial Equality
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Chicago
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Urban League
China
Soviets and Chinese plan later meeting to ease dispute
In Moscow the Soviet Union and Red China announced they would meet "some time later" to attempt another settlement of their ideological clash. Diplomats did not expect the gathering before later dates and the exact venue was not disclosed.
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Soviets Press For Pact To Back Test Ban At Moscow Talks
In Moscow Khrushchev invites Harriman and Ambassador Kohler to a reception as talks on a nuclear test ban proceed. Western officials say only a last minute hurdle such as a nonaggression clause could block a U S Britain Soviet accord banning atmospheric outer space and underwater tests. Harriman expected to sign off today or Tuesday and return to Washington.
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Trouble by the Ton A freighter battles gale and flooding near New Zealand
The British freighter Hudson Point endured an 80 knot gale off New Zealand. A derrick boom broke its lashings and two ventilator pipes, flooding the forward hold with more than 1000 tons of seawater. It limped to Whangaroa for pumps and repairs as the bow threatened to go under.
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Governors vote to dissolve Resolutions Committee at conference
In Miami Beach a party line 33 to 16 vote at the 55th annual governors conference ends the Resolutions Committee. Democratic Gov. Grant Sawyer of Nevada proposed eliminating the committee to curb a civil rights gag rule. Democrats backed the move. Republicans opposed. George Wallace criticized presidential jockeying amid the dispute.
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Resolutions Committee
William A.egan
Alaska
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
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Oregon
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
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Kennedy
Protest Against Segregation Targets Cherry Point Area
In Durham NC AP report says CORE NAACP mobilize to Havelock and New Bern to desegregate Cherry Point Marine facilities. Protesters push for off-limits zones and immediate probe of alleged arrests and discriminatory service at local businesses. McKissick cites telegrams from CORE and NAACP.
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Cpl
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Agern
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National Association| Negro Marines
A & Ws For the Advancement of Colored
Kennedy to seek ICC five year study of rail work rules
President Kennedy plans to ask Congress to empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to conduct a binding five year study of railroad work rules and to propose a settlement to avert a nationwide strike. The proposal would keep current labor and management laws intact while the ICC study proceeds, and aims to halt the threat of a strike set to begin Tuesday at 12 01 a m.
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Grave Danger Of Major Racial Violence Indicated
The editor warns of a potential major racial violence outbreak in the turbulent summer of 1963. Interviews with officials and leaders show grave danger, with northern cities at risk from policing, discrimination, and rising unrest. Experts cite past riots and risk zones in Chicago, New York, and the South, urging rapid action.
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