Air Ace Pappy Boyington Faces Health Struggles
Fresno veteran hero Gregory Pappy Boyington, a Medal of Honor recipient and former Black Sheep leader, says illness and cancer have strained him after a long war career. He lives in Fresno to receive Veterans Administration hospital care and hopes to pass on without fuss.
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Fresno
Calif
Gregory “Pappy” Boyington
Boyington
Veterans Administration
United States
China
Claire Chennault
Volun
Solomons
Eddie Rickenbacker
Pappy
Marine Corps
White couples adopt black children grows in number
Artie and Rosemary Wells in Atlantic City join a rising trend of white couples adopting black children. They describe curiosity from others as a small price for having children, noting that interracial adoption challenges include adjusting prejudices and avoiding hostility. The Wells emphasize they pursued adoption for the child, not integration messaging.
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G. G. LA Belle
Associated Press
Atlantic City
N.J
Artie
Rosemary Wells
Wells
Mrs. Wells
David
John
South
Race Problems May Split North Carolina Democrats
Howard Clement III, North Carolina Democratic Party vice chairman for minority affairs, warns of a party split over perceived patronizing attitudes toward blacks. He criticized inviting Sen. Russell Long to the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner and proposed renaming the event to honor Frank Porter Graham or a prominent Black Democrat.
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Durham
North Carolina
Democratic Party
Howard Clement III
John Church
Henderson
Clement
Sen
Russell Long
Louisiana
Raleigh
Long
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Frank
Porter Graham
University
Racial unrest in South Carolina high schools
In Columbia the governor’s commission on human relations offers help to calm disturbed schools after students clash with teachers and peers. Church leaders urge protection of schools and children, condemning physical attacks and calling for reason and calm.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Governor's Commission On Human Relations
Richland
Columbia City Schools) Teachers Association
Commission
Greensboro Firm Builds Townhouses
Greensboro firm Kirkpatrick & Associates wins a 10.5 million contract to build six hundred air conditioned two story townhouses at Camp Pendleton near Virginia Beach for 500 enlisted Navy families and 100 officers. Ground broke January 19 with completion slated for June 1973 on 75 acres of land condemned in 1947 and later acquired by the Navy.
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Virginia Beach
U.S. Navy
Hampton Roads
Camp Pendleton
Kirkpatrick & Associates, Inc
Greensboro
N.C
Congress
Navy
Cmdr
Billy G Crockett
USN
Acquisition Department
Atlantic Division
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Charles Thomas
Crockett
North Carolina Senators Split On Voter Registration Bill
In Washington the Senate declined to table a national voter registration bill, sending the measure toward the Judiciary Committee. North Carolina Democrats B Everett Jordan and Sam Ervin Jr supported tabling the motion.
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Washington
Senate
Judiciary Committee
B. Everett Jordan
Sam Ervin Jr
North Carolina
Policy For Next 10 Years May Be Set Black Political Convention Opens Today
The National Black Political Convention opens in Gary inviting 2 000 delegates to set black political directions for the next decade. Drafts from Washington and state meetings shape the National Black Agenda touching grievances and possible presidential endorsement and a black party. Organizers aim to birth a realistic movement and structure, with Gary Mayor Hatcher and Imamu Amiri Baraka as co conveners.
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Gary
Ind
Washington
Llaw
America
Imamu Amiri Baraka
LeRoi Jones
Newark
N.J
Richard Hatcher
Baraka
Charles Diggs
D-Mich
Congressional Black Caucus
Singer Collects Damages Award from Rolls Royce Case
Nashville based singer Bobby Goldsboro won a Circuit Court jury award totaling 3458 dollars and 26 cents for damages to his Rolls Royce. The verdict followed a civil suit likely over automobile damage and related claims.
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Nashville, Tenn
Bobby Goldsboro
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Peace Corps
VISTA
Service Corps
Washington, D.C
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Advertising Council
International Newspaper
Indiana
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U.S
High Point
Twin Oaks
N. Main Street
Jamestown
George W. Gillie
Bob L. Short
Welborn Insurance
Mobil Oi! Corporation
Acculac
Virginia
Mobil
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