Karate School Invite And Local Community Notes
Greensboro karate fans are invited to visit the YMCA at 517 Market St Tuesdays or Thursdays 7 to 9 pm to enroll with instructor George Robbins. Also items cover street paving on N Main, walnut tree selling tips, junk car removal rules, hiring a good attorney, and the High Point Community Chorus program with Messiah plans and Wesley Memorial choir note.
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Greensboro
Jack Nance
YMCA
Market St
George Robbins
High Point
Grady Miller
First Presbyterian Church
Ray Kisiah
Parks & Recreation
Miller
Ray
Howard Coble
Wesley Memorial
Conviction Stands as King Case U.S. Supreme Court Refuses Reconsideration
The Supreme Court rejected the NAACP Legal Defense Fund petition to revisit the contempt convictions of Martin Luther King Jr and seven Negro ministers for desegregation protests in Birmingham in 1963. The ruling leaves jail and fines in place, with Marshall not participating.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Martin Luther King Jr
Birmingham
Potter Stewart
UAW Doubles Dues as Ford Strike Looms Across Auto Industry
AP reports Walter Reuther announces a dues rise from 5 to 25 dollars monthly to fund a growing strike against Ford Motor Co. The move, backed by 2,400 delegates, aims to empower possible future actions at GM and Chrysler while signaling a long, industry-spanning conflict. Reuther warns Ford could decide on a long strike if gains halt, and GM may be drawn in. Washington coverage notes Sen. Hugh Scott endorses Johnson Vietnam policy, opposing a “peace at any price” stance, urging candor and unity in policy.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
UAW
Ford
General Motors
Henry Ford
Washington
Hugh Scott
Johnson
Vietnam
Republican Party
Asia
America
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Committee For Peace With Freedom
Illinois
Paul H. Douglas
Douglas
Eisenhower
Lucius Clay
Omar Bradley
Negotia
Eyewitness Accounts From Hendersonville Air Crash Hearing
Asheville AP four eyewitnesses testified at a public NTSB hearing into the July 19 in flight collision near Hendersonville that killed all 82 aboard the Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727 and a Cessna 310. Witnesses described the jet climbing and banking and the smaller plane appearing nearly motionless before impact.
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Asheville
Hendersonville
Piedmont Airlines
National Transportation Safety Board
NTSB
Francis H. McAdams
Moses
Vance R. Davis
Rt. 4
Davis
Supreme Court to Decide If Public Drunkenness Punishes Alcoholics
The Supreme Court agreed to decide if chronic alcoholics can be punished for public drunkenness. The case from Texas, supported by the ACLU, argues such convictions amount to cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
American Civil Liberties Union
Western Democrats Back Loyalty Oath For 1968 Convention
Western Democrats meeting in advance of the Chicago convention vote unanimously to back a loyalty pledge requiring delegates to vow support for the party nominee in the general election. The move targets Vietnam critics and civil rights dissenters in the South, with plans to present the idea to an equal rights committee led by Gov. Richard Hughes. National Chairman John M. Bailey predicts Johnson will be renominated unanimously.
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Washington
Chicago
Johnson
South
California
National
Eugene L. Wyman
National Committee
Wyman
Equal Rights Committee
Richard Hughes
New Jersey
John M. Bailey
Bailey
Vietnam
United States
Michigan
George Romney
Ronald Reagan
Richard M. Nixon
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
Indonesia To Suspend Red China Ties
Indonesia announced it will suspend diplomatic ties with China and demand the immediate exit of all Indonesian staff from Peking, then allow Chinese staff in Jakarta to depart. Foreign Minister Adam Malik reportedly opposes a full break, while Beijing protests are dismissed as failing to honor civilized norms.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
China
Peking
Adam Malik
Supreme Court to decide draft card law constitutionality
The Supreme Court will rule on whether the 1965 law banning draft card burning violates free speech and whether a card burner can be jailed for lacking a card. The Boston circuit found the statute unconstitutional, while New York and St Louis circuits upheld the ban, creating a circuit split. The case involves David P. O'Brien of Framingham, who burned his draft card on a South Boston courthouse steps in March 1996.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Department
U.S. Circuit Court
Boston
U.S
New York City
St. Louis
Congress
Federal Court
New York
Federal Appeals Courts
David P. O'Brien
Framingham
Mass
South Boston
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Hunter Dalton
Jay Rich
Quality Veneer Co
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Va. J
Parsons
Founders, Inc
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Dealer
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King
Dr. King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Vio
Alabama
Thurgood Marshall
Sen
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Reuther
Chrysler
Sens
Thruston B Morton
Kentucky
Clifford P. Case
Gov
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
B. R. Allen
Fritz Puls
F. H. McAdams
John A. Besselieu
Tion
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
South Vietnam
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Kennedy
Berlin
Deere WA
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