Charlotte mothers lead chain boycott at major supermarkets
Theresa Alexander, a Charlotte housewife, led six others in a Saturday picket at several chain stores to protest rising food costs. The demonstration drew 152 supporters pledging to boycott, with signs such as Break The Ice Cut the Price and Keep The Boycott Up. Managers said sales appeared normal, though organizers claim prices are edging down during the protest.
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Charlotte A&p
Coliseum
Hutchinson Avenue
Freedom Village
Sharon Amity
Mint Hill
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Jackie Moore
Moore
Paul Bartlett
Pr 3D Sec B Report Reads Like Scramble
Fragmentary OCR text from section B yields unclear content with scattered letters and incomplete words, offering little readable detail. No identifiable people organizations places dates or events are confirmed in the legible portions.
Petticoat Brigade Growing Shows Housewives Target Prices
A AP survey finds housewives groups active in at least 21 states as they press to lower food costs. Stores consider Sunday closings in Denver and milk price cuts occur in Albuquerque while Puget Sound plans a four-chain boycott. Protests spread from Denver to Newark and Jacksonville with acronyms and picketing noted.
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Grow Aome
Associated Press
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Oklahoma City
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Monmouth County
N.J
Tampa
Fla
Daytona Beach
Jacksonville
Jersey City
Puget Sound
Washington State
Eileen Smith
Lenge
Newark
Ohio
Richard Probst
Newark Advocate
Theresa Alexander
Bloodied Troops in Major Viet Nam Battle Near Cambodian Border
U S Army 4th Infantry Division called in B52s and smaller aircraft to blunt North Vietnamese mass assault near the Cambodian frontier. After heavy fighting the attackers faded. U S casualties described as moderate with three helicopters shot down. Early reports listed six NVA killed.
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Guam
Viet Nam
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Thailand
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Johnson hails Malaysia victory as blueprint for Viet Nam fight
President Johnson praised Malaysia for defeating Communist guerrillas and urged that military action can stop aggression, saying Malaysia’s 12 year campaign offers hope for the U S in Viet Nam. Police guarded the welcome as protests formed and a campus anti American display occurred.
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Malaysia
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Malysia
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Viet Nam
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Subang
Ismail Nasiruddin
Abdul Rahman
Asia
University of Malaysia
U.S
Far East
Thailand
Old Man Backing His Wife Testifies on Sanity Question
Breckenridge Texas AP report says A Otis Birch 95 a wealthy former oilman and citrus grower testified that he does not want to return to California because authorities want him to take a sanity test. He spoke loudly as he described his stance and condition.
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Griffin
Birch
Pearl Choatead
Breckenridge, Tex
California
Carmichael Draws Big Crowd At UC Berkeley Rally
Stokely Carmichael leader of the SNCC spoke to about 14 000 students at the Greek Theater urging opposition to the Vietnam War and the draft. The crowd cheered as he said to hell with the draft and stood in a long ovation with minimal police presence.
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Berkeley
Calif
Stokely Carmichael
Carmichael
Detroit visits by Rev Bob Harrington meet closed doors
The New Orleans evangelist nicknamed Chaplain of Bourbon Street walked Detroit bars and burlesque venues seeking to save strippers but city doors remained shut. He spoke with patrons and workers including four sailors and a shoe shine boy while noting dancers’ resistance to preaching. He carried a large Bible and compared his effort to a stick up, yet saw sincerity among the workers.
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