Supreme Court rejects appeals from Genovese Shelton and Patriarca
The Supreme Court refused to review the convictions and appeals of Vito Genovese and Robert Shelton, leaders linked to the Mafia and Ku Klux Klan, and also declined to hear Raymond Patriarca's murder conspiracy case. The Court also took actions on California’s Criminal Syndicalism Act, public housing eviction rules, and broadcast fairness doctrine challenges.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Vito Genovese
Cosa Nostra
Robert M. Shelton
Ku Klux Klan
Raymond Patriarca
New England
Genovese
Leavenworth
Shelton
United Klans of America
Congress
House Committee On Un-American Activities
KKK
Patriarca
Joseph Valachi
Senate
Valachi
California
Los Angeles
New York
Wilkins Opposes Black Autonomy on Campuses
Roy Wilkins of the NAACP denounces black autonomy on campuses as Jim Crow segregation while urging students to pursue degrees. He spoke at the 60th annual NAACP meeting and warned against power struggles weakening school decentralization and child welfare.
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New York
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Wilkins
The
NAACP
Nixon faces criticism for Moynihan and all white cabinet
Black leaders in New York denounce Richard Nixon for not naming a Black cabinet member and for naming Daniel Moynihan to the urban affairs council. Nathan Wright and Ralph Abernathy critique the move as a setback while Moynihan defends the appointment amid debate on race and urban policy.
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Moynihan
New York
API
Richard M. Nixon
Council On Urban Affairs
Nathan Wright
Newark
N.J
National Black Power Conference
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Ralph D. Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Abernathy
Wright
Mynihan
Antiwar Groups Plan Counter Inaugural Parade on Pennsylvania Ave
Antiwar organizations led by David Dellinger win government approval for a counterinaugural march on Sunday the day before Nixon’s inauguration. The coalition includes the NMC SCLC New Party Women’s Liberation and SDS with demands for a large tent near the inaugural route and designated peaceful protest zones.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Nixon
David Dellinger
National Mobilization Committee
Vietnam
NMC
Dellinger
Southern’ Christian Leadership Conference
The
New Party
New York
Womens Liberation Movement
Womens’ International League For Peace and Freedom
Students For A Democratic Society
Soul City planned in North Carolina Black Belt
Floyd B McKissick announced a plan to build Soul City a new town in rural Black Belt of North Carolina with possible population of 18000 He said 1810 acres in Warren County were acquired for nearly 500000 and expects federal funds and guarantees for the project
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Washington
Floyd B. McKissick
North Carolina
Soul City
McKissick
Congress of Racial Equality
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
UC Budget Cuts Down Quarter
Santa Barbara campus will shift from a 12 week summer quarter to a six week self supported session due to budget problems. Chancellor Vernon I. Cheadle announced the six week program, offered for 23 years, may be replaced by a 12 week quarter next year while Berkeley and Los Angeles continue with the 12 week program.
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Santa Barbara
University of California
Vernon I. Cheadle
Laird Outlines Shift to Negotiation in World Affairs
Secretary of Defense designate Melvin Laird said the United States is moving from confrontation toward negotiation with the Soviet Union. He emphasized extensive preparations are essential, and that negotiations must start from a position of strength as he prepares for Senate confirmation hearings.
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Defense
Melvin Laird
United States
Soviet Union
Laird
Senate Armed Services
Czechoslovakia
Beam Set for Moscow Post
Veteran diplomat Jacob D. Beam is Nixon Administration’s candidate to become U.S. ambassador to Moscow, replacing Llewellyn Thompson who will retire. Beam, 50, careers minister in the Foreign Service, previously served as embassy minister in Moscow in 1952 1953 and was ambassador to Poland from 1957 to 1962.
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Jacob D. Beam
Nixon
U.S
Moscow
Llewellyn Thompson
Beam
Foreign Service
Ambassa
Prague
Princeton
Cambridge University
England
Poland
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