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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1969

Page

6

Dure Party Steals From Ghetto Poor

Larry Clayton Powell, 25, testified he was expelled from the Black Panthers after being arrested for an armed robbery attempt on the party’s orders. He said the party refused to bail him out or care for his wife and claimed the party had a contract to kill him and had attempted to.

Larry Clayton Powell The Black Panthers

McKissick’s Soul City aid blocked by HUD rules

HUD testified that federal funds will not assist communities designed for one race or another. Warren County North Carolina is cited as a symbol, while Soul City’s 17 000 residents aim to welcome all races but face funding barriers.

Washington UPT HUD McKissick

Pat Nixon Praises Blind Students in Volunteer Run Program

Mrs. Nixon tears up at a performance by blind youngsters and calls the show a personal favorite. She praises volunteers running the effort with no federal funding, stresses America needs volunteers while noting some basic government support for schools.

Pat Nixon

Powell Lawyer on His Payroll for 3 Months

Washington records show law professor Herbert O. Reid Sr. who aided Rep. Adam Clayton Powell’s 1967 House exclusion case spent three months on Powell’s payroll this year. Reid received 3655.67 dollars for services in April and was not listed on the May payroll.

Washington UPI Herbert O. Reid Sr Adam Clayton Powell House Powell Reid

Shaky Work-Furlough Experiment at San Quentin Will Continue

The work furlough program for California convicts will continue despite limited success. Officials say 12 inmates, including Zalek and 11 others, are employed outside the walls in Bay Area jobs, with self-support reducing state costs by about 2,500 dollars annually.

San Quentin California Zalek San Francisco Bay Area

SDS Bans Capitalist Press At Five Day Convention

Tee votes to exclude all newsmen except revolutionary press from Chicago meeting. Miss Dohrn says capitalist press defined as media profiting from news, action taken after clashes outside Coliseum, 1,500 delegates debate affidavits versus total ban, Klonsky proclaims We are all Communists amid SDS rallying chants.

Tee SDS Chicago Michael Klonsky

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