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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1964
Page
2
Three rights workers jailed for several hours then released after driver Cheaty paid a $20 fine. They had traveled from Meridian to Philadelphia to probe a burned Negro church. Meanwhile COFO funded summer task force begins, with 173 students arriving for voter registration schools and freedom schools for teens to aid Negro citizenship rights.
Hugh B. Gordon 22 son of the U.S. ambassador and Mrs Lincoln Gordon sustained two broken legs in an automobile accident about 340 miles north of Rio de Janeiro early Monday.
In St Augustine Florida integration clashes left several injured and numerous arrests as Black beachgoers and white segregationists confronted each other. Police detained four Black people two white integrationists and six segregationists on charges including disturbing the peace and resisting arrest.
A AMA commission reports medical costs up 136 percent since 1940s and hospital charges per day rose to about 95 dollars. The study credits medical advances, including the polio vaccine and cancer early diagnosis, with lowered death rates and longer life expectancy while noting CPI adjustments overstate true price rises.
Thirteen resolutions from 10 states urged a stronger stand against smoking in the American Medical Association House of Delegates. California led with three: explain why a $10 million tobacco research grant was accepted. improve public communication on opposing cigarette harm labeling. and declare a link between excessive smoking and lung cancer. Other resolutions came from Wisconsin Vermont Florida Texas Illinois New Jersey Washington Colorado and Oregon.
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Roy Wilkins addressed the 55th NAACP convention pledging half a million members to press ahead on civil rights. He attacked Barry Goldwater as aligned with Birch Society lines and urged scrutiny of Goldwater’s backers while framing the civil rights bill as the nation’s first major legal step toward equality.
An explosion at the Modderfontein dynamite factory near Johannesburg on Monday left two men dead and three more injured at the detonator plant. Police and emergency services investigated the scene as workers were evacuated. The incident prompted safety reviews and inquiries into plant procedures.
A local health note advises on remedies for shoulder and leg aches. It mentions stress, sleep, and relaxation as factors and references a Dr Duncan offering appointments. The fragmentary text suggests nerve and muscle focus but lacks clear patient details or outcomes.
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