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63 Percent of Negroes Distrust System in Poll
A Time magazine poll of 1,255 people shows 63 percent distrust the federal government for leadership on race, rising to 40 percent among teens. Only 3 percent look to Nixon for such leadership, while 63 percent preferred Kennedy and Johnson. It also reports 64 percent believe conditions have improved, names reasons, and notes three Black leaders deny an inevitable race war, urging political and economic action. Louisville adopts eight day waiting period for handgun purchases.
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