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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1969

Page

6

Sit-Ins and Hunger Strikes Spread Across U S Campuses

Across multiple campuses students stage hunger strikes and sit-ins in protest. Lincoln University in Missouri reports a third day of action while Stanford New Jersey's St Peter's College Ohio's Marietta College and others see continued demonstrations and related faculty and administration responses. Police and campus officials bolster security amid ongoing unrest.

Missouri Lincoln University Stanford University New Jersey St. Peter’s College Ohio Marietta College Wisconsin Lawrence University Indiana University Bloomington Stanford University Keneath S City College of New York Buell Gallagher New York City New York Uniformed Fire Officers Association Brooklyn Pratt Institute Black Students Union Earle Maimain Jersey City

Top U S Educator Calls for Broad Educational Change

Washington UPI James E Allen as U S commissioner of education urges universities to broaden student and faculty roles and tackle root causes of unrest He supports board participation by universities and says final say lies with administrations He calls for harsher punishments for lawbreaking students predicts more unrest at high school level Seeks use of police to quell disorder and backs busing to improve access to education and support integration.

Washington UPI James E. Allen U.S. Commissioner of Education

Two Girls Disrupt Paris American Church Service

Two Negro girls interrupted a Paris American Church service delivering a manifesto similar to SNCC rhetoric. One identified as Julie Herve, daughter of the late Richard Wright. they ignored responses and left after demanding a reply. About a dozen SNCC members demonstrated outside as police watched.

Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Paris Julia Herve Emerson G. Hangen Long Beach Julie Herve Richard Wright Hangen First Congregational World Council of Churches SNCC

Forman Praises Minister After Riverside Church Standoff

Black militant James Forman returned to New York praising Rev Ernest Campbell for understanding the needs of the poor. He read a statement denouncing the church offer to earmark income for the needy and demanded 60 percent reparations for past injustices to Negroes before attending the service with followers.

New York James Forman Riverside Church Forman

Calls for Arms In SDS Arrests Planned Within 10 Days

Michael Klonsky claimed on Face the Nation that Mitchell plans mass arrests of SDS members and allied groups within ten days, citing a source close to Mitchell. A Justice Department spokesman denied raids are planned, emphasizing ongoing investigation of campus disorders.

Michael Klonsky Columbia Broadcasting System Face the Nation Mitchell SDS Black Panther Party Justice Department Washington

Negroes Demand Halt of Service and Arrests At Church

A group disrupted a religious meeting prompting police to arrest 10 individuals including Ronald L. Wilkins 23 Sandra Scott 24 Harold James Welton Jr 18 and seven juveniles on suspicion of felony conspiracy to disrupt. Rev Don R Boyd said the group sought five minutes to speak and left a taped record for authorities. The protest began after a demand for 500 million in reparations and followed by exits blocked except one.

Ronald L. Wilkins Sandra Scott Harold James Welton Jr Boyd B. Herrera Herrera

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