Voters Nominate Negro for Sheriff in Alabama Race
In Macon County Alabama Lucius A Amerson 52 a former postal employee won the Democratic nomination for sheriff in a runoff amid Negro voter splits. The statewide ballot featured 22 white vs Negro contests with Negros largely defeated including notable attorney Fred D Gray.
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Lucius A. Amerson
Macon County
Ala
Amerson
UPI
Alabama
Birmingham
Fred D. Gray
Construction In May Totals 8.9 Million
May construction activity reached 8.91 million dollars, the highest monthly total since records began except for 1960 1963 and 1965. Through May the year’s total stood at 12.5 million with large projects including Trane Co administration building and a new library heater plant and forestry lab among others.
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la Crosse Telephone Corp
Ward Avenue
Trane Co
Hillview Home
8Th
Main Streets
la Crosse State University
Trane Employes Credit Union
D. E. Hopkins
Holiday Aviation, Inc
Batavian National Lee
Wisconsin Assembly Rejigs Water Quality Bill in Assembly
The Democratic controlled Assembly passed a revised water quality bill stripping Knowles task force provisions. It shifts regulatory power to the Department of Resource Development and drops a $200 million municipal bonding plan in favor of a 30 percent state grant for sewage plants. Debate cited resistance to a new agency and concerns over the department’s capacity. Page 2 coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Resource Development
Assembly
Public Service Commission
Department
Senate
Assembly Democrats
Glen Pommerening
Wauwatosa
Nikolay
Paul Pratt
Temporary Compromise Reached By S Viet Junta And Buddhists
South Viet Nam's military government and Buddhist opponents reached a temporary formula for a political compromise. The plan enlarges the 10 man military directorate with 10 civilian members, aiming for a June 5 leadership formation, while Buddhist factions remain divided and unrest continues in Hue and Saigon.
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S. Viet Junta
Saigon
Viet Nam
Buddhist Unified Church
Buddhist Institute
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
National Leadership Council
U.S
Hue
Johnson
Gia Long
National Leadership Committee
Buddhist Youth Center
Minh
Tran van Do
Rendezvous Delayed Again In Gemini 9 Attempt
Spaceflight officials postponed the Gemini 9 rendezvous due to a radio guidance failure just before liftoff. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Thomas Stafford faced a second postponement after a May 17 scrub and now await a Friday morning restart with the target satellite in orbit and a potential 22 hour spacewalk by Cernan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Benedict
Cape Kennedy
Fla
U.S
Eugene A. Cernan
Cernan
Thomas P. Stafford
William C. Schneider
Space Agency
Stafford
Agena
U.S. Surveyor
Earth
Moon
Surveyor
Rights Conclave Patches Up Differences
The White House Conference on Civil Rights reportedly resolved key differences and planned to vote in groups on resolutions. Vice President Humphrey urged action on racial equality, while CORE leaders expressed cautious satisfaction with a compromise amid talks on a multibillion dollar program for housing jobs education and justice.
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Joseph E. Mohbat
Washington
White House
Ben W. Heineman
Planning Council
Joseph L. Rauh Jr
CORE
Floyd McKissick
McKissick
Conference Planning Council
Civic Center project wins Finance Committee approval
The Civic Center urban renewal plan cleared the Finance Committee vote four to zero with no debate. It envisions a government complex between 4th and 7th streets from State to La Crosse with commercial development south of Vine, clearing most nearby buildings except for the auditorium Coleman Vocational School Hixon House Courthouse First Federal and the Ivy Motel.
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Civic Center
Common Council Finance Committee
4Th
7Th
State
la Crosse Streets
Vine
Coleman Vocational School
Hixon House
Courthouse
First Federal
Ivy Motel
Black Arts Tap Harlem Funds Despite Rejections
An internal study reports Harlem's Black Arts theater obtained federal antipoverty funds on a third attempt and spent at least 115000 on programs including controversial hate themed works for youth. The board halted financing last Sept 7 amid broader HARYOU ACT probe into misuse of funds, kickbacks, and imposter ministries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harlem
Black Arts Theater
Sargent Shriver
Office of Economic Opportunity
Haryou-Act Board of Directors
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K. L. Buford
Sadler
L. A. Locklair
Harold Webb
Board of Revenue
Peter Kirksey
Greene County
Tuskegee
Bullock
Hale
Perry
Hale County
Henry McCaskill
McCaskill
Tuskegee Institute
Montgomery
Melba Till Allen
Richard
Dick) Beard
Robert F. Whaley
Tom Bevill
Tom Stafford
Gene Cernan
Donn Eisele
Edward G. Givens
Pete Conrad
By Robert D. Ohman
North
Yen Bay
Red River
Hanoi
Black Arts
Associated Press
Samuel R. Pierce Jr
Park Avenue
Frank S. Hogan
OEO
Pierce Committee
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