King calls for Marshall Plan to end Negro poverty
Martin Luther King urged a 100 billion Marshall Plan for America to end poverty and riots, saying the program is more vital than the Vietnam War or the space program. He favored a ten year ten billion dollar annual effort and defined black power as a potential political and economic force if clearly interpreted.
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Raleigh, N.C
UPI
Martin Luther King
America
Viet Nam
King
Space
Earth
King criticizes Chicago Police protection of civil rights demonstrators
Reverend Martin Luther King and Albert A. Raby accuse Chicago police of laxity in protecting peaceful marchers on the southwest side. They say police failed to disperse rioters, noting more property damage there than in the west side riots and urging better protection amid nationwide protests.
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Chicago
UPI
Martin Luther King
King
Atlanta
Albert A. Raby
Gage Park
West Side
Military coup overturns Nigeria regime. Gowon heads new government
Lt Col Yakubu Gowon announced a new Nigerian military government led by 31-year-old Maj. Gen. Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi is kidnapped along with Adekunle Fayiyi during the revolt. Gowon pledged to honor international obligations and guarantee foreign protection while pursuing unity and stability.
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Lagos
Nigeria
UPI
Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
Lagos Radia
Yakubu Gowon
Agum-Ironsi
Big Johnny Ironsides
Gowon
Affrica
Aguiyi- Ironsi
Adekunle Fayuyi
Aguiyi-Ironsi
Fayuyi
Cowon
Cowan
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Army bus crash injures 43 near Arlington
Thirty six high school youths escaped death when an Army bus collided with two cars and hit a railroad switch engine on Interstate 95 near Arlington. Bus driver Specialist James Porter Jr. was injured and said brake failure caused the crash as authorities investigated with Virginia State Police.
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Arlington
UPI
James Porter Jr
Bradenton
Fla
Washington
Quantico, Va
Military District of
Army
Porter
Virginia
Alexandria
Arlington County Hospital
Evacuation under way as Taal volcano looms near Manila
About 13,000 residents near Taal were being moved to evacuation centers after officials warned of a potential massive earthquake reaching Manila 40 miles away. A subcommittee reports 2,156 families displaced. forecasters fear a blast could trigger strong quakes within 50 to 75 miles.
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Manila
API
Taal
Volcano Island
Manila Weather Bureau
Volcano
Aurelio Ocampo Jr
Ocampo
Sacco Innocence Claim Faces 1920 Payroll Killing Tangle
Relatives of Nicola Sacco say new letters from elderly Italian emigrants support his innocence in the 1920 payroll holdup case at Braintree Massachusetts. Lawyer Michele Catalano says the letters were given to Hans Loeser, a Boston attorney aiding the Sacco Vanzetti Memorial Committee’s appeal seeking to overturn their 1921 verdict and 1927 execution.
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Milan
Italy
UPI
Nicola Sacco
Sacco-Vanzetti
Michele Catalano
America
Sacco
Bartolomae Vanzetti
Braintree
Mass
Hans Loeser
Catalano
Boston
Sacco- Vanzetti
Vanzetti
Ford Foundation proposes satellite system for US broadcasts
The Ford Foundation outlined a plan to create an independent nonprofit Broadcasters' Nonprofit Satellite Service using five hovering satellites to deliver television and radio from Maine to Hawaii. The proposal, backed by a $19.3 million annual operating cost and about $60 million yearly programming expenses, aims to offer a free distribution channel for noncommercial TV while offsetting costs via savings for commercial broadcasters.
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New York
UPI
Maine
Hawaii
Ford Foundation
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Broadcasters’ Nonprofit Satellite Service
BNS
Renewed Negro Rioting Hits Omaha North Side
In Omaha Nebraska a teenager was shot stores were looted and businesses damaged with Molotov cocktails during renewed riots on the north side Gov Morrison ordered the National Guard during prior nights but officials say no immediate plan to request troops Maj Gen Welch noted no plan for troops Sorensen urged residents to count ten and not panic He suggested rioting may have been planned due to ready Molotov cocktails.
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Omaha, Neb
UPI
Omaha
Frank B. Morrison
National Guard
A. V. Sorensen
Public Safety
Francis Lynch
Lyle Welch
Nebraska
Sorensen
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