California Teens Win National B'nai B'rith Oratory Finals
A California boy and a Pennsylvania girl won the national oratory finals at the B'nai B'rith convention. Nine Hoffman, 17, from Pittsburgh, defeated six finalists for the boys title, while Michael Morton, 17, of Monterey Park, Calif., won the girls division. Runnerups were Steven Segel, 16, of Houston, for the boys and Alana Bixon, 17, of Boston, for the girls. Ten leaders received leadership training scholarships, with full tuition and travel to a summer conference awarded.
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Starlight
UPI
California
Pennsylvania
Hoffman
Pittsburgh
Michael Morton
Monterey Park
Calif
Aleph Zatlik Aleth
B'nai B'rith
Stevens Segel
Houston
Tex
Alana Bixon
Boston
Planning for March About Done
Top organizers wrap up preparations for the Washington civil rights march next Wednesday. They will meet Congressional leaders before the march and President Kennedy after. Harry Truman criticizes the protest on a local TV program saying there is no sense in angering Congress. Attendees at the final session include Roy Wilkins Whitney Young and A. Philip Randolph.
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UPI
Washington
Kennedy
Harry Truman
Congress
Truman
Robert ‘Wagner
City Hall
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Whitney Young
National Urban League
A. Philip Randolph
Negro American Labor Council
Scientists Propose Man Generates Rodents in Evolution
At an evolution symposium in the 16th International Congress of Zoology, Yale’s Elwyn L. Simons, the American Museum of Natural History’s Malcolm C. McKenna, and Oxford’s J. S. Weiner discuss the rodent lineage. They suggest primates may be ancestral to Rodentia, linking rats, mice, beavers, and squirrels to the same broad order as humans.
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Sierra College
Rocklin
Calif
Sherry Karr
Charlynn Ramsey
Peggy Williamson
L-R
Gary Hexon
Elwyn L. Simons
Yale University
Malcolm C. McKenna
American Museum of Natural History
New York
J. S. Weiner
Oxford
Judge Allows Nazi Meeting in Perry Park Redondo Beach
Superior Court Judge Alfred Gitelson gave a conditional green light for the West Coast American Nazi Party to hold an Aug 31 rally in Perry Park Redondo Beach after forcing a park change and a guaranteed peaceful event. The order requires no denial of attendance based on race creed or national origin and bars heckling or violence. Forbes plans a counter rally at Burbank City Hall next week aligning with other right wing groups.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Alfred Gitelson
Redondo Beach
Perry Park
Ralph P. Forbes
Gitelson
Forbes
Burbank City Hall
Washington
Burbank
John Whitney
Unusual Swearing-In For Negro NLRB Member Jenkins
Howard Jenkins Jr. becomes the first Black member of the National Labor Relations Board with a grand ceremony at the Interior Department auditorium in Washington. Supreme Court Justice Goldberg administers the oath as ambassadors, officials, and newsmen attend. Jenkins delays start to avoid a civil rights march, replacing Phillip Ray Rodgers whose term ends Tuesday. Jenkins, 48, a Republican, previously served as assistant commissioner and taught law at Howard University.
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UPI
Howard Jenkins Jr
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Interior Department
Supreme Court
Arthur J. Goldberg
Jenkins
Phillip Ray Rodgers
Rodgers
Africa
Labor Board
Kennedy
A. Leon Higginbotham
Federal Trade Commission
Bureau of Labor Management Reports
Howard University
National War Labor Board
Afl-Cio Building Trades Department
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Sherman Oaks
Jonathan Levin
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Piala
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Maggie Stover
Young Elegant
Nancy Greer
Edith Flag
Howard Wolf
Sue Brett
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