Black Power debate fractures civil rights unity this week
The movement splits over non-violence versus militancy as SNCC and CORE embrace black power. King and NAACP leaders oppose the term while Vice President Humphrey urges rejection of racism. The rift spans to international and labor scenes, signaling a pivotal era in civil rights.
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Martin Luther King
Mississippi
CORE
Floyd McKissick
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Los Angeles
King
Hubert H. Humphrey
NAACP
Johnson
McKissick
SNCC
Stokely Carmichael
Las Vers Sun Publication Credits and Addresses
Las Vers Sun published mornings including Sundays by the Las Vegas Sun Inc with staff positions listed. The notice cites executives editors, editors, city editors, department heads, and officers, plus carriers and advertising staff. It also states postal registration and membership in press associations and audit bodies.
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Las Vegas Sun, Inc
South
Commerce Street
Las Vegas
Nevada
Ruthe Deskin
Bryn Armstrong
Vince Anselmo
Dave Bradley
Gerry Appleby
Jack Davenport
William Sherwood
Burt Bay
Haney Womack
H. M. Greenspun
Ray Ger‘aain
Barbara Green
Ward-Griffith Co
Chicago
Detroit
New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
United Press International
Nevada State Press Association
American Newspaper Publishers Association
California Newspaper Publishers Association
The
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Supreme Court: preparing obscene material not illegal without distribution
California Supreme Court reverses Robert A. Klor's conviction, ruling no law prohibits creating obscene material for personal use or for self satisfaction if not intended for sale or distribution. The 5-2 decision says distribution intent must be proven for punishment under obscenity statutes.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
Supreme Court
Robert A. Klor
Los Angeles
Klor
British Defense Intelligence seeks multilingual staff
London reports that the British Ministry of Defense ran a Times ad offering 10 posts on the defense intelligence staff. The Civil Service Commission noted an understanding of military nautical or technological matters as desirable and required knowledge of at least two listed languages if the applicant lacks Chinese. Salary ranges from 2265 to 4289 dollars, modest by U.S. standards but good in Britain.
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Ministry of Defense
the Times
Defense Intelligence
Civil Service Commission
U.S
Britain
Lose weight naturally with physician guidance
A weight loss ad urges consulting a doctor to determine overeating causes and to stop nonhungry eating and drinking. It promotes prescription hypnosis by Acacia Prescription Hypnosis and Ewart L. Rogers with medical consultations, claiming safe quick easy results.
California Passes Watts Crime Laws in 1966 Session
Sacramento notes the 1966 legislature enacted tougher laws against arson during riots and Molotov bombs, banned LSD, and criminalized incitement to riot. It also mandated chemical testing for drunken driving with license suspension for refusal, adopted an ethics code, and moved to accrual accounting to cover a large budget gap.
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Sacramento
UPI
West Coast
Watts
California
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