Story of a Washington march that never came off
The 1941 plan for a Negro rights march on Washington surfaced in UPI reporting. A. Phillip Randolph said FDR, under wartime powers, issued an executive order banning racial discrimination in defense plants after threats of a large march. The order faced White House hesitance but was pushed through with La Guardia and Stimson mediation, canceling the planned protest.
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UPI
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Sleeping Car Porters Union
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Fiorella LaGuardia
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Post Office Tests Halt Deterrent To Shield Mail Carriers
The Post Office reports a three month trial of a chemical spray called Halt to deter unfriendly dogs. In four cities 56 postmen were bitten in two months, while 322 of 457 canine attacks were stopped by Halt. Users cite cap troubles and container design as primary improvement needs.
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Washington
UPI
Post Office Department
Detroit
Baltimore
San Francisco
Miami
United Press International
South Carolina
Texas
Probe in Texas socialite murder narrows leads
Phoenix officers and Hidalgo County deputies pursue leads on the killing of Jane Langdon, a 21 year old Texas socialite found shot in a cave near Phoenix. An ex convict informant named three men who allegedly kidnapped and killed her for kicks. Two suspects denied involvement as authorities seek the clothes and murder weapon.
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Phoenix
Ariz
UPI
Texas
Jane Langdon
Wes Maultin
Miss Langdon
Fort Worth
Jack Langdon
Here
Langdon
Young Girl Terrorized By Youths On Ocean City Beach
A crowd of about 30 college youths ripped the bottom from a 19 year old girl's bathing suit and dunked her in the surf. Police rescued her after Beach Patrol Lieutenant Charles Bowen ordered the crowd to stop. The assailants fled into the crowd as officers arrived.
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N.Y
UPI
Charles Bowen
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Arabs Will Continue Yemen Aid
Cairo report quotes UAR Executive Council Chairman Aly Sabry asserting continued military protection for Yemen's republic. He says partial return of Yemeni force is not abandonment, and the UAR remains on alert to defend the revolution against external reactionary plots and imperialist influence.
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Aly Sabry
Yemen
Sabry
Mamate
United States
Ellsworth Bunker
United Arab Republic
White House wary of Kennedy children sizes and other first family gifts
The White House keeps precise clothing sizes for President Kennedy's children confidential to avoid an avalanche of gifts. Past presidents faced gift surges, from Truman's shirts to Eisenhower's golf items and Roosevelt’s ash trays, illustrating the strong pull of public generosity toward first families.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Kennedy
Caroline
John
Truman
Kansas City
Jacobson
Lighter Side by Dick West on Euphoria from Test Ban Talks
A light column riffs on the term euphoria cited during Senate hearings on the test ban treaty. The author confuses it with Ethiopia and notes Vice President Johnson’s remarks to claim even pre ratification euphoria may spread, while joking about domestic woes and weather.
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UPI
Senate
Ethiopia
Lyndon B. Johnson
Afl-Cio
Houston
Tex
Johnson
Japan Canada Trade Meet Aims to Ease Trade Gap
Tokyo delegates head to the Japan Canada Ministerial Council in Ottawa on September 25 to push for measures narrowing Japan's trade deficit with Canada. The 1962 data show Japan's exports to Canada at 255 million dollars while Canada sold 126 million to Japan.
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UPI
Canada
Japan Times
Japan
Ottawa
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