Civil Rights Outlook For '64: More Demonstrations
AP report from Atlanta summarizes expectations for 1964 in civil rights. Leaders foresee a pickup in demonstrations but also a trend toward negotiation as white leaders seek to avert unrest. Interviews with about 30 white and Black leaders across nearly 20 cities indicate momentum from 1963 may continue with increased activity in early 1964.
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Lawton
Don McKee
Atlanta
Pen
Associated
South
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Birmingham
Ala
King
Mississippi
Alabama
Ed Marciniak
Chicago
Johnson Faces Southern Split Over Civil Rights Pressure
The article outlines a strategy for anti adminstration Democrats in the South to push President Johnson into using federal force to enforce integration. It cites leaders like Wallace Faubus Barnett and Nicholson and notes polls showing white Southern discontent with Kennedy and potential shifts toward Johnson's harder stance. It also details five trends from negotiation to voter registration and civil rights legislation shaping 1964 dynamics.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United Press International
South
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Oxford
Miss
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Ross E. Barnett
Mississippi
Faubus
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Little Rock
Wallace
Barnett
John Kennedy
Republican Party
Kennedys
John F
Robert F. Kennedy
Jfk
Congress
House
Sneeder Escapes As Patrol Auto Dives In Creek
Clinton Oklahoma March report says patrol trooper H D Washman pursued a speeder on a Custer County road five miles NW of Clinton. The cruiser missed a crooked bridge and plunged 15 feet into a creek bed. Washman sustained cuts and bruises but was treated and released.
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Clinton
API
H. D. Washman
Washman
Custer
Oklahoma City to Be One Stop in Plane Derby
Fresno dispatch says the Powder Puff Derby will cover 2 573 miles with Oklahoma City as a night stop. About 100 women pilots are expected to fly private planes from Fresno to Atlantic City in the race starting July 4.
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Oklahoma City
Fresno
Calif
Atlantic City
Oklahoma Board Denies 15 Percent Homeowner Rate Hike
Oklahoma City The state insurance board rejected a 15 percent increase in homeowner package insurance rates. Firms had sought an extra five dollars per year for non deductible policies in addition to the across the board rise. Board Secretary Nelson H. Newman Jr. and member Joe Carey announced the action Tuesday noting Insurance Commissioner Joe B. Hunt was absent as he had said he would oppose the raise.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Nelson H. Newman Jr
Joe Carey
Joe B. Hunt
Hunt
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Urban League
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John R. Cunningham
Human Relations Commission
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R. A. Hawkins
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Philadelphia
Sneeder
Patrol Auto
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D Avenue
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Orion
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