Mutual Destiny Toward Racial Unity Stressed by Negro Leaders
Roy Wilkins and Martin Luther King Jr. urged white and Black Americans to work together to solve racial ills. They spoke at a panel during the International Platform Association convention, stressing shared destiny and rejecting separate paths to power. Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. proposed a $20 to $30 billion program to replace slums with housing and education. Comedian Dick GrezovV joined the Q&A. Former Gov. George Wallace’s speech was canceled amid safety concerns.
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Washington
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
King
International Platform Association
Ivan Allen Jr
Atlanta
Dick Grezo
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Drew Pearson
Wallace
Pearson
Montgomery
Ala
Baptist Church Sets Dedication in Aiken Community
Dedication of a new Baptist Church sanctuary near Lockney scheduled Sunday in the Aiken area replaces the one destroyed by fire last February. The Rev O C Haile of Elkhart Kansas will speak. the current pastor is Rev Carl Coffee. Open house follows the 2 30 pm ceremony. Mercury and Gemini astronauts logged over 15 million miles combined.
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Lockney
Aiken
O. C. Haile
Elkhart
Kan
Carl Coffee
Tech hosts fourth annual cheerleader school awards
Tech’s Intramural Department held its fourth annual cheerleader school with 58 participants from 12 regional cities. Schools from Plainview to Las Vegas NM competed in five group sizes, with ties for first in several categories and Spirit stick honors given to multiple high schools and junior highs. Tammy Taylor led a 17 member judging panel from the National Cheerleaders Association in Dallas.
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Tech
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Hooker
Okla
Hich
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Abilene
Caprock High
Amarillo
Frenship High
Wolfforth
Roswell Num Fligh
Levelland High
Guymon
Boise City
Aldine High School
Houston
Spur
Robertson High
Las Vegas
Lubbock
Coronado High School
Lockhart Hich
Farwell
Ington
Sudan High
Hart High
Estelline High
Kermit High
Crystal City High
Hagerman
N. M
Groom High
Southland High
Muleshoe High
Sam Houston Junior High
Carlsbad
Mid-High
Robert E. Lee
Pampa
Frenship
N.M
Alamo Junior High
Midland
San Jacinto
Littlefield
Okla High
Hooker High
Plainview High
Cooper High
Goddard High
Littlefield High
Tammy Taylor
National Cheerleaders Association
Dallas
South Vietnam Seeks UN Observers for Election
The United States expressed support for South Vietnam's request for United Nations observers during the September presidential election. The State Department said it was satisfied with Saigon's request but doubted UN compliance.
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Washington
UPI
United States
South Vietnam
United Nations
State Department
Saigon
Reese Officers to Receive Medals at Graduation
Three Reese Air Force Base first lieutenants will be awarded 21 decorations earned in Southeast Asia during Class 68 A graduation in the base theater. Col Ernest T. Cragg will present the honors to 1st Lt. Lawrence E. Cary 1st Lt. Allan F. Kennedy and 1st Lt. Larry V. Rider for Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal clusters earned as FAC pilots in Vietnam.
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Reese Air Force Base
Southeast Asia
Ernest T. Cragg
Reese
Lawrence E. Cary
Allan F. Kennedy
Larry V. Rider
Cary
Kennedy
North Vietnam
Rider
Air Force
Leaders condemn Philadelphia antiriot law as premature
A biracial group of 159 leaders from business, neighborhood groups, civic agencies, and officials condemned Philadelphia’s emergency law as premature, urging withdrawal and a $3 million effort to reduce ghetto tension through jobs, housing, and services. Mayor Tate extended police powers until Aug 11 to deter violence, while Police Commissioner Rizzo warned groups of 12 or more could be dispersed if violence looms. Since June 7, 54 have been arrested amid sporadic rioting with no shots fired.
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Lee Linder
Philadelphia
James H. J. Tate
Tate
Police Department
Frank L. Rizzo
Levy Anderson
Rizzo
False alarm misdirects fire crew to wrong city
A Friday call reported a stove fire at a Methodist parsonage with the address 911 1st St. The message caused Lubbock firemen to respond to the wrong city until the dispatcher traced the caller’s Abernathy location.
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Lubbock
1St St
Abernathy
New Interdenominational Fish Movement Spreading Nationally
A voluntary, loosely organized effort called Fish unites Protestants and Catholics to aid neighbors in need. Potomac Maryland hosts an active chapter with 100 volunteers serving as officers of the day handling emergency requests and directing aid. Chapters exist across England, Canada, and the United States with no central approval needed to start a unit.
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United Press Internationals
America
Jesus Christ
God
Fish
Potomac
Washington, D. C
Potomac Fish
Washington
Oxford
England
United States
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepard
West Springfield
Mass
Canada
El Paso Boy Killed After Darting Into Street
AP reports seven year old Derek Rowe of Charlotte North Carolina was killed in El Paso when he darted into the path of a car Friday. The incident highlights dangers to pedestrians near roadways in urban areas.
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EL Paso
Derek Rowe
Charlotte, N.C
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