South African Girl Survives Shock at Negro Host Family
Melanie Hope, a 19 year old white South African student, spent weeks with the James Brown family in Paramus New Jersey after joining the American Field Service program. She describes initial shock at meeting a Black family, but says there was no regret and praises the experience as a wonderful learning opportunity about humanity. The Browns emphasize the program does not pair students of the same background and note similar placements across the country.
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Dee Wedemeyer
Melanie Hope
Melanie
Paramus
N.J
James Browns
California
American Field Service
Browns
Glendale
Calif
United States
AFS
Brown
Sume” Brown
Veterans Administration Hospital
Bronx
Africa
Mrs. Brown
South Africa
Pretoria
Melanie Jppe
Englewood, N.J
James Brown
Lawyer for Ray admits carrying pistol to jail visit
Attorney Arthur Hanes disclosed he carried a pistol and briefcase into Shelby County jail to see James Earl Ray and surrendered it before the meeting. Sheriff Morris confirmed the account, while prosecutors noted Alabama permit validity does not transfer to Tennessee.
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Mem Pilis
James Earl Ray
Shelby County
Ray
Arthur’ J. Vanes
Birmingham
Ala
Hanes
William N. Morris
Martin Luther King Jr
Alabama
Lvst
Morris
Robert K. Dwyer
Tennessee
Memphis
Memphis Attorneys Appointed By Criminal Court
Preston Battle
Japan and Soviet Union sign Siberian lumber deal
Tokyo and Moscow sign an agreement to develop Siberia s lumber sector. Japan will export machinery and consumer goods valued at 160 million dollars in exchange for 8 020 000 cubic meters of Siberian timber.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Soviet Union
Siberia
Five Plead Innocence And Bond Set In County Court
Five defendants pleaded innocent to charges and were placed on bonds in County Court at law No. 1. Judge Edwin H. Boedeker set $500 bond for Taylor Tye 18 charged with aggravated assault after an incident with patrolman Jerry Parker in a 3100 block of 52nd Street parking lot during glue report.
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Edwin H. Boedeker
Taylor Tye
Tye
Jerry Parker
52Nd Street
Donald Weaver
Slaton
Connie Tatum
Weber Dr
Apt. A
Juanita Castillo
Emory St
Maximo Sanchez Trivino
2Nd St
East Germany Applies Tougher Penal Code for Political Offenses
Communist East Germany implements a new penal code raising penalties for political offenses while offering milder sentences for lesser crimes. The reform signals a broader crackdown on political dissent alongside leniency in non-political crimes.
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Berlin
East Germany
Nixon Leads Nixon Rockefeller In Pre Convention Poll
George Gallup reports Nixon has overtaken Humphrey and McCarthy in a pre convention test, with Rockefeller about even. Gains are noted in the East Far West and among young adults and independents, from interviews with 1156 registered voters conducted July 20 to 23.
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George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N. J
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
Nelson Rockefeller
Nixon
Humphrey
McCarthy
Rockefeller
New York
Minnesota
East
Far West
Republcans
Eugene Mc
Carthy
Hubert) Humphrey
George Wallace
Alabama
Nixon-Humphrey-Wallace
Wallace
Nixon-McCarthy- Wallace
Carthy Wallace
Dune
Wim
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