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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1966
Page
3
Reported in Washington experts fear Gov George Wallace could bolster President Johnson in 1968 if Loretta Wallace wins Alabama’s governorship. A Wallace victory might signal a third party bid, drawing electoral votes from Nixon and aiding Johnson, while Wallace’s political future hinges on Alabama.
In Washington the House moves to a civil rights provision that would make federal crimes out of violence against Negroes and civil rights workers. It targets murders bombings and other acts when states fail to prosecute. Penalties include up to 10000 dollars and life imprisonment. The proposal faces opposition mainly from Southern members who see it as federal overreach. The House aims to complete action on the provision and then tackle school desegregation before a final vote.
About 1,500 civil rights demonstrators marched through 2,000 jeering whites in a white neighborhood on Chicago's Northwest Side. Police protected the integrated group as they ended the march in Cragin, the largest open housing protest yet, with clashes, arrests, injuries, and a rainstorm that cooled tensions.
U S Rep Robert E Sweeney of Ohio called Stokely Carmichael a dangerous American and a puppet leader in Cleveland remarks after Carmichael described black power and condemned Negro soldiers in Vietnam as black mercenaries. Sweeney said the civil rights goal would be harmed by such tactics and warned of calls to havoc in the streets.
Signs with slogans praise George Wallace and the National States Rights party greeted civil rights demonstrators. A counter group carried a banner showing a red bolt over a Confederate flag. Leaders included Al Raby and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was struck by a rock in Jackson, Mississippi.
Noting the large number of marchers, Bevel shouted above the jeers of hecklers this is a great indication of the move ment. We will not be intimidated by crowds and violence. King and his aides have made Chicago the prime northern target city in their campaign to open housing and jobs to Negroes. They focused in recent weeks on charges that white real estate firms sell and rent to white persons but not to Negroes.
A century ago Chief Sequoia devised an 85 character alphabet to simplify learning to write for Cherokee tribesmen, aiding literacy and cultural preservation.
Two cockpit and air position recorders recovered from the wreckage of Braniff Flight 2, a BAC One-11, could reveal cockpit conversations and flight data before the Falls City crash that killed 42. CAB investigators expect days or weeks for analysis in Washington.
Floyd Tidwell age 43 of Warren Ohio charged with first degree murder in the slaying of James W Noel 49 of Cincinnati Also charged with wounding with intent to kill in the same melee. Albert Buxton 21 of Cincinnati shot in the chest in critical condition at General Hospital.
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