First Wave Of Students Arrives In Mississippi
More than 100 Northern and Eastern college students arrived in Mississippi to assist Negroes as part of the summer project. COFO expects about 1,000 volunteers to staff workshops, with 200 already completing indoctrination at Oxford Ohio. The National Conference of Churches trains most workers. Federal protection concerns prompted telegrams to the Justice Department. Memphis lawyers offer defense to any arrested students.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Council of Federated Organizations
COFO
National Conference of Churches
Oxford
Ohio
Western College For Women
Justice Department
Harrison A. Williams Jr
D-N.j
Memphis
King Sees Fast Tests For Law In Civil Rights Push
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr says integration leaders will file court challenges to the public accommodations section of the civil rights bill as soon as it becomes law. He outlined Montgomery Birmingham Gadsden Selma Tuscaloosa Alabama Albany Georgia and St. Augustine Florida as sites for tests and urged continued demonstrations boycotts and ballot action despite expectations the bill is not the end of the road. President Johnson called the vote an milestone but not the end, as nearly 200 Illinois groups backed the rally where Hesburgh Farmer and Foreman spoke.
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Chicago
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Montgomery
Birmingham
Gadsden
Selma
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Albany
St. Augustine
Fla
Barry Goldwater
Ariz
Goldwater
Senate
Soldier Field
Johnson
Sen
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Illinois
United States
Theodore Hesburgh
Notre Dame University
James Farmer
Congress of Racial — 9
James Foreman
Student Non - Violent Coordinating Committee
Wilkins Urges Wise Tactics to Press Civil Rights Bill
NAACP leader Roy Wilkins cautions that rapid testing of the civil rights bill must be smart and orderly to prevent undermining gains. He advocates moderation at the 55th annual convention and notes GOP Senate support for civil rights despite Goldwater.
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Washington
Roy Wilkins
Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Senate
Sen. Goldwater
Racial designations removed from most military forms
The Defense Department ordered racial designations dropped from most personnel forms in April. Deputy assistant secretary Alfred B. Fitt said 24 or 25 forms still carried racial listings, mostly tied to casualty reports, disposal of remains, and certain notices related to AWOL or deserters. The move aims to reduce discrimination in the armed forces.
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Washington
Defense Department
Alfred B. Fitt
Fitt
Associated Press
Pentagon
Navy
Department of Defense
Anchorage Began as Tent Camp During Alaska Railroad Build
Anchorage, the Alaskan city damaged by the recent earthquake, started as a tent camp set up during the construction of the Alaska Railroad between Seward and Fairbanks.
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Anchorage
Seward
Fairbanks
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Ford
America
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