Methodist Church Faces Call to End Racial Segregation
In Pittsburgh 1964 General Conference delegates hear a Philadelphia minister and a lay leader urge erasing the Central Jurisdiction and broader integration. They press abolition of all segregation from local churches, while noting nationalism and missionary challenges affect outreach in China, Cuba, and North Korea.
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Pittsburgh
Methodist Church
Philadelphia
Robert A. Raines
First Methodist Church of
Germantown
W. Astor Kir
General Board of Christian Social Concerns
Washington
Methodist Board of Missions
China
Cuba
North Korea
Television Notes on Movies Sponsoring TV Series
Hollywood industry insiders debate if film studios should sponsor TV strands to boost home viewing. NBC aired Hollywood and the Stars but dropped from fall plans. ABC plans weekly prime films, while studios seek leverage amid negotiating power with networks.
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Nbc-Tv
ABC
Quickies by Ken Reynolds Price row sparks reader petition
The column riffs on a reader complaint about a want ad promising name-your-own-price terms. The exchange hints at shopper frustration and a call for clearer ad rules. Local readers weigh in on fair pricing and advertising practices.
Presbyterians Expand Desegregation in Seven States
The 104th General Assembly ordered all-white presbyteries in North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Mississippi Alabama Florida and Louisiana to absorb three all Negro presbyteries. The plan accompanies a defeated proposal to quit the National Council of Churches which runs a summer civil rights youth program in the Mississippi Delta. Conservative ministers protested the integration move amid a 937000 member church network in 13 states and 43 Negro churches totaling 2560 members in the area.
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Montreat
N.C
National Council of Churches
Mississippi Delta
104Th General Assembly
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Louisiana
John Miller
Jackson
Miss
Students Ordered To Pay Damages
Ten day jail sentences for eight college students were suspended on condition they pay 1700 dollars in damages to Lan Lea Motel after a weekend party. Each was fined 254 dollars for malicious destruction of property at a five room cottage. The verdicts followed testimony by Genevieve L. du Pont who said she found the scene orderly when she left at 1 30 a.m. and that damage included broken lamps a kicked in door a broken window charred rugs egg stained walls broken beds and a missing mattress.
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Towson, Md
Fred E. Waldrop
Lan Lea
Waldrop
Genevieve L. du Pont
Wilmington
Del
William C. Breede
Breede
John F. Beaird
Tampa
Fla
University of Pennsylvania
New York
Baltimore
Beaird
David M. Knott
Garden City
N.Y
Southampton
Fernanda Wanamaker Wetherill
Philadelphia
Knott
John B. Bishop
Chester
Michael Flitter
Newark
N. J
Walter G. Terry
Arthur F. Hopper
Far Hills
N.J
Lloyd W. Bowers Jr
Lake Forest
Ill
Hamilton J. Whitlock Jr
Morristown
Southern Senators face pressure on civil rights jury trial amendment
Washington AP Senate leaders urge Southern opponents to reverse stance on voting this week for a compromise jury trial amendment. Dirksen and Mansfield push, Russell resists, claiming the proposal unacceptable. Debate drags on day 42 with no two thirds for cloture planning.
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Washington
Senate
Dixie
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Richard B. Russell
D - Ga
Dirksen
Russell
Sen
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Justice Department
Herman Talmadge
D.a
New Hearing Aid Lets Those Who Hear But Do Not Understand
In Canonsburg Pennsylvania an actual size plastic model of the Radiocar 900, a new hearing aid, is offered free to interested hard of hearing persons. The non working model can be kept at home to view its tiny size and behind the ear fit. Send to Radiocar Research Valley Brook Road Canonsburg PA.
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Canonsburg
Radiocar Research Laboratories
Radiocar Research
Valley Brook Road
Pennsylvania
Sanity Trial Scheduled For Ruby
Jack Ruby seeks a sanity trial in Dallas claiming insanity after his conviction for the Oswald killing. Judge Joe Brown will empanel a jury on the defense request, with notes on Ruby’s deteriorating mind and delusions about Jewish slaughter.
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Dallas
Tex
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Joe B. Brown
Ruby
Eva Grant
Texas
Brown
Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Louis Jolyon West
University of Oklahoma
Lodge and Goldwater Battle For Delegates in Boston
In Massachusetts the Lodge and Goldwater forces clash over delegate slots on the Republican ballot across most districts. Saltonstall and Treadway file unpledged slates but favor Lodge if he seeks the nomination. Lodge leads as a front running write-in favorite, while Johnson appears set to win the Democratic preference.
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Boston
Lodge
Goldwater
Massachusetts
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Leveret Saltonstall
R. Mass
GOP
Richard F. Treadway
Saltonstall
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
United Nations
Ambas
Sador
Viet Nam
Jack FE
Molesworth
Lloyd Waring
Johnson
Salazar Celebrates 75th Birthday in Lisbon
Lisbon observers hail Antonio de Oliveira Salazar for stability as Portugal marks his 75th birthday. The former economics professor first joined government 36 years earlier as finance minister.
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Lisbon
UPI
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Salazar
Portugal
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