Open housing protest clashes in Chicago’s Northwest Side
About 1,500 civil rights demonstrators faced 2,000 jeering whites in Cragin as they marched for open housing. Rocks and firecrackers flew, police detained several hecklers, and a priest led brief prayers in rain outside two churches. Al Raby Bevel and Jesse Jackson led the march. King attended a Mississippi conference.
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Chicago
Cragin
God
George C. Wallace
Alabama
National States Rights Party
al Raby
Coordinating Council of Community Organizations
James Bevel
Jesse Jackson
Martin Luther King
Peking Praises Violent Struggle of American Negroes
AP reports Peking editorial praised violence by American Negroes as a legitimate self defense in the civil rights fight. The piece cited Mao era support, a 10 000 person rally in Beijing, and linked black American protests to anti imperialist and anti Vietnam war stances.
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Tokyo
Peking
Peoples Daily Today
Red China
New China News Agency
Mao Tze-tung
U.S
Wallace watched by GOP leaders amid 1968 concerns
Washington AP report notes Republicans fear Gov. Wallace could become a presidential factor if his wife Lurleen Wallace wins Alabama's next governorship. A Wallace rise could split votes, hurt Nixon, and jeopardize GOP chances in Ohio Indiana and other key states.
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Washington
George C. Wallace
Johnson
Wallace
Alabama
Sen
Strom
Thurmond
South Carolina
South
GOP
Ohio
Indiana
Covina Lions aid Mexican orphan girl claim US citizenship
A Covina Lions Club plans to bring 10 year old Patricia Burger from Ensenada Mexico to the United States after a detective traced her birth to Tucson Arizona. The girl born in Tucson is the daughter of Myron Burger a US citizen and Natalie Mendez Burger a Mexican national. Immigration officials may arrange her stay in the US while her parents are sought. The case raises questions about the cause of her scars and how she arrived at the Ensenada orphanage.
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Covina
Calif
United States
Lion’s Club
Ensenada
Mex
Ron Griffin
Patricia Burgess
Griffin
Dick Raugi
Irwindale
Patricia Burger
Tucson
Ariz
Myron C. Burger
U.S
Natalie Mendez Burger
Rangi
Patricia
Raugi
Whitmans Father Visits Austin After Texas Tower Massacre
C A Whitman of Lake Worth Florida, father of Charles Whitman, appeared in Austin to meet Justice of the Peace Dellana and Frank McBee as part of the inquest. He was distraught but said he sought no trouble and discussed items taken from Whitman home. Dellana handed him a billfold with 96 dollars and other personal items. will status pending.
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Austin, Tex
Charles J. Whitman
University of Texas Tower
Austin
C. A. Whitman
Lake Worth
Fla
Justice of the Peace
Jerry Dellana
Frank McBe
South Austin
Charles Whitman
Dellana
Whitman
Middleman Blamed for Bread Price Rises in Hearing
Washington UP I reports Agriculture Department official Undersecretary John A. Schnittker told a House subcommittee that middlemen, not farmers, drive bread price increases. He noted farmers’ share on bread is only 13 percent, while wheat price changes barely affect loaf costs.
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John A. Schnittker
House
Subcommittee
Schnittker
House Group
Orville Freeman
Reds ambush Thai Malaysian police patrol in border jungle
In south Thailand near Kroh a 15 man Thai Malaysian patrol was attacked by Communist gunmen. At least eight Malaysians and one Thai were killed and four Malaysians plus one Thai wounded as the ambush unfolded from embankments on both sides of a jungle road. About 40 attackers were believed involved with no reported Communist casualties.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Thailand
Tony
Asst
A. J. Ritchie
Kroh
Crowe Takes Two Week Leave From Monroe Court
Acting Misdemeanor Judge W L Crowe goes on two week leave during the Harper recovery period. Charles Hamaker steps in at Monroe Municipal Court and Crowe plans to return after the August 13 election.
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W. L
Bill) Crowe
Monroe Municipal Court
W. M. Harper
Harper
Charles Hamaker
Crowe
Educator Back At Home After Seminar Study
Monroe educator Mrs. Josephine C Willis supervisor of vocational business and office education at the Louisiana State Department of Education has returned from the National Seminar on Cooperative Education held at Ohio State University starting August 15 The seminar aimed to discuss methods to train people for positions advanced by automation.
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Josephine C. Willis
Monroe
Louisiana State Department of Education
Ohio State University
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Miss
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Lurleen Wallace
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Richard M. Nixon
James D. Martin
Martin
Bert Coverdale
Monroe City
W. C
Jack) Oglesbee
Years
Jack” Oglesbee
Jack Oglesbee
Middleman
UPI
Agriculture Department
Seceet
Ary
Walter H. Johnson & Son
Investment Securities
Walter H. Johnson & Son, Inc
Monroe, la
City School Board
Joe
Kilcoyne
City of
Joe Kilcoyne
G. Hoye Grafton, D.D.S
M.S
North
Trenton Ruston
Louisiana
Sun Lighting Fixtures Co
DuPont
Tappan
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