Democrats and GOP woo Negro votes for 1968 bid
The two parties marshal efforts to mobilize African American voters in key states. Republican Clarence Townes Jr. and Democrat Louis Martin discuss targets, past voting patterns, and strategy to win a larger share of the Black electorate in 1968.
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Clarence Townes Jr
Cleveland
Chicago
Townes
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Ohio
Michigan
Iinois
California
New Jersey
Maryland
Missouri
Lyndon B. Johnson
Illinois
GOP
Charles H. Percy
George Romney
Robert P. Griffin
Detroit
Martin
Supreme Court
America
Richmond
Virginia Union University
Ray C. Bliss
University of Michigan
Negro Press
Democratic National Committee
Nigeria
Chicago Defender
Michigan Chronicle
House Votes Flag Desecration Bill
A House vote approved a measure criminalizing flag desecration with possible fines up to 1000 dollars and a year in prison, though the bill omits a explicit burnings clause. The vote reflected protest and debate over Central Park flag burning amid antiwar demonstrations.
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United States
House
Washington
New York
Senate
Cornelius E. Gallagher
D-N.y
Central Park
James H. Quillen
Rtenn
Jima
William F. Ryan
Dn.y
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
Joe D. Waggoner
D-La
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
Attorney General Attacks Meredith March Plans
Mississippi Attorney General Joe T. Patterson criticized James Meredith’s planned return to Mississippi to resume his march toward Jackson. Patterson claimed Meredith seeks publicity and funds in New York and accused Stokely Carmichael and Martin Luther King of influencing the effort. He recalled the 1966 King Meredith-Carmichael march and alleged support for black power and violence.
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Miss
James H. Meredith
Mississippi
Atty
Joe T. Patterson
Meredith
New York
Patterson
University of Mississippi
Hernando
Jackson
James Meredith
United States
Department of Justice
Stokely Carmichael
Martin Luther King
Meredith - Carmichael
Carmichael
Mississippi Delta
Criticism of the Supreme Court and civil rights rhetoric
The speaker denounces the Supreme Court and attacks civil rights advocates as professional merchants of hate. He claims they spread anarchy and violence under the banner of civil rights, threatening to emasculate the Constitution and overturn legal precedent to achieve liberal ends.
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Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
United States
Armed Services ban hazardous hazing after paratrooper death
Lt. Ronald Reeves a 23 year old Army officer from Charleston South Carolina died at Fort Bragg North Carolina after a paratrooper initiation ritual. An autopsy found Reeves blood contained the equivalent of 17 ounces of vodka. His family said he did not drink. Officials moved to ban hazardous hazing ceremonies nationwide.
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Washington
Armed Services
Ronald Reeves
Charleston
S.C
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Reeves
Defense chief seeks reports on military initiation ceremonies
Robert S. McNamara will demand reports on initiation ceremonies across the armed forces. New service heads face bans against similarities in ceremonies. Secretary Harold Brown said the Air Force will not condone hazardous ceremonies.
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Robert S. McNamara
Harold Brown
Air Force
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