Ernst Attacks Press Silence on Positive Black Power News
Journalist John Chamberlain cites Morris Ernst’s claim that U.S. media suppress favorable stories from Harlem cooperatives and a Chinese protest cleanup. He questions parochial New York bias and calls for a nationwide survey of news coverage beyond Manhattan. He notes Dr. Thomas Matthew’s Queens start and North Carolina venture to aid black dairy farmers.
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New York
America
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New York City
City Hall
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Syracuse
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Manhattan
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Queens
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New “Black Power
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North Carolina
Medical science anniversary questions heart transplant hope
An anniversary notes experts warn heart transplants and artificial hearts won't solve coronary disease soon. Dr Irvine Page calls prevention crucial, while Dr Theodore Cooper cites 200000 annual heart deaths in 15 to 64 year olds. Lectures discuss donor pools, Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, and limits of brain transplantation.
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American Heart Association
Page
Cleveland Clinic
Council On
Cooper
Bernard
American Bar Associations
American College of Chest Physicians
Barnard
Philip Blaiberg
Cape Town
London
The Bad Boy Benchmark of Communism and Our Own Ills
Sydney Harris argues the danger of communism as a bad example that legitimizes complacency in American capitalism. He contends that judging ourselves by others faults, especially Russia and China, damages progress and robs society of self improvement. He warns against using external woes to excuse internal flaws and urges inward reform.
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Sydney J. Harris
Russia
China
Marx
Anatomy of Civil Disturbance Across Civil Rights Era
McClellan subcommittee analyzes 137 mayoral riots from 1965 to 1968 noting a link between civil rights legislation and urban unrest. Arrests tallied 6,377 in Selma and 7,231 in Detroit. 173 civilians killed and 5,798 injured. Only four named triggering incidents cited.
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Andrew Jackson
Appomattox
George Wallace
McClellan
District of Columbia
South
North
Selma
Los Angeles
Detroit
Birmingham
Newark
Martin Luther King
H. Rap Brown
Stokely
Dean Rusk
Pennsylvania taxes in 1969 loom as next fiscal fight
Governor Shafer signals a 1969 70 budget rise of around 300 to 400 million dollars sparking expected tax increases. Kenneth Lee, outgoing House Republican leader, vows no new taxes and criticizes Democratic plans to broaden sales and welfare funding, amid rival urban rural tensions and a rising partisan clash.
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Mason Denison
Pennsylvania
Keystone
Shafer
Kenneth B. Lee
House of Representatives
Lee
Philadelphia
House
Herbert Fineman
Fineman
State House
Upstate
Philadelphia Area
Capitol
Republican House
Kenneth Lee
Iny
Art Mittler Honored For Lifelong Baseball Service
Letter from Sen W. Gilbert of Altamonte, Fla. praises Art Mittler of New Castle for decades of volunteering with Little Big League Baseball. Mittler is lauded as honest, selfless, and a guiding mentor who coached, fielded, funded, and supported local players across the 2nd Ward.
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the News
Jack Goddard
Art Mittler
New Castle
2Nd Ward
Chicago
Jocko Conlon
Art
W. Gilbert Altamonte
Fla
Man of the year candidate praised for community service
A letter to The News honors Al Walker of Wilmington Ave for his active volunteer work in town. The writer notes his participation in parades, charity efforts, and support of organizations, urging recognition as a exemplary local figure.
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the News
al Walker
Wilmington Ave
Float rule questioned in New Castle parade judging
A New Castle parent commends the parade on its punctual start and smooth flow then argues floats from youth groups should be judged separately from Welcome Wagon. She notes long hours by students and mentors, suggests more than three judges, and salutes the Downtown Merchants Association for a bigger next year.
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New Castle
Shenango
Downtown Merchants Association
John Deck New Castle
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