Negro veterans face mixed fate on return from Vietnam
A UPI survey across the United States finds most black veterans oppose city riots and seek work or education after service. Yet many confront discrimination and unemployment, with some returning to activism or lingering distrust of civilian life.
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Thomas Corpora
New York
UPI
Vietnam
America
John McReynolds
Montgomery
Ala
Otilio Mighty
Urban League Veterans Affairs
Harlem
Memphis Veterans Hospital
Jesse J. Parker
Pittsburgh
Army
Lawrence Joel
Fort Bragg, N.C
Stokely Carmichael
H. Rap Brown
Brown
Cuba
Air Force
David James Jr
Pensacola
Fla
Carmichael
United States
Pfc
James Butler
Philadelphia
Saigon
Martin Luther King Jr
States
Joey Williams
Watts
BAND
Parker
Salami Slicing in Berlin Escalates Travel Controls
East Germany tightens Berlin travel with May border ban on NDP members and June visa rules for West Germans. From July freight rates double and July 15 passport needs, reshaping postwar access and provoking Western warnings. The U.S. seeks measured responses as Ulbricht tightens grip.
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Pankow
West Berlin
East Germany
National Democratic Party
NDP
West Germany
Friedrich Dickel
German Democratic Republic
West
Czechoslovakia
Kremlin
Russia
Britain
Berlin
Moscow
Johnson
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
United States
Soviet Union
N.Y
Government domination and true use of freedom clash across towns
Peri Tama of Damariscotta Maine warns that growing government control grows unless a subsidy is refused until proven beneficial. Poseyville Indiana voices that freedom is a practical tool to improve life and requires self restraint and respect for others.
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Damariscotta
Poseyville
Ind
Movies as political messages and lasting impact
A reader argues films aim to entertain while conveying political warnings about corruption and violence. The piece reflects on enduring concerns from racial discrimination to Vietnam, Kennedy assassinations, and calls for memory of these historical facts shaping government and public opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King
Robert Kennedy
Heritage protection and gun control debate broadside
A dated letter argues for gun rights and militia tradition, cites crime, states extremism risks, and warns against political suppression. It references Washington DC, President Johnson, Castro, and historic figures while urging readers to defend arms and liberty.
Philadelphia Traffic Ticket Racket Sparks Statewide Criticism
A Pennsylvania lawmaker denounces Philadelphia traffic citations as a racket, recounting a constituent who received nine summons in five months while the license shows an unlisted number. Other reps question the practice and several resolutions call for investigations, but none act.
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Mason Denison
House of Representatives
Keystone State
Philadelphia
William F. Renwick
St. Marys
Cameron
Elk
Clinton
Bernard
Viola Fannin
Viola
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Harrisburg
Brotherly Love
FBI
Renwick
Victor Westerburg
McKean County
Ronald Leach
Beaver County
Pennsylvania
Rules Committee
Joint ownership survivorship and probate explained
A legal guide explains that property held jointly with right of survivorship passes wholly to the surviving owner, avoiding probate, while tenants in common passes through the decedent’s estate. It notes federal estate tax treatment, state inheritance tax differences, and that joint ownership with three or more holders transfers to survivors, with specific tax implications. It also covers remedies against damaging trespass by children and a Pennsylvania parental liability law with limits of 300 dollars per person and 1000 dollars total.
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Kennedy Brothers
Martin Luther King
Abraham Lincoln
America
Berlin
Pennsylvania
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Joey) Williams
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North Mercer Street
New Castle
Richard E. Rentz
Jessie Treadwell Anderson J. Fred Rentz
Eleanor Treadwell Payson
Leonard T. Kolesinski James W. Trewitt
Bell Telephone
Private Exchange
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Lawrence
Mercer Counties
USA
Washington, D.C
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Virginia Wright
Court St
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