Resignations Shake SCLC Breadbasket Leadership
Atlanta AP report details Rev. Jesse Jackson stepping down as head of Operation Breadbasket based in Chicago, amid resignations of 35 Chicago SCLC board members. Hosea Williams, SCLC official, comments on the move while Abernathy and Coretta King avoid critique. The group faces funding cuts of about $750,000 yearly as Ford Foundation grants wane.
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Atlanta
Hosea Williams
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Jesse Jackson
SCLC
Breadbasket
Williams
Martin Luther King Jr
Ison
Greenville
S.C
Ralph David Abernathy
Abernathy
King
Memphis
Tenn
Jackson
Chicago
Ford Foundation
Sinclair released as marijuana law debate heats
Jackson AP Sinclair leader of Rainbow People Party freed from Southern Michigan Prison after serving over two years of a 10 year sentence for possession of two marijuana cigarettes. State Supreme Court ordered release on 2500 bond as new milder penalties under a recently passed drug bill come into play. Sinclair greeted by his family and supporters as he vows to press for legalization.
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Ling
State Supreme Court
Sinclair
High Court
Rainbow People’s Party
White Panther Party
Ann Arbor
Leni
Sunny
Celica
Two Odessa DWI suspects freed on bonds
Two Odessans were released from Ector County jail after posting bonds on DWI charges. Erskin Clayton Bourn, 53, of East Fifth, had a bond set at 1000 by Justice of the Peace Otis Moore after a stop at Second and Dissie. Wilson W. Sensintaffar, 59, of Center, had a 500 bond set by Justice of the Peace Manuel Valles following an arrest at University and West County Road.
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Ector County
Erskin Clayton Bourn
East Fifth
Second
Dixsie
Justice of the Peace
Otis Moore
Wilson W. Sensintaffar
Center
University and
West County Road
Manuel Valles
The Worry Clinic on Parental Wealth and Hippie Rebellion
Dr. Crane counsels a Texas university father on Tom a spoiled college student who smokes marijuana and rejects work. The parent’s subsidies foster a dole mindset and anti establishment attitudes. The doctor urges cutting the payroll and provides a booklet offer for guidance.
Welfare Board Votes 4.5 Percent Nursing Home Aid Hike
The State Welfare Board votes to raise nursing home assistance by 4.5 percent, pending Wage Price Board approval. About 43,092 welfare recipients in 875 of 898 homes are affected, with last year’s funding at 135.8 million split two thirds federal and one third state. Counties in food stamp programs will take on stamp issuance duties.
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Austin, Tex
State Welfare Board
Wage Price Board
Italian Election Still Deadlocked on Ninth Ballot
Rome AP reports Italy's presidential election remains tied on the ninth ballot as Socialist Deputy PM Francesco de Martino leads with 407 votes. Christian Democrats abstain while trying to lure other parties to Senate President Amintore Fanfani amid defections from their electors.
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Rome
Italy
Francesco de Martino
de Martino
Christian Democrats
Senate
Amintore
Odessa Woman Pleads Guilty in Shoplifting Case
Frances R House 24 of Odessa pleaded guilty in Ector County Court at Law to theft and shoplifting. She received one day in jail and a $50 fine for stealing pants valued at $2.27 from Cooks Department Store at 2021 East Eighth Street.
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Ector County
Frances R. House
Redwood
Cooks Department Store
East Eighth
Ector
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