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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1968

Page

6

Agencies In Alabama Told To Stop Discrimination

The Civil Rights Commission reports widespread job discrimination in Alabama federal agencies and contractors. Officials say many plants use segregated facilities and few Negroes hold supervisory positions. A Justice Department suit accuses eight Alabama state agencies and major firms of racial bias, with failures to hire or promote African Americans in multiple counties.

Washington Thej Civil Rights Commission William L. Taylor Alabama Farmers Home Taylor Post Office American Can Co General Services Administration Montgomery Bellamy Ala Justice Department Cies Alabama Power Co GSA Ciyil Federal Department Office of Federal George C. Wallace Government Printing Office Secretary of Agriculture Atty Ramsey Clark Small Business Administration

Dear Abby letters reveal domestic strife and age questions

A reader asks about wife beating penalties in Nebraska and another about a spouse sending pornographic mail. Abby advises on communication and reporting obscene mail, notes a 70 year old widow seeking care for her sister’s husband, and dismisses worries about social judgment, urging practical steps and privacy.

United States Abby

Twin Brothers Escaped Injury After Truck Skids

Frederick Md AP report says Chester Lookum of Harrisburg Pa slid off a Frederick road and plunged down an embankment. His twin brother Richard S Yokum of Allen Pa behind him also braked and slid down the same embankment. Neither man, both about 40, was hurt.

Frederick, Md Chester Lookum Harrisburg Frederick Richard S. Yokum Allen

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