Dr King's Death Spurs Massive Help to Poor People's Campaign
Washington organizers report a flood of support after Dr Martin Luther King Jr's assassination. Volunteers from the black community surge, and more organizations offer staff time. A campaign tent city in Washington aims to house 3,000 volunteers with marshals overseeing nonviolence training and police coordination.
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Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Anthony Henry
Penny Brown
University of California At Berkeley
Berkeley
Henry
SCLC
Memphis
Tent
Barnard plans third heart transplant using silver signposts
Dr. Christiaan Barnard announced plans for a sixth week operation using permanently implanted silver clips to mark the transplanted heart edges. The goal is to detect any heart enlargement via X ray after surgery. Blasberg, 109 days post op, is reported improving daily.
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Washington
Christiaan Barnard
Barnard
Philip Blasberg
Blasberg
George Washington University School of Medicine
Missouri picks Future Farmer of Missouri
Dale Curtis Hawkins a Ster High School senior is named 1968 Star Farmer of Missouri and receives a 200 award at the FFA state convention. 243 candidates competed. District Stars include Dannie Newman Dorado Sipings Maurice E Eagan and others. Donald Arnsperger elected state FFA president. several district officers named. Public speaking won by Danny Coons and Stephen Bock. Hawkins plans to attend the University of Missouri.
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Columbia
Dale Curtis Hawkins
Ster High School
Missouri
Hawkins
Future Farmers of America
Dannie Newman
Dorado Sipings
Maurice E. Eagan
Washington
Randall Harris
Dexter
Harry L. Bartholomew
Keytesville
Robert Lee
Weaubleau
Donald Arnsperger
Salisbury
FFA
Mike Burkeybile
Princeton
Bill Whitson
Perryville
Kyle Vickers
el Dorado Springs
David E. Brown
Salem
Tommy Blumhorst
Slater
Daryl Olvader
Brunswick
Steven Holt
Trenton
Daniel Benne
St. Charles
Mark Denney
Dearborn
Richard Lee Perryman
Ash Grove
Sentinel
Leary denied draft status as conscientious objector
Leary 18 son of Dr Timothy Leary and minister of his League for Spiritual Discovery was kept 1-A by Dutchess County Selective Service Board No 21 after a hearing. His attorney said an appeal would follow.
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Poughkeepsie, N.Y
John Leary
Timothy Leary
Young Leary
League For Spiritual Discovery
Dutchess County Selective Service Board
Fidel Castro Says Assassin to Cuba If King Killer Goes
Fidel Castro stated that the assassin could be a Negro and would be turned over to American authorities if the killer travels to Cuba in the Martin Luther King Jr. case. The remarks were reported from Miami amid debate over extradition and civil rights tensions.
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Miami
Fla
Fidel
Amerl
Castro
Martin Luther King Jr
Cuba
Air in Growth Statistics For 68 Says Economy Overheating
AP reports that the first quarter 1968 shows a record $20 billion growth, but $8 billion is inflation. Real growth around $12 billion dwarfs Norway and Austria yet signals fiscal strains. Defense spending rises, foreign trade surplus narrows, and consumer demand boosts inflation risks. The economy appears overheated, challenging export balance and dollar confidence.
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New York
Brazil
Belgium
Norway
Austria
Venezuela
Commerce Department
Defense
U.S
United States
Drought Triggers Haying Grazing On Reserve Kansas Land
Western Kansas drought prompts use of reserve crop land set aside under CRP and related programs in 42 counties. Gov Docking says military personnel may raise acreage diversions before county disposition dates, with wheat marketing certificates offered for diverted wheat. Weather in western Kansas remains dry while central and eastern areas saw limited rain.
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Topeka
Kansas
Robert Docking
John Schnittker
Uss
Schnittker
Docking
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Cheyenne
Clark
Comanche
Decatur
Edwards
Els
Finney
Ford
Gove
Graham
Grant
Gray
Greeley
Hamilton
Haskell
Hodgeman Kearny
Kiowa
Lane
Logan
Meade
Morton
Ness
Norton
Osborne
Pawnee
Phillips
Pratt
Rawlins
Rooks
Russell
Scott
Seward
Sheridan
Sherman
Smith
Stafford
Stanton
Stevens
Thomas
Trego
Wallace
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