Poor People's Campaign Fills Capital With Campaigners
Hundreds of campaigners converge on Washington for a weekend of planning and protests. The mass gathering centers around the SCLC organized caravans arriving from Mississippi Alabama Boston and the Midwest. Officials report space for about 700 in shanty towns near the Lincoln Memorial with more to arrive and be housed in churches and suburban facilities. Vice President Humphrey toured Resurrection City amid security challenges praising the nonviolent approach and urging continued fundraising to speed construction.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Etion City
U. S.A
Lincoln
Mississippi
Alabama
SCLC
Chicago
Boston
Maryland
Hubert H. Humphrey
Shane
Humphrey
Resurrection City
New York
John W. Lindsay
Atlanta
Ivan Allen
Walter E. Washington
James Bevel
Linda LeClair Allowed To Continue At Barnard
New York AP Linda LeClair a Barnard College student who left campus with her boyfriend faced a lenient outcome. President Martha Peterson reversed a prior tentative decision and said LeClair may remain enrolled though her actions are not condoned. The ruling follows the student faculty judicial council’s token punishment removing campus privileges.
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Linda LeClair
Barnard College
Martha Peterson
Linda
Miss Peterson
Thnee
Benny offers to loan money to balance U.S. budget
Washington AP report says comedian Jack Benny, famed for thrift, visited the White House to talk with President Johnson. When asked if he offered advice, Benny replied that the President might want to know how he could help balance the budget and save money.
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Washington
Jack Benny
U.S
Benny
White House
Johnson
Ward
Burton Gifts Wife Diamond Worth 305000 Says Secretary
Richard Burton freely buys his wife gifts and a $305,000 diamond, his secretary says, noting he does not need a special occasion. The remark underscores Burton's habit of giving presents out of generosity.
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London
Richard Burton
Duty to God and Country Core Message
Clarence W Cranford outlines duty as a moral obligation to God, family, law, and society. He cites Ecclesiastes and Luke to argue duty shapes conduct and lifelong meaning, urging youth to remember God before it is too late. The piece emphasizes contentment comes from work and faith, warns against hedonism, and calls duty central to life.
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Clarence W. Cranford
Jesus
God
We Will Send You A Lovely Bazooka Bill
The Senate rejected bans on interstate mail order rifle and shotgun sales and private purchases of antitank weapons. The 53 to 29 vote blocked Kennedy’s measure, tying to a Kennedy assassination by mail order rifle. A White House spokesman called the defeat a blow to law enforcement as the chamber also voted to prohibit mail order handgun sales.
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Washington
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
White House
Johnson
McGonigle KIA. Senate fights over gun bill provisions
Marine Pfc. William D. McGonigle of Wichita was listed as killed in action by the Defense Department. Congress debates a broad crime control bill with a controversial ban on interstate mail order handguns, limits on confessions and eyewitness identifications, and police wiretap provisions. Senators Dodd Cannon and Hruska clash over constitutional questions and sporting gun access. a key vote on the bill’s provisions ends 54 to 29 and 45 to 37 blocks remain.
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Washington
William D. McGonigle
Harry A. McGonigle
Wichita
Defense Department
Supreme Court
Thomas J. Dodd
de Conn
Kennedy
Howard W. Cannon
de Nev
Dodd
Sen
Roman L
Hruska
Re Neb
Desfeat
A Shau Sweep Ends After Huge Supplies Netted
U S forces conclude a months long operation in the A Shau Valley in South Vietnam. The drive killed 726 enemy troops and yielded substantial stockpiles. U S commanders report 139 Americans killed and 662 wounded, with 21 helicopters destroyed or damaged.
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Phu Bai
Vietnam
A Shau
South Vietnam
U. SS
William L. Rosson
U.S
Hue
U.S. Command
Student unrest closes Delaware college and stirs nation
Delaware State College in Dover closed after about 200 students seized the administration building and guards remained on campus. In Newark, University of Delaware students demonstrated in sympathy. Marquette University faced demands to hire a Negro administrator and threatened withdrawal by athletes. The unrest spurred new scholarship promises at the University of Miami.
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Associated Press
Delaware State College
Marquette University
State College
Dover
Del
Luna I. Mishoe
Charles
Bernard Cooke
Roman Catholic University
John P. Raynor
Marquette
Henry King Stanford
University of Miami
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