National Scout meet in Denver honors youth leaders
More than 4 000 adults including astronaut Neil Armstrong and actor Hugh O Brian gathered in Denver for the 60th annual Boy Scouts of America meeting. Charles Dymoke Green of Great Britain and Laszlo Nagy of Geneva attended as officials said all 50 states and several foreign countries would be represented. The event featured ceremonies and service by Scouts and Explorers with Armstrong to receive the Silver Buffalo and Perot to present Young American Awards.
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Denver
National Council of the
Boy Scouts of America
Charles Dymoke Green
Great Britain
Boy Scouts World Bureau
Laszlo Nagy
Geneva
World Bureau of Scouting
Hugh O'Brian
Texas
H. Ross Perot
Neil Armstrong
Soapy Williams Seeks Court Post on Democratic Ticket
G. Mennen Williams six time Michigan governor and ex ambassador to the Philippines announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for State Supreme Court justice. Williams, 59, cites concern about the nation’s courts and their societal role after a Detroit news conference.
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Soapy’ Williams
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Supreme Court
Williams
Detroit
John F. Kennedy
Philippines
Lyndon &. Johnson
Boy held in NAACP aide death in Savannah
A 15 year old Negro boy was arrested in Savannah charged with murdering James M. Floyd 57 longtime NAACP leader. A .22 caliber pistol was found in the boy’s home and ballistics tests were started to see if it matched the Tuesday night shooting on West Broad Street. Floyd a maintenance man and NAACP executive board member was shot in the chest at close range and found by patrolman Majone around 8 45 pm. Laws said Floyd carried $612 04 on his body and that the money was kept on him. Floyd’s death followed a pattern of controversy in the local NAACP chapter with late night activity noted and no racial overtones detected by police.
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Agnew
Doug Sanders
Broadmoor Hotel
Colorado Springs
Colo
Blatchford
Minneapolis
Jack Baker
University of Minnesota
Jim McConnell
Kansas City
Hennepin County
Robert Anderson
Anderson
George Scott
Scott
Baker
Minnesota
Savannah
UPID
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
James M. Floyd
NAACP
Georgia
W. W. Law
Law
Floyd
Poice
W.M. Majone
West Broad Street
Ga Protest March Delayed Near Fort Valley
The second leg of a 120 mile protest march toward Atlanta was delayed today as organizers worked to arrange for Rev. Ralph David Abernathy to join. The predominantly black marchers completed the first leg from Perry to Fort Valley after nearly eight hours. Patrol cars directed traffic while Gov. Lester Maddox denied police escort and urged cancellation citing potential violence. A mule drawn wagon accompanied the caravan.
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Fort Valley
Atlanta
Macon
Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Perry
Lester Maddox
Maddox
Tne
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Support War Policy Rally In New York For Nixon
More than 150000 construction workers longshoremen and office employees jammed downtown Manhattan for a peaceful rally backing President Nixon war policy. The crowd moved along Broadway past City Hall as police cleared the way. Mayor Lindsay opposes Nixon policy and was targeted by some demonstrators.
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Manhattan
Nixon
City Hall
Broadway
John
Lindsay
Wall Street
Peter Brennan
Judge Allows Removal of Dormitory Evidence in Jackson State
Federal judge in Jackson Mississippi ruled investigators may remove sections of the dormitory where Negro youths died amid police gunfire. The order lets state authorities decide timing, but requires the FBI to receive the evidence for safekeeping. Students who protested removal said they would appeal to the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans.
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Jackson
Miss. Wy
J. P. Coleman
Theth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jackson State College
FBI
Sih
New Orleans
Coleman
Tampare
Negro college presidents tell Nixon of anger at civil rights policy
Fifteen Negro college presidents met with President Nixon to express anger outrage and frustration at civil rights policies. They cited the Southern strategy neglect of urban Black communities and education funding as key issues and urged action on voting rights and Supreme Court nominations. Ziegler said the response from the presidents was positive and the meeting showed will to see results.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
Jackson State
Augusta
Supreme Court
Ronald Ziegler
Presi
Ziegler
Town Dump Truck Carries Peace Signs
REHOBOTH Mass UPI selectmen refused to contribute a town dump truck to an anti litter day. The truck was loaned to the Rehoboth Garden Club for an anti litter art show but students decorated it with Peace symbols and slogans, turning the event into a peace rally with a jug band and handbills.
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Rehoboth, Mass
UPI
Rehoboth Garden Club
Israelis Cry U N Security Council Bias After Lebanon Raid
Israel accused the United Nations Security Council of unfairly condemning its strike against Arab guerrillas in Lebanon on May 12 while omitting terror attacks against Israeli settlements. The council approved a condemnation 11-0, drawing sharp Israeli criticism about member relations and justice. Israel said it would continue retaliatory actions. Separately, Sea Research Head Dr. John G R Kelly of Waltz Mill PA was named director of the Westinghouse Ocean Research Laboratory in San Diego.
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Israel
U.N. Security Council
Lebanon
Mt. Hermon
Council
Syria
Tel Aviv
Britain
United States
Colombia
Nicargua
Sierra Leone
Sea Research
San Diego
John G. R. Kelly
Waltz Mill, Pa
Westinghouse Ocean Research Laboratory
McCormack Announces He Won’t Seek Re election
Speaker John W. McCormack, 78, says he will not run again for Congress in November. The Massachusetts Democrat’s decision opens the way for Rep. Carl Albert of Oklahoma to become speaker.
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Washington
John W. McCormack
Congress
Massachusetts
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Faubus Again in Gov. Race
Orval E. Faubus announced his bid for a seventh term as Arkansas governor, seeking the Democratic nomination for the Aug 22 primary. The piece notes his past 12 years in office, 1956 integration order defiance, and National Guard actions at Central High.
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Little Rock, Ark
UPH
Orval E. Faubus
Ozark
Arkansas
Todlay
Faubus
National Guard
Central High School
Little Roch
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