Poor People's Campaign Struggles With Unmet Goals
Washington AP report on the Poor People's Campaign led by Reverend Ralph David Abernathy as it nears a planned national march. While the movement drew sympathy from agencies, detailed responses did not yield major concessions and internal staff disagreements grew. The effort, once centered on a symbolic rally, faced unexpected obstacles and shifting focus away from its original poverty goals.
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Washington
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Abernathy
Mark Hey
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End of Resurrection City Campaign Hangs on Wednesday Turnout
The movement led by Abernathy aims for nonviolent civil disobedience in Washington with mass arrests promised yet weather and dwindling attendance threaten the plan. Organizers worry a weak turnout could end the Lincoln Memorial campground after June 23 and jeopardize funding and momentum for the march on poverty efforts.
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Abernathy
Tuckar
Lincoln Memorial
Leaders Unavailable Amid Dissent Over Campaign Posts
Washington AP reports the Poor People’s Campaign top leaders, including Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, faced secrecy claims as aides refused to confirm the location of the command post after leaving a Negro owned site. Demonstrators expanded to three government agencies for Solidarity Day events planned for Wednesday while clashes over housing and seating roles sparked further protests.
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Washington
Poor People's Campaign
Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Supreme Court bans housing racial discrimination nationwide
Chief Justice Earl Warren leads a 6 to 3 decision overturning state practices by holding that private as well as public discrimination in sales or rentals of housing is barred by the Reconstruction amendments. The ruling expands federal power under the 14th Amendment to strike down private acts of discrimination while also addressing related cases on welfare, cable television, and men in the house provisions.
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Supreme Court
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Alabama
Nearaes Cay
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Antidraft Protest on Capitol Hill Ends in Arrests
Police and FBI agents broke up a brief antidraft demonstration outside the Supreme Court Building on Capitol Hill. Two people were arrested, including Francis Thomas Femla of Holden West Virginia, 20, for failure to report for induction, and Curtis A. Chapeldr of Resurrection City for disorderly conduct. An FBI agent identified himself as from International News Service to several demonstrators before the scuffle.
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FBI
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Supreme Court Building
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Holden
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Curtis A. Chapel
Resurrection City
William Smith
International News Service
Washington Post
United Press International
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Paden
Rockefeller Signs Billboard and Outdoor Ad Bill
Albany disease Albany NY Gov Nelson A Rockefeller signed a bill permitting the state to regulate billboard and other outdoor advertising along interstate and primary highways. The measure came during a flurry of actions announced by the press office on Monday.
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Albany
Nelson A. Rockefeller
End Near for French Strike
Paris reports indicate the month-long French general strike is winding down as major unions return to work and President de Gaulle seeks to solidify support with oncoming National Assembly elections. Renault workers, numbering around 150,000, resume operations while shipyard and aircraft staff also promise to return. Police patrol the Latin Quarter amid continued student protests with limited clashes reported.
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Westec Exec on Trial in Federal Case
James W. Williams former Westec Corp board chairman faces 12 counts of mail fraud and one count of conspiring to falsify financial reports in a Houston federal trial. Williams 36 and nine jurors plus three alternates were selected. trial expected about two weeks. Former Westec president Ernest M. Hall Jr. 42 pleaded guilty in May to conspiring to falsify earnings reports and to manipulate Westec stock.
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James W. Williams
Westec Corp
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U. S. Dist
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J. Edwin Smith
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Ernest M. Hall Jr
Westee
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Los Angeles to Test Smog Reduction Device for Six Months
Los Angeles will test a new approach to cut smog by using nopane instead of gasoline in war engines. Tenelly cars will be outfitted for a six month test with a tow fuel tank vaporizer and carburetor.
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Los Angeles
Postal Chiefs Elect President postal chiefs elect president
M M Jackson of Mexia has been elected president of the Texas Branch of the National Association of Postal Supervisors. The Ladies Auxiliary officers include Mrs Arveta Jackson of Mexia, second vice president, Fort Worth was chosen as the 1868 convention city.
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M. M. Jackson
Mexia
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National Association of Postal Supervisors
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Fort Worth
He Met Both RFK Sirhan in California Classroom Tale
La Canada social worker John McGrain, 22, recalls encounters with both Senator Robert Kennedy and Sirhan Sirhan during their national prominence. He met Kennedy in Washington as president of the California Association of Student Councils and later met Sirhan in school activities. A USC professor estimated the odds of one person knowing both men as 40 to 1.
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