Washington tense as Poor People camp nears mass arrests
Washington witnesses rising tensions at Resurrection City as police and residents clash. Dr Ralph Abernathy warned Congress would not respond yet a congressional Ad Hoc Committee official said progress exists. Strategists defend a new demonstrator approach while critics call the movement directionless and divided.
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Ralph David Abernathy
Abernathy
Congress
Congressional
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Ad Hoc Committee
Campin
Poor People in New Phase
Washington UPI reports the Pir People's Campaign moving into a new phase of mass civil disobedience after the big Solilivity Bay march. At least 77 marchers were arrested Thursday near the Agriculture Department as tear gas and clubs were used. Ralph David Abernathy warned of intensified actions while pledging not to leave Resurrection City as the permit nears expiration. Capitol Hill pressure grows as Rep. Kenneth J. Gray signals stalled plans to outlaw camps on government property.
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Catherine Mackin
Weshington
Washington
Resurrection City
UPI
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Agriculture Department
Solid Black
Ralph David Abernathy
Lst
Pallee
Nebraska
Glenn C. Cunningham
Camp Iself
Abernathy
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Ship
Capitol Hill
House
Kenneth J. Gray
Dill
Ihhairman
Public Works
Former Organizer New Leader for SNCC
Philip Hutchings, a soft spoken young black organizer in Newark, selected to replace Rap Brown as SNCC leader. Hutchings will be program coordinator as the chairmanship is abolished, signaling a shift from high profile figures to grassroots organizing.
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Newark
Philip Hutchings
Rapl Brown
SNCC
Brown
Stokely Carmichael
Matehings
Atlena
Hutchings
Untae Maline
Pri
Brown and
Carmichael
State Medical College
Kulchings
Carmichal
Taipei Shifts Council at Frisco
Nationalist China reshuffles its San Francisco office as Che Yinshaw returns to China to head the treaty department of the foreign office. The city’s new consul general in San Francisco remains unannounced amid tense talks in Taipei.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
San Francisco
Haling
Che Yinshaw
Treaty Department
Foreign Office
Man Escapes In Wheelchair From Ventura Hospital Jail
Authorities say Richard G. Mendez, 26, paralyzed from the waist down, escaped from the Ventura County Hospital jail in a motorized wheelchair. He slipped from the detention ward Wednesday night and has not been seen. he was awaiting trial on a narcotics charge.
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Ventura, Calif
Richard G. Mendez
Ventura County Hospital
Wird
Mendez
Traffic Lights Tie Up Madrid Center
Madrid traffic lights failed Thursday causing a central area jam. In Arlington Texas a roofing company employee named Bobby Washington was killed when a metal pipe he held contacted a power line during repairs, triggering a wider traffic slowdown as police diverted vehicles and investigators searched for the cause of the failure.
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Tex
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Dallas
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