Racial tensions flare across Cambridge and Savannah
Reports from Cambridge Maryland and Savannah Georgia describe ongoing racial tensions with planned peaceful demonstrations by Negro leaders and coordinated actions by integrationists. White officials seek Governor Tawes talks as clashes continue amid a nationwide civil rights surge and arrests in New York.
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Cambridge
J. Millard Tawes
Gloria H. Richardson
Non-Violent Action Committee
Savannah
Forsyth Park
Savannah Beach
Andrew Young
Young
Better Schooled Negroes Urged To Improve Lot
Washington state that the Post Office Department seeks to move its educated workers to higher grade government jobs to curb racial discrimination. A survey found 44 percent of Southern clerks and carriers had some college education, with many being Negro.
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Washington
Postal Service
Richard Murphy
Civil Service Commission
Birmingham
Ala
Murphy
Integration battle ahead under Kennedy desegregation push
United Press International notes weeks ahead will reveal path of desegregation, with key questions on moratoriums and unity among Negro leaders. Kennedy proposes a civil rights bill granting access to private facilities across state lines, while White House faces opposition to halting direct actions. A massive Aug. 28 demonstration in Washington is planned to urge swift bill passage despite possible backlash.
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New York
National Renaissance Party
NRP
Bronx
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Senate Committee On Commerce
Kennedy
Wallace
Congress
Senate Commerce Committee
Robert Kennedy
White House
Senate
Charles C. Diggs
D-Mich
Washington
Fire Damages Local Home and Hints at Wider Desegregation Protest
A fire at Charles Crain's home on East Polk caused extensive interior damage estimated between 3500 and 4000 dollars after starting in a downstairs living room. Crain was not home when the fire began and cause remains undetermined.
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Charles Crain
E. Polk
Crain
Tucson man killed at Old Tucson by wife accident
Joe Carithers Jr., 61, of Tucson, was fatally run over at the Old Tucson location by his wife. The concessionaire died at St Marys Hospital four hours after admission for broken legs and ribs.
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Tucson
UPI
Joe Carithers, Jr
Carithers
St. Mary’s Hospital
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Freestone
Peaches
del Monte
Maxwell House
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Macaroni
Pelelle Indian School and
Hayden RD
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