NAACP split threatened by Young Turks walkout
At the Atlantic City convention a Young Turks faction led by Chester Lewis quits the NAACP claiming leadership is aligned with white power and out of touch with urban black needs. About 100 delegates protested as 427,000 members potentially split. Lewis says a negotiating committee will seek common goals with CORE and SNCC.
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Young Turks
Chester Lewis
Wichita, Kan
America
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Congress of Racial Equality Core
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
Today in History highlights from July 1, 1968
On this date multiple events are noted including the 1867 creation of Canada by the British North America Act, the 1862 U S Congress establishing the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the 1863 start of the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, and the 1898 assault on San Juan Hill in Cuba.
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Associated Press
Dominion of Canada
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chicago
St. Lawrence Seaway
Weather snapshot for Snyder and Texas regions
Snyder temperatures rise to 97 with a 75 degree low Saturday and 74 today. Forecast shows clear to partly cloudy skies, scattered thunderstorms, cooler panhandle Tuesday, with highs from 83 to 105 across regions and lows from 62 to 77.
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Russia Ready for Talks on Banning Underground Nuclear Tests
Premier Kosygin told signers of a treaty to curb nuclear spread the Soviet Union is ready for international talks on banning underground tests. He urged discussions on limiting and reducing delivery means and stockpiles, and noted a 6.6 earthquake near the Caspian Sea as a backdrop to the signing ceremony.
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Alexei N. Kosygin
Soviet Union
Kosygin
Seismological Institute
Uppsala
Sweden
Caspian Sea
London
Washington
Moscow
Red China
Geneva
Treaty Signed as U.S. and Soviet Agree to Talks
President Johnson announced after the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty signing at the White House that the United States and the Soviet Union will begin talks soon on limiting offensive and defensive nuclear missile systems. Kosygin called for broad disarmament talks including stockpile reductions and delivery system limits, while Britain’s Wilson praised the agreement as a major arms control step with 51 nations joining the pact.
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Johnson
United States
Soviet Union
White House
Alexei N. Kosygin
Moscow
Kosygin
U.S.A
Vietnam
London
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Britain
U.S
Dean Rusk
William C. Foster
Washingon
Russia
Band Director To Take College Post After 16 Years
Snyder High School band director Melvin Montgomery will join Stephen F. Austin State College as bands and assistant professor of music in Nacogdoches. His tenure yielded 15 consecutive sweep awards, top state honors in 1965, and performances at the Cotton Bowl. Montgomery’s wife Virginia resigns from West Elementary.
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Lee
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Snyder
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Stephen F. Austin State College
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Virginia
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SHS
Corpus Christi
Enid
Ohio
Brownwood
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Tri States
Texas Tech
Texas Music Educators Association
Dallas
Port Arthur
Johnson to Fly to El Salvador for Central American Talks
President Johnson plans a trip to El Salvador next Saturday to meet five Central American presidents in San Salvador. An overnight stay is planned with a return stopover at airports for half an hour. White House declined to confirm the trip amid diplomatic speculation.
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Johnson
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San Salvador
Washington
White House
Sw Vmp
Latin America
Alliance For Progress
Two New Heart Transplants Reported Worldwide
The two newest heart transplant recipients, Maria Elena Penaloza age 24 in Valparaiso Chile and Gaetan Paris age 49 in Montreal Canada, show steady improvement after operations Friday marking the 22nd and 23rd transplants. Both patients eat, sleep well, and express appetite as doctors call the heart function excellent. Four other patients remain alive after similar surgeries.
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Canada
Maria Elena Penaloza
Navy
Valparaiso
Montreal Heart Institute
Paris
Miss Penaloza
Pilot Held In Cuba Wife Hopes To Join Him There
Olga Prellezo appeals to visit husband George Prellezo detained in Havana jail as Southeast Airlines plans to retrieve its hijacked airliner. Irvin L. Jones Jr. says a substitute pilot will fly to Havana if needed to bring back crew and passengers.
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George Prellezo
Havana
Southeast Airlines
Irvin L. Jones Jr
Florida Keys
Key West
A. Kimball
Dave Martin
Gers
Jones
Prellezo
Prellezos
U.S
Federation Aviation Agency
93 Dead In Violence Across State Over Weekend
The Associated Press tallies 53 violent deaths from Friday 6 pm to Sunday midnight, the year's highest toll. At least 20 died in traffic accidents, four teens were shot, twelve drowned, and seven more lost lives to other causes.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Hit By Sharp Earthquakes Cracking Ginza Shops
A major earthquake rattled Tokyo causing cracked shop windows on Ginza, shaking office buildings and briefly interrupting television programming across the city. Residents evacuated as tremors continued, with authorities assessing structural damage and traffic delays reported downtown.
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Ginza
Alcohol Control Still A Big Issue
AUSTIN AP Liquor by the drink may be dead and a few wets still hope. Texas legislators find alcohol control a live issue as Rep R H Cory Victoria plans to push a bill enforcing select committee reforms. Edinburg Sen Jim Bates bill to outlaw private clubs in dry areas is pending, while a possible Senate reconsideration of Gov Connallys mini bottle bill looms. The House approved a liquor law revision amid changes from earlier debates and a resolutions move on conference committee appropriations with a roughly 23 million dollar higher spending bill and tax questions unresolved.
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Texas
R. H. Cory
Victoria
House
Edinburg
Jim Bates
Senate
John Connally
Cory
House State Affairs Committee
Conference Committee On Appropriations
Rep
W. S. Heatly
Paducah
House Appropriations Committee
Conference Committee
Heatly
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