Leaders expect 250000 at Washington civil rights march
In New York on August 3 AP reports the Big Six raised their estimate to 250000 participants for the August 28 jobs and freedom march in Washington. National Council of Churches would supply about 40000, with ten leaders guiding plans and routes finalized to converge at the Ellipse and Lincoln Memorial.
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National Council of Churches
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
James Farmer
The
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Otis Finley
National Urban League
Philip ‘Randolph
Sleeping Car Porters’ Union
Walter Fauntray
Washington, D.C
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King Jr
Randolph
Walter Reuther
Automobile Workers ’Union
Eugene Carson Blake
Joachim Prinz
American Jewish Congress
Walter Altmann
National Catholic Councilor
Wilkins
March Committee
Ellipse
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Theological Talks Urged by Interconfessional Commission
The Lutheran World Federation assembly was urged to create a foundation to advance theological talks with Roman Catholicism and other communions. A five member commission chaired by Bishop Hermann Dietzfelbinger urged research and seminars to widen dialogue on disputed doctrines and church practices.
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Helsinki
Finland
Lutheran World Federation, Assembly
Hermann Dietzfelbinger
Munich
GOP Members Urge Law On Wheat and Ecumenical Dialogue
Nineteen House Republicans urged President Kennedy to back bipartisan wheat legislation tied to the current feed grains programs. The letter, citing interconfessional dialogue with the Catholic Church, pressed for action ahead of the 1984 election year while noting Vatican talks and the administration's stance on replacing strict price controls. The note also references a separate education commission document challenging Lutheran views on church membership and mentions gyroplanes’ forward propulsion system.
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Vatican Ecumenical
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Congress
Positi Bernantian
Ecevation
Commission On Education
Conelrad fades away as Emergency Broadcast System rises
Washington reports that Conelrad broadcasting ends at midnight Sunday and is replaced by the Emergency Broadcast System. The new system opens the entire AM band for federal emergency communications, allowing a unified national alert network with stations in the network transmitting federal programs while other stations go silent or relay the signals.
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Office of Civil Defense
Office of Emergency Planning
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EBS
J D Zellerbach dies at 71 paper executive
James D. Zellerbach California industrialist and longtime Crown Zellerbach leader died at Mt Zion Hospital after a brain tumor proved inoperable. He was 71. Zellerbach helped build one of the nation’s largest paper companies and led the firm for more than eight decades.
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James D. Zellerbach
California
U.S. Lanthas
Italy
Zellerbach
Mt. Zion Hospital
Crown Zellerbach Corp
Weather snippets show temperature ranges and sun data
Yesterday's low 74 with highs near 100. Temperatures tallied 7 am 78 and 7 pm 94. Sunrise 6:00 am, sunset 8:11 pm. Nearby lakes Crab Orchard, Devil's Kitchen, Little Grassy, Linch below spillway. water levels five inches below spillway at Crab Orchard Lake.
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Devil's Kitchen Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Death Strikes Second Time At Flying Meet
A Rockford Illinois report says tragedy struck the mass fly-in meet as a Virginia couple was killed in a homemade plane crash. The victims James Edward Tyndall and his wife of Richmond were among over two thousand attendees and the incident followed a fatal Friday crash of another experimental craft.
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Tyndall
Greater Rockford
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Mr. Splinters
Paul Poberezny
Hales Corners
Wis
Experimental Aircraft Association
Madame Nhu Attacks Buddhist Leaders Over Treason Claims
Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu accused Buddhist leaders of treason and Communist methods in a Saigon speech to girls beginning paramilitary training. She called them holy men and referenced the self immolation of Thich Quang Duc, tying the group to the government’s hard line amid Viet Nam’s Buddhist crisis. The speech followed a period of tentative conciliation by Diem’s regime with concerns abroad over the crisis.
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Viet Nam
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Diem
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Virginia
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Quang
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Luther Cox
Fauquier County
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Marshall
Army Chiefs Drop Troop Rotation Plan
Washington reports the Pentagon scrapped Rotaplan a plan to rotate entire 1500 man battle groups to Germany every two months. Officials said the policy caused personnel turbulence and failed to save overseas costs as dependents often accompanied troops despite restrictions. A mass Mexico City wedding ceremony featured 210 couples with 610 children watching.
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Pentagon
Germany
United States
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