New York Mayor Ends City Hall Picketing
Mayor Wagner dismissed civil rights pickets after a violent clash outside City Hall injuring three officers. Forty four days of sit in demonstrations ended as police dispersed marchers on Park Row. Nine protesters were arrested including a bearded man carried to a squad car. CORE charged police brutality and called the action brutal.
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Negro models to be used in TV commercials
Calgate Palmolive plans to release several commercials in the next two weeks featuring Negro models. The ads will air in many cities but not in the South. Other major advertisers are studying the idea of using Negro models.
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Negroes Win Jobs With Peoria Firm
Peoria August 23 AP the 16 day racial demonstration against the Water Works Co has ended after two Negro laborers and two Negro office workers were hired. John Gwynn NAACP Peoria branch president said demonstrations would pause at least a week and that more Negro workers should be hired while the firm continues processing applications from both Negroes and whites. The firm lists over 100 applicants none of whom are Negroes.
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