SCLC Ends Convention After Clash With Invaders
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference wrapped its 11th annual convention in Memphis with chants of betrayal from a Memphis Invaders group and no clear future program. Rev. Ralph David Abernathy was elected to a full term as president amid tensions over nonviolence and policy stance on elections and Vietnam. The delegates urged black voters to withhold support from major parties unless antiwar and anti-poverty measures are pursued.
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Memphis, Tenn
UPI
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King Jr
Memphis
Invaders
SCLC
Washington
J. Young
Young
King
Resurrection City
Ralph David Abernathy
Abernathy
Margaret Mead on Youth Knowledge and Mass Media
Dr. Margaret Mead argues youths understand the present age better than educated elders who rely on books. She says mass media, especially TV, shapes children while adults lag, noting an immigration of older generations into the present and children born into the space age.
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London
Margaret Mead
Mead
Australia
United States
Rome
U S News Crop Glut Evident In Nation
The article examines a 1968 crop glut in wheat corn and soybeans with a $9.3 billion output value, noting higher yields and government support cushion farm income while costs rise. It discusses effects on consumers, exports, balance of payments, and potential policy debates ahead of elections.
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New York
United States
U.S
McCarthy Drafts Two-Stage Vietnam Peace Plank
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy proposes a two stage path to peace in Vietnam. A negotiated new government in South Vietnam with broad participation would precede elections after an international ceasefire and U.S. and North Vietnamese withdrawal. If Thieu Ky leaders reject the plan, U.S. support would end.
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Washington
Eugene J. McCarthy
Democratic Platform Committee
Vietnam
South Vietnam
United States
North Vietnam
National Liberation Front
Viet-Cong
The
Front
Buddhists
McCarthy
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Richard N. Goodwin
Chicago
Johnson
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Javits Gives Mild Support For Nixon Agnew Slate
UPI reports New York Senator Jacob Javits gave a lukewarm endorsement to the Nixon Agnew ticket while preserving some reservations. He said he would campaign for Nixon and Agnew and publicly state support, noting he may appear with them in New York when appropriate.
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New York
UPI
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Nixon- Agnew
Richard M. Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Javits
Nixon
Agnew
New York State
Chicago Taxi Strike Threatens Democratic Convention Transport
Chicago faced a taxi driver strike that halted four-fifths of the city cabs nine days before the Democratic National Convention. Mediators seek talks between Seafarers International Union Local 777 and Yellow and Checker Cab Companies as negotiators clash over fare shares from 42 1/2 to 50 percent.
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Chicago
International Amphitheatre
UPS
Seafarers International Union Local 777
Loop
Division 241
Amalgamated Transit Workers
Chicago Transit Authority
777
Six-Inch Bit Key In Four Disasters
A six-inch red end assembly weld failure in the F-111A caused four crashes and deep cost overruns. Air Force and military leaders identify a Bendix forged two-piece weld as the fault, with 90 planes produced or testing since 1962 63 and eight total crashes. The faulty part threatened the F-111 program before positive flight status was resumed.
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Washington
Air Force
United States
Thailand
Las Vegas
Bendix Corporation
General Dynamics Convair
Fort Worth
Bendix
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