Crisis roils NAACP as staff lawyer is dismissed
An internal dispute over Lewis M. Steel’s dismissal for a critical article on the Supreme Court exposes deep rifts within the 59 year old NAACP between traditionalists relying on courts and legislature and younger members seeking faster action. State officials escalated the fight by taking the issue to the New York State Supreme Court.
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New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Lewis M. Steel
United States Supreme Court
Old Steel
State Supreme Court
New York State
NAACP faces upheaval over staff resignations and legal staff
The NAACP plans a show cause hearing next Tuesday amid a dispute over the dismissal of lawyer Steel. A special board meeting in New York aims to avert further resignations as Carter and Steel may attend to discuss the crisis, sparked by internal fights and questions of due process.
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New York
NAACP
Robert L. Carter
Carter
United States
Steel
Special Contributions Fund
Roy Wilkins
Naacp Board
Nixon Grandson to marry Julie Nixon Dec 22 in New York
Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower plan a private December 22 wedding at Marble Collegiate Church in New York before 450 to 500 close friends. They will reside in Northampton Massachusetts after the ceremony and return to college. The announcement came from press secretary Gerry Van der Heuvel.
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Julie Nixon
David Eisenhower
Marble Collegiate Church
New York City
Julie
David
Nixon
Eisenhower
New York
UPI
White House
Northampton
Mass
Richard M. Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Johnson Seeks Major Diplomatic Win Before Exit
Washington hopes to bring South Vietnam to Paris talks to test Soviet and North Vietnamese assurances for a productive ceasefire and a possible arms talks era. Johnson weighs risks of Czechoslovakia crisis, Nixon timing, and Moscow’s signals while pursuing restraint and limited nuclear talks. Nixon aides in New York and a Plaza Hotel ceremony backdrop frame the domestic and official settings as Julie and David plan a Smith Amherst wedding with Norman Vincent Peale officiating. The Groton submarine Grouper, oldest commissioned US Navy sub, to be retired December 2 after a storied WWII career and testing sonar tech.
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Johnson
South Vietnam
Paris
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
Saigon
U S
Congress
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
U. S
Czechoslovakia
Vietnam
Moscow
Norman Vincent Peale
Reformed Church In America
Plaza Hotel
Central Park
Fifth Avenue
Nixons
Julie
David
Smith and
Amherst Colleges
Massachusetts
Fred Grandy
Sioux City
Iowa
Harvard
Exeter
Amherst
Tricia
Susan
Mary Jean Eisenhower
Anne Davis
Portland
Maine
Susan Harvin
Houston
Tex
Smith
Dabney Hibbert
Lawrence L. Davis Jr
Cambridge
Mass
Chapin School
New York
Linda LaBarre
Glen Rock
N.J
Key Biscayne
Fla Nixon
Pierre
Groton, Conn
UPI
U.S. Grouper
Groton
Pearl Harbor
U S News Franc Trouble Has No Effect On U S Dollar
Treasury Secretary Fowler told Johnson the European financial crisis stabilized money markets and major currencies. The dollar was not affected by pressure on the French franc. Johnson may enter Bethesda Naval Hospital for X ray evaluation of diverticulosis, a non serious but troublesome intestinal condition since 1960.
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UPI
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Johnson
France
Bonn
Fowler
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Brooke Army Medical Center
San Antonio
Tex
Bethesda
Secret Service
White House South Lawn
West Germany
Paris
White House
Treasury Department
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
William McChesney Martin
Federal Reserve Board
Dean Rusk
Defense
Clark M. Clifford
Walt W. Rostow
Robert D. Murphy
Richard M. Nixon
East Lansing, Mich
Everett C. Parker
United Church of Christ
Seven States Report Influenza Hong Kong Strain Spreads
The National Communicable Disease Center reports Hong Kong flu outbreaks in California Colorado New Jersey and Puerto Rico with widespread illness in several states and campuses. Alaska cases and New Jersey outbreaks are noted along with estimates of potential infections exceeding prior epidemics.
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UPI
Hong Kong
Puerto Rico
National Communicable Disease Center
NCDC
California
Colorado
New Jersey
Utah
Oregon
Illinois
Alaska
Denver
C.S. Mollohan
State Health Department
Mollohan
Yale University
New Haven
Conn
Needles
Calif
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