Poor People Campaign Faces Setbacks Across Washington
In Washington the Poor People Campaign under Rev. Ralph David Abernathy struggles five weeks before a planned march. Despite government responses, few concessions were won and Rainy weather and heavy rain hinder Resurrection City. Leaders acknowledge missteps as plans for nonviolent civil disobedience clash with plagues and delays.
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Washington
Ralph David Abernathy
Nation of
Plenty
Resurrection City
Abernathy Moves On As Demonstrators Probe
In Washington AP reports the Poor People's Campaign leaders, led by Rev. Ralph Abernathy, remain secluded after vacating a Negro-owned motel. Demonstrators pressed three agencies seeking access while a mule train arrived for Solidarity Day events with about 150 protesters rebuffed at the Agriculture Department and other agencies over open-time access and scheduling.
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Washington
Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Abernathy
Resurrection City
Lincoln Memorial
Pitts
Marks, Miss
Alexandria
Atlanta
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Dean Rusk
Nicholas Katzenbach
Rusk
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Rockefeller security plan tight for Lorain County visit
Security for New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller’s Lorain County stop will be led by the U S Secret Service with local agencies providing escorts. Lorain police will meet the motorcade at Rt 254 and 57 and escort it to East 31st Street and Vine Avenue.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
U.S. Secret Service
Myron D. Campbell
Elyria
Michael DeNicola
Lorain County
Secret Service
Lorain
John Malinivsky
Rt. 254
East 31St Street
Vine Avenue
Rockefeller
St. Peter Church
Oberlin Avenue
Malinovsky
Maurice Flood
Flood
Avon school chief T. C. Simpson resigning amid contract concerns
Avon Superintendent T. C. Simpson, 64, has given verbal notice of his plan to resign before his contract ends, with one and a half years left. The board seeks an assistant superintendent and has not set a resignation date, while public sessions were reportedly canceled.
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Avon
T.C. Simpson
Simpson
Avott
Chronicle-Telegram
William H.jones
Aloysius Hassel
Board
Hassel
Weather outlook shows warmer, sun with showers likely
Weather forecast notes warmer conditions with mostly sunny skies today and upper 70s highs, cooler night with upper 40s to 50s. Tomorrow brings more clouds, scattered showers and possible thunderstorms, with a 9:04 p.m. sunset today and 5:53 a.m. sunrise tomorrow.
121 N. Viet soldiers surrender near Saigon amid war developments
In Gia Dinh on the outskirts of Saigon, 121 enemy soldiers surrendered to South Vietnamese marines after loudspeaker appeals. Most were wounded Vietnamese, carrying rifles and larger weapons. Reports also note North Vietnamese helicopters near the DMZ and a MIG21 downing of a U S Navy Phantom. The Australian Hobart destroyer was hit by a Sparrow missile, with two killed and seven wounded.
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Saigon
Gia Dinh
U. S
Demilitarized Zone
Panhandle
U.S
Dmz
Hobart
North Ridgeville plans shopping facilities for eastern residents
council rezones land to provide shopping options for residents in the city's eastern section while nearby towns move on tax matters and hearings. Verbal debates surface on budget and public notices as officials map future growth and services.
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North Ridgeville — Council
Lorain — Council
Impossible 400 Billion to 1 Chance of Knowing Kennedy and Sirhan
John McGrain, 22, of La Canada California says he is among the rare few who knew both Robert F Kennedy and Sirhan Sirhan. A Pasadena Muir High School classmate of Sirhan and a former student leader who met Kennedy in Washington. He recalls Kennedy as youthful and strong while Sirhan seemed fragile. He also met John F Kennedy and Edward M Kennedy.
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LA Canada
Calif
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan Sirhan
California
John McGrain
Sirhan
John Muir High School
Pasadena
McGrain
Kennedy
Washington
California Association of Student Councils
John
Local Pub Specials and Farm Market Deals
Fabulous steak dinner for $1.89 at Henry's Pub in Midway Mall. Red Rooster Farm Market advertises Route 113 Strawberries and Fresh Tomatoes with a 99 cent basket and Hillside Milk two 1 gallon jugs for 79 cents.
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Henry
Midway Mall
Red Rooster Farm
Route 113
Hillside
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South Vietnam
Avon Lake — Board of Municipal Utilities
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Sheffield — Council
Rosemary Schwarz
Lorain — School Board
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North Ridgeville
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