Reverse migration brings many blacks back to the South
An Associated Press report notes a growing reverse migration as educated Black southerners return from northern cities to southern states. Observers cite political gains, job opportunities, and improved social climate as factors, with over a thousand Black officeholders since 1966 and significant industrial growth in Georgia. The trend skews toward middle and upper classes, though not all Black southerners are moving.
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South
Rerth
Janes Clyburn
South Carolina
John €. West
John Lewis
Voter Education Project
North
Gion
Lewis
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Atlanta
Georgia
le Toy Mosely
Connecticut
U.S. Census Bureau
Charles Prejean
The
Federation of Southern Cooperatives
Prejean
Chicago
Detroit
New York
Hugh Davis
Washington
Florida Restores Death Penalty After Court Ruling
Florida becomes the first state to restore the death penalty after the U.S. Supreme Court declared capital punishment unconstitutional. Gov. Reubin Askew signed the measure as lawmakers passed the bill, aiming to apply the new statute in limited cases and prompt future appeals to the Supreme Court.
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Tallahassee
A.ap
Florida
U.S. Supreme
U.S. Supreme Court
Reubin Askew
United States
California
A Promise Not Realized At St Pauls School Memoir
The narrative recalls a Jersey City family in 1893 with a boy named John Bishop, his father Jim a refinery worker and mother Mary, a nun wrote to his mother praising his scholarly potential. The piece follows John’s later rise to lieutenant of police and a family history tied to St Pauls Church and a nun remembered across the street in a convent. It ends with a note about Tricia and Edward Cox planning a European vacation as Nixon era news.
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Jersey City
St. Paul's School
Sisters of Charity
M. Wenzhlaus
Jim
Mary
John
Tom Wank
Eom Bishop
John Bishop
Johnny Bishop
Bett Head
Police
Washington
Tricia
Edward Cox
London
Rome
Athens
Moscow
Nixon
White House
Preparation H Hemorrhoidal Relief Ad
A medical advertisement touts Preparation H as prompt relief for hemorrhoidal itching and pain from infection and inflammation. It claims swelling reduction, doctor tested results in New York City Washington DC and the Midwest, and notes lubricating, non sting soothing properties for night itching. It promotes ointment and suppository forms.
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New York City
Washington, D.c
Mid West Medical Center
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William L. Chaze
Associated Press
Atlanta, Ga
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Bureau
James II
Meredith
Jackson
Atlas
University of Mississippi
Mississippi
U.S. Senate
Upstate
Tess
Fashions
Jim Bishop
James Bishop
Fulton Avenue
Tam
Sam
Venter 1
Sister Dm, Wenziclans
St. Paul's Church
Father Pfister
Wenziclaus
C. King Features Syndicate, Inc
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Kelvinator
Model
Motorola
WU Apne
Ers
Siock Radio
Tejon
Chambersburg
Lincoln Way
APL
Ett
Val
Mandahones
Hagerstown
W. Franklin St
Ath
Orignad Frea Tauprint Store
Penna, Ave
Shord
Potomac Street
Sword's Superette
Salem Avenue
U.S
Crisco
Nestles
Golden Isle
Delmonico Isteaks
Teen Queen
Borden Egg Nog
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