Negroes Boycott White Businesses In Orangeburg Riots
In Orangeburg South Carolina Negroes pressed for civil rights gains and removal of National Guard troops after four days of violence that left three dead and about 50 injured. A large meeting endorsed the boycott and called for desegregation of the All Star Triangle Bowl and other measures.
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S.C
National Guard
I. D. Newman
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U.S. Justice Department
South Carolina State College
Claflin College
NAACP
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McCarthy Tells ADA Endorsement Means Little in 1968 Race
Sen E J McCarthy of Minnesota says he would prefer Johnson’s reelection over many Republican candidates and notes Nixon is running while Rockefeller declines to run. He pledges to consider the whole picture in the fall and cites ADA endorsement as helpful but imperfect.
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Alabama
George C. Wallace
Public Broadcasting Laboratory
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Ronald Reagan
Nixon calls for debate with Democratic presidential candidate
Richard Nixon told 600 at St Pauls School Concord he wants to debate the Democratic candidate this year. He noted past telecast debates with Kennedy in 1950 and urged facing the likely opponent in the March 12 New Hampshire primary.
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Kennedy
New Hampshire
St. Paul's
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Howard Lindsay Dies at 78 Legendary Broadway writer and actor
New York AP reports Howard Lindsay, renowned actor director and playwright, died at 78 after a long career including Life With Father. He co wrote with Russel Crouse for 28 years producing State of the Union Arsenic and Old Lace Anything Goes Call Me Madam The Sound of Music book and earned a 1960 Antoinette Perry Award.
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State of the Union
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Ethel Merman
Black Martin
Antoinette Perry
Hue Citadel Battle Deepens as Marines Enter Fortified Citadel
Vietnamese Marines entered Hue Citadel to engage Communist forces after air bombing and strafing runs. Aimed at driving North Vietnamese regulars and Viet Cong from the fortress, the action follows fierce street fighting since January 31 with reports of civilian executions near Hue and ongoing clashes around Saigon and nearby districts.
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U.S
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Tan Son Nhut
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199Th Brigade
Race Course
America
Fires claim lives of eighteen children in two families
Eighteen children died Sunday in fires in Franklin Pennsylvania and Howick Quebec near Montreal, with ten children killed in Pennsylvania as a widowed mother cried from a second floor window. The three fires, plus an Acapulco hotel blaze injuring more than twenty and a Tong Kong tenement fire killing Chinese residents, left many impoverished families homeless and claimed 23 lives total.
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Mexico
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Red Cross
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Raleigh
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Madison Square Garden Opens With Festivities
New York AP reports the Madison Square Garden debut featured Bob Hope hosting a USO benefit and declaring the Garden “Astrodome East” during two hours of lavish entertainment. A mock fight led to a ballroom waltz as audience members joined, with Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney among the recognized figures.
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Gene Tunney
Stops Tormenting Rectal Itch
An advertising notice from New York promotes Preparation H as a non prescription remedy for hemorrhoids. It claims rapid relief from burning itch pain and swelling with ointment or suppository forms and notes tests across major cities.
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Midwest Medical Center
New York Sanitation Strike Sparks Citywide Tensions
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller moves to place the 10,000 sanitation workers under state control to end a 9 day illegal walkout, prompting Mayor John V. Lindsay to denounce the plan as a threat to home rule. The dispute over state takeover and potential National Guard involvement widens gulf between the leaders.
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John V. Lindsay
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Sanitationmen’s Association
Arhar
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National Guard
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Sanitation Union
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Madison Square Garden
Prayer excerpt from Uniontown minister appeals for generosity
The message by C. Neil Strait of Akron East Liberty Church of the Nazarene asks believers to share abundance with the needy and remain aware of others' plights. He prays for stewardship and spiritual concern.
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C. Neil Strait
Uniontown
Lonior
Akron East Liberly
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