19 Jun 1968
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Newspaper
Thomasville News
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1968
Page
1
Roy Wilkins executive director of NAACP urged St Francis College graduates in Brooklyn to heed Robert F. Kennedy’s call for youth to apply fresh energy to urban slum and employment issues. He spoke in a June 8 commencement address highlighting urban challenges and national priorities.
Roy Wilkins former NAACP leader testifies in the New Garden Supreme Court in the trial of Herman Ferguson and co defendants charged with conspiring to murder Wilkins and Whitney Young. Wilkins describes threats and cites the Presidents Commission on Civil Disorders urging equal opportunity and national action as a path to calm. He notes his Queens address and transit by bus and subway, and recalls the 1967 arrest reveal of the plot.
In Monticello Florida the Jefferson County Kennel Club conducts racing amid a record pace with seven hundred greyhounds at the track. Top kennels pressure the standings led by H F Herndon with 28 wins and Sam Gerard with 25 as four others tie at 23. The venue plans a busy Fourth of July weekend, Charity Night next week, and a scholarship night supporting football grants at Florida schools.
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