Maddox Threatens Action in 1970 Georgia Governor Race
Gov. Lester Maddox says he or his wife will run if the General Assembly rejects his 1970 budget proposals. The column argues threats amount to political intimidation and predicts a heated gubernatorial campaign, with Carl E. Sanders likely to challenge Maddox.
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Lester Maddox
General Assembly
Georgia
Lurleen Wallace
Alabama
Atlanta
Carl E. Sanders
Maddox
Sanders
Summer Bonanza in Eastern Carolina Sun
In a Raleigh News and Observer excerpt, a wry take shows sun bathing evolving from a moral concern to a national economic bonanza. The piece notes women buy countless lotions hats and robes as small Eastern Carolina towns benefit during hot months, with merchants humming Red Wing as Magnolia Street resembles a Sioux Reservation.
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Carolina
Magnolia Street
Raleigh
N. C
News and Observer
Today in History highlights and notable events
A June 19 history roundup lists events from 1819 the Savannah arrived Liverpool after the first Atlantic steamship crossing to 1962 Congress banning slavery in territories and 1912 adopting the eight hour day for federal workers. Recent items include Khrushchev’s Geneva speech five years ago Kennedy’s plane crash and AMA declaring marijuana dangerous.
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U. S
Savannah
Liverpool
England
Nikita Khrushchev
Geneva
U.S
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Nm Mass
American Medical Association
Extortion Tactics By Innis And Forman Explored
The piece denounces Roy Innis and James Forman as demanding large sums from bankers and church leaders. It notes Innis’s menacing urban coalition actions and Forman’s reparations manifesto, how churches and banks respond with surprising calm, and questions societal tolerance for public extortion.
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Washington
Roy Innis
James Forman
Innis
Forman
Capitol Hill
Chicago
American Bankers Association
National Bankers Association
Congress of Racial Equality
Mr. Innis
Detroit
Estelle Parsons Seeks Acting Over Life’s Plainness
Estelle Parsons says she hates life but loves acting and enjoys portraying unsympathetic characters to evoke understanding. The Oscar winner for Bonnie and Clyde and Rachel Rachel nominee discusses her career arc, marriage, and philosophy that artists need a crafted form beyond ordinary life.
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New York
Estelle Parsons
Estelle
Bonnie and Clyde
Rachel
Opie
Police Help Makes Way for Newborn In Thomasville
A letter praises Thomasville police who aided during a family medical event. They summoned an ambulance and helped move the daughter in law down stairs to the vehicle. The baby boy arrived seven minutes after reaching the hospital. The writer lauds small acts of kindness improving a troubled nation.
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Bulance
United States
Nixon pushes user fees to fund national airport expansion
The Nixon administration proposes a ten year plan to expand airports and airways with a targeted 8 percent ticket tax and 9 cent a gallon fuel tax on private aircraft. The plan aims to cover about 2.5 billion in improvements and half of a 5 billion expansion, while encouraging cities to levy passenger charges for terminals.
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Nixon
Johnson Administration
Johnson
Alan
Boyd
Congress
John Volpe
Cambridge finds peak work at eight to nine p.m
The Cambridge University applied psychology unit reports most people reach peak efficiency between 8 and 9 p.m local sun time. The Atlanta Journal and Constitution notes this implies doubts about typical work quality.
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Cambridge University
England
Atlanta (Ga
Journal and Constitution
The Trouble With Black Capitalism and Bureaucratic Hurdles
A Nation's Business analysis by Andrew Brimmer on black entrepreneurship in ghettos. It cites white firm market entry, bureaucratic resistance, and a plan by LEAD to deploy 500 corporations to lend tech support to black enterprises, funded via SBA loans, amid Pentagon bid objections and fiscal concerns.
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Andrew Brimmer
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Brimmer
Matthew
Arnold Saltzman
Seagrave Corporation
LEAD
League For Economic American Democracy
Small Business Administration
SBA
Treasury Department
Saltzman
New York
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Federal Reserve
Brimme
Mr. Saltzman
U. S
Richard Nixon
Pentagon
Thomas Matthew
World Council consults on race prompts church condemnations
W L Thornton critiques World Council of Churches racism talks in London noting calls for reparations and even support for resistance movements and revolutions. The piece highlights a proposal that violence could be a last resort and questions the chairman who allegedly made the remark, identified as George McGovern.
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W. L. Thornton
London
World Council of Churches
National
Black Economic Development Conference
UPI
Eldridge Cleaver
Rap Brown
Stokely Carmichael
George McGovern
U. S
South Dakota
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