Four Reasons King Cites for Riots in Nation
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. told the National Association of Radio Announcers that riots stem from four culprits: timid white moderates, a Johnson administration focused on Vietnam over poverty, unequal defense and poverty spending, and an insensitive Congress more anti Negro than anti riot. He urged nonviolence as the Negroes' best weapon and warned that riots harm blacks most.
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Atlanta, Ga
Martin Luther King Jr
America
Johnson
Congress
National Association of Radio Announcers
King
Ding
Vietnam
EmbroideryPatterns and Doilies Catalog Offer
Add a loving touch to your linens with posies and embroidered motifs. Pattern 7070 transfers three 5 1/2 by 6 inch motifs. three 4 1/27 by 5 inch motifs. 35 cents per pattern plus 15 cents extra for mailing. Send to Alice Brooks at Winchester Evening Star in New York. Also available are Needlecraft catalogs with patterns and books for knit crochet and quilting at 50 cents each.
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Alice Brooks
Winchester Evening Star
Needlecraft Dept
P.O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
Needlecraft
Lindsay Tours Harlem Again
Mayor John V. Lindsay conducted another Harlem tour drawing mixed reactions. He faced heckling from Black Nationalists at West 125th Street cafe and received applause at several stops including a block party, a play street and two community centers. Street scenes varied from hostile chants to supportive shouts of Give him a hand as he ended at a firehouse with firefighters.
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New York
John V. Lindsay
Harlem
Lindsay
West 125Th Street
Paris
Africa
Womanless Beauty Contest Set At St Pauls Church Lawn
The ladies auxiliary of St. Pauls A M E Church Improvement Committee sponsors a womanless beauty contest at 3 p m Sunday on the Johnsons lawn at 301 Liberty Ave. Men in costumes will parade as contestants and provide humorous entertainment. Everyone is invited.
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Ladies Auxiliary of the Improvement Committee of
St. Paul’s A.M.E. Church
Robert Johnson
Liberty Ave
Man Seized In Whitney Extortion Case Near Kennedy Airport
Frank Barnes, 43, of Amityville, was arrested near Kennedy Airport in a joint FBI NY State Police and Saratoga effort. He faces extortion charges before a Saratoga grand jury over demands tied to 781 800 in jewels stolen from Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney's Cady Hill estate. The jewel theft occurred August 2 and was reported three days later after calls seeking 35000 for information.
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New York
Kennedy Airport
Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Cady Hill
FBI
Frank Barnes
Amityville
Long Island
Barnes
Aerialist Falls 44 Feet at Bevier Homecoming
Aerialist Frank Cook, 44, sustained head injuries and multiple fractures after a 44 foot fall from a high wire during a Bevier homecoming event attended by about 150. He rode a bicycle on the wire balancing with a pole when the chain slipped. the bicycle dropped, leaving him unable to catch the wire. He performed without a safety net and was taken to the University of Missouri Medical Center in critical condition.
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Bevier, Mo
Frank Cook
University of Missouri Medical Center
Cook
Senate authorizes probe of Negro rioting
Sen. John L. McClellan announces a full scale Senate investigation into riots across the United States. The nine member permanent investigations subcommittee will report by Oct 2 with a final report due July 31, 1968, funding set at 150000. Subcommittee may call figures such as Stokely Carmichael and H. Rap Brown.
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Washington
John L. McClellan
Senate
McClellan
John Sherman Cooper
R.ky
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Cooper
Aan
Stokely Carmichael
H. Rap Brown
Subcommittee
NRA Expels Dayton Reporter Over True Name Trick
The National Rifle Association revoked the membership of Richard Zimmerman after he used the name Cleo Vernon Keaton, a convicted murderer, on an NRA membership application to test checks by the organization. Keaton was convicted in a Dayton area murder-robbery case.
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Washington
National Rifle Association
Dayton Journal Herald
NRA
Richard Zimmerman
Cleo Vernon Keaton
Keaton
Pickaway
Ohio
Dayton
Zimmerman
Hearings Set On Railroad Wage Settlement
Sen Wayne Morse announces hearings that could force a compulsory wage settlement for 137 000 railroad shopcraft workers if negotiations fail to yield a voluntary agreement by next Wednesday midnight.
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Associated Press
Wayne Morse
D— Ore
Hair consultant visit offers free private evaluation
Mr R A Pecora will be at Hotel George Washington Winchester Virginia on Tuesday August 15 from 1:00 PM to 8:30 PM. The consultation is free with no obligation to start treatment. He will discuss hair and scalp problems and potential remedies including home care and guarantee details.
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R. A. Pecora
Winchester
Virginia
George A
Hotel George Washington
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