Urban League Leader Makes Peace at Home Top Priority
National Urban League Executive Director Whitney M. Young Jr. told about 1,200 at Portland the nation must choose between war and addressing slum and racial issues at home. He urged a plan like a four year domestic Marshall plan to create jobs through public works and prioritize peace and justice domestically.
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Urban League
Portland
Ore
National Urban League
Vietnam
Whitney M. Young Jr
Congress
Young
League
Martin Luther King Jr
Associated Press
China Warned Not to Harass Soviet Ships
Moscow charges China harassed Soviet ships affecting trade and port access. Note cites two vessels left Dairen unloaded after repeated Chinese authorities actions and a damaged Soviet ship Svirsk boarded Aug 13. Government says actions violate international law and Soviet Chinese trade accords.
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China
Moscow
Soviet Foreign Ministry
Dairen
Yellow Sea
Turkistan
Kamchatskies
Svirsk
Conflicting Views on Marshall Appointment
The Senate Judiciary Committee split 11 to 5 to back the nomination of Marshall as the first Black U S Supreme Court candidate. Supporters praise his legal skill from NAACP work while opponents warn of judicial activism and constitutional iconoclasm shaping future rulings.
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Washington
Thurgood Marshall
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Marshall
U.S
U.S. Court of Appeals
New York
Johnson
Senate
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Naacp Legal Defense and Education Fund
Fire Traps Virginia Girl
Catherine Lee Combs aged 12 died in a Virginia Beach house fire that trapped her in a second floor bedroom. Detective D W Pope said the blaze blocked rescue attempts while her mother Billie C. Combs and two younger brothers escaped after neighbors awoke them.
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Virginia Beach
Catherine Lee Combs
D. W. Pope
Billie C. Combs
GOP Delegate Calls for 1968 Constitutional Convention
Roanoke AP says Republican House leader M Caldwell Butler argues a special Assembly cannot timely amend Virginia’s constitution. He urges a 1968 constitutional convention to speed changes like pay as you go spending, noting three month publication and two assembly approvals delay effects to late 1970.
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Roanoke
M. Caldwell Butler
General Assembly
Virginia
House
Butler
Free Replica Hearing Aid Promises Cordless In-Ear Use
In Elmsford New York an advertisement promotes the Sonotone SONET the smallest in ear hearing aid weighing under 1/10 ounce. It claims no cords tubes or wires and offers free in ear replica demonstrations with no cost or obligation. Readers are invited to send for a free replica to Sonotone of Washington DC.
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Frederick County
Virginia
Sugar Hill Farm
Armstead
Dixon
Edmonia Sheridan Gordon
Annie Bell Miller
Mary Elizabeth Smith
Sarah M. Lewis
Eugenie E. Anderson
Randolph Courtney Anderson
Irving A. Smith
Mary E. Mitchell
Elsie B. Davis
John W. Smith, Jr
Randolph Courteney Anderson
Annabell Crooks
Winchester Evening Star
Winchester
Elmsford, N.Y
Sonotone Corporation
Sonotone
Washington
14Th Street
N.Y
D.C
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Robert H. Anderson
East
Piccadilly Street
Sharah M
Lewis
Hawkins Street
Ypsilanti
Michigan
Eugenie E
Anderson
Edmondson Avenue
Baltimore
Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland
Irving A, Smith
Parmalee Avenue
Cleveland
Ohio
Mary E, Mitchell
Barlow Road
Hudson, Ohio
Elsie B, Davis
Kenilworth Avenue
Detroit, Michigan
John W, Smith, JR
Cayhauga Street
Akron
Copley
Akron, Ohio
Armstead Dixon
Virginia Gooden
David G Simpson
Rouss Avenue
Peking
199Th Light Infantry Brigade
Mekong Delta
Saigon
GOP
Gingham
Kresge’s
Ward Plaza
Nevamar
Salem
Duxbury
Deacons
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