King vows aid to St Petersburg garbage workers protest
Rev. A. D. King pledged help to 211 fired garbagemen in St Petersburg to regain their jobs with a pay raise. He spoke at Second Bethel Church after 45 protesters were arrested, vowing soul force would prevail and threatening daily marches until sanitation workers are paid more. City Manager Andrews had fired nearly all striking workers, most of them Black, triggering a tense confrontation as police blocked the parade toward City Hall.
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St, Petersburg, Fla
A. D. King
Martin Luther King Jr
St. Petersburg
King
Second Bethel Baptist Church
Lynn Andrews
Andrews
City Hall
Clearwater
Pinellas County
Readers in North Africa cherish daily newspapers
The region hosts more than 45 daily papers across United Arab Republic Libya Tunisia Algeria and Morocco according to the National Geographic Society. The passage notes ancient cooling methods in Egypt and Roman-era snow packing for villa walls as historical contrasts.
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North Africa
United Arabs Republic
Libya
Tunisia
Algeria
Morocco
National Geographic Society
Fascinate everybody with fashion's ingenious ZIP TRICK
Pattern notice advertises Misses' sizes 10 through 18 with a zipper neckline design. Includes fabric yardage for size 14 and pricing for patterns plus mailing service. Also promotes a Spring Summer pattern catalog and a sewing book with lots of pictures available for purchase.
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Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Opposition to LBJ's Court Appointments Grows Across Parties
Washington AP reports rising cross party opposition to President Johnson's Supreme Court picks Abe Fortas as chief justice and Homer Thornberry as associate justice. Senate leaders warn of possible filibuster or blocking tactics as a petition circulated by Republican senators gains traction.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
Mike Mansfield
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Senate Judiciary Committee
GOP
Judiciary Committee
Warren
Ramsey Clark
Justice Department
Everett M. Dirksen
Griffin
Mansfield
United Nations
New York
Eastland
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
Sioux City
Iowa
Cali
Resurrection Cities predicted by Abernathy from jail
Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, jailed for protesting on Capitol grounds, predicts new Resurrection Cities will spring up nationwide including Washington. He leads the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Poor People Campaign and plans to push its platform at the Republican and Democratic conventions in August. He will fast on fruit juice and medicine for spiritual strength during his 20 day sentence.
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Washington
Ralph David Abernathy
Abernathy
South
Ern Christian’ Leadership Conference
Capitol
mideMay
Easement Granted at Oatlands
Virginia governor Godwin announces the Virginia Outdoors Foundation has secured open-space easements around the Oatlands estate in Loudoun County. The permanent rights preserve the natural setting at Oatlands, a property donated to the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1965.
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Richmond
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Virginia Outdoors Foundation
Oatlands
Loudoun County
Godwin
National Trust For Historic Preservation
State Approves Public Library Demonstration Plan
Richmond AP State Librarian Randolph W Church announced the State Library Board approved a two year public library demonstration for Fredericksburg and four counties Caroline Spotsylvania Stafford and Westmoreland. The project would form a regional library funded by local state and federal sources and start July 1 1969 running to June 30 1971 with a year to stock and prepare.
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Richmond
Randolph W. Church
State Library Board
Fredericksburg
Fredericks 'Burg
Caroline
Spotsylvania
Stafford
Westmoreland
Church
Dr. Ribble to Retire as Virginia Episcopal Leader
The Rev. Dr. Watkins Leigh Ribble, archdeacon and executive secretary of the Department of Missions for the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, will retire July 1. He began in 1930 as priest in charge of District 6 Archdeaconry of the Blue Ridge, led Falls Church parish 1935–1945, and served at Grace and Holy Trinity Church in Richmond 1945–1962.
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Richmond
Watkins Leigh Ribble
Department of Missions
Episcopal Diocese of
Virginia
Henry Lowry Named Lion of the Year at Winchester Club Dinner
Henry Armstead Lowry was named Lion of the Year at a joint Winchester Lions and Lioness Club dinner at Winchester Golf Club. The award honors his long civic work with groups such as the Chamber of Commerce, Boy Scouts, Red Cross, and local clubs. He is a former Coca Cola sales manager and Coast Guard veteran who participated in D-Day.
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Henry Armstead Lowry
Winchester Lion and Lioness Clubs
Winchester Golf Club
Lions Club
Lowry
Ola Bottling Works Company
Coca Cola
U.S. Coast Guard
Ormandy
MR. Lowry
Apple Blossom Festival
Winchester Elks
Loyal Order of the Moose
The
Judges Athletic Association
James Wood Touchdown Club
Polio Foundation
American Red Cross
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Salvation Army
Boy Scouts
Winchester-Frederick County
Chamber of Commerce
Winchester Jaycees
Winchester Lions Club
Lions
Burglar Steals From Douglas Police Office Cabinet
More than $10,000 disappeared from a supposed burglar proof filing cabinet in the Douglas police headquarters security room. Police Chief Percy Bowden said he kept large sums of money in the cabinet for 25 years.
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Douglas, Ariz
Douglas
Percy Bowden
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