Word: concerns
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Corp., Newark's antipoverty organization, also patrolled the ghetto-and to better effect. The kids made an impressive contribution to cool; so did a courageous "Walk for Understanding" by 25,000 people, predominantly white suburbanites, who hiked through the city's smoldering Central Ward to show white concern with ghetto conditions. Nonetheless, some 270 fires were set (kerosene tins, shredded mattresses and broken Molotov-cocktail bottles were found in many gutted buildings), and as usual the hardest-hit were the Negro slum dwellers...
...Genuine Concern. Everything was falling into place-with the exception of the primaries. California and Oregon look like easy wins, but Indiana on May 7 looks tough. Bobby professes little concern about McCarthy, but appears genuinely perturbed by Governor Roger Branigin, who is running as a favorite son. A popular Governor with more than usual patronage powers to spur the enthusiasm of party workers, Branigin originally was a stand-in for Lyndon Johnson. He and McCarthy together have a very good chance of winning enough votes to outpoll Bobby...
Sermon & Song. In the pursuit of "relevancy," Negro churches in the North have been returning to the soulful spirit of the past in worship-and becoming more militant in political concern. Many congregations that had tried to imitate the sobriety of their white counterparts are again beginning to emphasize zeal and fervor in both sermon and song. And Negro pastors-although still a voice of reason in the ghetto-are getting tougher. One of Detroit's most militant black power leaders now is the Rev. Albert B. Cleage Jr., who calls his Central United Church of Christ "the shrine...
...make an educated guess that the judge will dismiss those cases which do not involve the sale of obscenity to minors," Avatar's lawyer, Harvey A. Silverglate said yesterday after a brief session in Middlesex Superior Court. Throughout the ten-day trial, the judge has expressed primary concern with the circumstances surrounding sales to minors and testimonies about the effect of obscenity on minors...
...hours on the stand yesterday explaining the philosophy of Avatar. "We're a 'family' of 50 or 60 young people who live together at Fort Hill in Roxbury. We're centered around the personality and ideas of Mel Lyman, who embodies the highest philosophical ideals," he said. Kennedy's concern for the educational situation in the District of Columbia. He created the Chase Commission, which recommended the establishment of a federally-sponsored college in the District. Congress, which controls the financial affairs of the District, allocated funds for a university and appointed a board of trustees...