Word: detroit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...effort varies wildly in scope and purpose, from Detroit's Central United Church of Christ, which worships a Black Messiah, to New York City's National Economic Growth and Reconstruction Organization (NEGRO), which has raised enough money selling bonds-for as little as 25? each-to acquire a hospital, a chemical firm, four clothing factories, a construction company, and a transportation line so expansion-minded that it recently sent a fleet of twelve buses across the country to Watts, the Negro district of Los Angeles. Bad weather and other difficulties reduced the arriving field to three, but further...
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE (CBS, noon to conclusion). The Los Angeles Rams v. the Detroit Lions, from Detroit...
...only a small minority of Negro opinion, and represent not so much anti-Semitism as a lashing out at Whitey. At both meetings, there was overwhelming agreement that American Jewry should involve itself even more in the Negro's struggle. Howard Danzig, executive director of a suburban Detroit synagogue, told the Conservative convention: "Unfortunately, in Detroit as in other cities, the Jewish presence in the predominantly Negro areas is usually that of merchant or landlord. The situation is economically structured for conflict...
Open Doors. Most interns spend their first weeks totally immersed in the problems of their new campuses. For Sister Mary Christopher Steele, assistant to the president of Detroit's Mercy College and now interning at Colorado College, that means at least one lengthy committee meeting a day plus in-depth interviews with upperclassmen fighting low mid-term grades. Associate Speech Professor Thomas Fernandez of Illinois' Monmouth College, on the run consulting with one administrator after another at Atlanta's Emory University, says: "I haven't encountered one single door closed...
...system from Saturday morning to Sunday afternoon. With a similar scheme, Mohawk increased its Saturday traffic by 46% during the first half of the year. Mohawk is also turning a profit by selling seats on its middle-of-the-night freight and mail flights. A trip from Boston to Detroit costs only $27.15, or 50 less than bus fare...