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...humanity. The tempo and techniques vary from era to era, from continent to continent. And the nature of Communism changes. Whereas Moscow now shuns the perilous confrontations that so often brought the cold war to boiling point, Peking grows ever more militant. For both capitals of world Communism, the focal points of conflict have shifted from Europe to Africa, Latin America and-most notably-Southeast Asia, where the Johnson Administration last week solemnly committed the U.S. to what could be a prolonged and painful...
...neglected to include any mention of Zionism. Zionism is not a movement whose goal is to send vast sums of money overseas. It is, rather, a modern manifestation of the ancient messianic movement committed to the preservation and perpetuation of basic Jewish values and ideals, recognizing Israel as the focal point of the totality of Jewish living, a cultural center from which will come a renascence of the Jewish spirit...
Starting from Carter Playground, at the corner of Columbus Ave. and Camden St. in Roxbury, the march will pass through Boston, stopping at schools and slums along the way. On the Common, King will speak on the "focal points of the Freedom Struggle in Boston": slum housing, municipal code enforcement, anti-poverty programs, and education. Virgil Wood, president of the Massachusetts branch of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, said yesterday that King would probably comment on the Boston School Committee...
Johnson proposed a Cabinet-level Department of Housing and Urban Development, which would serve as "a focal point for thought and innovation and imagination about the problems of our cities." The new department would absorb the present Housing and Home Finance Agency, help cities draw up metropolitan-area plans for orderly growth, train local planners, administer federal grants to states and cities for planning studies, and support research into new building techniques to reduce overall construction costs...
Last May, King proclaimed that St. Augustine would be the focal point of his activities for the summer. For several days he led demonstrators who marched down town or protested on the beaches. Hundreds were arrested and many brutally beaten. King himself was seized and served two days in jail before releasing himself on bail in order to fly to New Haven to receive an honorary degree. By August, the demonstrators had won the right to eat in local restaurants and to sleep in local hotels and motels, rights which few will use. And recently white night-riders have resumed...