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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Life v. Property. New York's Mayor John Lindsay summed up the sentiment of most leaders and lawmen throughout the nation: "Protection of life, particularly innocent life, is more important than protecting property. We are not going to turn disorder into chaos through the unprincipled use of armed force; we are not going to shoot children." That drew down on Lindsay the collective wrath of Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant merchants-both black and white-who charge that the mayor has been "soft" on rioters and insensitive to their pleas for city aid in repairing looted and burned-out businesses...
...improved educational opportunities for Memphis blacks. The new labor-civil rights coalition forged during the strike may soon flex its organizing muscle on behalf of Memphis' Negro hospital workers and Negro teachers. Memphis, in fact, has become so symbolically significant to the Negro cause, that Abernathy hopes to use it as a Deep South springboard for King's postponed Poor People's March on Washington next month...
...Forces or join those 40 to 45 in civilian defense units. Duong Van Thuy, chairman of the House Defense Committee, would also like to call up all single girls aged 18 to 25 to serve as hospital aides or armed forces secretaries, where they could, as Thuy put it, use their "soft hands and tender hearts to comfort our boys...
...since the five-week border war with India in 1965, except for a few Communist Chinese planes and tanks, Ayub feels that the balance of subcontinental power is tilting in favor of India-and remains unconvinced by Russia's claim that India's arsenal is only for use against Red Chinese invaders. Furthermore, Pakistan wants the Soviets to lift their U.N. Security Council veto on discussion of Kashmir, the disputed Indian-held state of largely Moslem complexion. Ayub wants to settle its status by plebiscite, demands at least that the subject of Kashmir head any new Indo-Pakistani...
Victorian Drama. That neat little lie was too much for Barnard. Although the Times did not use Linda's real name in its story, the school had no trouble identifying her, and promptly charged her with violating the residence regulations. "I'm old enough by law to live anywhere and with anyone without my parents' permission," said Linda-and promptly turned the charge into a crusade for cohabitation. She and Peter, a draft resister who has dropped out of Columbia, began cranking out mimeographed leaflets calling the case a "Victorian drama." They also distributed questionnaires asking other...