News Briefs, including Adam Clayton Powell

1967-02-23

News briefs: (1) Report from the University of Wisconsin in Madison where students have been protesting the presence of employee recruiters from the Dow Chemical Corporation, makers of napalm used in the war in Vietnam, and the arrests of other students. Marshall Shapiro, WKOW News (February 24, 1967); (2) Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) says there is a need to overhaul the Selective Service System, and offers a five-point plan (February 23, 1967); (3) President Johnson praises the clarification provided by the 25th Amendment on how the government runs if the president become disabled (February 23, 1967); (4) New Orleans coroner rules out murder in the death of a prime informant in New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison’s investigation of the JFK assassination; (5) Eight-man crew of a fishing schooner rescued in Halifax; (6) George Meany declined to listed to accusations from the Painters Union of corruption (February 24, 1967); (7) a stock exchange report; (8) live discussion in the House of the report on Adam Clayton Powell (February 23, 1967).

Westinghouse Broadcasting Company. Group W

Special events radio coverage

Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) audio tapes

Special Collections and University Archives

English

sound tape reel

A guide to the full collection of Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) audio tapes is available in our archival collections: https://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/43884

Catalog Key: bcast-076957; Other: 0492-MMC