Assorted Newspaper Clippings on Larrie Stalks-ilovepdf-compressed
A collection of newsclippings from the Newark Evening News in the 1960s covering the political career of Larrie West Stalks. –Credit: Junius Williams Collection
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Mayor Addonizio Campaign Flyer (June 16, 1970)
Campaign flyer for the 1970 Mayoral and City Council runoff elections in Newark. Mayor Addonizio ran as the incumbent against Ken Gibson, the “Community Choice” of the Black and Puerto Rican Convention.
Newark Police Report on UCC Subversive Activities (June 19, 1967)-ilovepdf-compressed
Police report forwarded to Newark Legal Services Project director, Oliver Lofton, from Newark Police Director Dominick Spina on June 19, 1967. The report was based on information provided by the City Clerk regarding alleged plans of the UCC Area Boards 2 and 3 to bring the Black Panthers to Newark. The report names several influential Black and Puerto Rican community leaders, including Lofton, Robert Curvin, Louise Epperson, Honey Ward, George Richardson, and Jesse Allen, as accomplices to a planned “revolt” by the “Spanish and Negro population” on June 27. The UCC and other community organizations in Newark were continuously subjected to official surveillance and later blamed for the outbreak of the 1967 Newark rebellion. — Credit: Junius Williams Papers
Newark councilmen spurn King’s ‘powder keg’ tag (Star-Ledger April 19, 1967)
Article from the Newark Star-Ledger on April 19, 1967, quoting responses from Councilmen Calvin West and Irvine Turner to Dr. Martin Luther King describing Newark as a ‘powder keg.’ Police Director Dominick Spina is also quoted as saying ‘Statements like these are unfortunate and do not lend themselves to the facts, which are that this city has seen much racial tranquility.’ — Credit: Newark Star-Ledger, Newark Public Library
