Vol. 79/No. 8 March 9, 2015
Protesters said the jet, which had run out of fuel, was denied the necessary landing priority because it was from Colombia.
A spokesperson for the protesters said there were at least two nearby airports where the plane could have landed, but that authorities want to restrict Colombian aircraft to airports that have drug-sniffing dogs.
March 8, 1965
JACKSON, Miss. — Several hundred people attended the Freedom Democratic Party’s one-day convention here Feb. 21. Among the delegates were students, workers, teachers, ministers, owners of small businesses, and unemployed. A tone of militancy marked the discussion.A teenager in the Mississippi Student Union said: “The U.S. government is sending troops to Vietnam supposedly fighting for freedom for South Vietnam. Why can’t they send troops to Mississippi to fight for our freedom.”
A teacher, said: “We might lose our jobs or get killed but something’s got to be done.” After endorsing the idea of a statewide school boycott, he said: “I want to say I’m sorry it’s taken so long for me to get on this freedom train.”
March 9, 1940
Again displaying their position as the vanguard of the Indian people, 135,000 textile workers of Bombay have declared a general strike, demanding a 25 per cent wage increase to make up for rising living costs since the beginning of the war.These workers represent about 90 per cent of Bombay’s textile mills and come from 45 different mills.
Meeting at Patna on March 1, the Executive Committee of the All-India Nationalist Congress has decided to prepare for the launching of a civil disobedience campaign against British imperialism. In a strongly worded resolution, nationalist India has openly disassociated itself from British rule and its war aims.
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