1965Action Inc. was established as a Community Action Agency (CAA).People and Communities, Local Organizations

Action Inc. on Elm Street in Gloucester, Ines Guarrsi on right, Kathy Browne, Essex Agriculture, center standing, n.d. Barbara Erkkila, Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives, Photo 12704

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This agency was part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty.

“About Us.” Action Inc., https://actioninc.org/about-us/.

Other Events

1965
The Hotel Thorwald fire occurred.
1965
Myron Geller became the Rabbi of the Temple Ahavat Achim.
1965
On Black Tuesday, lights and power went off all over New England.
1966
The US Congress passed Public Law 89-658, which extended the U.S. fisheries zone nine miles beyond the three-mile territorial sea.

1965Action Inc. was established as a Community Action Agency (CAA).People and Communities, Local Organizations

Other Events

The Hotel Thorwald fire occurred.

Myron Geller became the Rabbi of the Temple Ahavat Achim.

On Black Tuesday, lights and power went off all over New England.

The US Congress passed Public Law 89-658, which extended the U.S. fisheries zone nine miles beyond the three-mile territorial sea.