Africans Win Opening Round At Conference
London AP reports African leaders won a tactical victory at the opening session of the Commonwealth prime ministers conference. The debate emphasized Southern Rhodesia and the demand for a one man one vote constitution to end white minority rule. Kenyatta praised multiracial cooperation while Douglas-Home aimed to expand economic ties and aid.
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London
Rhodesia
Alec Douglas-Home
Jomos Kenyatta
Kenya
Douglas-Home
Kenyatta
Southern
Britain
Love Letters Tie Widow to Suspect in Miami Slaying
Houston story notes Melvin Lane Powers linked to Candace Mossler through letters signed Cc and mailed to his business address. Officers recovered photographs with Mrs Mossler in Idaho and a Houston hospital stay, as the case unfolds with Powers in Harris County Jail awaiting extraction. The Miami financier Jacques Messier was stabbed 39 times in his Key Biscayne apartment on June 30.
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Houston
UPI
Melvin Lane Powers
Miami
Jacques Messier
Sheriff's
Shelp
C. Mossler
Candace Mossler
Powers
Harris County
Mossler
Messler
Key Biscayne
Tokyo Area Paper Plant To Be Opened
American Can Co with Japanese partners plans a paper converting plant near Tokyo. American Can holds 40 percent in Nihon-Dixie Co with Daishawa Paper, Toppan Printing, and Daiin Can Co sharing the remainder. Nihon-Dixie will make Dixie cups cartons boards trays and wrappers. Nearby areas are compared with France in size.
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Tokyo
New York
UPI
American Can Co
American Can
Nihon-Dixie Co
Daishawa Paper Mfg. Co
Toppan Printing Cco
Dain: Can Co
Nihon-Dixie
Church Backs Civil Disobedience For Racial Justice
Pittsburgh UPI reports the Lutheran Church in America ends its biennial convention endorsing civil disobedience as a just means to fight racial injustice and approves birth control where necessary. The seven point race relations paper passed after three days of debate. The church says Christians may use peaceful public demonstrations to urge repeal of laws or customs conflicting with constitutional or moral law, and may disobey if legal recourse is exhausted. It cautions members to accept penalties and act nonviolently, with birth control guidance aiming for responsible parenthood and planning.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Lutheran Church In Americas
LCA
R Church
Ynods
Woman Succeeds Another As GOP Chief Bookkeeper
INDIANAPOLIS UPI Two women with over 30 years in political financial work swapped roles this week at the Indiana Republican headquarters. Miss Helen Green of Indianapolis retired after 20 years as chief bookkeeper and was replaced by Mrs Ruby Taylor of Lebanon. Mrs Taylor, a former banker, had served since 1954 as treasurer of the Boone County Central Committee, a volunteer unpaid post.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Helen Green
Indiana Republican
Ruby Taylor
Lebanon
Boone County Central Committee
GOP
Union Federal Savings & Loan Association
Sheridan High School
San Francisco
Miss Green
Cadillac Motor Co
Five Die In Virginia Fire In Vienna Suburb
Five persons perished in a two story frame dwelling fire that swept through Vienna before dawn. The victims were Chester Turner Harvey Hern Joe Frenzel Mrs Eliza Warrell and her son Jos. The town lies just outside Washington.
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Vienna
UPI
Chester Turner
Harvey Hern
Don
Joe Frenzel
Eliza
Warrell
Jos
Sing
Eph
Wash
Ington
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