Race flareup inquiry begins in Greenwood Mississippi
City and county officers launched an intensive probe into a second racial violence flareup in a Mississippi Delta town. Four civil rights workers in a car were not hit, but shotgun pellets were recovered from the vehicle and nearby buildings. The incident follows earlier shootings linked to voter registration workers and a DOJ/FBI inquiry continues.
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Greenwood, Miss
UPI
Mississippi Delta
FBI
Greenwood
The
Greenwood Commonwealth
ENCC
Wilse Peacock
Essie Broome
Peggy Margre
Block
Jimmy Travis
Travis
Jackson
Plane Theft Charged After Wild Chase
Lavern Anderson, 23, a bookkeeper from Ypsilanti, stole a two engine Piper Aztec worth $65,000 at Pontiac Municipal Airport after marital troubles. He attempted a risky takeoff despite no solo flight experience, narrowly avoiding a man and the control tower, then refueled at Berz Airport in Birmingham before detection by an airport official.
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Pontiac, Michi
Lavern Anderson
Ypsilanti
Anderson
Geraldine
Livonia
Belleville
Municipal
Birmingham
Mich
Berz
Khrush Reflects On Religion Struggle As Khrushchev Moves Talks
The article notes Khrushchev pushing for better East West climate amid Christianity and Communism clash. It reports Soviet cosmonauts Pavel Popov and Andrian Nikolayev visiting Rio de Janeiro to attend a Sao Paulo air and space show. Archbishop Slipyi’s release is mentioned with Vatican and Adzhubei’s Italy tour. The Pope receives the Balzan Peace Prize with about 50 reporters present.
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Rio
DE Janeiro
Brazil
Pavel Popo
Vicil
Andrian Nikolayev
Italy
Holy See
Moscow
Adzhubei
Vatican
Balzan Foundation
Budget and tax measures shape in Finance Committee
The Finance Committee handles an operating budget tax of four dollars per thousand net worth and a permissive county surtax on gross income subject to referendum. A potential tax compromise forms as bills move to Senate floor, with conference committee in the House. Republicans discuss raising gross income tax to three percent, approving corporate franchise tax, and a two percent sales tax to start Jan. 1, 1965. gross income drops to 2.14 percent after sales tax begins. The $54.7 million 1963-65 construction budget was returned to the House, about $3 million less than its earlier approval, with major cuts to Indiana Youth Center and mental health construction. The House figure for college and university building programs remains $24 million. Improvements in State Conservation Department parks and memorials add $273,000. Democrats plan a $21 million floor addition to fund Lake Michigan seaport in Porter County and Ohio River toll bridges at Cannelton and Mauckport.
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Finance Committee
Senate
House
Senate House
Hoor
Indiana
State Conservation Department
Kizer
Lake Michigan
Porter County
Ohio River
Cannelton
Mauckport
Welsh
Party
Jack H. Mankin
Manikin
Menkin
Three Secret Indictments in Indiana Corruption Probe
Lake County grand jury indicted three individuals in the Indiana State Board of Accounts funds probe over public expenditures in Gary. Prosecutor Kowalczyk kept names sealed pending warrants as he noted they were the first indictments in the inquiry into alleged illegal spending worth over ten million dollars. The case involves former Gary mayor George Chacharis and city controller John Viselosky. Dr William E Kerstetter to assume DePauw presidency April 15. he will move to Greencastle with family.
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Crown Point
Ind
UPL
Lake County
Indiana State Board of Accounts
Gary
Henry Kowalczyk
Persis
George Chacharis
John Viselosky
Chacharis
Viselosky
Depauw Post
Greencastle
William E. Kerstetter
DePauw University
Simpson Coffee
Indianola
Iowa
Kerstetter
William Jr
Harvard University
Laura
Helicopter Downed in Viet Nam Clash
A U S Marine helicopter was shot down by Communist ground fire during an air attack on guerrilla bases in South Vietnam. No one aboard was injured. the downing occurred about 350 miles north of Saigon near Quang Ngai. The incident follows ongoing reporting on combat operations in the region.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPI
Quang Nem
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George W. Hurt
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Meadowbrook
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Khrushchev
London
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Iit
Penney
Towncraft
Oxfords
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Puerto Rico
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38T St. Church of the Nazarene
Anderson Civil Air Patrol
Squadron 2
Rev. Mann
Wilkinson
U.S
Viet. Nam
Richmond
Cambridge City
General Telephone
Warrington Church of the Nazarene
Des Moines
J. Wesley Adcock
Frankfort
Colland
Lege
iBaker
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New Castle
Russell Roberts
New Haven
Earth
WM. D. Starks, M.D
Park Road
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