Freedom Riders Convicted in Jackson Mississippi
Twenty seven freedom riders including two whites were convicted of breach of the peace in Jackson Municipal Court. They received 60 day suspended sentences and $200 fines. The case followed their attempt to use white bus station facilities in a segregation bastion. They planned appeals and potential future rides, signaling a broader campaign to desegregate public travel in the Deep South.
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Jackson, Miss
UPI
Jackson
Mississippi
South
Montgomery
Ala
Southern
Dixie
Congress of Racial Equality Core
Alabama
Fire Leaves Family In Need After West Side Blaze
A fire yesterday afternoon at 2018 Louise Street left widow Mrs Cilia Watson and her 13 children homeless and lacking clothes as the home suffered severe damage to a back bedroom and roof. Fire crews from stations two six and eight battled the blaze around 3 19 p m with water and smoke damage widespread. Donations of money clothing or furnishings are being received at local Mace stores in Edgewood Eastgate on Ind 109 bypass southside on Columbus and 26th Street.
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Louise St
Rusell Davis
Cecilia Watson
Herald
Cilia Watson
Russ Davis
Westside
Robert Mace
Edgewood
Eastgate
Southside
Columbus Ave
26Th St
Rebels Preparing Major Assault Near Padong Stronghold
Heavy fighting near Padong in Laos as Meo tribal forces brace for a possible all out attack by leftist rebels using heavy artillery and infantry. Officials warn of a bloodier civil war phase, with government and Meo troops defending the strategic ridge near Xieng Khouang.
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Padong
Laos
UPI
Xieng Khouang
Pathet Lao
Meo
Vang Pao
Vientiane
Phoumi Nosavan
International Control Commission
Lynch Directors Elected as Lynch Increases Capitalization
Shareholders of the Lynch Corporation elected 11 directors, adding one new member, and approved raising authorized shares from 1 million to 2 million. Bernard P. Lippin reported backlog as favorable and a new glass forming machine in a Hoosier plant sparked wide interest in the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynch Corporation
Bernard P. Lippin
Hoosier
Lynch
W. Sorensen Jr
Peninsular Metal Products Company
Detroit
Mich
Samuel H. Back
New England Merchants National Bank
Will Freeman
Howard A. Jacobs
Symphonic Electronic Company
Wendell D. Jones
Glass Machinery Division
Mr. Lippin
John H. McGivern
Treaiser
Andrew V. Petersen
Package Machinery Division
Mr. Sorensen
Stanley D. Waxberg
Dodge, Saltzman and Waxberg
Max J. Zimmer
Symphonic Electronic Corporation
Sol M. Zweifach
New York City
County CD Council To Meet Wednesday
The Advisory Council of the Madison County Civil Defense will meet Wednesday to elect officers and appoint a civil defense director. A report on 1960-61 activities will be given at the county control center on Linwood Rd at 7:30 p.m. The session will consider approving county city budgets for next year.
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County CD Council
Advisory Council
The
Madison County Civil Defense Organization
County Control Center
Linwood Rd
Dynamic Downtown kicks off with parades and street activities
Downtown today features two parades led by Clint Walker video star, Indian dances at 1 p.m., a clown act at 2 p.m., a pet parade at 3 p.m., and a street dance at 4 p.m. A hobby show by the Senior Citizens Community Center runs all day on courthouse lawn alongside Meridian Street displays.
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Clint
Cheyenne) Walker
Senior Citizens Community Center
Meridian St
GM Announces Continued Cost of Living Allowance
General Motors says over 300 000 hourly workers will keep a 17 cent per hour COLA for June through August and about 100 000 salaried employees will continue to receive 85 dollars. Wages are adjusted to the Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI. April 15 index is 127.5 versus 127.4 on January 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Motors Corporation
U.S. Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Storm damages Bro ward airport destroying planes
A severe storm at Bro ward International Airport, Fort Lauderdale, damaged or destroyed about 30 private and business airplanes worth more than a million dollars. No injuries were reported as hangars and aircraft were torn by the wind, with officials noting a tornado-like strong feature though weather officials cited severe thunderstorm.
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Fort Lauderdale Fla
UPI
Broward International Airport
Lee Wagoner
Miami
Wagoner
Textiles Strike Ends After 24 Years at Henderson Mills
Henderson North Carolina UPI reports the Textile Workers Union of America ended a 24 year strike at Harriet Henderson Cotton Mills. The union concedes the strike collapsed and further picketing and funding will be futile as mills remain fully operational.
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Henderson
N. C
UPI
Textile Workers Union of America
Harriet Henderson Cotton Mills
Scouts Push Flag Display
The Boy Scouts of America launches a drive in Kikihawen and Area Council to urge home flag displays across four counties Madison Hamilton Henry Tipton. Harold B. Lockwood, president elect, says 8 000 male members and leaders spearhead the effort citing patriotism during world crisis and the history of the flag.
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United States
America
Kikihawen
Madison
Hamilton
Henry
Tipton
Harold B. Lockwood
Lockwood
Boy Scouts of America
Frost Threat Looms Across Indiana With Warmup Nearby
Frost or freezing temperatures plagued Indiana Friday night after a 24 hour period that saw a high of 48 and a low of 41 degrees. Northern Indiana recorded readings as low as 30 early today while central portions expect a high near 60 with 30s overnight. Partly cloudy, cool Sunday forecast shows readings from the upper 50s to mid 60s across the state.
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Indiana
Suspect Admits Part In Double Slaying
In Plainfield New Jersey Lorell Parks 22 confessed after seeing the bodies in a morgue naming Joseph Maxey 23 as co conspirator in the attack on two matrons whose stalled car drew help. Police say Maxey admitted being at the scene and that the crime began as a robbery with several hundred dollars missing.
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Plainfield
N. J
Lorell Parks
Joseph Maxey
Maxey
Eleanor Ewell
Elliott G. Ewell
Mack Trucks, Inc
Eleanor Tyson
Robert W. Tyson Jr
Wall Street
Union County
H. Douglas Stine
Stine
Moscow taxi driver plea colors peace hopes
London AP reports chemical tycoon Sir Clavering Fison after a Moscow visit believes the Soviet public desires peace. He cites a Russian taxi driver remark that Khrushchev and Macmillan can settle their dispute while leaving ordinary people out of it.
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London
Sir Clavering Fison
Moscow
Khrushchev
Macmillan
Council Okays Bridge Fund and Grants Cuts
County councilmen authorize 62000 from the cumulative bridge tax fund for the White River bridge on Hamilton Rd with federal matching funds. They also approve 108440 for real estate reassessment contracts. Emergency aid requests are trimmed by nearly 1000 across several offices, including the county clerk, sheriff, assessor, registration, courthouse, and prosecutor.
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White River
Hamilton Rd
Circuit Court
Beesting Reaction Fatal for Local Man
Dr. H. C. Norton Daviess County coroner ruled that a bee sting reaction caused the death of William A. Green age 42. Green died Thursday night at Daviess County Hospital after a bee sting incident.
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Washington
H. C. Norton
Daviess County
William A. Green
Green
Daviess County Hospital
Mrs Jean Kerr McCarthy to wed G Joseph Minetti
Washington reports widow of the late Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, Mrs Jean Kerr McCarthy, will marry G Joseph Minetti of the Civil Aeronautics Board. The engagement was disclosed Friday.
GOP Warns of Fiscal Disaster if Kennedy Spending Unchecked
Republican leaders Rep. Charles A. Halleck and Sen. Everett M. Dirksen warned on Friday that the United States faces a fiscal disaster unless President Kennedy curbs spending. They said the administration risks a budget exceeding $125 billion in 1965, versus about $85 billion for the current fiscal year, amid uncertain program costs.
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Washington
Kennedy
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Republican House
Senate
Halleck
GOP
McNamara backs Joint Chiefs amid Cuban invasion debate
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara voiced full support for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and said he would shoulder any errors in the Cuban invasion plans. He rejected calls from Sen. Albert Gore to replace the chiefs and noted they are serving their terms, with several nearing expiration. He said he and the chiefs discussed anti-Catastro operations for weeks and accepted responsibility for the invasion.
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Washington
UPS
Robert S. McNamara
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
McNamara
Joint Chiefs
Albert Gore
Tennessee Democrat
Gore
Thomas D. White
Air Force
Cureus E. Lemay
Arleigh A. Burke
Naval Operations
Kennedy
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
George H. Becker
David M. Shoup
Pentagon
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Soit Ey Adadaal
Vinson
Youth Becomes 1st Holiday Fatality
The Associated Press reports Indiana's first Memorial Day weekend traffic death as 14 year old Jerry Lingle of Gosport was killed when his farm tractor overturned on a Morgan County road shortly after the weekend began. He was pinned beneath the tractor.
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Indiana
Jerry Lingle
Rt. 1
Gosport
Morgan County
Whitaker
New Arrivals Born at St John’s Hospital and Abroad
Newborns announced at St John’s Hospital include a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Jim Waymire of Anderson Rt. 2 a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Argabright of 423 W. 14th St. a boy to Mr. and Mrs. Terrance Jarrett of Middletown a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hinton of 620 W. Hartman Rd. a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Matthews of Rt J Anderson and a boy born in Toul France to Sp 4 C and Mrs Marshal K Lyons. Maternal grandparents are Woodrow Hollars of 2305 East Lynn St and paternal grandparents are Bill Theile of 615 E 19th St.
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St. John’s Hospital
Jim Waymire
Anderson
Roy Argabright
W. 14Th St
Terrance Jarrett
Middletown
Richard Hinton
W. Hartman Rd
Douglas Matthews
J. Anderson
Toul
France
Marshal K. Lyons
Woodrow Hollars
East Lynn St
Bill Theile
E. 19Th St
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Freedom Riders
Jackson City
Jack Travis Jr
New York
Marvin Rich
Atlanta
Southeast
Much
Anderson High School
Jesse Huntzinger
AHS
David L. Adams
Lois Kardatzke
William McCarty
Jeffrey Smith
Joan Kinley
Stephen Priest
David Maine
Ann Pilasterer
Nanci Newman
Jerry Dane Porter
Martha Huber
William Harper
Bill McCarty
Charles B. Miller
John Shaw
James Pherson
Mary McFarland
Karen Breece
Jan Thornburg
Nikki Morrill
Kathy Rush
Carol Maxwell
Key
Jill Vaught
Norene Stafford
Donald
C. Bowen
Nancy O'Neill
Paula Cramer
Necia Ruffner
Alice Cave
Sandy Kimmerling
Judy Loucks
Marcie Espey
Judy Ross
Joy Reichard
Sharon Beeler
Norma Large
Sharon Boerner
Joyce Howard
Nancy Lewellyn
Linda Johnson
Paula Edwards
Pam Slinkard
Gay Ross
Carol Neilson
Sharon King
Cheryl Caldwell
Coral Janes
Brenda Robertson
Lois Long
Jane Jacob
Bill Surbaugh
Judy Ramsey
Richard May
Vicky Scott
Richard Kallenberg
Virginia Vermillion
Coral Jones
Jean Kinley
Rebecca Reardon
James Biddle
Karen Breese
Steve Clark
Bill Imel
Melanie Isaacs
Rosemary Swain
Edna Rhynearson
Lorene Holliman
Betty Crocker
Mildred Joslin
W. Leo Sanders
Ste
Phen Priest
Donald Lee Wilson
Charlene Gillaspy
William Gale
Claude Cookman
Judy Josefek
Kay Tyler
Jamalee Crowe
Robert Stoops
Pamela Beeler
Frank Meeker
Lois Howell
Joyce Hearld
Teri Misner
Carolyn Ray
Rita Butz
Dan Burchfield
Jane Wellington
Ruth Ann Sp
Daddy Black
J. J. Bailey
Jim Duffy
Basil Hosier
Nathan Martin
Anne Robertson
National Thespian Society
Parks
Okays Bridge Fund
McCarthy
Joint Staff
Associated Press
Anderson and Vicinity
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