Three White Men Charged In Negro Man's Slaying At Kingston
Three white men Claude Fuller Ernest Avants and James Lloyd Jones were held without bond in Natchez awaiting lie detector tests for the murder of Ben Chester White 65 whose body was found in Pretty Creek near Kingston He was shot 16 times and his head was blown off by a shotgun Authorities note prior Klan links and a civil rights boycott in the area with Auslands involvement by the House Committee on Un-American Activities naming Avants and Fuller as former Ku Klux Klan members Local district attorney Lennox Foreman reports the case as a potential hate crime with ties to Klan activity in Natchez and Kingston.
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Miss
Odell Anders
Claude Fuller
Kingston
Ernest Avants
Washington
James Lloyd Jones
House Committee On UN - American Activities
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White
Pretty Creek
Anders
Lennox Foreman
House
International Paper Co
White Knights
Ku Klux Klan
Mississippi
United Klans of America
Ernest H. Avants
Claude W. Fuller
Marchers' Grenada demonstration ends in boardroom meeting
Officials detained clerks at the Grenada County courthouse until 8:30 p.m. for Negro voter registrants, but only six appeared. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and other leaders urged restraint as the crowd dispersed after a failed registration attempt and a hasty reconciliation with white civic leaders.
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Grenada
Miss
Mississippi
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Willie Wilson
Floyd McKissick
White Civic Leaders Cooperative
Ohio per capita income hits record high in 1965
Columbus report shows Ohio per capita income rose to 2816 dollars, up 175 from 1964, while the U.S. average reached 2724 dollars, 150 higher than the previous year.
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Columbus
F. P. Neuenschwander
Ohio Department of Development
Ohio
U.S
Ky snaps vow to stay in power in Saigon crisis
Premier Ky and his military civilian junta refused Buddhist calls to quit, planning a constitutional path while extending rule. U S airstrikes neared Haiphong as Buddhist protests turned violent in Saigon and frontline forces pressed Vietnamese and Viet Cong engagements near Kontum and Dak To.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
U. S
Haiphong
Hancock
Ranger
North Viet Nam
Riots in Chicago Prompt Mass Police Removal
Five hundred officers cleared riot torn streets in a Puerto Rican district Tuesday night detaining over 2000 people and arresting 31. The total arrests reach 112 since rioting began after a Puerto Rican youth was shot. police report the youth pulled a gun as the officer fired.
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Chicago
Streets Cleared After Riot Attempted Breakup
Police cleared streets after a riot with eleven arrests made across 13 blocks from the scene. Two homemade bombs were thrown at a police car but the vehicle was unharmed. By 11 p.m. the West Division Street area remained calm amid earlier clashes blamed on poor resident police communication.
Johnson Calls Physicians To Aid Medicare Launch
President Johnson plans a White House meeting with 300 medical leaders to urge ethical leadership in starting Medicare on July 1. Officials seek hospital compliance with Civil Rights Act rules and to ensure beds are used for the sick, not for custodial care.
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Johnson
White House
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Cians
California Wilderness Blaze Destroys Remote San Raphael Terrain
A plane crash near Santa Barbara left two dead as a wildfire swept through 60 000 acres in the San Raphael Mountains. Fire crews battle the inaccessible terrain where no roads exist hindering containment efforts.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
California
San Raphael Mountains
Pacific
San Raphael
Victim Tim Trask Remembered After Slay Death
Police say fingerprints were lifted from the bicycle of 98 year old Tim Trask, found missing Friday and slain the next day. Investigators at the London bureau tested his bike and clothing, determine if prints belong to family or killer.
Ex OU Girl Louise Manak Death Probed as Prowler Theory
Cleveland police assign detectives to explore a prowler hypothesis after Louise Manak 19 a former Ohio University coed was found strangled in her apartment. A nearby attack on Evelyn Knazek 29 matches circumstances and links to other local incidents amid sheriff deputy Carl Narducci’s family case. Dr. Lester Adelson notes possible fatal throat compression with no external strangulation signs.
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P Police
Louise Manak
Miss Manak
Ohio University
Cuyahoga County
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Knazek
Lester Adelson
South Carolina voters reject Russell for Hollings in Senate race
In South Carolina primaries voters favored former Gov Ernest Hollings over incumbent Senator Donald Russell for the two year unexpired term. Bradley Morrah won a landslide in the Democratic primary to challenge Republican Senator Strom Thurmond, while Hollings faces Parker in November. Illinois saw incumbents win bitter Chicago races and Charles Percy secure the Republican nomination for Senate to face incumbent Paul Douglas.
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Associated Press
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Ernest F. Fritz Hollings
Senate
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Bradley Morrah
John Bolt Culbertson
Hollings
Marshall Parker
Democratic Party
GOP
Olin D. Johnston
D.S.C
Russell
Johnston
Morrah
Strom Thurmond
Ilinois
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
William L. Dawson
Barratt O’hara
Abner Mikva
Charles H. Percy
Sen
Paul H. Douglas
Milk Mistaken For Chemical Fatal At Goodyear Plant
Mrs. Anis Artis, 58, died after drinking a carton she believed held milk at the Goodyear Tire plant in Akron. Officials said she mistook a chemical container for milk and consumed it, leading to her death at City Hospital.
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Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Anis Artis
City Hospital
Ford Predicts GOP Landslide in 1966 Election
House Republican Leader Gerald R. Ford told an Ohio audience that 1966 would be the year of the elephant with Republicans gaining at least 50 house seats. He forecast four to six more GOP members from Ohio and labeled President Johnson the No 1 Nervous Nellie in the country.
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Columbus
House
Gerald R. Ford
Ohio
Michigan
Ford
President Johnson
Nellie
Hargraves Named Meigs Local School District Superintendent
The Meigs Local School District announces the formal appointment of Hargraves as superintendent. The move follows Ohio State study findings on long range Dine trials and appears in the district’s official notices.
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Athens City School Board
Ohio State
US Supreme Court
Hargraves
Meigs
Ohio University Alumni College
Airlines cut back as war strains jet deliveries
Major U S. airlines curb summer service due to Viet Nam war demand and delays in new jet deliveries. Eastern Air Lines cancelled about 5 percent of flights in a 102 city system as 68 jets were delayed. Pan American diverted transatlantic flights to military use. United and TWA report postponed routes as Boeing and Douglas struggle with parts and military orders.
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Eastern Air Lines
Pan American Airways
Southeast Asia
Trans World Airlines
United
TWA
Boeing Co
Douglas Aircraft Corp
Government to study long term effects of the Pill
Washington reports government researchers will study as many as 20,000 American women for ten years to assess long term health risks of oral birth control pills and other artificial contraceptives. The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded a pilot contract to the District of Columbia Public Health Department as the NIH weighs potential nationwide studies.
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Public Health Service
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
District of Columbia Public Health Department
James A. Shannon
Batman Pin Swallowed By Child Triggers Hospital Release
Cincinnati report says three year old James Moss was kept at a hospital until doctors removed a Batman pin he swallowed. He was released Tuesday after the pin was retrieved.
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Crusader
James Moss
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