House May Pass Amended Civil Rights Bill Today
The House appears poised to pass an amended civil rights bill centered on court appointed referees to aid Black voting rights. The vote margin reached 199 to 104 though opponents may demand a roll call. passage would send the measure to a wary Senate, with final approval uncertain and possible conference committee action.
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Khrushchev Arrives in Paris for 11 Day State Visit
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev landed at Orly Airport to begin an 11 day stay in France. He signaled disarmament as a central topic in talks with President Charles de Gaulle. He warned that the danger of postwar shells and bombs remains, urging careful steps to clear them. Security was extensive as he appeared vigorous reading his remarks.
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Violence Ebb In South Africa Amid Pass Campaign Clashes
In South Africa violence eased but campaigns by militant Negroes intensified the pass protests. Strikes reduced white labor, with Cape Town Vereeniging areas hit by riots over police gunfire killing 67 and wounding 182 or more. Lang a near Cape Town center of trouble.
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Son of Olympic swimmer given life term for slaying divorcee
In Indio California on a desert road near Palm Springs a 21 year old son of a former Olympic swimming star pleaded guilty to the murder of 42 year old divorcee Mrs Lillian Leorak and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The killer’s mother Vega Zeppen Field is a former Swedish swimming champion.
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Consul General Avendane Dies in Hotel Stairwell Fall
Venezuela’s consul general in Tokyo 59 year old Vic tor Avendane reportedly feared blindness and died Tuesday after plunging in a Canterbury Hotel stairwell in San Francisco.
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Student's body found in Olen Tangy River
Officials identified the body found Tuesday in the Olen tangy River as Arnold M. Roth a 20 year old Ohio State University student.
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Ohio five day forecast shows below normal temperatures
The forecast calls for highs around the upper 40s to mid 50s and lows in the 30s with temperatures 8 to 12 degrees below normal. A cold Thursday gives way to moderating conditions Friday through Monday, with light snow flurries near Lake Erie Thursday and Friday totaling less than a quarter inch.
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White Face Calves for Sale Advertised Locally
Classified ad in The Messenger highlights two White Face baby calves offered by Earl Tolliver on Albany Route 1. The seller provides contact via phone MY 8-2723.
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Monitor plans new charges to oust Hoffa as Teamsters head
The head Teamsters monitor announced plans to file a batch of new charges seeking removal of James R. Hoffa from the presidency. He cited continued lack of cooperation from fellow monitors in Washington.
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Northern Students Back Anti Segregation Protests Across Colleges
The Associated Press reports Northern college students support anti segregation demonstrations in the South. Yale Divinity students plan a protest march while Brown University and Skidmore College participants continue picketing stores. A Connecticut senator’s son helps raise funds for expelled students. Protests spread to Tennessee galleries and several states with few arrests. At Memphis 23 Negro students were arrested. over 150 staged sitdowns in Houston. University of Connecticut plans a fund committee led by Jeremy Dodd. Wheaton College and Skidmore participants join fundraising and protests alongside faculty demonstrations at Saratoga Springs. Brown students also picket Providence stores.
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US fails to place radiation satellite in orbit from Cape Canaveral
The Juno II four stage rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral but NASA reported the payload did not reach orbit. Officials suspect an upper stage failed to ignite with third and fourth stages unconfirmed. The 35 pound satellite aimed to map radiation zones affecting spaceflight.
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Fraternity group reaffirms anti hazing stance
The Professional Interfraternity Conference reaffirmed its anti hazing policy at initiations and against similar acts by any member or chapter. The statement was issued after the bi annual Chicago meeting held last weekend.
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Wisconsin sees Petticoat Campaign for Kennedy and Humphrey
Mrs. Muriel Humphrey and Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy tour Wisconsin backing their husbands in the April 5 presidential primary. Kennedy and Humphrey draw crowds as the wives hold rallies, shake hands, and visit a dairy farm cow shed highlighting a glamorous, grass roots campaign.
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Health Insurance Program Viewed Promising but Financing Debate
Secretary Flemming told the House Ways and Means Committee that the administration is studying a health insurance program for the aged with federal and state funding, stressing states pay a fair share. He urged removing the 50 year age requirement for disability benefits and increasing dependent benefits for children of deceased workers to three fourths of the worker’s benefit.
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Four Aboard Plane Missing in West Virginia Snow
A twin engine Air Force plane with three men and a woman aboard is missing in the snowy mountains of West Virginia. The flight was from Florence, South Carolina to Columbus, Ohio. Capt. George Barbour, 34, Florence, was the pilot and Elizabeth D. Tucker, a Richmond Virginia teacher and CAP lieutenant colonel, was a passenger and aviation education leader.
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Kerns Found Guilty In Bank Robbery Case
William Joseph Kerns of Rushsylvania was convicted in Federal District Court of bank robbery and jeopardizing a bank employee during the February holdup at Sedalia Farmers Bank in Madison County. Kerns, 23, a Logan County tree trimmer, claimed he was forced to take part in the $1150 robbery.
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Patrol to Move into Fremont Bypass Post
After two years the State Highway Patrol will use its new post on the Fremont Bypass. A policy change allows breaching the fence in front of the building. The $63,000 post has been closed since construction.
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Actress Lynne Baggett Found Dead In Hollywood
Hollywood police say Lynne Baggett 32 was found dead in her bed with pills nearby. An autopsy is pending to determine if the death was an overdose proceeding from a long run of personal misfortunes.
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Bombing Suspected in Airline Crash at Wilmington
Government investigators gathered further evidence in a Civil Aeronautics Board inquiry into the January crash near Wilmington that killed 34. Three witnesses remained to testify, with expectations centering on New York attorney Julian A. Frank as the key figure.
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Reds Retire Ex Premier Bulganin Returns to Moscow
Reliable informants report former Premier Nikolai Bulganin, ill and troubled by anti party group ties, has been pensioned off and sent back to Moscow after appealing to his ally Nikita Khrushchev. He had been chairman of the Stavropol Economic Council before returning to the Soviet capital.
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Virture Will Battle Cheats And Sharpies
Lansing, Mich. State Atty. Gen. Paul Adams assigns Asst. Atty. Gen. Maxine B. Virtue to map a state campaign against rackets and fraudulent operations.
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Bethel Mayor orders shooting stray dogs over village safety
Mayor Charles Hook of Bethel, responding to packs feared to menace residents, orders police to shoot strays on sight citing state law. Police Chief Paul Keller faced hostile calls while Humane Society official John Zucker warned the move could prompt court action.
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Miami Seniors to Hear Bishop Werner and Glennan
Bishop Hazen G. Werner of Columbus will deliver the baccalaureate address at Miami University on June 5. Dr. T Keith Glennan of the federal space administration will speak at commencement the same day. The university plans to combine the usual two days of ceremonies into one.
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