Anti Lynch Legislation Demanded After Alabama Trial
After the acquittal of part time deputy Thomas L. Coleman in the slaying of Jonathan Daniels civil rights leaders urge federal anti lynch laws. Church leaders condemn the verdict with quotes about justice while Alabama Attorney General Richmond Flowers calls the trial a travesty. Civil rights figures demand federal legislation to punish killings tied to rights work.
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Hayneville
Ala
Alabama
Thomas L. Coleman
Jonathan M. Daniels
Coleman
New Hampshire
John W. King
John B. Coburn
Episcopal Theological School
Daniels
Richard Morrisree
Chicago
Richmond Flowers
Flowers
Morrisree
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
American Civil Liberties Union
Deer Roundup After Trailer Crash On I 71 In Pickaway County
Highway Patrol and volunteers spent seven hours recovering eight deer from an overturned homemade trailer on Interstate 71. A California woman, Mrs Treva L Robinson of Sylmar, was driving the truck with 55 deer inside. Three animals died in the crash north of Ohio 56. 52 survived and were moved to a local farm.
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Circleville
Interstate 71
California
Ohio
Pickaway County
Treva L. Robinson
Sylmar
Calif
Columbus Zoo
Gemini 5 space twins return from six nation goodwill tour
Notable astronauts L Gordon Cooper Jr and Charles Conrad Jr return home after a six week goodwill tour of six foreign nations. Conrad’s four sons welcomed him at Houston airport along with his wife Janita Cooper and daughters Camala and the family. former Vice President Henry A Wallace is in NIH for diagnostic tests at age 77. Cincinnati Enquirer publisher Roger N Ferger retires after 21 years in the post.
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L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Houston
Conrad
Janita Cooper
Camala
Henry A. Wallace
Washington
National Institutes of Health
Wallace
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Roger N. Ferger
Francis L. Dale
Ferger
Obituary Notes and Social Headlines
Chester resident Ida Knight learns of her brother Oscar Shank s death in Iowa City Iowa Richard Frost and Rick Kob len tz enroll at Ohio State University Vernon Cleland and spouse from Columbus visit Ross Cleland and family John Lambert and family relocate to the Delmar Baum residence Rutland clergy couple and their daughter visit Mrs Freda Miller
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Ida Knight
Oscar Shank
Iowa City
Iowa
Richard Frost
Rick Koblentz
Ohio State University
Vernon Cleland
Columbus
Ross Cleland
John Lambert
Point Pleasant
Delmar Baum House
Herbert Grate
Rutland
Freda Miller
Rain Belt Saturates Southeast as Mobile Reports Record 15-Inch Rainfall
Heavy rain drenched the Southeast with a broad wet belt, Mobile, Alabama logging a record 15 inches. Flooding forced evacuations of more than 200 residents, closed businesses and schools, and blocked streets with cars abandoned on inundated rural roads. The event also affected parts of Mississippi Tennessee Florida and Georgia while the western two thirds stayed dry and cool.
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Associated Press
Mobile
Ala
Mobile County
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Florida
Georgia
California
Compact For Education Formed To Tackle National School Woes
A nationwide effort creates the Compact for Education to study and recommend solutions for schooling issues. Governors and educators from multiple states form an Educational Commission of the States with seven delegates per member state and a 30 member steering group. Two foundations fund initial operations.
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Compact For Education
Kansas City
Alabama
Chicago
Colorado
California
Miami
Los Angeles
New York
PTA
U.S. Territory
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Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Tom Coleman
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Athens, Ohio
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