KKK Fear Tactics Highlight Hearings In South
Congressional staff investigator Donald T. Appell testified that the Ku Klux Klan spreads terror across the South. He described harassment telephone calls cross burnings threats of beatings and death as witnesses fear coming forward. Chairman Edwin E. Willis warned against intimidating witnesses.
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Washington
South
Donald T. Appell
Congressional
Appell
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Edwin E. Willis
D-La
Klan Hearings Set With Robert Shelton as Lead Witness
Closed sessions reveal fear of retribution as Robert Shelton imperial wizard of the United Klans of America prepares to testify. Investigators plan to scrutinize Klan finances and chain of command as more than 200 witnesses are lined up for a lengthy inquiry into the hooded society.
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Robert Shelton
United Klans of America
FBI
Shelton
Johnson
Society of
Congress
Bomb blasts strike two Cleveland Heights homes amid racial bias claim
Two suburban Cleveland Heights homes were blown by bombs within five minutes on Monday night. No injuries were reported. Police identified a racial motive and linked the attacks to a white resident connected with civil rights activism. investigators pressed to find the bombers.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Heights
Roger P. Safford
Bernard Direnfeld
Ed Gaffney
Direnfeld
Ohio Department of Jewish War Veterans
John Parsons
Parsons
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Gaffney
Alabama Judge Rules Voting Rights Act Unconstitutional
Circuit Judge James Hare ruled the 1965 Voting Rights Act violative of the equal footing doctrine and constitutional state powers. He noted the ruling as the opening round and granted an injunction amid potential appeals.
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Selma
Ala
Alabama
James Hare
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S
Hare
Justice Department
State seeks halt on Dallas County judge certifying voters
A Montgomery motion filed by Frank Mizell for Gov. Wallace seeks to block Judge Bernard Reynolds from certifying applicants approved by federal examiners in Selma. The suit challenges a voting examiners program covering seven Alabama counties claiming it violates equal footing by targeting states with under 50 percent registration or voting in 1964.
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Dallas
Bernard Reynolds
Selma
Montgomery
Frank Mizell
George C. Wallace
Hare
Alabama
Johnson’s Recovery Time May Extend Beyond Six Weeks
President Johnson continues to recover from surgery at Bethesda Naval Hospital with doctors saying the pace is slower than expected but no complications have arisen since the October 8 operation. White House aide Bill Moyers cautioned the recuperation could surpass the typical 10 to 14 days in hospital and six weeks total, while Johnson slept moderately well for about four hours overnight.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Moyers
Wilkins Trial Jury Selection Advances in Alabama
In Wilkins second murder trial in Wilkins case, 55 jurors were questioned with 27 white and two Black members tentatively approved. Judge Thaggard added 10 names as prosecutors seek qualified jurors amid disqualifications for bias. Key witness Gary Rowe, once exposed as an FBI informer, expected to testify.
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Richmond Flowers
T. Worth Thaggard
Collie Leroy Wilkins, Jr
Fairfield
Ala
Alabama
Wilkins
Licia Liuzzo
Detroit
Eugene Thomas
Steel
William O. Eaton
Bessemer
Flowers
Joe Breck Gantt
Gary Thomas Rowe
FBI
Bomber Lost in Viet War and Viet Cong Encounters
U S bomber F4C Phantom shot down over a bridge west of Vinh. crew presumed captured. In three days North Viet Nam losses rise to six aircraft. Hanoi claims more enemy aircraft brought down. Viet Cong casualties reported in northern coastal provinces. Mekong Delta raids increase Viet Cong activity near Saigon.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
North Viet Nam
Vinh
United States
Radio Hanoi
U. S. 1St Infantry Division
Mekong
Glue Gas Danger Spreads as Cincinnati Court Proposes National Campaign
Hamilton County Juvenile Court calls for a national conference on glue sniffing and a campaign to urge manufacturers and sellers to curb the practice. Judge Benjamin S. Schwartz says glue sniffing is killing and crippling youths, with toluene causing blood and organ damage and impairment of impulse control.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County Juvenile Court
Benjamin S. Schwartz
Schwartz
Senators Denounce Demonstrations Against Vietnam War
Senate leaders denounce anti draft protests as unhelpful to U S policies in Vietnam and warn they aid Hanoi. lawmakers say no new federal law is likely though Senator Lausche urges criminalizing interference with military operations or supply shipments.
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Senate
U. S
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Peking
Johnston
State Department
Richard B. Russell
Rhodesia Sees Push to Delay Unilateral Declaration
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson urged the Rhodesian white government to abandon a unilateral declaration of independence, while Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith signaled that independence appears imminent despite the appeal.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
Ground Broken for Ohio University Branch Campus
Ohio University announces a new branch campus at Zanesville with groundbreaking underway. Progress aims to expand higher education access in the region as plans include facilities and programs to serve future students.
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Athens
Chauncey
Lake Logan
Ohio University
Zanesville
Hungarian diplomat seeks asylum after vanishing in London
The Foreign Office announced a Hungarian diplomat missing since Saturday has requested political asylum in the United States and left Britain. The Hungarian Embassy later said Laszlo Szabo, 42, a second secretary, disappeared from his London flat with his wife and young daughter arriving about a month ago. he is an economics expert.
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London
Foreign Office
United States
Britain
Laszlo Szabo
Szabo
Rebellion Erupts in Burundi Amid Palace Attack
Belgian radio reports a revolt against Burundi's government with fighting in Bujumbura. Rebels strike Mwami King Mwambutsa IV's royal palace as he seeks refuge in Congo. Two soldiers dead and one wounded as Burundi, a former Belgian colony, remains a constitutional monarchy with 2.2 million people.
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Brussels
Belgium
Burundi
Bujumbura
Mwami
Mwambutsa IV
Congo
Ohio temporary block halts reapportionment plan action
A state court issued a temporary order prohibiting further action on a reapportionment plan and barring advertising of the plan in metropolitan newspapers. The order was announced as the Ohio story led the brief from Columbus.
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Columbus
Pi—A
State
Canada backs US plan to halt spread of nuclear weapons
Canada voices strong support at the United Nations for the United States proposal to halt the spread of nuclear weapons. The discussion is expected to avoid the linked issue of a NATO nuclear force.
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United Nations
N. Y
Canada
United States
NATO
Milwaukee school boycott enters second day with fewer pupils
Civil rights boycott of Milwaukee public schools continues into a second day with lower student participation than last year. School Board President John F. Foley called the improved attendance “indeed gratifying.”
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Milwaukee
Wis
John F. Foley
Morrissey cleared by FBI on Senate confirmation
The FBI found Francis X. Morrissey truthful in his nomination testimony for a U.S. district judge seat in Massachusetts. Attorney General Katzenbach announced the result Monday night as Senate debate loomed amid Republican calls to send the nomination back to committee. Morrissey is a Boston municipal judge and ally of the Kennedy family.
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Washington
FBI
Francis X. Morrissey
Senate
U.S
Massachusetts
Morrissey
Judiciary Committee
Nicholas Katzenbach
Georgia
Kennedy
Boston
American Bar Association
Senate Judiciary Committee
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Tidelands
Hayneville, Ala
Vernon L. Pepersack
Maryland
Tors
Armed Services Committee
Frank J. Lausche
Dohio
Harold Wilson
Vissine
Nile
Congo Rivers
John W. Brown
Ohio
Producers Council
Brown
James A. Rhodes
Commerce Department
Key West
Fla
Florida
Upper Marlboro, Md
Charleen June Hargis
Kansas
Prince Georges County
Messenger
Stoker
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