Federal Jury May Drop Rights Murder Cases
Federal officials weigh sending evidence to the Neshoba County grand jury in Philadelphia Mississippi instead of pursuing federal indictments for the 1964 killings of James Chaney Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner. The Biloxi grand jury heard the case but did not indict by one vote.
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Miss
Justice Department
Philadelphia
Neshoba County
Biloxi
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
New York
James Chaney
Barry Goldwater nips plan to televise controversial film
Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona blocks nationwide TV showing of a 1964 campaign film titled Choice that included shots of a topless swimsuit model and street rioting. Sponsors plan edits for local broadcast while DNC decries the film as sick.
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Barry Nips
Washington
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
John M. Bailey
Democratic National Committee
Democratic
Citizens For Goldwater-Miller
Philadelphia
Paul Wagner
Dean Burch
Sen. Goldwater
Fred Mullen
Citizens Group
Hearing on canal plan stirs praise and condemnation
In Jefferson the U S Army Corps of Engineers weighed a proposal to cut a canal across northeastern Ohio linking the Ohio River and Lake Erie. State Rep. Bishop Kilpatrick urged economic benefits for Ohio and the region while critics warned of risks. DETROIT: GM strike may end this weekend ending a 28 day stoppage affecting over 300,000 workers and many suppliers with roughly $200 million in wages lost in idled weeks.
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Jefferson
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Ohio
Ohio River
Lake Erie
Detroit
General Motors Corp
Episcopal Church Eyes Open Communion To Other Baptized Faithful
In St. Louis the Episcopal Church discussed prospective steps to celebrate the Lord's Supper with baptized members of other denominations marking a major advance in Christian unity efforts.
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ST. Louis
Episcopal Church
EisenhowerUnable Attend Hoover Funeral Laryngitis Confines Him
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower is confined to his Gettysburg home by laryngitis and will miss Herbert Hoover’s funeral in New York.
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Gettysburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Herbert Hoover
New York
Athens
Logan
Peking Calls Nuclear Pact a Fraud After Johnson Plea
The Peking People's Daily denounces the limited nuclear test ban treaty as a fraud and urges a world summit to abolish nuclear arms. Chou En Lai sent Johnson a message, but U.S. officials dismiss the move as propaganda and doubt Red China will sign the pact.
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Red China
LBJ
Washington
China
Johnson
United States
Peking
Peking People’s Daily
U.S
Chinese Communist Party
State Department
Chou En-lai
Dean Rusk
Soviet denounces cult of personality amid Khrushchev ouster
An article in Party Life denounces the cult of the personality and urges collective leadership as Europe’s Communist parties react to Khrushchev's removal. France seeks details on conditions of his fall while East Germany faces street protests and Bulgaria backs Brezhnev Kosygin leadership.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Life
Party Life
Party Central Committee
Europe
Communist Party
West
Berlin
East Germany
Bulgaria
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexis N. Kosygin
Police Think Mafia Boss Was Slain
New York police believe Cosa Nostra boss Joseph Bonanno was killed by underworld gunmen after being kidnapped on Park Avenue. His lawyer said two gunmen forced him into a car and fired as he pursued them. Police suspect kidnapping but say there are no clues to his fate. Valachi had named Bonanno as a top figure.
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Joseph
Joe Bananas
Bonanno
New York
William Maloney
Underworld
Cosa Nostra
Joseph Joe Bananas
Park Avenue
Joseph Valachi
Cincinnati youths seen in rail yard
Police search continues for 9 year old Fairfax boys James McQueary and Johnny Hundley who vanished last Thursday. Train inspector John Clark says he spotted one boy in the Hill rail yard near a freight train heading toward St. Louis, believing it to be McQueary.
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Fairfax
James Finan
John Clark
Hill
Fna Clark
James McQueary
Johnny Hundley
Clark
St. Louis
Baltimore & Ohio
New Security Checks at White House After Jenkins Case
White House staff from top aides to clerks were asked to file new security forms after the Walter W. Jenkins affair. Jenkins resigned after two arrests, Johnson saying he did not know of prior arrests. Forms are checked by the FBI. details cover residences back to 1937 and include minor arrests.
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Washington
White House
Walter W. Jenkins
Jenkins
Johnson
FBI
Clude
Sports roundup from The Messenger Athens area
Local sports notes mention various teams and results from Chauncey Gallipolis Glouster Towan McArthur Nelsonville and nearby towns. The brief lists scores and dates among women games and junior matches across the region.
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Athens
Chauncey
Gallipolis
Glouster Towan
McArthur
Ailing Red Missing o from Party List
Ailing Frol R Kozlov was omitted from a Soviet Communist party presidium list. Western observers saw the removal as a possible Kremlin shakeup signal. Officials said Kozlov did not sign obituaries due to illness. he suffered a stroke in April 1963 and has left active politics.
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Moscow
Frol R. Kozlov
Soviet Communist Party
Kremlin
Kozlov
Kentucky Man 21 Held In Trunk Murder Case
A 21 year old Kentucky man, Robert Ray Abbott of Dayton, is held on murder charges after Wanda Cook, 23, of Bellevue, is found murdered and her body located in a trunk at a Cleveland railroad terminal. Cincinnati police seek Alice Ewing in connection with the truck sending the body to Cleveland.
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Kentucky
Dayton
Cleveland
Robert Ray Abbott
Tony Rogg
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Abbott
Wanda Cook
Bellevue
Ohio
Rogg
Philadelphia
Alice Ewing
Miss Ewing
Fort Thomas
Miss Cook
Thomas
Sartre Refuses Nobel Prize for Literature
Paris reports Jean Paul Sartre will reject the Nobel Prize for Literature as awarded by the Swedish Academy. He promised an explanation to the Swedish press later and told friends he would refuse if honored. The academy praised his imaginative writing and influence on contemporary thought.
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Jean-Paul Sartre
Swedish Academy of Letters
Sartre
Academy
Lycee Henri IV
Ecole Normale Superieure
Lycee du Harve
Egypt
Greece
Italy
Forest Fire Reignites in Perry County Hills
Weary forest fire fighters returned to duty Thursday to battle a renewed blaze in Essex Hollow near Hemlock. District Forester W D Hondell said the Perry County fire was the most serious of three reported Wednesday as state crews aided by volunteers and Hocking Honor Camp men used fire plows to contain 25 to 30 acres burned. The U S Forest Service fire tower near Shawnee reported the fire broke out again, and crews relit the fight early Thursday.
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Hemlock
W. D. Hondell
Athens
Ohio Division of Forestry
Hocking
Essex Hollow
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