Negro Leaders Plan Civil Rights Strategy Conference
Negro leaders and white allies gather in Washington for a three day strategy conference to meet with Congress push for meaningful civil rights legislation and organize continuous grass roots activity. The event runs ahead of a large August 28 march for jobs and freedom with plans for a 100000 to 250000 turnout near the Washington Monument. If Congress recesses before August 28 organizers say the march will be postponed or held rain or shine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Congress
NAACP
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Walter Fauntroy
Sy Posner
New York
Rolvaag Presses to Raise Deaths Wrongful Ceiling
Minnesota Governor Karl Rolvaag says the $25,000 cap on wrongful death awards is unrealistic and plans to seek a 1965 legislative repeal. He urged that justice requires adequate compensation and argued there should be no limit to wrongful or rightful death awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Karl Rolvaag
Minnesota
Divorcee Denies Romance With Ford Says They Are Friends
Christina Austin, an Italian divorcee, told reporters in Milan that she and Henry Ford II are merely good friends. Ford and his wife Anne announced a separation after 23 years of marriage. Ford is en route to Europe and unavailable for comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
Italy
Henry Ford II
New York
Christina Austin
Henry Ford
Paris
Ford
Ford Motor Co
Anne
Mrs. Austin
William Austin
Austin
Rope
Anne McDonnell
Charlotte
Edsel
Coon Rapids Man Dies After Electric Shock
Robert Allen, 31, of Coon Rapids, died in a Minneapolis hospital two hours after receiving a high voltage electric shock while laying underground cable in Golden Valley. The Underground Services Inc. worker was feeding cable to a dragline when the boom touched a main transmission line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Robert Allen
Coon Rapids
Golden Valley
Allen
Underground Services, Inc
Town Must Pay for Legal Defense in Assault Case
The town ship employing the constable must fund his legal defense after he was sued for assault following a traffic stop conducted in good faith. Atty. Gen. Walter Mondale ruled on the question from Rod erick E. Lawson of East Oakdale Township, Washington County, noting the constable was freed of the assault charge.
Television’s star factory quietly shapes actors’ careers
Hollywood notes how TV resets actors’ trajectories through regular roles and visibility. Veterans like Raymond Burr Vince Edwards and Glenn Corbett gained star status or major parts after soaps and dramas. Henry Jones credits weekly exposure to his top tier role in Channing while cautioning against overexposure for guest stars and repeated reruns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Lowry
Hollywood
Raymond Burr
Perry Mason
Vince Edwards
Ben Casey
Glenn Corbett
Henry Jones
ABC
Channing
Jones
New York
Hairdresser Noted for $275 Wig Theft Case
In Kansas City, a guest at a hotel beauty shop paid $20 for a trim then asked to borrow a $275 wig to show her husband. The manager allowed leaving the purse as security. The guest vanished, and Norma Clarke found only papers and a hotel ash tray in the purse. The hotel reported no guest matching the description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Norma Clarke
Miss Clarke
Mrs Douglas Plans Quick Marriage After Justice Douglas Split
Mercedes Douglas, 46, announced plans to wed Robert B Eichholz, 52, in Beverly Hills at 6 p.m. today, days after her former husband Supreme Court Justice William C Douglas wed a 23-year-old government employee. The couple had separated after his previous marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
Mercedes Douglas
Supreme Court
William C. Douglas
Joan Carol Martin
Douglas
Buffalo
N.Y
Man Electrocuted at Milbank S D
John Jacobs a 28 year old operator of a trucking firm in Milbank was electrocuted Monday while unloading steel with a crane at a Grant County highway shop. The crane struck a power line causing steel to sway and Jacobs reached to steady it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milbank, S. D
John Jacobs
Grant County
Jacobs
Trio Electrocuted on Illinois Farm
Three youths from Glen Carbon were electrocuted on a farm near Mitchell Illinois while moving irrigation pipe from one ditch to another. They were identified as Richard Slemmer 17 William Shatz Jr 16 and Bill Henry 20. State police said the group of seven raised a long pipe and touched power lines above.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell, Ill
Glen Carbonill
Glen Carbon
Mitchell
Richard Slemmer
William Shatz Jr
Bill Henry
Hugh Downs Weaves Music With TV Ambitions
Indefatigible NBC host Hugh Downs, known for the Today Show, composes long-hair orchestra pieces set to air Wednesday on his morning program and develops a new audience participation show seeking network time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Downs
NBC
Two Minnesota students voyage Mississippi to New Orleans
Mike DeMoss and Mike Brewer, both of Minneapolis, traveled 1200 miles in a 14 foot runabout with an outboard motor to see where the Mississippi goes. They slept on sandbars and homes along the way and faced a near collision with a tug. They plan to sell the boat to fund their return trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Ole Man River
Mississippi
University of Minnesota
Mike
Mike DeMoss
Mike Brewer
Minneapolis
Gulf of Mexico
DeMoss
Brewer
Uphold Woman's Right to Tell File
Los Angeles AP reports the Department of Motor Vehicles will not revoke insurance underwriter Sami Vella's driver license over age misstatement. Vella's attorney announced dismissal of the injunction petition and the agency will issue a license listing her age as 33.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Department of Motor Vehicles
Sami Vella
Miss Vella
Bernard W. Minsky
Mother's Car Hits and Kills Bemidji Baby
Floyd Stebe five hundred eight days old was fatally injured when his mother Mrs Donald Stebe backed a car from the garage and ran over him in the Bemidji Minnesota driveway. Police said the child wandered into the path of the vehicle in the driveway of the family home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bemidji, Minn
Floyd
Donald Stebe
Stebe
Taxes Consume Nearly Half Cigarette Pack Cost
The readout notes that taxes take almost fifty percent of a cigarette pack price, highlighting the heavy levy as a major share of the total cost. The fact underscores ongoing public finance discussions and consumer burden.
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S. Supreme Court
Joan Martin
N. Y
Martin
Fice
Agency For International Development
AID
Raymond J. Crowley
Associated Press
Rolvaag
Serviervice
W. J. Stegeman
Minn
L.F
Thos, J. Currey
Rt. 1
Bemidji
Col. Sanders
Oakland Ave
Louis Howe
Campobello
CBS
Danny Kaye
Fes
Mrs. Douglas
Milbank, S.D
Illinois
FOX Hotel
Moose Club
Card
Don Kelly
Hwy
1St St. NE
George Chakiris
Robert Wise
Natalie Wood
Richard Beymer Russ Tamblyn
Rita Moreno
Jerome Robbins
Ernest Lehman
Saul Chaplin
Technicolor
Gathering OF Eagles
Rock Hudson
Australia
Riviera
Bloog
Secret Society of Martyrs
Little Red Ridinghood
The
My Shadow
Tom Thumb
Teeny Tiny
Town Mouse
Wynken
Blynken
Nod
Henny Penny
Mother Lark
Mary
Lamb
the Little Black-Eyed Rebel
the Musicians of
Bremen
the Legend of the Palm Tree
Casey At the Bat
Rip van Winkle
the First Woodpecker
Sleeping Beauty
Boy In the Moon
Hansel and
Gretel
Mr. Vinegar
Peter and the Wolf
Clever Grethel
Old MacDonald
Peter Potter
Austin Daily Herald
Littl Ene
Walt Disney
Panini
W. Oakland
Austin, Minnesota
Ake
Ittle Boy
Chuck Connors
Metrocolor
Luke Halpin
Fupper
Dairy Queen
East
Breeze
Park Drive
Hamoureers
10Th Street
Children’s Records
Stete
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!