Four Klansmen Charged With Penn Slaying in Georgia
Four white men identified as Ku Klux Klan members were charged with the murder of Lemuel Penn in Madison County Georgia after a July 11 shotgun attack on a car carrying Penn and two other Negro officers. FBI announced arrests in Washington and state authorities prepared murder charges with potential death penalty under state law.
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Athens, Ga
Ku Klux Klan
Washington, D.C
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Lemuel Penn
Georgia
U.S
Girrard Hawkins
James §. Lackey
Herbert Guest
Cecil William Myers
Joseph Howard Sims
Athens
Penn
Washington
Floyd Buford
Macon
Hawkinson
Lackey
Charles E. Brown
John D. Howard
Klavern
Hoover
Sims
Clarke County
United Klans of America, Inc
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Guest
State of Emergency Declared in Saigon as Khanh Braces for War
Premier Nguyen Khanh decreed a national emergency in Saigon and ordered general mobilization of manpower and resources. Military courts gained power to impose death sentences on terrorists and saboteurs with no right of appeal as U.S. advisers watched border tensions along the 50 mile frontier and North Viet Nam prepared for possible action.
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Malcolm W. Browne
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Tonkin Gulf
Hong Kong
Formosa
Red China
North
Viet Nam
Khanh
Tension Bases as U.S. Prepares for Red China Strike
The House backed President Johnson's Southeast Asia policy amid renewed border tensions. Reports said Hanoi was quiet while U.S. and Chinese buildups continued. McNamara said China may send aircraft but gave no evidence of substantial moves. Names include McNamara, Alvarez Jr., and Sather. locations include Hanoi, Saigon, and Hickam. The stock market fell sharply after the day’s events.
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Washington
U.S
Southeast Asia
Peking
Johnson
Hong Kong
Honolulu
Hickam Air Force Base
Asia
Robert S. McNamara
Pentagon
North
Viet Nam
McNamara
Maddox
Turner Joy
North Viet Nam
Saigon
Ben Hai River
China
Red Nation
South Viet Nam
North Korea
Alvarez
Navy
J.G. Richard C. Sather
San Jose
Calif
Sather
Pomona
Capitol Hill
Congressional
Wall Street
John F. Kennedy
Grain Millers Union Leader Seeks State Unemployment Benefits
The head of Local 118 of the American Federation of Grain Millers in Duluth filed for unemployment compensation. He argues the Duluth-Superior dispute is a lockout, not a strike, as companies refuse to arbitrate and offer to return to work. About 450 workers walked out July 3. the dispute centers on arbitration and benefits.
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Duluth, Minn
Grain Millers Union
Duluth - Superior
Harry Bloomquist
The
American Federation of Grain Millers
Bloomquist
FBI presses search for killers of 3 civil rights workers
FBI intensifies probe in Mississippi around a swampy watershed dam area southwest of Philadelphia as agents exhumed bodies from the dam site. Residents and workers connected to Olen Burrage’s truck company are questioned while Sheriff Rainey and Deputy Price consult with state investigators over the case involving Michael Schwerner Andrew Goodman and James Chaney.
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Philadelphia
Miss
FBI
Here
Olen Burrage
Lawrence Rainey
Cecil Price
State Sovereignty Commission
Trio Price
U.S. backs Thant view on Security Council Viet Nam role
U Thant says the Security Council cannot be useful in settling Southeast Asia now and the United States agrees. Talks with President Johnson and Secretary Rusk stressed U.N. support while keeping North Viet Nam self defense actions in focus. Thant favors another Geneva conference. U.S. prefers enforcing existing accords.
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Washington
US S
U Thant
U.N. Security Council
Thant
Johnson
Dean Rusk
U.S
United States
U.N
Security Council
South Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
U N Security Council Called for Afternoon Session on Viet Nam Crisis
The United Nations Security Council was summoned to meet at 2 pm to approve inviting North Viet Nam and South Viet Nam to debate the Southeast Asia crisis. Diplomats noted wording disputes over how to refer to the rival regimes, with positions from Norway the Soviet Union and the United States shaping the invitation. If cooperation holds, debate on Tonkin Gulf events could begin next week as a post mortem.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
South Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Sivert A. Nielsen
Norway
North
Viet Nam
Soviet Union
Democratic Republic of Viet Nam
United States
Republic of
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
Nielsen
Tonkin Gulf
Adlai E. Stevenson
U.N
No New Trial for Jack Ruby in Dallas
Judge Joe B. Brown denied a new trial for Jack Ruby who received the death sentence for killing Lee Harvey Oswald. The next step is an appeal to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals unless a constitutional issue is raised.
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Jack Ruby
Dallas
Joe B. Brown
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Ruby
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Texas
Man Found Slain in His New Home
In Minneapolis Donald Raymond Hying 26 formerly of St Paul was found shot to death in the home he had just bought. A man who found the body was held for questioning and a .38 caliber revolver was located at his feet.
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Minneapolis
Donald Raymond Hying
St. Paul
Hying
Missing Doreen Swan in Miss Universe contest
Doreen Swan, 19, of Scotland, who came to the United States for the Miami Beach pageant, was at large today as her family tried to contact her. Last heard Monday after telephoning Aberdeen from Salt Lake City. She quit the pageant July 13 before judging began.
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Doreen Swan
Scotland
U.S
Miami Beach
Aberdeen
Salt Lake City
Sharon Lee Dominates Three Mile AAU Swim
Sharon Lee won the women's three mile event at the North Central States AAU Swimming and Diving Championships in Jamestown North Dakota with a time of 1 hour 22 minutes 25.5 seconds. Her Austin Minnesota family again finished one two in the long distance race building on a year ago performance where they secured 19 first place medals and six runner ups.
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Jamestown
N.D
Lee
Austin
Typhoon Ida Hits Luzon Islands and Heads for South China Sea
Typhoon Ida roared through Luzon northern provinces with winds over 90 mph and moved toward the South China Sea. Manila saw heavy rains and flooding with waves over the sea wall while shoreline residents evacuated. U S forces at Luzon bases reported no damage.
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Manila
Philippines
Luzon
South China Sea
Manila Bay
Weather Outlook Mostly Fair and Cool Through Saturday
Mostly fair and cool through Saturday with lows of 52 to 60. Outlook Sunday mentions a slight warming trend and a chance of widely scattered thundershowers in zones 1 and 2.
Rock Dell Farmer and Wife Die in Murder Suicide
In Rock Dell Minnesota a 55 year old farmer Donald Herreld killed his wife with a shotgun, then shot himself after a quarrel. Their daughter and three grandchildren witnessed parts of the events and fled to safety as authorities investigated. The couple were parents of six.
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Rock Dell
Minn
Olmsted County Sheriff's Office
Herbert Idso
Donald Herreld
Rochester
Herbert
Herrelds
Herreld
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