Doctor Protests Use of Leg Iron on Hospitalized Civil Rights Leader
In Selma Alabama Rev James Bevel a civil rights leader jailed for contempt was moved to a hospital where a leg shackle was used. Dr E A Maddox requested Bevel rest and the shackle was removed after the doctor’s written plea. Bevel’s illness a virus infection with fever 102 degrees prompted the transfer and guard. Bevel’s five day sentence and $50 fine stemmed from an adult voter registration march. The incident sparked sharp editorials on sheriff Clark’s handling of demonstrators and student truancy. King left Selma briefly for a speaking engagement with plans to return.
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Rex Thomas Selma
Ala
James Bevel
Bevel
Martin Luther King Jr
E. A. Maddox
James G. Clark
Selma
Dallas County Board of Registrars
King
Clark
Selma Times-Journal
Dockers Return to Work After Partial Settlement Rejected
The International Longshoremen's Association rejected a full settlement of the 33 day dock strike but ordered longshoremen back to work in all but two ports. The Atlantic and Gulf areas led by Miami and Galveston rejected the mediators plan while others resumed duties as negotiations continue.
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Washington
International Longshoremen’s Association
South Atlantic
West Gulf
Miami
Galveston
Thomas W
Teddy) Gleason
Afl-Cio Union
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Ralph A. Massey
South Atlantic and Gulf Coast
Johnson
Gulf
Secretary of Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Secretary of Commerce
John T. Connor
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Wirtz
New York Daily News
Washington Dispatch
Daily News
Labor Department
International
Congress
White House
Possible Court Fight Foreseen for USW
The United Steelworkers election nears a possible court fight as questions about voting irregularities surface. Incumbent David J. McDonald and I. W. Abel remain close, with Abel reportedly leading unofficially as some locals still unread. A Gary Indiana ballot dispute prompted a federal judge to leave options open for further action. Iowa State University then granted authority to act against two sororities for failing to sign anti discrimination pledges by April 15.
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H. L. Schwartz
Hammond
Ind
U.S. Dist
George Beamer
McDonald
Big Gary
DES Moines
Iowa State University
Kappa Delta
Sigma Kappa
Austin Area Schools Declare Snow Vacation
Lincoln's Birthday reports sparked by 10 percent snowfall across Southeastern Minnesota left many motorists frustrated as non-government and non Hormel workers faced work. Yet city youths seized the chance to shovel for extra cash with Donald Shuck among those ready to work downtown after Sumner school closed.
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Hormel
Lincoln
Minnesota
Nebraska
Iowa
Omaha
Neb
Tennessee
Mississippi
Ohio Valley
Austin
Rochester
Owatonna
Minnesota Storm Toll Rises Including Winona Fatality
A Winona man, Everett Walter Duncanson, 55, died when his pickup truck was struck by a Milwaukee Road freight train during a 14 inch snowfall. The incident pushed Minnesota 1965 traffic deaths to 77 as storms crippled travel nationwide with heavy winds and drifts across Rochester Owatonna Minneapolis and Twin Cities.
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Associated Press
Winona
Milwaukee Road
Everett Walter Duncanson
Duncanson
Minnesota
Highway Department
Rochester
Owatonna
U.S. Highway 61
West River Road
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
West
Twin City
Mankato
Twin Cities
Windom
St. Cloud
Duluth
Alabama
Texas
Snowbound Minnesota Struggles As Storm Paralyzes Roads
Minnesota towns including Austin Rochester and Albert Lea faced heavy snow. Schools closed and travel slowed with 9 to 20 inches fallen. Buses trains and mail ran late while plows and emergency crews aided affected families.
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Martin Bustad & Son
Eugene Alland
Austin Rt. 3
Austin
Tracy John
St. Olaf Hospital
Albert Lea
Rock Island
Duluth
Helen Marie Haver
Austin Transit
Chicago Great Western Railway
St. Paul
Omaha
Ace
Jefferson
Stewartville
Rocester
Austin Cab
Herald
Southern
A Eet
Mcintire
Iowa
Social Security Office Site Selected in Davidson Addition
The General Services Administration chose Lots 4 5 and 6 of Block 27 in Davidson's addition for a new Social Security office to serve beneficiaries in a four county area. The site lies on 2nd Street NW between 3rd and 4th Avenues near the YWCA. Dr N M Camm owns the vacant lots.
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Social Security
2Nd St
3Rd
4Th Ave
YWCA
General Services Administration
GSA
Davidson
N. M. Camm
Full-Dress Cabinet Meeting Enthuses Gronouski
Postmaster General John A. Gronouski praised President Johnson’s full-dress cabinet meetings as the most effective and exciting in 16 months in Washington. He said the cabinet acted as a working body and the session generated immense excitement among members.
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Joseph E. Mohbat
Washington
John A. Gronouski
Johnson
Gronouski
Birthday portrait of John L Lewis hides from the camera
On his 85th birthday John L Lewis avoids new pictures and limelight while serving as chair of the Union Welfare and Retirement Fund. In Washington President Kennedy shifts to individual Cabinet briefings with Gronouski noting a productive discussion on Viet Nam and a preference for broader cabinet input.
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John L. Lewis
Organized Labor
Lewis
United Mineworkers of America
Johnson Shakes State Department Top Posts
President Johnson announced a major State Department reshuffle. Thomas C. Mann will become undersecretary for economic affairs, Averell Harriman moves to ambassador-at-large, and Jack Hood Vaughn becomes inter-American affairs head in the new lineup announced by George E. Reedy.
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Washington
Johnson
State Department
Averell Harriman
Thomas C. Mann
Mann
Harriman
Jack Hood Vaughn
Panama
George E. Reedy
White House
British Official in Moscow Seeks Vietnam Crisis Easing
British Cabinet minister George Thomson arrived in Moscow to sign the biennial British Soviet cultural agreement. Officials said the trip aimed to sign cultural accords, but some described Thomson’s mission as an effort to ease the Vietnam crisis.
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London
Moscow
George Thomson
Foreign Office
Thomson
Exile Boat Battles Castro Patrol Off Miami
The Anti-Communist Cuban Army reports a sea clash between Castro patrols and an exile boat near Miami. Officials say the incident is unrelated to Wednesday night’s seizure of an American shrimp boat in Cuban waters.
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Miami
Fla
Veterans Death Toll in Viet Nam Rises
The Pentagon reports 274 U S personnel killed in Viet Nam since Jan 1 1961. An additional 120 deaths resulted from nonbattle causes. Wounded total 1 752 with 14 missing and 12 prisoners of the Communists.
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Washington
Pentagon
Viet Nam
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