Selma Civil Rights Protests Spread as Pickets Arrested
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr announces a broad Southwide voter registration push and calls for school integration as Selma Negroes plan street vigils after arrests of 32 pickets. King urges white moderates to speak out against injustice while organizers target desegregation across grades.
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Rex Thomas Selma
Ala
Selma
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Browns Chapel Ame
Public Safety
Wilson Baker
Baker
Alabama
James G. Clark
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee
Black Belt
Authorities Check Arson Possibilities
Arson squad agents probe four fires from Monday affecting an occupied duplex, an unoccupied duplex, and two garages. Five people were injured. one remains in serious condition, Thurmond Nassa a 64 year old duplex resident, is noted for a heart disorder following the blaze.
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Minneapolis
Thurmond Nassa
Holiday Road Toll Tops Previous Record During Memorial Weekend
The National Safety Council reports 466 traffic deaths over the Memorial Day period, exceeding the 1964 record of 431. Council president Howard Pyle blames incompetent driving and urges improved road skills after several fatal crashes in California and nearby areas.
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National Safety Council
Howard Pyle
Council
Pyle
Needies
Lone Pine
San Jose
Calif
Student Rescued From Utah Cave After 36-Hour Ordeal
James Dowling a 24 year old UC Berkeley mathematics doctoral student, was pulled from a 1,170 foot deep Utah cave after 36 hours in freezing conditions. He was treated at St Marks Hospital in critical condition with hypothermia and shock. Dowling and two companions began their cave expedition Sunday morning. nine rescuers aided the ascent and the group was brought to the surface three hours after the ordeal began.
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John Bennett
Salt Lake City, Utah
University of California
Utah
Wasatch Mountains
James Dowling
Connersville
Ind
St. Marks Hospital
Dowling
John Wood
Paul Gerhard
Bladensburg
Donald Sims
Edward Anderson
LaVell Burnham
Gary Carlson
Salt Lake City
Wood
Gerhard
University of California At Berkeley
Mao health uncertain as stroke rumors swirl in Peking
Reports weekend claims Mao Tze tung suffered a stroke were denied by Chinese officials who said he is in excellent health. Kyodo quoted CCP member Liao Cheng-chin asserting Mao’s good health after a meeting, with other sources in Peking confirming attendance at a party gathering.
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Tokyo
Mao Tzetung
Peking
Communist Party
Kyodo
Liao Cheng-chin
Central Committee
Mao
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Kyushu
Leopoldville
Congo
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