Civil Rights Summer Invasion Targets Mississippi
A near thousand strong civil rights volunteer effort opens a summer campaign in Mississippi aimed at education hygiene home economics and voter registration. COFO leads with SNCC NAACP SCLC backing while plans include freedom schools and a push to boost Black voter registration during a year of new state laws and anticipated resistance.
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Austin Scott
New York
Council of Federated Organizations
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Jackson
Miss
Robert Moses
Harvard
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Martin Luther King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Western College For Women
Oxford
Ohio
Rogoff
West Berlin Flights Continue Despite Red Warnings
Pan American World Airways kept its New York to West Berlin jet services operating despite a Soviet protest calling them illegal and a Red warning on safety. A Pan American spokesman said flights would continue until official withdrawal of approval, with further departures planned midweek.
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Pan American
Berlin
Keflavik
Iceland
Scotland
State Department
Washington
New York
Life sentence for Anderson in Mrs. Thompson murder
Dick W. C. Anderson, 35, confessed slain Mrs. Carol Thompson and was sentenced to life in Stillwater state prison for first degree murder with 17 years before parole eligibility. He testified he was hired by Norman Mastrian to kill Thompson. Mastrian and T. Eugene Thompson also received life terms.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Dick W.C. Anderson
Carol Thompson
Stillwater State Prison
Anderson
Arthur Stewart
Ramsey County
Robert Tolaas
Steward
Robert V. Rensch
William B. Randall
Mastrian
Thompson
St. Paul
Macalester College
8 Percent Drop in 1964 Spring Pig Crop
The Agriculture Department reports an 8 percent decline in the 1964 spring pig crop from 1963. For December to May the total was 46,479,000 head vs 50,340,000 last year, with 47.5 million predicted. State figures show declines in Minnesota Iowa North Dakota and South Dakota.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Minnesota
Supreme Court wraps year amid clash over reapportionment and rights
The U S Supreme Court finished a busy term defending civil liberties while driving reapportionment by population to implement one voter one vote. It struck down Bible and prayer readings, limited Communist passport denial, protected Fifth Amendment rights in state cases, and upheld state right to work laws. The term also involved sit-in trespass reversals and desegregation rulings in public facilities.
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James Marlow
Associated Press News
Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Louisiana
Federal Arbitration Board
NY Ad Man Balances Advertising Career With Writing
Henry Slesar, famed Hitchcock writer, divides his week between a New York advertising agency and a flourishing fiction career. He credits constant idea searching for inspiration and notes his best short story evolved from overheard hotel chatter. CBS signed Barbra Streisand to a 10-year, 2-million contract for upcoming specials and a possible fall one-woman show.
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Cynthia Lowry
NEW York
Henry Slesar
Alfred Hitchcock
Slesar
Joan Harrison
Panion
Alice
CBS
Barbra Streisand
Vivien Leigh Returns to Hollywood for Ship of Fools Role
Vivien Leigh, recovered from illness, returns to Hollywood to join Stanley Kramer’s Ship of Fools as a Virginian Southern belle. She notes the North Africa and New York summers challenged her, recalls winning Oscars for prior Southern roles, and says she’s eager to work and visit friends.
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Vivien Leigh
Southern Belle
Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Stanley Kramer
Miss Leigh
Gemini Flight Slated for Christmas 1964
Houston officials confirm the first manned Gemini mission will depart in late 1964, targeting Christmastime. The two man crew and timing had been described as late this year or in the last quarter.
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Houston, Tex
Manned Spacecraft Center
Earache Quietly Follows Mayor Dawson’s Inauguration
New Britain Connecticut reports Mayor James F. Dawson sought medical care for an earache after two days in office. The incident followed a round of well wishers and office seekers greeting the new mayor.
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New Britain, Conn
James F. Dawson
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