White Man Held in Evers Death
Byron de La Beckwith, a white man from Greenwood, is held in Jackson jail charged with the murder of Medgar W. Evers, a 37 year old NAACP field secretary. FBI says Beckwith and others unknown conspired to injure and oppress Evers under the Civil Rights Act.
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John Hall Jackson
Miss
Byron de la Beckwith
Jackson
Medgar W. Evers
Evers
Beckwith
FBI
Greenwood
Hardy Lott
Stanny Sanders
Mississippi
Grenada
Yerger Moorehead
Medgar Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Jackson, Miss
Citizens Council
Ward faces eight new morals charges in Profumo case
British authorities leveled eight new charges against Dr. Stephen Ward, including procuring a woman identified as Miss X and allegedly assisting a miscarriage. Ward remained jailed after being refused bail as prosecutors warned of broader security implications tied to the Profumo affair.
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Colin Frost
London
Stephen Ward
Ward
Miss X
James Burge
Burge
Wigg
George Wigg
Labor Party
an_ international
New York
Auctioneer Remembers Mazeppa Trunk Sale Price Rise
In Mazeppa Minnesota an auctioneer from Millville Albert Mass sold a trunk for 11 dollars recently. He recalls it previously sold for 4.50 in 1933.
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Mazeppa
Minn
Albert Mass
Millville
Rights Fight May Cost JFK Votes But He'll Still Win
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy warns civil rights clashes hurt Kennedy popularity but predicts re election in 1964. He says administration will push the civil rights package and avoid a massive Washington march while debate continues. He notes Humphy and Keating plan actions on labor division and Senate debate rules.
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JFK
Bobby
Barry Schweid
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Capitol Hill
Congress
Ramona Meyler Crowned Miss Iowa In Park Contest
Ramona K. Meyler a 23 year old chiropractor from LeMars was crowned Miss Iowa in Park Iowa after competing with 18 local winners. She will represent Iowa in the Miss Universe pageant in Miami next month and lists dancing swimming and horseback riding as hobbies.
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Arnolds
Park
Iowa
Ramona K. Meyler
LeMars
Miss Meyler
Miami
Fla
Palmer School Pfactic
Davenport
Meyler
Ray Meyler
Fire damages kitchen at Wilton Zeller home
Fire at the Wilton Zeller residence 1111 4th Ave NW at 12 35 p m damaged the kitchen curtains and ceiling after flames burst from a kitchen window. Zeller had left for work and reported the fire started in the curtains before firefighters extinguished the blaze.
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Wilton Zeller
4Th Ave
Zeller
Problems Involved in NATO Nuclear Force Talks
President Kennedy and Chancellor Adenauer discuss forming a multinational NATO nuclear fleet and deepening U.S. European ties. They examine Berlin issues and a test ban treaty while aiming for a Senate treaty by next January amid questions of broader allied agreement.
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NATO
John M. Hightower
Bonn
Kennedy
Konrad Adenauer
United States
Europe
Moscow
White House
Pierre Salinger
Adenauer
Palais Schaumburg
U.S
Salinger
Cologne
Bad Godesberg
U.S. Senate
West Germany
Ing Kennedy
Britain
Italy
Rival strategists map 1964 campaign battlefield
ERNEST B. VACCARO reports that Republican and Democratic leaders discuss key issues for the 1964 race, with foreign policy as a dominant factor and civil rights legislation to be debated bipartisanly. Miller cites Cuba options, Bailey emphasizes Kennedy era performance.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro Washington
William E. Miller
Kennedy
Miller
John M. Bailey
Congress
Cuba
Civil Rights Briefs From Across the Nation
A nationwide roundup notes Kennedy saying his civil rights program could hurt popularity but win re election. Medgar Evers murder and jade of Civil Rights faces in Mississippi. Demonstrators in Detroit protest segregation. NAACP leader Wilkins backs the program while James Farmer criticizes it. Humphrey pushes fair employment division. Savannah Catholic schools to desegregate. A CRAQ camp in Maryville burns. Gulf coast wade in ends with arrests. Tucson Methodist appoints Negro minister. Los Angeles CRAQ sit in ends.
NAACP marches face park demonstration resistance
William Biddle, 63, a worker for Philadelphia's Department of Public Property, refused to join the NAACP led demonstration and kept at his job as marchers planned a protest today. His stance highlights divisions over the action and the crowd's participation.
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Delphia
William Biddle
Department of Public Property
Khrushchev Warns Peaceful Coexistence Versus War
Soviet Premier Khrushchev warned the World Woman's Congress that a new world war would kill hundreds of millions and devastate civilization. He urged continued peaceful coexistence as Moscow prepared for a planned meeting between Soviet and Chinese Communist parties in Moscow on July 5.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
World Woman’s Congress
Soviet Union
Khrushcev
Peking
Thompson Remains Jailed as Grand Jury Probe Urges Witnesses
T Eugene Thompson stays in Ramsey County jail on 100000 bail while eight witnesses are subpoenaed for a grand jury considering the murder of his wife Hyam Segell in St Paul. Key witnesses include Sheldon Morris and Richard Sharp as the investigation centers on a murder-for-profit scheme and the roles of Anderson and Mastrian.
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William Randall
Dick W.C. Anderson
Thompson
Randall
Sheldon Morris
Minneapolis
Morris
Elk River
Richard Sharp
Vernon Phillips
Ramsey County
Anderson
Lawrence McMullen
Hennepin County
Norman Mastrian
Spring Lake Park
Mastrian
Trieste dives to ocean floor in Thresher search
The bathyscaphe Trieste descended a mile and a half into the dark North Atlantic to locate the sunken submarine Thresher. In Columbus Ohio, George Trautman, 73, longtime baseball executive and former minor league president since 1947, dies after a heart ailment. Atlantic City Dems push site choice for 1964 presidential nominating convention.
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Fort Snelling
North Atlantic
Thresher
George Trautman
Columbus, Ohio
Ee Demos
New Eye
Atlantic City
Washington
N. J
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Christine Keeler
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Ill
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Bellaire
Ohio
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France
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Paris
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Marina
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Ena
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Department of Labor
Kenneth B. Keating
Senate
Committee On Equal Employment Opportunity
Emanuel Celler
House Judiciary Committee
New York Democrat
Mike Montoney
D-Okla
Monroney
Wahn
Ireland
The
Vatican
Dean Rusk
Gerhard Schroeder
Villa Hammerschmidt
Henrich Luebke
Germany
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Western Europe
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Panama Canal
Associated Press
Detroit
Roy Wilkins
James Farmer
Congress of Ra
Cial Equality
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Fair Employment Practices
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Savannah
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