Townspeople Rally Round Convicted Murderer Hall
Convicted killer Hall, who escaped from the West Virginia Penitentiary in 1938, drew mixed reactions in Wendover as residents and local officials collect signatures urging parole. Hall, 24 at the time of the crime, served 18 years of a life sentence for shooting his stepmother during a family dispute. He has reportedly lived quietly since, with many locals expressing sympathy and belief in his reform.
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Hall
West
Virginia
Eagle
Het
Elko
Grantsville
U Utah
Neveen
Wren- the
West Virginia
Raymond
W. Geldmacher
Wit
Fred_ Kenley
Wendover Air Force Base
Church .of Jesus Christ
Moundstille
W. Va
Earl
Wendover
Auto Mishaps Reported by Baytown Police
Four major accidents occurred between Friday noon and Saturday noon at Mair and James Main and Sterling Old Market Street bridge and Interstate 10 under Four Corners bridge. Four minor crashes were recorded at 2300 E Texas Market and W Main Ashby and Parkland Hanks Grocery on Duraine.
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Arid
Baytown
American visitor wrangles for clean pants in Moscow hotel
An American guest in a large Moscow hotel endures a three hour struggle to clean and press a pair of gray slacks. Language barriers, bureaucratic delays, and Intourist confusion delay service as the pants linger, wrapped in Izvestia, with no clear return date and a note that they will be sent to the U S ambassador in Warsaw.
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Moscow
Presidium
Soviet Union
Iin
Intourist Bureau
Izvestia
Warsaw
Iron Curtain
U.S
Civil Rights Act Progress and Voting Lesson
Washington analyst James Marlow calls the 1964 65 Civil Rights Acts the strongest voting rights laws yet. He traces the long path from 1896 segregation to 1954 school desegregation and 1960s reforms, noting federal court orders and enforcement aimed at ending literacy tests and discriminatory registration. The piece highlights the 1965 act as a pivotal remedy to voting barriers.
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Royette Injslow
Johnson
Alabama
Selma
Psse
Lhose
Senate
Congress
South
James Marlow Japnev
Washington
Supreme‘Court
Supreme Court
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Helthings
Nicholas
Twegro
Katzenbach
Americus Silent Klan March and Rally Report
In Americus Georgia a silent Ku Klux Klan march and a large rally drew state troopers and police. About 600 Klan supporters gathered near the Sumter County Courthouse after a brief memorial. 75 robed members were along the route. A separate Civil rights demonstration occurred blocks away with around 300 Negro demonstrators demanding a biracial committee. Two Black individuals have been indicted for a murder linked to the day’s events.
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Americus, Ga
Ku Klux Klan
Andrew Whatley
United States
Sumter County
Imperial Wizard
United King of America, Inc
T. Griffin Walkler
Fair Attendance Sets Weekday Record in New York
New York AP reports 181,234 visitors on a weekday, the best of the 1965 season. The fair's total attendance climbs to 11,772,752 for the year.
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New York
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