Medgar Evers Death Casts Shadow Over Civil Rights Push
Medgar Evers, Mississippi NAACP field secretary, was shot in the back and died early Wednesday. AP reports warn the assassination could intensify Black protests and white opposition, risk a nationwide backlash, and affect new civil rights legislation and Senate filibuster dynamics.
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Medgar W. Evers
Associated Press
Relman Morin
Jackson
Miss
Medgar’ W. Evers
South
Evers
Mississippi
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
United States
Arthur L. Johnson
Detroit
NAACP
Medgar
Los Angeles
Christopher L. Taylor
Atlanta
Julian Bond
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Georgia
Arkansas
Louis Eckl
Florence
Ala
Senate
Desegregation Protests in Texarkana At College
About 200 young demonstrators marching through Texarkana’s business district after a cross burning at Texarkana Junior College. Police Chief O'Brien appealed for calm as two black students, Linda Tolbert and Albirda Briley, enrolled that day under a federal desegregation order issued in 1956. No campus incidents were reported.
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Texarkana
Tex
Texarkana Junior College
Jack O'Brien
Main Street
O'Brien
State Line Avenue
Texas
Arkansas
Linda Tolbert
Albirda Briley
Army Choice Programs Offer Careers for 17 to 35
Sgt. Nussbaum, Bay town recruiter, promotes the Army Choice Not Chance program. It offers challenging jobs, good salaries, and benefits to men and women 17 to 35, with options for technical schooling, career areas, overseas assignments, or airborne life. Information available from Sgt. Nussbaum in the Federal Building room 103 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
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Army
Ron Nussbaum
Baytown
Nussbaum
Federal Building
Area Realtors Begin Convention in Galveston
About 500 delegates are expected at the 42nd annual Texas Real Estate Convention to be held at the Hotel Galvez and Villa in Galveston this weekend. The four day event focuses on salesmanship and efficient agency operation with executive committee meetings and registration on the first day. Charles H. Gordon presides as Bay Area Board president with officers including Springer as vice president and Boyle Sr. as secretary and state director.
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Galvez and
Villa
Galveson
Charles H. Gordon
Clifford M. (Sparky) Bond
Eddie Cox
Carter H. Miller
Frank Boyle Jr
Carl Springer
Frank Boyle
Gordan
Bay Area Board
Springer
Boyle Sr
County Officials Set Breakfast on County Operations
Harris County officials will discuss the county's governmental operations at a breakfast for 300 residents in south Houston next Tuesday. County Clerk R E Turrentine said officials will host but not give political speeches, with similar meetings planned countywide this summer.
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Harris County
Houston
Houson
R. E. Turrentine
Army Offers Choose It Yourself Plan
Army recruiter Sgt. Ron Nussbaum promotes a Choose It Yourself program allowing an enlistment of three years with a written career area guarantee before completion. For details contact Sgt. 3 Nussbaum at room 103, Federal Building.
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Army
Ron Nussbaum
Nussbaum
Federal Ral
Contractor Sues Clear Lake City Details of $458,073 Suit
J W Long of Athens Contracting Co sues Clear Lake City developers in Houston District Court for 458073 claiming only 42652 of 840731 contract for clearing and excavating building sites was paid. The petition names District Judge Ben F Wilson.
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Clear Lake City
Ben F. Wilson
Houston
J. W. Long
Athens Contracting Co
Actor Hellstrom Plans Marriage to Pamela Browne
Hollywood AP Swedish actor director Gunnar Hellstrom 34 will marry Pamela Browne 21 formerly of Evansville Ind Her mother Evelyn J Johnson heiress to Mead Johnson fortune and a reducing formula Deathly note: the rest describes a civil suit against Jumble Oil and Refining Co Del E Webb Corp Friendswood Developing Co and Clear Lake Construction Co plus liens and unpaid subcontractors totaling nearly 500000 overdue payments and foreclosures in a separate matter
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Hollywood
Gunnar Hellstrom
Pamela Browne
Evansville
Ind
Evelyn J Johnson
New York City
Mead-Johnson
Miss Browne
Gaylor Browne
Los Angeles State College
Jumble Oil and Refining Co
del E. Webb Corp
Friendswood Developing Co
Clear Lake Construction Co
Long
R. E. Turrentine
Weight loss pill OORINEX offers money back guarantee
An ad from Herring Drug Store promotes OORINEX a weight loss tablet claiming rapid fat reduction in seven days without strenuous activity. It promises appetite suppression, allowance to eat favorite foods, and a full refund via druggist return if not satisfied. Mail orders at 17 W. Texas.
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