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Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 12, 1965

Page

3

King's 50 Mile March Echoes Gandhi’s Salt March

AP reports King’s 50 mile walk from Selma toward Montgomery mirrors Gandhi’s nonviolent protest against British rule. The piece notes Gandhi’s Salt March of 1930, nonviolence, and the influence on King, who studied Gandhi and embraced peaceful civil disobedience as a method for racial rights.

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Underground missile sites repurposed for civilian use

The report notes Defense Secretary McNamara may soon authorize sale of an underground missile complex built at 16 million dollars. Sites, originally planned for raw industrial use, could store goods or be repurposed for prisons or schools, with possible underground utilities and mushroom farming suggested.

Defense Robert McNema Defense Department

Fragmented fragments from a garbled Naples transit item

A jagged OCR fragment recounts travelers in Naples and a chaotic debate about language use, travel conditions, and dissatisfaction with service. The text mentions Europe, attitudes toward Americans, and odd scenes with staff and language barriers, but many phrases are unintelligible.

Rice price support measure introduced in House

Rep. T. A. Thompson of Louisiana introduced a bill in the House to set the 1965 rice support price at no less than the 1964 level of 4.71 per hundredweight. The measure aims to guarantee the 1965 price remains at or above the prior year's level.

Washington T. A. Thompson D-La

Pilot loses license after shopping center crash

In Washington AP report, commercial pilot Harley Stone of Dallas is revoking certification by the Federal Aviation Administration after a crash at Afflene shopping center on August 15. Stone allegedly failed to check weather and fuel before departing Midland for Mineral Wells, causing the plane to strike a department store roof and crash into River Oaks Shopping Center. The aircraft belonged to B. E. Terry of Roby, Texas.

Wasiington Harley Stone Dallas

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