King Calls for Mississippi Boycott and Nobel Peace Message
Oslo report says Reverend Martin Luther King Jr urged a nationwide boycott of goods from Mississippi as a protest against racial injustice. He warned violence cannot bring peace while noting progress in the South and pledging the $54,600 Nobel Prize to civil rights work. He remained hopeful America will honor nonviolent gains and push for dignity equality jobs and citizenship.
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Norway
UPI
Martin Luther King Jr
Mississippi
King
All of America
United States
Uniteds
Shakeup in U.S. Reserve Forces Draws RoA Warning
The Reserve Officers Association urged delay of a nationwide reserve overhaul as reports said Defense Secretary McNamara plans to consolidate reserves and trim nonguard units. The plan reportedly would boost Army and Air National Guard strength by 100000 or more while reducing other reserves to replacement pools. Public hearings and fuller investigation were urged by the ROA.
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Washington
UPI
Reserve Officers Association
ROA
Pentagon
National Guard
Johnson
AOA
Army National Guard
Air National Guard
Defense
Robert S. MceNamara
McNamara
Charges Dismissed for Another In 21 Slayings Case
In Meridian Mississippi UPI reports U S commissioner dismissed charges against James Edward Jordan 38 of Gulfport the 21 suspects in the 1964 slaying of three civil rights workers. 19 others had charges dropped while prosecutors plan grand jury indictments. Jordan was not present at arraignment but represented by counsel.
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Rainey
UPI
Meridian
Miss
U.S
James Edward Jordan
Gulfport
Biloxi
Verta Lee Swetman
FBI
Jordan
Esther Carter
Justice Department
Nicholas Katzenbach
Washington
Harold Cox
Neshoba County
Lawrence Rainey
Cecil Price
Henry Rask
Atlanta
Miss Carter
Philadelphia
Rask
Humphrey to Lead Civil Rights Rights Projects
Vice President elect Hubert Humphrey will guide federal programs toward full assimilation of more than 20 million Black Americans into American life. President Johnson announced at a National Urban League event that Humphrey will coordinate agencies from the Justice Department to housing and employment committees to speed the new civil rights law and curb duplication and delays.
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UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Johnson
Humphrey
Community Action Assembly
National Urban League
U.S
Justice Department
Civil Rights Division
Lincoln
Senate
Congo Rescue Amid Killings Hits 97 Whites Executed
Mercenary-led troops rescue 42 white survivors at Isangi and Yangambi while confirming the murder of two nuns, including an American Sister Marie Antoinette. Rebels have executed 97 whites since the Stanleyville mission began, with bodies dumped in the Congo River.
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UPID
Marie Antoinette
Siseter Marie Francoise
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Congo River
Isangi
Yangambi
Yangamei
Leopold
Inside the News Pages Aiken rebuked on reapportionment
Inside the Sea reports an editorial faulting Aiken on reapportionment. Putnam Hospital’s annual report focuses on public relations. North Bennington School Board approves a tuition hike. Memorial service set Sunday for Dr. Fels. Area basketball schedule appears in full.
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Putnam Hospital
Spaak Defends Congo Action Amid African Criticism
United Nations debate on Congo sparks clashes as Belgian Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak defends Stanleyville operation. He accuses African ministers of fanning racism and seeks evidence against Congo leaders amid African-led filibuster threats. Spaak heads to Paris for NATO talks after appearance.
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UPD
Belgium
Security Council
Congo
Africa
Europe
Paul Henri Spaak
Council
Spaak
Charles - David Ganao
Brazzaville
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Speut
Bomb Rocks U.N during Guevara speech at UN building
An underwater explosion near the United Nations headquarters sent water 20 feet above the East River as Ernesto Guevara spoke to the General Assembly inside. Police bomb squads investigated while guards tightened access and delegates carried on amid strict security.
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Ernesto Che Guevera
Cuba
United Nations
Chile
Enrique Bernstein
Guevera
U.N. General Assembly
UPI
N. Y
UPD
East River
Ernesto
Che) Guevara
General Assembly
Fidel Castro
Guevara
New York
U.N
Castro
Tshombe Cancels Trip to UN Security Council
Congolese Premier Moise Tshombe canceled a New York trip to appeal to the United Nations Security Council over alleged African rebel support, offering no reason. Diplomatic sources cited possible European travel and a return to Leopoldville, while clashes with police and Communist demonstrators erupted in Rome ahead of his visit. Pope Paul VI received Tshombe in private talks amid heightened security and business discussions with Italy.
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UPI
Moise Tshombe
New York
United Nations Security Council
Tshombe
U.N
Congo
Europe
Leopoldville
Brussels
Pope Paul
Communist Party
West
Beverly housewife testifies in McCarran hearing tale of spies
Mrs Elsie Piper a 49 year old Beverly mother of two testified at a Justice Department McCarran Act hearing in Boston describing a cloak and dagger spy tale with herself and her husband as Communist Party members. She identified four accused men and recounted foreign intrigue including a CIA execution and a hidden evidence bag.
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Boston
UPI
Beverly
Communist Party
FBI
Elsie Piper
Woolworth’s
Justice Department
Frederick G. Smithson
Subversive Activities Control Board
Piper
Central Intelligence
CIA
Otis A. Hood
Holbrook
Ann Burlak Timpson
Roxbury
Red Flame
Lewis M. Johnson
Sharon
Edward Teixeira
Dorchester
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Winthrop
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