Negro who tried to register voters tells his tale in Vermont
Sam Block, a 25 year old SNCC worker, recounts two years in Mississippi trying to register Black voters in Greenwood. He describes harassment by police, housing hardship, and a risky courthouse march as part of his broader struggle against segregation and the Mississippi way of living. He now lives in Jamaica Vermont for health and education pursuits.
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Jamaica
Columbus
Miss
Sam Block
Greenwood
Student Non- Violent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
Vermont
Cleveland
Sam Black
Ments
Block
NAACP
Mississippi Vocational College
Tom
Snick
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
CORE
Congress of Racial Equality
Delta Country
Emmet Till
Post Office
Laflore
Mississippi
U.S
James O. Eastland
Straw Vote At Local Plant Boosts Fay ette Bid
Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Frederick J. Fayette drew a 128 to 13 showing for Johnson in a straw poll at a Bennington plant. He urged workers to request a Democratic ballot in the upcoming primary as Municipal Court Judge George M. Fienberg called Barry Goldwater a menace. Fayette supports President Johnson’s re election.
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Johnson
Goldwater
Frederick J. Fayette
U.S
Fayette
Lodge
Robert Kennedy
William H. Meyer
George
M. Fienberg
Barry Goldwater
State seeks death for Klan suspects in Penn slaying
In Danielsville Georgia prosecutors press for the death penalty for Ku Klux Klansmen Joseph Howard Sims and Cecil William Myers charged with the July 11 shotgun murder of Lemuel Penn, a 48 year old educator from Washington DC. The defense denounces FBI actions as intrusive and questions punishment standards.
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Danielsville
UPI
Washington, D.C
Clete Johnson
John S. Dorsey
FBI
Madison County
State Electric
White House
Justice Department
Darsey
State of Georgia
Robert J. Carter
State Board of Corrections
Vermont teacher recalls Mississippi civil rights trip
Edward Seaver a Montpelier High School teacher spent two months in Mississippi working on integration and voter registration He described hostile reactions to his SNCC badge in Jackson and noted brutal treatment of civil rights workers and black residents in Milston Delta region detailing four bullet holes and plastered ceilings from arson alleged last year
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Montpelier
UPDA
Mississippi
Edward
Ted) Seaver
Calais
Montpelier High School
Seaver
Jackson
Miss
Vermont
Milston
Delta
Shea Labor Hearing Proceeds Over Supervisor Status
Testimony continues in a National Labor Relations Board hearing on whether Albert Rodd held a supervisory role at Shea Inc. The decision will affect his reinstatement with back pay after a strike. UFW A and Shea had reached settlement on all other issues, but Peters’ reinstatement remained disputed.
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Shea Inc
North Bennington
United Furniture Workers of America
UFWA
National Labor Relations Board
Thomas A. Ricci
NLRB
Boston
Ricci
Shea
Albert Rodd
Rodd
Murray S. Freeman
Chauncey Peters
Peters
Freeman
Une
Labor Day patrols launched after rising New England fatalities
New England law officers expanded highway patrols as a Labor Day safety push after 15 traffic deaths in the six-state area Thursday and Friday. Massachusetts and neighboring states mobilized hundreds of police, while governors urged safer driving and a daylight headlight campaign to curb the weekend toll.
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Boston
APS
New England
Peabody
Alford
United Press International
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Frank McKone
The
Registry of Motor Vehicles
John W. King
King
Weirs Beach
Lake Winnipesaukee
Hampton Beach
Nel
John H. Reed
Philip H. Hoff
Local Boys Hurt as Car Flips on Beech Street Extension
A 1959 Ford carrying three youths skidded on Beech Street Extension Friday night, flipped, and burned. Philip Brace 20 suffered extensive burns and is in critical condition at Putnam Memorial Hospital. William Derosia 17 has nose cuts and a burned arm. Nelson Brownell 18 was uninjured. Bennington Rural Fire and the Rescue Squad responded, freeing the occupants and transporting the injured. the crash landed upside down after striking an embankment.
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Beech Street
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Philip Brace
Main St
William J. Derosia
Depot St
Nelson Brownell
River St
Belli seeks Supreme Court ruling on Goldwater ballot
Attorney Melvin Belli filed a bid with California’s Supreme Court to keep Barry Goldwater and his electors off the November ballot. He argues Goldwater is not a natural born citizen since born in Arizona when it was a territory.
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San Francisco
UPD
Melvin Belli
California Supreme Court
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Arizona
Belli
U.S
Inside the Worlds Fair and Vermont Primary News
On the Inside page highlights Jean Wassick continuing her tour of the World’s Fair and Ron Cohen examining Vermont primary winners. Vermont primary coverage details candidates facing opposition in Tuesday’s vote across pages A5.
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Jean Wassick
Ron Cohen
Vermont
Page
Cuban Guest Testifies as HUAC Seeks Order at Hearing
Edward Lemansky of Brooklyn testified before the House Un American Activities Committee about a trip to Cuba. He claimed he did not cheer the pilot’s death but believed the war might end sooner. The hearing featured disruptions and Nazi observers under police guard with no repeat violence.
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Red
HUAC
Washington
UPI
Cuba
Viet Nam
Edward Lemansky
Brooklyn
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Alfred M. Nittle
Lemansky
U.S
Richard Schord
Nittle
Schord
George Lincoln Rockwell
Parisians Say New York Not Worth More Than Four Days
Paris-Presse cites French tourists eyeing New York City with lukewarm praise. Complaints include cold air conditioning, limited sights beyond three major museums, excessive heat at the World’s Fair, lack of bidets in hotels, dirty Subway conditions, and a language gap with locals.
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Paris
UPI
New York
Paris-Presse
Paris - Presse
Louis Foy
Land Developer Fred Malone Expands Manchester Acreage Holdings
Frederick S. Malone pursues hillside development around Manchester, acquiring 480 acres including 30 acre Woods n Water in Winhall and 450 acres across the valley north of town. He tours holdings with crews, joking with carpenters and preferring nature to profit.
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Fred Malone
Manchester
Frederick S. Malone
Winhall Wonderland
Finbar’s Forest
Malone
Vermont Investment Corp
Winhall
Vermont 11
Bromley Mountain
Otis
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Bennington
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Rutland
Hagerman
Barry
Frei
Chile
Santiago
Salvador Allende
Eduardo Frei
Cape Kennedy
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