Marchers in Bogalusa Press for Civil Rights Progress
About 550 Negroes marched through Bogalusa under police protection to protest Ku Klux Klan violence. A morning melee injured a Black teen and a white man. a second protest led by James Farmer faced officials at City Hall. FBI and local police maintained order as demonstrators urged peaceful change amid ongoing national civil rights actions.
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Bogalusa
James Farmer
Jesse Cutter
Farmer
Louisiana
Congress of Racial Equality
University of Kansas
Culver
Grand Dragon
Louisiana Ku Klux Klan
Camden
Ala
Broad Columbia Street
Goull
Robert Brive Jr
Brice
Asst
L. C. Terrell
Louis Applewhite
Terrell
Applewhite
Lynn Pelham
Miami
FBI
Cutter
Jimmy D. Burke
Burke
U.S
New Orleans
Piney Woods
Mississippi
Worcester Urges Voluntary Water Conservation
Worcester city officials warned of a continuing drought with reservoirs drying by September. City Manager Francis J. McGrath urged residents to stop lawn sprinkling and watering shrubs, while restaurants were told to serve water only on request. Water Superintendent Charles B. Hardy noted a 20 million gallon daily loss and outlined plans to tap the Metropolitan Water Commission line from Quabbin Reservoir to Boston.
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Worcester Mass
Francis J. McGrath
Worcester
McGrath
Charles B. Hardy
Metropolitan Water Commission
Quabhin Reservoir
Boston
Full Crew Law For Railroads Upheld
New York State full-crew laws, long opposed by Eastern railroads, were upheld by four state Supreme Court justices in White Plains. The ruling dismissed a suit by major railroads seeking to invalidate the five year old laws, saying full crews are necessary for safety. Justice Gerald Nolan led the decision.
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White Plains
N.Y
New York State
State Supreme Court
Gerald Nolan
Linda Darnell Burned In Illinois House Fire
Actress Linda Darnell suffered second and third degree burns, remains in critical condition after four hours of surgery at Skokie Valley Hospital. The fire at the Curtis home in Glenview caused $4,000 damage. friend Mrs. Richard Curtis and her daughter Patricia were hospitalized with burns.
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Glenview
Linda Darnell
Friends
Skokie Valley Hospital
Miss Darnell
Chicago
Darnell
Richard Curtis
Patricia
David Mundhenk
Curtises
Ray Burmeister
Burmeister
Flood fears grip Minnesota as rivers surge nationwide
Flooding swelled across the Midwest with Minnesota River cresting and tens of thousands evacuated. In North Mankato 5,000 residents were told to leave as dikes risk failure while Des Moines prepared for a record crest and Wisconsin declared a state of emergency. Across Iowa and Minnesota, volunteers battled sandbags and held river towns against rising flood levels as the Mississippi neared historic highs.
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Minnesota River
Ray Eckes
North Mankato
Minn
Minnesota
Mankato
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Miinesota
Des Moines
Wisconsin
Warren P. Knowles
la Crosse
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Mississippi
Freeways Doomed, DPW Dreams Up Ideas
In Boston mass meeting the American Society of Military Engineers heard that after 1975 no new urban freeways will be built. John D. Warner urged a balanced plan with mass transit and new ideas such as underground or air routes, robot buses and high capacity pneumatic tubes to supplement autos.
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Chicoper
Mass
American Society of Military Engineers
John D. Warner
Massachusetts Public Works
Warner
Auto
Washington
Ains
McDonald Won't Resign As Bargainer
Pittsburgh AP David J McDonald refused to step aside as chief bargainer for the United Steelworkers in basic steel contract talks. An aide said he offered a plan to end the deadlock which was accepted by the union’s top bargainers. He remains union president through June 1 and did not resign amid internal challenger I W Abel’s backers.
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Pittsburgh
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers
McDonald
I. W. Abel
Abel
Ten Million Urged For RI Junior Colleges
Providence Rhode Island AP report says Columbia University consultants urge a 10 million dollar statewide program to develop vocational training at high school and junior college levels. The study, received by the state Board of Education which hired the consultants last July, emphasizes combining vocational training with comprehensive academics. It recommends 11 high schools as area comprehensive high schools serving students from various districts.
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Providence
Columbia University
Rhode Island
State Board of Education
Cardinal Meyer Dies at 62 After Brain Cancer Surgery
Albert Cardinal Meyer, 62, a grocer's son who led Chicago Catholics, died after brain tumor surgery. The liberal prelate, noted for ecumenical outreach, had returned from the Vatican Council when illness emerged. He was archbishop of Chicago since 1958 and a cardinal since 1959.
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Chicago
Albert Cardinal Meyer
Mercy Hospital
Cardinal Meyer
United States
Vatican Ecumenical Council
College of Cardinals
Francis Spellman
New York
Joseph Witter
St Louis
Richard Cushing
Boston
J. Francis McIntyre
Los Angeles
Lawrence J. Shehan
Baltimore
Samuel Cardinal Stritch
Rome
Cletus O'Donnell
Meyer
Milwaukee
John XXIII
Vermont Bans Outdoor Fires
Gov. Philip H. Hoff ordered all brush burning prohibited for one month due to tinder dry conditions in Vermont woodlands. Burning permits may be issued only when rain falls between April 12 and May 12, following a recommendation from Perry Merrill, director of forests and parks, as forecasts predict a continued dry spell.
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Montpelier
Philip H. Hoff
Woodlands
Perry Merrill
Forests and Parks
Merrill
Vermont Woodlands
Weather Bureau
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House
Judiciary
Emanuel Coller
D-N-Y
Judiciary Committee
Negro
Vitalis
Midwest
The
Associated Press
Mississippi River
DPW
Liggett Pharmacists
Joanne
Joanne Bakers
Dial
RJ. Jr. Colleges
Stetson
Fantino
Gregor
Furriers
Federal St
Elm St
Vermont
Brookner's
Brookner’s
North St
Easter Bunny
England
Linda Burkett
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