President Johnson Guarded Closely in Florida
Washington reports reveal heightened security during President Johnsons 16 hour Florida visit with secrecy on movements and decoy airport actions. Unmarked helicopters with backup planes accompanied the trip and top Secret Service officials stayed close throughout public appearances.
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Washington
White House
Johnson
Florida
John F. Kennedy
Pierre Salinger
Secret Service
Salinger
Homestead Air Force Base
Miami
International Airport
Miami Beach
James J. Rowley
Gerald Bebe Tivad
Kite House
Baker Witness Quits U.S. Post
Jose A. Benitez resigns as deputy high commissioner of the Pacific trust territories effective Monday amid the Bobby Baker investigation. Interior Secretary Udall says Benitez will serve as a part time consultant on Pacific trust affairs for this fiscal year at 65 to 78 dollars daily. Benitez, a Puerto Rican Democratic leader, testified he took a finder’s fee in a Haiti meat import deal and plans to return to private business.
Place To Study Urged by Cushing For Negro Pupils
Boston Archbishop Richard Cardinal Cushing urged sweeping fixes in home and neighborhood conditions that hinder education for Black children. He proposed afternoon study halls for needy Negro and white students with meals if needed, arguing home study is at least half of a child’s education and must be improved through private and public social agencies.
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Cushing
Boston
UPS
Richard Cardinal Cushing
FBI Agents Readied to Probe Violent Rail Strike
President Johnson ordered J Edgar Hoover to dispatch 30 FBI agents to Florida to handle the violent Florida East Coast Railway strike. Explosions damaged trains near Johnson during a political visit as governors and labor officials clash over settlement terms amid long running disruption and violence.
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FBI
Miami, Fla
J. Edgar Hoover
Florida East Coast Railway
Riday
Florida
Johnson
Hoover
cross-Florida
Retiring Cuyahoga Falls Police Chief Proud of Attendance
CUYAHOGA FALLS Ohio AP Menza Prastan longtime officer later chief retires after 26 years on the force never missing a day at work once. Prior service as a truant officer influenced his focus on attendance in the department.
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Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Menza Prastan
Cuyahoga Falls
Hoffa Case Heads Toward Jury in Cryptic Plot Reference
In Chattanooga, the government case against James Hoffa advances toward jury deliberation as a cryptic mention of an assassination plot surfaces during an all day hearing. The plot reference arises amid efforts to exclude illegal wiretap evidence. no link to Kennedy is established.
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Chattanooga
U.S
Frank Wilson
Edward G. Partin
Baton Rouge
Teamster Union
Partin
Hoffa
Nashville
International Teamsters
Frank Grimsley
Justice Department
Atlanta
Harvey Silets
Chicago
Grimsley
Batton Rouge
John Hooker
John F. Kennedy
Admiral Sharp Named Pacific Command Chief
President Johnson appointed Admiral Ulysses G Sharp Jr to head the U S Pacific Command replacing Admiral Harry D Felt Jr who retires July 1 Sharp, 37, has commanded the Pacific Fleet since last Sept and will lead about 400 000 personnel across 85 million square miles from the U S West Coast to the Indian Ocean He is a World War II and Korean War veteran born in Chinook Montana and described as methodical and deliberate by associates
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Washington
Ulysses
G. Sharp Jr
U.S. Pacific Command
Johnson
Sharp
Pacific Fleet
Harry D. Felt
Felt
Pacific Command
U.S. West Coast
Indian Ocean
North Pole
South Pole
Chinook
Mont
Four locals and a New Yorker jailed for interracial kidnapping
In Monroe North Carolina Superior Court Judge Walter Brock sentenced three Black defendants Willie Mae Mallory Richard Crowder and Harold Reape and one white defendant John C Lowry for kidnapping a white couple during an interracial disturbance in 1961 The four pleaded innocent and filed notices of appeal Mallory received 16 to 20 years in a women’s prison Crowder and Reape each got two terms of 7 to 10 years and two 5 to 7 year sentences for Lowry Bonds were set and trials noted as delayed by extradition issues. riot and picketing around the courthouse were cited as background.
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Monroe
N. C
Superior Court
Walter Brock
Yo Willie Mae Mallory
New York City
Brock
Richard Crowder
Harold Reape
John C. Lowry
Flushing
N. Y
Union County
G. Bruce Stegall
Marshville
Mallory
Cleveland
Ohio
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Angier Biddle Duke
Jaimson
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Farris Bryant
Miami-to-Jacksonville
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
James J. Reynolds
Bryant
FEC
Janu
Reynolds
Ed Ball
Florida du Pont
Peuilal
Ball
Miami News
Robert King High
Adm
Sharp Heads Forces
Pacific
Navy
Marine
Air Force
Army
G. Sharp
Secretary of Defense
Robert 5. McNamara
Furms
Berkshire Eagle
Sneat Post Office
Pittsfald
Husetis
Congratulation Berkshire Chapter of
The
Electronics Technicians Guild of Mass
Vanes Fos
Banteoe Comte
General Electric
Stern & Co., Inc
Hartford, Conn
Distributors of
Zenith
Philco
Roskin Distributors, Inc
Albany, New York
Welch
BAD Radio
Burgess Central AB
Cinch-Jones
Clarostat
Dialco
J. F. Johnson
Kurman
West St. Pittsfield
Littlefuse Mallory
ORYX
Raytheon
Sprague Triad
Arseneau
Lincoln St
Pittsfield, Mass
Jean
Lussier
Weller Ave
Gill Lussier
Witherow
East St. Pittsfield, Mass
William Witherow
Schilling
Bushey Road
Pittsfield
Mass
Robert Schilling
Donald Nealon
Berard Ave
William Faior
Movie Mart
Fenn St
Richard Murdock
ETG
Berkshire
Chapter of
Electronic Technicians Guild
Molleur
Ergos., Inc
Maplewood Ave
Mector Molleur
Henry Molleur
Joseph Ferrard
Richard Gore
Willard Place
John F. Munger
Per Gul
Melody House
West St. Pittsfield, Mass
Henry Bertini N
Cuirono
List Bros. Piano CO
North St. Pittsfield, Mass
Charles Lahey
Cbs-Tv
Berkshires
Albany, N.Y
Wcdc
Adams, Mass
Electronic Supply Center
River St
Berkshire County
N. Adams
Gillette's TV Service
Donald Gillette
Thomas Andrews
PITE
Jason St. Pittsfield
Phillip Krause
Henrys Electric
Main St. Lee, Mass
BELL
Frank's
Newell St. Pittsfield, Mass
Frank J. Pelkey
James F. Pelkey
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