Mississippi Seeks Death Penalty for Beckwith in Evers Slaying
Jackson AP reports District Attorney William L. Waller says Mississippi will seek the death penalty for Byron De La Beckwith, charged with killing Medgar Evers, NAACP field secretary. An all-white jury was sworn after four days of questioning and three night sessions. Evers was slain as he exited his Jackson home amid civil rights demonstrations.
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Beckwith
Evers
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Senate eases bill prep time with committee rules change
The Senate, by 47 to 33, approved extending time for committees to prepare bills for floor action. The move loosens the power of a lone senator to halt committee meetings by simple objection, which previously blocked afternoon sessions and stalled legislation.
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Senate
Panama charges US with aggression at OAS meeting
Panama will confront the United States at the OAS council to accuse Washington of aggression over Canal Zone riots that left 23 dead and hundreds injured after a Balboa High School flag raising. The 17 member body will decide on forming a provisional organ of consultation and sending a fact-finding team to Panama.
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UPI
Panama
Council of the Organization of American States
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United States
Canal Zone
Balboa High School
U.S
No Democrat In Primary of N. Hampshire
Concord N H AP The March 0 Democratic presidential primary in New Hampshire will have no candidates. Faye Carpenter Swain of Cincinnati sought a ballot listing but was ruled off by Secretary of State Stark after the Democratic State Committee challenged her nominating petitions for insufficient bona fide signatures. The petitions allegedly included 30 unqualified voters including a deceased person.
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Faye
Fifi) Carpenter Swain
Cincinnati
Yicef
Robert L. Stark
Carpenter-Swain
Democratic State Committee
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Johnson Cites F D R On 82nd Birthday
President Johnson and White House staff honored Franklin D Roosevelt on the 82nd anniversary of his birth. Johnson praised Roosevelt for leaving a trust of compassion conscience and courage and urged the nation to move forward as he would expect.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fdr
Franklin Roosevelt
Hoffa Lawyers Win Point In Jury Fixing Trial
In Chattanooga, the defense blocked testimony linking Allen Dorfman to efforts to fix Hoffa’s 1962 Nashville jury trial. Judge Wilson ruled the call evidence hearsay, excusing Hazel Fulton after she could not verify the caller. The case, part of a wider jury tampering probe, ended with a mistrial in Nashville and remains under inquiry.
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Chattanooga
Allen Dorfman
Chicago
James R. Hoffa
Frank Wilson
Hazel Fulton
Huntington
W. Va
Dorfman
Nicholas J. Tweet
Tweel
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
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Tweet
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Nashville
James Neal
Racial unrest erupts in Cleveland amid integration clash
Police and mounted officers dispersed a crowd of more than 400 white demonstrators in Cleveland's East Side Little Italy area. Violence injured two Black men and four photographers as civil rights groups pushed for bused integration of 600 Negro pupils. In New York a one day boycott targeted city schools over segregation while Alabama ordered Tuskegee High School closed to white pupils.
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Little Italy
Hazeldell School
East Side
Chicago
Henry Mitchell
New York
Alabama
State Board of Education
Tuskegee High School
Civil Rights Bill Debated in House
The civil rights bill, launched last summer amid Negro demonstrations, faces a week of House debate before a vote on an omnibus measure to strengthen federal power against racial discrimination. It targets public venues, employment, funding powers, voting rights, desegregation, and government facilities, with a bipartisan push and strong Southern opposition anticipated.
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Washington
House
Senate
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Civil Rights Commission
Bill Boosts Federal Library Aid to 45 Million
The Senate sent to the president a bill increasing annual federal library aid from 7.5 million to 45 million dollars. It also removes a restriction limiting aid to rural areas under 10 000 population.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
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