Selma protests and King plan to register voters
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr announced a Southwide voter registration drive aiming to double Black voters within weeks after a federal voting law. In Selma large demonstrations and 32 arrests followed, with plans to desegregate first through fourth grades next September and a push to address all grades. In Bogalusa La, clashes left injuries and 15 arrests as whites attacked Black pickets outside a supermarket.
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Selma
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
L. L. Anderson
King
Browns Chapel Ame
Public Safety
Wilson Baker
Baker
Alabama
James G. Clark
Tuskegee Institute
Louisiana
Black Belt
Bogalusa
Paper Mill
Aaron C. Griffith
Alcoa Strike Settlement Sets Industry Pattern
NEW YORK AP The Aluminum Co of America reached a labor agreement with the United Steelworkers and United Auto Workers on the eve of a threatened industry wide strike. The pact covers about 37 000 workers and includes a 40.1 cent per hour wage rise over three years plus a new pension option. Alcoa also announced partial price restorations raising costs on fabricated products. Aluminum Workers International continued talks with Reynolds and others, with some plants already struck as pickets appeared at multiple sites.
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New York
The
Aluminum Co. of America
United Steelworkers
United Auto Workers Unions
Alcoa
Aluminum Workers International
Reynolds Metals Co
Reynolds
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
Olin-Mathieson Chemical Corp
Ormet Corp
Steelworkers’ Union
Alca
NASA Jet Records Sun Eclipse
In HILO Hawaii NASA scientists returning from an airborne eclipse mission describe a flawless 9 minute 2 second observation from 39,500 feet aboard a modified jet. Twenty men conducted 13 experiments as the sun’s left edge appeared chewed by darkness over water from New Zealand to Peru.
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Hilo
Hawaii
Pacific
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Michel Bader
NASA
Ames
David Perlman
The
San Francisco Chronicle
Airborne Observatory
New Zealand
Peru
Dr. Bader
Belgium
Netherlands
Italy
Switzerland
Atomic Energy Commission
Air Force
Major Votes Impend In Congress Week
Congress returns from Memorial Day to a busy week with a $2 billion State Justice and Commerce appropriation vote, a $4.8 billion federal excise tax cut proposal, and debates on executive reorganizations and debt limit. Senate pressure focuses on voting rights and a $3.37 billion foreign aid authorization. NASA and international scientists observe the total solar eclipse with coronal measurements and magnetism studies.
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Washington
Congress
House
State, Justice and Commerce Departments
Rules ‘Committee
Senate
Herter Gains After Surgery at Columbia Presbyterian
Former secretary of state and Massachusetts governor Christian A. Herter remains in very good condition at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital after abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery on May 19. A spokesman said he, now chief U.S. foreign trade negotiator, entered the hospital April 8 for evaluation with no discharge date set.
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New York
Christian A. Herter
Massachusetts
Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
Herter
U.S
$24 Million Job Capitol Is Bulging Again
Washington reports its annual budget review notes the Capitol faces costly repairs of about $24 million as the west front cracks and crumbles. Architect J George Stewart warns of potential disaster while the east front has been rebuilt, dome intact for a century.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
House Appropriations
Capitol
J. George Stewart
Stewart
Mall
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Alabama U Graduates Negro Coed Vivian Malone
Vivian Malone became the first African American graduate of the University of Alabama, earning a bachelor of science with a B-plus average as 1,725 others received degrees. She, 22, faced a two year period marked by protests by Governor George Wallace and National Guard protection during enrollment alongside James Hood, who left before summer.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Vivian Malone
Wekend
University of Alabama
Miss Malone
George C. Wallace
Alabama
James Hood
Hood
Rhode Island Surtax Boost Takes Effect
Rhode Islanders paid more as a new 4 percent sales tax took effect, a half point higher than before. Gov John Chafee pushed the tax to help balance a record 137 million budget with the Democratic legislature approving swiftly.
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Providence
R.I
UPD
Rhode Islanders
John Chafee
General Assembly
Boston Race Conflict Sparks Fire and Vandalism at Roxbury Schools
Police blamed vandals for arson and break-ins at three Roxbury schools amid disputes over racial balance. Two fires caused 40 000 dollars in damage, including a Timilty cafeteria blaze started Monday night. Hyde and Lloyd Garrison schools suffered damage with chalked anti school messages found. Louise Day Hicks condemned the fires while civil rights leaders and clergy were blamed for stirring unrest.
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Roxbury
Lloyd Garrison School
Rate
Hyde
Timilty
Passi G
Hyde Park
Everet School
Boston School
Louise Day Hicks
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Livingston Ave
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Mr. Cutler
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America
Leon Amendola
U.S. Capitol
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Alabama U
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BEA
Lois Scalise
Oriental Rugs
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Pittsfield
Desco
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