Springfield sit in nets twelve arrests
Twelve civil rights demonstrators, six whites and six Negroes, were dragged from a school official's office in Springfield Massachusetts after refusing to end a sit in. They were charged with breach of the peace and released on bail pending Wednesday arraignment. The demonstrators, CORE members, protested alleged racial imbalance in city schools and vow further protests this summer.
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Springfield
Mass
UPI
Congress For Racial Equality
CORE
Superintendent of Schools
T. Joseph McCook
McCook
Massachusetts
Springfield Core
Oscar Bright
Benjamin F. Swan
Annie Lois Bright
Beatrice A. Weissman
Steven
Muriel Moore
Carol Holbrook
David Schogel
Marvin Jones
Ellen LeClair
Raymond R. LeClair
Feeding Hills
Sandra Hunter
Manchester
Conn
U.S. District Court
George C. Sweeney
Boston
U.S. Court of Appeals
Accused Killer of Deputy Returned To Face Charges
In a surprise move Ernest R McElveen waived extradition from Mississippi and was returned under heavy guard to face murder charges in the fatal shooting of Deputy Sheriff O Neal Moore. Authorities believe at least three people participated. FBI and state investigators study the bullet riddled car as McElveen, a 41 year old laboratory technician, denies involvement. The case unfolds amid racial tensions in Bogalusa with Moore dying from a high powered rifle shot and Rogers wounded.
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Bogalusa
Ernest R. McElveen
Mississippi
McElveen
Washington Parish
Franklinton
O’neal Moore
Creed Rogers
State Crime Laboratory
Rogers
New Orleans
Tylertown
Miss
Moore
Louisiana
Senate Seeks Unified Daylight Saving Time Start End
The Senate approved a bill by voice vote to require all DST users to begin and end on the same dates each year if the House agrees. It designates 2 a.m. on the last Sunday in April to start and 2 a.m. on the last Sunday in October to end DST, with no penalties or mandatory adoption of the schedule.
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Washington
House
Senate
Johnson coin change plan faces swift congressional push
Secretary Fowler told the House Banking and Currency Committee that the Treasury can prevent hoarding and melting as Congress weighs replacing silver in most coinage. The plan calls for copper center and nickel finish dimes and quarters and a greatly reduced silver content in half dollars.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Johnson
Henry H. Fowler
Fowler
Administration
House Banking and Currency Committee
House
Senate
A. Willis Robertson
D-Va
The
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Metals & Controls ships coin samples for nickel copper alloy
Metals & Controls Inc of Attleboro has sent nickel and copper coin samples to the Philadelphia mint for experimental striking of President Johnson's plan to virtually eliminate silver in coinage. Robe rt F. Roth adds the shipment quantity is "in the tons" and the firm has worked with the Bureau of the Mint for several months on the new coinage.
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Attleboro, Mass
Metals & Controls, Inc
Attleboro
Johnson
Robert F. Roth
Philadelphia
Bureau of the Mint
Court Session Cost Over $23,000
The two month spring session of Superior Court ended Friday and cost more than $23,000 according to County Treasurer John J Shields. Jurors accounted for 15900, deputy sheriffs for 3251, stenographers for 1654, and witnesses for 597.
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Superior Court
John J. Shields
Nitze Debates Long Run Pay Increases Over Rivers Plan
Secretary of the Navy Paul H. Nitze defended the administration bill as granting a long run benefit by annual pay reviews while Rep L Mendel Rivers denounced it as inadequate. Rivers called the Pentagon plan a pathetic effort to discredit committee recommendations. The committee seeks a 10.7 percent jump totaling 392 474 000, while the Pentagon proposal asks for 4.3 percent or 402 837 000 with annual adjustments tied to civil economy trends.
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Washington
Paul H. Nitze
L. Mendel Rivers
C. Nitze
Pentagon
Robert 8. McNamara
Rivers
House Armed Services Committee
Jan Bunge
Space Walk Careers and Lunar Plans for 1960s NASA
NASA plans a rapid expansion of astronaut training with 28 in Houston and 10 to 20 more named, forging a Gemini program that includes a rendezvous with Agena and an Apollo path toward the moon by the late 1960s. Missions include lunar orbiters, orbital astronomy, and Saturn V tests, aiming for a manned moon landing before 1970 and Mars exploration potentially between 1975 and 2000. Meanwhile Congress approves 133000 extra to keep Capitol open later during tourist season with more police and services.
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Washington
Nana
Jim McDivitt
Ed White
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Houston
McDivitt-White
Space
Agena
Moon
Apollo
Ranger
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
OAO
Mars
UPI
House Appropriations Committee
Capitol Hill
Capitol
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