Television at Trial Overruled in Estes Case
The Supreme Court ruled that televising criminal trials infringes on defendants due process. Billie Sol Estes, serving a 15 year term for mail fraud and conspiracy, argued his state trial in Tyler, Texas was unfair due to camera presence. Justice Tom C. Clark stated press freedom does not extend a right to televise courtroom proceedings. No telecasting is allowed in federal courts. some states permit it at discretion.
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Supreme Court Today
Billie Sol Estes
Texas
Tom C. Clark
Estes
Tyler
Tex
Leavenworth
Kan
Supreme Court
Clark
High Court
Colorado
Keeney resigns as Brown University president in 1966
Providence AP reports Dr Barnaby C Keeney will resign as Brown University president on June 30 1966 after ten years in office. He says most presidents do their best work in ten years then become complacent and he has no future plans beyond leaving Brown. Keeney joined Brown as a history instructor nine years before his presidency.
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Providence
B. 1
Barnaby C. Keeney
Brown University
Keeney
Brown
Heavy U.S. Air and Marine Strikes Reported In Viet Nam
In Saigon and across South Viet Nam, U S and Vietnamese aircraft struck targets in the north including a radio station a radar site a depot barracks and three boats. Pilots claimed 10 weapons positions around a radar site and 19 buildings at Chap Le complex. They sank or damaged multiple vessels near Route 1 and hit the Vinh supply depot. Marines reported their best action of the war near Chu Lai killing about 80 Viet Cong with artillery while eight Marines died in a helicopter collision. A guard killed one Vietnamese prowler near Saigon enlisting men’s billet.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Hon Nhu Island
Chap le
Route 1
Vinh
South China Sea
Chu Lai
Chu
150 Area Phone Employes Join 12,000 in Work Hall
About 50 Berkshire County telephone plant workers joined 12,000 New England colleagues in a two day walkout protesting the suspension of a Framingham union official. IBTW picketed NET offices in Pittsfield Great Barrington North Adams and Adams while service continued in midmorning.
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New England
Ficial
Framingham
Pittsfield
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBTW
New England Telephone Co
Federal St
Berkshire District Co
South St
Boston
Paul E. Coughlan
BTW
NET
Great Barrington
Main Street
North Berkshire
North Adams
Adams
Coughlan
Librizzi Telephone Company
Pittefield
International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers
Five Day Forecast Indicates Warmth and Rain Showers
The forecast notes temperatures averaging 10 degrees above the seasonal norm of 62 through Saturday with cooler weekend conditions. Scattered thunderstorms are expected Thursday followed by more general showers toward the end of the week.
North Vietnamese Repair Some Bridges
Washington reports North Vietnam has restored several key bridges weeks after bombing. Temporary wooden spans were added to gaps, allowing limited bridge use. The Defense Department asserts pilots maintain high bombing accuracy and that policy still directs striking one bridge span rather than collapsing entire structures.
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North Viet Nam
U.S
Defense Department
Associated Press
Air Force
Navy
Pentagon
Department
Gemini 4 flight data informs future space plans
Houston AP dispatch notes Gemini 4 findings shape Gemini 7 and Apollo moon missions. Lessons include EVA feasibility, rendezvous aids, sustained alertness in weightlessness, and humidity behavior. Medical data from McDivitt and White to guide 7 and 14 day missions. Artemis program plans for emergency procedures also cited. In Bulwick England, 16 year old Martin Nottingham wins the Queens Head darts title.
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Houston, Tex
Moon
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
Charles A. Berry
Joseph Shea
White
Bulwick
England
UPI
Martin Nottingham
Queen's Head
Splashdown on Schedule in Gemini 4 Landing
Astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White returned from a four day space flight, splashing down in the Atlantic 49-50 miles from the planned area, after 97 hours 57 minutes and 62 orbits. They were picked up by helicopter and reported feeling well. The mission, 1,609,684 miles total, was called 100 percent successful despite a computer landing error.
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Houston
Tex
James McDivitt
Edward White
Atlantic
Space Fight
MacDivitt
Christopher Kraft
McDivitt
Wasp
Howard Minners
White
Earth
Guaymas
Mexico
Virgil Grissom
U.S
Valery F. Bykovsky
Alexei Leonov
Space
Judy Holliday Dies At 43 After Cancer Battle
Actress Judy Holliday widow of stage and screen, born Judith Tuvin in New York, died in her sleep at Mt. Sinai Hospital after a five year cancer fight. She leaves a son Jonathan and ex-husband David Oppenheim. Holliday rose to fame in Born Yesterday winning an Oscar for Billie Dawn and starred in Bells Are Ringing and Kiss Them for Me.
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UPI
Judy Holliday
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Miss Holliday
Judith Tuvin
Mt. Sinai
Jonathan
David Oppenheim
Orson Welles
Mercury Theater
Billie
New England Economy Booms Mid 1960s Outlook
AP survey of six New England states shows rising employment, deposits, and construction. 3.84 million on nonfarm payrolls, up nearly 300,000 since 1935. 1964 construction valued at 2.3 billion. Deposits rose from 15.6 to 25.1 billion. loans from 637 million to 1.4 billion. Connecticut and Maine see strong growth, Manchester NH notes 240 percent savings gain since 1950.
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New England
Federal Reserve Bank
F. W. Dodge Co
New England States
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
New Hampshire
Manchester
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