Editors Report Alabama Tour
An invited group of editors and newsmen toured Alabama with Gov. George Wallace defending against perceived distortions in civil rights coverage. The executive editor of a California paper found the trip worthwhile, praising Alabama’s resources and potential economic growth while noting limited access to civil rights leaders and officials.
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Alabama
George C. Wallace
Malcolm Epley
Long Beach
Calif
Independent
Press-Telegram
Montgomery
Ala
George Wallace
Richmond Flowers
Gov. Wallace
Chamber of Commerce
Optimism for Future Editor Charleston
A Mobile Alabama visit by journalists from across the country highlights Alabama’s hospitality and progress while noting ongoing race tensions. The tour aims to counter criticism and showcase leaders in Montgomery Birmingham Selma Huntsville Cullman Decatur Mobile, with cautious hope that Alabama can overcome racial friction through restraint and growth.
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Mobile
Ala
Cumberland Plateau
Gulf of Mexico
Alabama
Chamber of Commerce
George C. Wallace
Montgomery
Birmingham
Selma
Huntsville
Cullman
Decatur
Triple Slaying Fugitive Surrenders
Duane Pope, 22, McPherson Kansas College graduate and suspect in the June 4 Farmers State Bank Big Springs robbery, surrendered Friday after a phone call to a police dispatcher. He is accused of killing bank president Andreas Kjeldgaard and cashier Glen Hendricks and book keeper Lois Ann Hothan, wounding Franklin Kjeldgaard. The group was shot in the back during the robbery and about $1598 was taken. Donald Olson was injured in a separate hit and run at Lake Madison.
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Kansas City
Duane Pope
Big Springs
Web
Vernon Scoville
FBI
Pope
McPherson, Kan
Farmers State Bank of
Andreas Kjeldgaard
Glen Hendricks
Lois Ann Hothan
Franklin Kjeldgaard
Dynamite Cache Uncovered At Minuteman Training Site
Virginia State Police and FBI uncovered a dynamite cache in Prince William County near Occoquan three miles southwest of Occoquan and 20 miles south of Washington. The site inside a 3000 acre wooded area housed dynamite fuses and caps buried in bags, with empty cartridges and ammo boxes nearby. The Minutemen guerrilla group reportedly used the site for close combat drills showing a hidden training base with a reservoir nearby.
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UPI
Manassas
Virginia
Prince William County
Minuteman
Charles E. Nicholls
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fhe Woods
Occoquan
Washington
FBI
U.S
Prince William
Minutemen
MIT Head Warns Courts Misread Personal Liberty
MIT President Dr. Julius A Stratton cautioned at commencement that dangerous trends shape how Americans interpret constitutional personal liberty. He warned courts often overlook protecting victims and public safety while focusing on technical rights of the accused amid a record 1366 degrees awarded including 163 doctorates and 430 masters.
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Cambredge
Julius A. Stratton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT
Stratton
Teacher Died Of Natural Cause In Hadley Mass
Dr Norton Bigelow state pathologist said Frances Rich 36 found dead Tuesday in her Hadley home died of natural causes. He noted she fainted and cut and bruised her head and died. He added a rare endocrine disease combined with epilepsy could have been fatal.
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Hadley
Mass
Norton Bigelow
Frances Rich
Rich
Hotel Fire Kills 3 at Victoria Hotel
Plainfield officials report a century old Victoria Hotel fire that swept through the building killing three guests and injuring eighteen others. Fire crews held the blaze to two and a half hours with 110 guests evacuated and five hospitalized in stable condition.
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Plainfield
N.J
Victoria
Auto Exhausts Endanger Us Warned By U S Aide
Washington reports that Vernon G. Mackenzie assistant U S surgeon general told a House subcommittee that auto exhaust may cause cancer and worsen lung diseases. He urged passage of a Senate approved air pollution bill expanding federal control over exhausts. The rising car numbers demand a nationwide pollution attack.
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Washington
API
Vernon G. MacKenzie
U.S
House Commerce Subcommittee
House
Senate
United States
MacKenzie
Low-Yield Nuclear Test Reported at Nevada Site
Washington AP reports a low-yield nuclear test conducted underground Friday at the Atomic Energy Commission Nevada test site. It marks the 13th weapons-related test announced by the AEC this year. The blast yields no more than 20,000 tons of TNT.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
AEC
Army Aide W Brester Kopp Confirmed by Senate
The Senate confirmed W. Brester Kopp of New York as assistant secretary of the Army on Friday. He succeeds Edmund T. Pratt Jr., who resigned from the post.
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Washington
Hampton Beach riot inquiry targets landlords and rules
Hampton Beach investigators criticize locals for lax decency standards during the Labor Day riot. A 14 member commission urged a behavior code, rental process controls, and summer state trooper supervision of the area. Gov. King said recommendations will be acted on. A separate note reports Mrs Kennedy’s Park Avenue office funding approved to June 30, 1966.
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Concord
N.H
Hampton Beach
John W. King
Washington
UPI
John F. Kennedy
Park Avenue
New York City
House Appropriations Committee
Kennedy
Congress
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Minuteman Rendezvous
Alexandria Water Co
Mare’s Nest
England
MIT Head
Army
Mike
Coltsville Corners
Motorola
Newberrys
RCA Victor
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