Selma Protesters Prepare to Resume March
About 200 civil rights demonstrators massed at the Berlin Rope in Selma Alabama ready to resume a march halted by police since Wednesday. State Conservation Corps officers stood by with billy clubs and cattle prods as leaders including Ralph Abernathy urged persistence. The protest followed a white Boston clergyman near death from a beating, with federal observers, clergymen from 30 states, and a request to President Johnson to use federal force for protection.
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Selma
Ala
UPI
Berlin
Wilson Baker
State Conservation Corps
Baker
Boston
James Reed
Johnson
Abernathy
Martin Luther King
Brown's Chapel
Dallas
Court Denies Contempt Against King
A U S district judge refused Sheriff James G. Clark’s bid to hold Dr. Martin Luther King Jr in contempt over a Selma march. The court noted contempt is between the court and the alleged contemnor, as civil rights leaders and the Justice Department sought to bar interference with peaceful demonstrations. King led a 2500-person march that was halted by state troopers. the event ended peacefully with federal aid.
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Montgomery
Ala
James G. Clark
Dallas
Martin Luther King Jr
Selma
U.S
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Clark
Justice Department
King
Johnson
Vote Recount Set by Labor Dept
Washington officials moved to take custody of IUE ballots after a close election. IUE President James B. Carey was reelected by about 2,193 votes out of over 33,000. The Labor Department will investigate and recount under safeguards, with Paul Jennings seeking to overturn the result.
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Bor
Labor Department
Carey
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
TUE
Charles Donahue
Labor de
Partment
Jennings
IUE
Wirtz
U S Plans Expanded Troop Deployments to South Viet Nam
Washington reports indicate the United States will send additional ground units to South Viet Nam to join two Marine battalions in Da Nang. McNamara disclosed a $59 million increase in military aid, shifted from economic funds, to advance priority needs. Pentagon briefings note improved damage from a recent 160-plane raid in North Viet Nam and suggest future lifts in troop deployments to free Vietnamese forces for offensive actions.
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Washington
UPI
United States
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Congress
U. S
Johnson
McNamara
U.S
Pentagon
da Nang Air Base
Senator Julius Ansel Suffers Slight Heart Attack
Sen. Julius Ansel of Boston endured a slight heart attack and was hospitalized after feeling tired during a night session. He was stricken at his Dorchester home and the hospital’s name was withheld to ensure rest. wife and doctors described the episode as a brief illness.
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Boston
UPI
Julius Ansel
Ansel
Dorchester
Judge Bars Publicity Curb On Strangler of 13 Women
Boston AP report says Supreme Court Justice Whittemore denied a petition to curb publicity about a Bridgewater State Hospital inmate who allegedly confessed to 13 stranglings of women in Eastern Massachusetts. The case involves calls for independent psychiatric examination and potential state guardianship, with sources naming Bailey Algierson Altman Robey Benzaquin Zimmerran.
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Boston
Supreme Court
Arthur L. Whittemore
State
Massachusetts
Adty
Edward W. Brooke
Whittemore
Attys
F. Lee Bailey
John Algierson
China Altman
Life Magazine
James Robey
Bridgewater State Hospital
Paul Benzaquin
WEEI
Charles Zimmerman
Bridgewater
Cambridge
J. Waller Skinner
Robey
Bailey
Skinner
Attorney General’s Office
Boston Record-American
Lawrence
Mary Brown
Bonn Not Renewing Arms for Israel
West Germany will not resume arms shipments to Israel, despite demands linked to establishing diplomatic ties. A government spokesman said Erhard would push Israel to accept alternative goods while halting deals worth about 20 million dollars of an 80 million package. Jewish leaders seeking compensation for Nazi persecution were to meet with Erhard.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Israel
Ludwig Erhard
Erhard
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Nasser
Karl Guenther von Hase
von Hase
Ehard
Kurt Birrenbach
Jorhard
USW President Election Protests Probed Across Cities
Tellers will investigate field protests in Philadelphia Boston Buffalo Pittsburgh and the Southwest and West starting Monday. More than 300 protests were filed after the Feb 9 election between David J. McDonald and I W Abel as union talks with the steel industry continue and a winner remains unresolved for weeks.
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Pittsburgh
UPS
United Steelworkers Union
USW
Wayne Antrim
Hammond
Ind
USW International Teller Committee
Philadelphia
Boston
Buffalo
Southwest
David J. McDonald
Union
I. W. Abel
McDonald
Abel
Federal Aid Again Sought For NHRR
In New Haven Connecticut commuters and Rep Robert Giomio urged federal aid for the bankrupt New Haven Railroad despite Johnson administration opposition. Giomio asked a bistate authority funded by state and federal money, while the New England Council said Southern New England and New York must bear the rescue burden as Commerce Committee hearings continued.
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New Haven, Conn
UPI
New Haven
Robert N. Giaimio
Dconn
Senate Commerce Committee
New England Council
John ©. Pastore
D-R.j
New England
New York
Washington
6000 Marines to Replace Assignees in Vietnam Move
At Pearl Harbor Hawaii a 6000 man Marine brigade boarded ships Wednesday night reportedly bound for Okinawa to relieve 3500 Marines sent to South Vietnam earlier this week. A spokesman for Admiral U S Grant Sharp Pacific commander said the Marines are moving with no further official comment in Hawaii.
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Hawaii
Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station
Pearl Harbor
California
Okinawa
Washington
Far
Pacific
South Viet Nam
Adm
U.S. Grant Sharp
1St Marine Brigade
Quunieanietn
Tri-Town Group Brings in Lenox For Twin Regional Study
West Stockbridge reports unanimous push to form a four town regional board joining Great Barrington Stockbridge West Stockbridge and Lenox. Lenox studies space needs and delays in contract signing while three town plans push toward a May vote. Lenox could join later if four town district forms.
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Tri-Town
Lenox
Twin
West Stockbridge
Tri-Town Regional District High School
Great Barrington
Stockbridge
Lenox Group
Sehgal
Lenox Regional Study Committee
Hiram F. Batteey
Robert L. Plageman
Tri-Town Committee
Threetown
Henry T. Dunker
Fourtown
Dunker
B57 Crashes On Strike Near Saigon
A U S Air Force B57 bomber crashed on a strike mission in Binh Dinh Province about 260 miles north of Saigon. Two Americans aboard were unconfirmed. some reports say they ejected. Ground search found no bodies. cause under review. no ground fire reported. The bomber reportedly hit a Viet Cong target area with napalm just before the crash.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Air Force
Binh Dinh
U S Presses For Arms Talk In Geneva
UPI reports United States calls for an early resumption of the 17 nation disarmament conference in Geneva. Ambassador Clare Timberlake notes Soviet refusal to resume talks while warning crises in Southeast Asia must not deter efforts to reduce nuclear war danger.
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Geneva
UPI
United States
Southeast Asia
Clare H. Timberlake
Timberlake
Vehicle Registrar Tagged for Illegal Parking
Worcester AP report says Massachusetts Registrar of Motor Vehicles Richard E. McLaughlin was fined two dollars for parking over an hour in a taxi stand near a no parking sign while he appeared on a radio broadcast. His sedan with prestige plate and state seal was unattended as he and his chauffeur attended the studio. He said they were late for the service and would pay the fine next morning.
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Worcester
Massachusetts Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Richard E. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Fast rental ad proves quick results for Mrs Rennie
Mrs James Rennie of 140 Plunkett Street reports her advert for rental property ran three days and drew 15 to 20 calls. She praises Eagle Family Want Ads for cost efficiency, saying the small ad spend saves a month's rent. She advises calling 447-7311 for an Eagle Ad Visor.
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James Rennie
Plunkett Street
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Birmingham
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George Wallace
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John Doar
Justce Department
Selma Public Safety Head
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By Stewart Hensley
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Robert T. Chaffee
Lenox Local Plans
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