Wallace Declines Meeting With Marchers at Capitol
In Montgomery a 200-man delegation failed to meet Gov. George Wallace after 25,000 marchers rallied at the Alabama Capitol led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Troops, conservation officers, and barricades blocked access. the governor’s secretary offered an appointment later. King urged continued civil rights action as Selma seeks legal redress over policing costs and losses from the boycott.
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Moon Pictures Reveal Possible Landing Sites
Washington UPS report says Ranger 9 found two to possibly three lunar landing spots near crater Alphonsus based on photos. NASA head James Webb told Johnson and cabinet members that plains areas and crater floors require more data to confirm firm support for a lander before next missions Surveyor and Lunar Orbiter will follow to map and analyze the moon’s surface.
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Grissom Young Describe Mishap On Gemini Three Reentry
CAPE KENNEDY UPI Virgil Grissom and John Young describe their Gemini 3 reentry with four gravity pulls instead of eight and a helmet face plate scratch from a parachute suspension change. They praised the craft’s overall performance and looked forward to longer flights while science officials warned of long term gravity effects after weightlessness.
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Civil rights observances spread across New England states
In Boston a Negro minister spoke from a mock slave auction block at City Hall as 6,000 New Englanders joined companion demonstrations across six states. R.L. and two bishops led a Providence march to the Statehouse, while a 40 car motorcade pressed for fair housing in Augusta Maine. Newburyport students planned a 14 mile march for civil rights in the South.
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House Approves Pay Raise for Massachusetts Legislators
Boston lawmakers advance a bill to restore a retroactive raise for state legislators, boosting base pay from 5200 to 7000 and expense allowances from 400 to 900, with turnover to the Senate and a Monday reading planned amid debates over tax policy and executive concerns. The issue revisits a five year cycle of raises and repeals tied to voter referenda and prior administrations.
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