Negro marchers head to Brandon to register voters
About 100 marchers began a 14 mile route from a Negro church to Brandon Mississippi to press for voting rights. The march was monitored by state troopers and Rankin County deputies with James Farmer slated to join Saturday. Civil rights leaders warned marchers to avoid trouble while organizers planned segregated sleeping tents and restricted restroom use along the route.
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Brandon
Miss
Mississippi
Piney Woods
Here
Red Clay
James Farmer
The
Congress of Racial Equality
Rankin County
Walker
Freedom Democratic Party
Philadelphia
Partiicipants
Hunger Striker In Westchester Dies Of Heart Attack
Henry Dresher, 59, a mink farmer from Valhalla, began a hunger strike after an unpaid $5 traffic fine. A 24 day self imposed jail term led to weight loss and collapse at Grasslands Hospital. Autopsy cites degenerative coronary disease and prior heart condition as the cause of death.
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Valhalla
N.Y
Westchester County
Henry Dresher
Dresher
Grasslands Hospital
Leonard Rubenfeld
Rendezvous Plans Go On In Gemini 4 Mission
Astronauts James D. McDivitt and Edward White proceed with the first man in space rendezvous mission aboard Gemini 4 scheduled to begin June 3. White will use a maneuvering unit to approach within 20 feet of the Titan 2 second stage and later within 10 feet to test proximity. The plan includes White exiting the capsule, maneuvering toward the booster, and photographing the scene as part of a four day flight despite a minor battery delay.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Edward White
Space Agency
White
James D. McDivitt
U.S
Warren North
Flight Crew Support Division
McDivitt
Fife
Indian Ocean
Hawaii
Guaymas
Mexico
Florida
Africa
Lindsay Wins GOP Backing To Challenge Wagner
New York Rep John Lindsay accepted the Repub lican party backing to run against Democratic Mayor Robert F Wagner for a fourth term. More than 1 200 county committees across New York City nominated Lindsay by acclamation, while Lindsay said he would run as candidate Lindsay and rejected help from the GOP National Committee.
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New York
UPI
John V. Lindsay
Robert F. Wagner
New
Union Shops Ban Voided By Ky Court
The Kentucky Court of Appeals struck down local right to work ordinances as invalid and unenforceable, saying Congress pre empted cities from passing such laws. The Shelbyville ordinance, passed Feb 20 1964, was the first in Kentucky history and inspired at least 23 other cities to adopt similar measures.
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Frankfort
UPI
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Congress
High’ Court
Kentucky
Shelbyville
Shelby Circuit Court
Robert K. Cullen
High Court
Vegetable Oil Swindle Suspect Sentenced to 10 Years
Anthony DeAngelis, 49, Bronx native, received a 10 year federal sentence for his role in a multimillion dollar vegetable oil fraud that shook Wall Street. Judge Wartendyke imposed concurrent terms on forged warehouse receipt charges and conspiracy, with potential parole after three months under a new law. The judge noted no personal financial gain and said funds financed his vegetable oil business rather than personal use.
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Newark
Anthony
Tino) DeAngelis
Wall Street
DeAngelis
Bronx, N.Y
Reynier J. Wartendyke
Wartendyke
Wortendyke
New Coin Designs Face Vending Machine Realities
Washington AP reports Treasury weighs coin metal choices for dimes quarters and half dollars to fit vending machines while balancing silver supply. If silver is reduced to 30 percent the risk of coinage shortages persists, and costs rise for updating machines.
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Washington
Treasury
White House
Johnson
Kaiser Honored by AFL CIO as Humanitarian Labor Leader
Henry J. Kaiser, 83, chairman of Kaiser Industries, becomes the first businessman to receive the AFL CIO Philip Murray William Green Award. He is praised for viewing workers as humans and for successful labor relations, including union contracts and the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan serving 1.25 million. He funds medical research and emphasizes job, education, housing, and leisure.
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Washington
Nana
Johnson
Henry J. Kaiser
Kaiser Industries
Afl-Cio
Man
Kaiser
2 Fox
Murray-Green
Joseph A. Beirne
Communication Workers of America
Henry Kaiser
Fontana
Calif
Kaiser Foundation
Hawaii
Aflcio
Henry J
Edgar Kaiser
Old Henry
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North Street
Sawyer Fubtich
Railroad St. Gt. Barrington
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Dalton
Gemini
Lindsay
Gop
Ky. Court
Royal Cleaners
Anthony DeAngelis
Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield
Passachusetts
England
Schiaparelli
Sindlinger d& Company
RCA Victor
Frank
RCA Fictor
RCA
Newell St
Hibbard School
W.t.grant CO
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