Justice Dept seeks halt to Alabama grand jury probes
The Justice Department asked a federal court in Mobile to end grand jury investigations in Dallas County and Selma aimed at blocking federal enforcement efforts. It centers on transportation for Martin Luther King Jr. during an Oct. 15 integration rally, with officials alleging voter intimidation and overreach. Sheriff James Clark condemned the move as an attempt to stop inquiries. Gov. George Wallace and Clark had sparked related investigations in Montgomery County.
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Justice Department
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Selma
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Montgomery County
Court Halts Tests In Medgar Evers Case
The Mississippi Supreme Court halted further pretrial mental tests for Byron de la Beckwith and ordered his return to jail in Jackson to stand trial for the slaying of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. The court, by six to three, ruled Circuit Judge Leon Hendrick exceeded his authority in ordering tests at Whitfield Mental Hospital on motion by the state.
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Medgar Evers
Leon Hendrick
Jackson
Beckwith
Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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Whitfield
Rankin County
O.H. Barnett
Suspected Killer Of Hub Detective Is Found Dead
In Boston 22 year old ex convict Nicolas Yasaian was found dead in a Cambridge freight yard after a jewelry store holdup slaying that killed Det. George J. Holmes. Officials say autopsy shows barbiturate poisoning. Robert Dellelo, 23, of Boston faces murder charges in superior court, to be arraigned today.
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David C. Dow
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Bay State neighbors profited on holiday sales
Out of state merchants near the Massachusetts border reportedly reaped sizeable profits while leveraging the Bay State’s holiday closing laws. Merchandising gimmicks including sales and bargains were used by border businessmen to stimulate trade.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Bay State
Nixon Dodging? Columnist Says So
James Marlow reports that former Vice President Richard Nixon has not ruled out the 1964 presidential nomination. He has not declared he will not accept a draft and urges Republicans to avoid early commitment, while signaling no active campaign. Nixon's stance leaves open a possible draft if the convention is deadlocked.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
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Power Split Spark at Vatican Bishops Conference Debate
Vatican City AP reports US cardinals clashed over a schema to empower national bishops conferences with juridical powers. Cardinal McIntyre warned such power could threaten papal infallibility and church unity, while Cardinals Ritter and Meyer favored decentralizing the Curia to strengthen unity and internationalize church governance.
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Los Angeles
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St. Louis
Albert Gregory Cardinal Meyer
Chicago
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America
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Cardinal Meyer
Ritter
Yale Professor Barghoorn Arrested as Spy in Moscow
Yale University political science professor Frederick Barghoorn, 52, was arrested in the Soviet Union on espionage charges. He had been touring the USSR on a tourist visa, with embassy officials seeking details on his detention. The case follows recent espionage actions involving other diplomats and prisoners. Barghoorn previously warned of Stalinist tendencies in the USSR.
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Englewood
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Siberia
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Auburnham
Mass
East Germany
Father Ciszek
Makinen
Amherst College
Harvard University
Amherst
Radcliffe College
Somalia Accepts Soviet Arms Amid Greater Somalia Nurturing Tensions
U S officials report Somalia will take 30 million in Soviet arms and refuse 18 million from the West. Mogadishu hosts Communist advisers as the USSR builds a large base. Nationalism backs a plan for a Greater Somalia uniting Somalis across the Horn, threatening Kenya's fragile hold on the Northern Frontier District. The move signals a potential shift in regional power and friction with Western powers.
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Soviet Union
West Africa
Africa
Douglas-Home launches drive for modernization and reform
Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home's Conservative government opens a new parliamentary session with a goal to modernize British industry and expand social services. Education plans include an 80 million pound annual school building program and targeted funding for technical and handicapped education, as Labor questions funding.
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Boyle
Britain
High Court Rejects Hoffa Bid to Block Trial
Washington AP James R Hoffa Teamsters Union President lost in an effort to block his Nashville Tennessee jury tampering trial. He sought transfer to a different U S district court and argued the grand jury was illegally constituted and that grand jury minutes were disclosed to FBI agents. The Supreme Court gave no comment and noted Justice Goldberg had disqualified himself.
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James IR. Hoffa
Teamsters’ Union
Supreme Court
Nashville
Tenn
High Tribunal
Hoffa
U.S
FBI
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Berkshire NAACP Opposes One Day School Boycott
Berkshire NAACP declines participation in a proposed one day boycott of Massachusetts public schools to protest Benjamin Willis head of a state study commission. Frank T. Walker and Floyd J. Walker cite sympathy with Willis removal but warn against endorsing a boycott. Proceeds from events were noted: $142 from a Williams College lecture and $40 from a Halloween Masquerade.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Massachusetts
Frank T. Walker
Pittsfield
NAACP
New England
Benjamin G. Willis
Chicago
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Floyd Walker
Frank Walker
Hoycott
Nelson F. Hine
James M. Burns
Williams College
Legal Aid
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Legal bookies urged by RI defender
Rhode Island public defender Leo Patrick McGowan said he may ask the state legislature to pass a law legalizing off track betting. He plans to request consideration as a private citizen to the General Assembly's finance or judiciary committee.
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