Klansman Acquitted In Liuzzo Slaying At trial
A 21 year old Klansman Callie Leroy Wilkins Jr was acquitted of first degree murder in the March 25 slaying of Mrs Viola Liuzzo a Detroit mother of five as jurors deliberated 1 hour 45 minutes. The verdict ends one of several related trials with other Klan members still awaiting prosecution for the same case.
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Hayneville
Ala
Callie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Fairfield
Iala
Wilkins
Collie Wilkins Sr
Fate
Bessemer, Aija., Steel Company
William Orville Eaton
Aftso
Bessemer
Thomas
Eaton
Flowers
Birmingham
Arthur J. Haynes
Newsmen
Detrict
Anthony Liuzzo
Viola Liuzzo
Coltie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Liuzzo
Teamsters Union
Alabama
Detroit Teamsters Union
Selma
Montgomery
Rowe
Eugene Thomas
FBI
Linzzo
Thagard
Marion E. Williams
FBI Laboratory
Washington
Stringfellow Weathered By Pittsfield Travel Halt
Author William Stringfellow failed to reach Pittsfield for a LAC S conference due to rain and fog at LaGuardia Field. It was the third disruption to his Pittsfield appearances, with prior storms in 1964 and illness last March preventing engagements. Reverend David S. King traveled from Amherst to New York to bring him by car for the conference's second session at St Stephen's Church.
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Pittsfield
William Stringfellow
LaGuardia Field
Pitsfiek
Area Council of Churches
St. Stephen's Church
Stringfellow
David S. King of
Amherst
LACS
New York
Congress Votes Viet Nam Day
The House and Senate adopted resolutions requesting President Johnson proclaim Saturday November 27 as a national honor day for American service members in Viet Nam.
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Washington
House
Senate
Johnson
Viet Nam
Federal Raise Passed Sugar Quotas Agreed
Washington AP reports rapid congressional action on a 3.6 percent pay raise for 1.8 million federal civilian employees and a five-year sugar quota bill. The Senate approved the pay raise budget and House action followed by voice vote. Conferees settled key differences on the sugar quotas, while nominations and a Baker-related controversy surfaced in the final session of the 89th Congress. The year ends with major health and education expansions and broader social programs, though some items remained blocked.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Johnson
Harold D. Cooley
D-N.c
House Agriculture Committee
David
John J. Williams
R- del
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Bress
Baker
White House
Appalachia
Armed Services
Ali
Gov Wallace loses bid to extend succession rights
Alabama Senate defeated a constitutional amendment that would let Gov George Wallace and seven other state officers succeed themselves. The 18 to 14 vote fell three short of a needed two thirds with three absences. Wallace, in his first four year term since 1962, had summoned the legislature for a fourth session to push the measure amid a protracted filibuster led by Sen Bob Gilchrist.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Senate
George Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
House
Senate
Bob Gilchrist
Morgan County
Anti-Viet Nam Sit-In Leads To 10 Day Jail Sentences
In Ann Arbor thirty-six young people mostly University of Michigan students were sentenced to 10 days in jail for trespassing during an anti-Viet Nam sit-in at the Draft Board office. Fines and costs totaled 65 dollars per defendant. The judge rejected delaying sentences to Christmas break, noting the act was forceful. All defendants were released on 100 dollar bonds pending appeal.
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Draft Board
Ann Arbor, Md
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Francis J. O'Brien
O'Brien
Peter Darrow
Weekend Weather Outlook
Weekend weather calls for mostly cloudy cool conditions with morning rain showers and a return to drier afternoon skies. Highs will be in the 50s and lows in the 40s with a Sunday temperature swing.
Paul Tillich Theologian Dies At 79 In Chicago
Noted Protestant theologian Paul Tillich, 75, died Friday night at Billings Hospital after a mild heart attack on Oct. 15. A University of Chicago professor since 1962, he previously taught at Harvard and Union Theological Seminary. Born in Prussia, he fled Nazi Germany in 1933 and became a U.S. citizen in 19. He authored 14 books including Systematic Theology, The Protestant Era, Courage to Be, and Morality and Beyond.
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Tillich
Evangelical and Reformed Church
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East New Lenox Road
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T. Worth Thagard
Justice Department
James Turner
Turner
Slema
United States
Hanes
Informer Defended
Gary Thomas Rowe
Lowndes County
Williams
UIT
G. Bress
U.S
District of Columbia
Bobby Baker
Senate Rules Committee
Shis
Gov. Wallace
Wet Nam
Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
Stephen Smith
Marion
Friends
Smith
David J. Miller
Syracuse
N. Y
Armed Forces
New York City
Allahabad
India
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Paul Tillich
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