Greatest Air Armada To Carry U S Division
An armada of 240 airlift and support planes will transport the 2nd Armored Division and 1,500 accompanying troops from Texas to Germany over three days. The operation, backed by Defense Department bases in five states, forms the largest such long range airlift to date, including 13,500 soldiers and 15,000 support personnel.
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Washington
Defense Department
Sion
Germany
Texas
France
J Srategic Air Command
U.S
Europe
Far East
Pentagon
United States
Atlantic
Nixon Warns Against Over selling Test Ban Pact
Syracuse report of Nixon urging Republicans to unite liberal and conservative wings amid push for the limited nuclear test ban treaty. He warned its approval would invite Soviet moves to cloak fronts and extend communism, while predicting strong Senate support but noting ongoing Cold War risks. Military airlift plans show U S activity to test transport capability and deter adversaries.
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N.Y
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Senate
Free World
Mutual Agents Association of
New York
United States
First Negro Ole Miss law student arrested on gun count
Cleve McDowell, the university’s only Black student, was taken into custody by Lafayette County Sheriff Jve Ford after a pistol dropped from his coat pocket on the campus. McDowell, 21, from Drew, was escorted to the Dean of Students office and later driven off campus.
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Oxford, Miss
Cleve McDowell
University of Mississippi
Lafayette County
Jve Ford
McDowell
Sheriff Ford
Dean of Students
L. L. Love
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Drew
Miss
Law School
Jackson State College For
Ole Miss
Birmingham Mediators Begin Kennedy Racism Efforts
Two former military men arrive in Birmingham at Kennedy's request to ease racial tensions. Kenneth Royall and Bart Blaik confer with Kennedy and meet white civic and minister groups as hopes rise for settlement. A federal grand jury indicted eight men linked to the National States Rights party for attempting to block school integration.
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Birmingham
Kennedy
Army
Kenneth Royall
Bart Blaik
Washington
National States Rights Party
Police Use Gas To Halt Marchers In Shreveport
In Shreveport Louisiana police dispersed a Birmingham memorial march with tear gas injuring two girls. Officers faced bottles and protests at Booker T. Washington High School as 19 marchers including 11 youths were arrested. Mounted units emerged and a county plane monitored the area while authorities withdrew to ease tension.
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Shreveport
Birmingham
Booker T. Washington High School
George D’artois
Harvey Teasley
R. H. Brown
D'Artois
Caddo Parish
Alonzo Chambers
Booker T. Washington Negro High School
Rail Arbitration Hearings Begin Before 7-Man Board
Washington AP reports public hearings start today before a seven man arbitration panel led by Ralph T. Seward. The board will hear railroad and five train operating unions over four hours daily for six weeks on core issues including layoffs of 32006 locomotive firemen and possible reductions in freight train crew sizes.
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Washington
Congress
Ralph T. Seward
Boston Voting On Segregation And Tax Cuts Today
In Boston voters head to the polls for the mayoral city council and school committee race with segregation and tax cuts flagged as key issues. Warmer weather with low 60s temperatures could push turnout toward 40 percent of about 301,000 eligible voters across 275 precincts.
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Boston
UPS
Gronouski Approved As Post Office Head
President Kennedy nominating John A. Gronouski to be postmaster general won unanimous Senate committee approval. Gronouski, 43, Wisconsin tax commissioner, testified briefly before the panel as it endorsed the nomination.
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Gronouski
Washington
Senate Post Office Committee
Kennedy
John A. Gronouski
Wisconsin
Postal zones and rates in Berkshire Eagle notice
This notice lists zone based mailing rates for subscriptions with durations from one month to one year and a change of address instruction. It specifies second class postage paid at Pittsfield Massachusetts and directs subscribers to notify the local Post Office and the Berkshire Eagle with both old and new addresses.
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Asral
Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
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