Fighteen Nabbed In Rightists Case
In Philadelphia Mississippi FBI agents arrested 18 men including Sheriff Lawrence Rainey and Deputy Cecil Price in the June deaths of three civil rights workers. The arrests extended to Meridian and Union as authorities prepared murder warrants and the nation learned of the disappearances that triggered a major investigation.
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Neshoba County
Lawrence Rainey
Cecil Price
Rainey
Price
Misssissippi
Meridian
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Andrew Goodman
Michael Schwerner
James Chaney
Hoover
Here
Herman Tucker
James E. Jordan
Jerry Sharp
Jack Thornell
Andre Goodman
James
Chaney
Mississippi
White House
Jobless Rate Drops To 5 Percent Nationally
Washington AP reports the U.S. unemployment rate fell to 5 percent in November, the second lowest since 1960, with October at 5.2 percent. Mild weather delayed cuts, while adult male unemployment dropped to 3.5 percent. Job holders fell by 300,000 to 70.8 million. civilian labor force declined to 74.2 million.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Water Levels Below Normal in Maine for November
Augusta AP Maine water supplies stayed below normal in November says U S Geological Survey District Engineer Gordon S Hayes Precipitation averaged 89 percent of normal and stream flow ranged from 45 to 105 percent at four stations Water in storage across seven reporting systems stood at 66 percent of average for month end.
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Augusta
Maine
Gordon S. Hayes
U.S. Geological Survey
Hayes
Governors Split Over Proposal
Governors split over Idaho Governor Smylie proposal to oust GOP National Chairman Dean Burch amid calls for strong leadership. Some leaders, like Romney, oppose purges and urge unity, while Smylie says the party must act after defeats. Chafee comments hint at broader debate within the Republican governors.
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Colo
Robert Smylie
Idaho
Dean Burch
Navy
Smylie
National Committee
GOP
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
Ard M. Nixon
Goldwater
Burch
George Romney
Michigan
Romney
John H
John H. ‘Chafee
Rhode Island
Mariner 4 Rolls Wild On Flight To Mars
In Pasadena Calif the U S spacecraft Mariner 4 began a wild roll early today delaying at least 24 hours an attempt to fire its rocket toward Mars The malfunction is the first serious problem since launch Saturday Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists sent commands to be stored for later execution including releasing lock on the star Canopus and initiating a roll to reorient the craft for the burn
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Pasadena
Calif
U.S
Mariner 4
Mars
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Canopus
Mboria Named To State Post
AUGUSTA AP The Executive Council confirmed Marion Fuller of York for the Maine Milk Commission. Also approved were Constantine D Mboria of Saco to the Board of Pharmacy and Stanley H Rowe of Gorham to the Board of Osteopathic Examination and Registration Mboria first York County appointee on the pharmaceutical board in about 25 years and linked to Percys Pharmacy Saco.
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York County
Pharmaceutical Board
Hoover Defies Retirement Talks With Enduring FBI Drive
FBI chief J Edgar Hoover, aged 69, says he feels fine and will stay active. In an exclusive interview he notes lighter weight gained through diet, cites health as reason to remain, and rejects retirement despite Johnson extending years before mandatory retirement. He downplays clashes with King and the Kennedy assassination inquiry.
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Don Whitehead
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Associated Press
Hoover
Washington
Martin Luther King
Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy
Joe Kennedy
John
Allen Dulles
CIA
News At A Glance Highlights from Washington and World Events
A roundup of political and international notes includes J Edgar Hoover facing retirement talk, senators probing alleged payoffs involving a German beauty in the Bobbie Baker case, and NATO nuclear force talks with Britain. Other items cover Georgia death row, NASA Mars mission risks, student protests, religious outreach in Bombay, and US Russia talks on Cold War finances.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Bobby Baker
Johnson
U.S
GOP
Dean Burch
Preston Cobb Jr
Georgia
Cobb
Mariner 4
Russia
Mars
Clark Kerr
University of California
Paul VI
Bombay
United States
U.N
Milk Control Law Upheld By Court
Maine Supreme Court upholds the 1935 milk control law as constitutional, ruling it does not violate due process or interstate commerce. Cumberland Farms won three of seven cases involving selling milk below state minimums. The court also found illegal Cumberland rebate coupons and left moot a price schedule appeal. Four Cumberland cases remain unresolved on appeal.
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Portland
Maine
Supreme Court
Cumberland Farms Northern
Maine Milk Commission
Cumberland Farms
U.S
Cumberland
Cecil J. Siddall
Commission
Siddall
Francis Sullivan
Sullivan
Post Office Folks Crossing Fingers
Washington AP report notes peak mailing period as Christmas three weeks away. Post Office aims to deliver 7 billion pieces and uses 145000 seasonal workers. Chicago bottleneck feared but new parcel facility and $1 million in gear installed. Deadlines set: Dec 10 for air parcels to troops, Dec 14 local gifts, Dec 15 local greeting cards.
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Washington
Chicago
Windy City
John A.gronouski
Post Office Department
United States
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