Industrial Workers To Be Probed Individually
In Philadelphia Mississippi FBI road blocks will halt traffic at Emerson Electric and Wells Lamont workers as investigators question each employee about the disappearances of three civil rights workers. Photos of the missing men will be posted. search efforts continue in Pearl River and surrounding swamplands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia, Miss
Philadelphia
FBI
U.S. Motors
Emerson Electric and Wells-Lamont Corp
Pearl River
Meridian Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Johnson
Navy
Yates Crossing
The
National Guard
Highway Patrol
Ato
Andy Goodman
Michael Schwerner
New York
James Chaney
Meridian
Miss
Mississippi
Paul B. Johnson Jr
Biracial committee formation in St. Augustine nears completion
In St Augustine Florida a biracial committee to mediate racial conflict moves toward formation as efforts to reestablish whites and Negroes communications continue. King ally Hosea Williams says the group will be allowed days to show progress while segregationists rally nearby with Confederate flags. Governor Bryant works to revive talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Augustine, Fla
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
J.B. Stoner
Atlanta
Connie Lynch
San Bernardino
Calif
St. Augustine
Hosea Williams
First Baptist Church
Alabama
Farris Bryant
Tallahassee
Pay Raise Sparks Controversy Over Private Finances
In Washington the push to disclose members of Congress outside assets and income runs alongside a plan to raise federal salaries to 30 000 a year for senators and representatives. Senator Keating proposes linking any pay raise to asset disclosures and outside income. Chairman Jordan will seek broader disclosure of senators outside business and professional activities. Keating argues conflict-of-interest reforms would restore public trust amid wage proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N.y
B. Everett Jordan
D-N.c
Senate Rules Committee
Keating
House
State Accidents Kill At Least 9 in West Virginia
Weekend disasters across West Virginia claim at least nine lives across water, roads, and accidents. Patty Dotson, 12, drowns in Tug Fork near Gilbert. others die in Crozier Lake, Laurel Creek Lake, and a Fairmont one car crash. Bee sting proves fatal for William Allison. fall from scaffold kills Claborne Hylton. Police report rising state death toll.
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West Virginia
Mingo County
Tug Fork
Gilbert
Patty Dotson
Delbarton
Harrison County
Mildred Miller
Fairmont
George Burt
Jerry Christian
Eckman
McDowell
Crozier Lake
Huttonsville
Larry Travise
Coalton
Don Bosco
Mingo
Thomas J. Stanely
McAndrews
Laurel Creek Lake
Lenore
Stanely
William H. Allison
Fraziers Bottom
Winfield
Allison
South Charleston
Claborne Price Hylton
Stallings
Logan County
Amherst Coal Co
Lundale
Hylton
Virginia Adds 10 To Total
Virginia highway deaths rose to 457 with ten more fatalities, including three in a Loudoun County crash and two each in Augusta and Stafford counties. The report cites several weekend crashes across Purcellville, Waynesboro, Falmouth, and Rappahannock County as victims including Frank Allen Grimes and Stanley Bryne, among others.
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Virginia
Loudoun County
Augusta
Stafford
Purcellville
Frank Allen Grimes
Stanley McIntosh Bryne
James Allen Mitchell
Lincoln
Grimes
Waynesboro
Gene Attrey Awkward
John Richard Johnson
Lyndhurst
Awkward
Augusta County
Falmouth
Michael Allen Polk
Frances Wilmerdean Polk
Elmer Polk Jr
Stafford County
Inside Abby A One Woman Show At The Theater
Abby reveals a candid monologue about fame and aging weaving humor and honesty. The piece blends personal anecdotes with sharp social observations in a concise performance review.
Prince Edward County Seeks Grants For Non-Discriminatory Schools
Attorneys for Prince Edward County Negroes urge federal court to order the county to fund public schools for all children and to bar tuition grants for attendance at discriminatory schools. They argue current orders allow only reopening Negro schools and would sustain segregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Prince Edward County
County Board of Supervisors
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Federal District Court
S. W. Tucker
Henry L. Marsh III
Prince Edward
Mte
Oren R. Lewis
Lewis
John D. Butzner Jr
Surry County
Surry
Butzner
Supreme Court
Plane crash survivor found after 24 hours in swamp near Wilmington
William Lester Teal, 35, a North Carolina furniture worker, was rescued in critical condition from a Cessna 182 wreck five miles from Wilmington Airport after more than a day trapped in dense woods. His companion, Katherine Devere, 37, survived with scratches and a broken finger.
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Wilmington
N. C
North Carolina
William Lester Teal
Cape Fear Hospital
Katherine Devere
Columbus
Ohio
Teal
Tru-Flight Club
Hickory
Camp le Jeune Marine Base
Senate may back nationwide food stamp expansion
President Johnson seeks a nationwide food stamp program with Senate action this week. Sen. Ellender directs executive session for speedy approval, while Sen. Aiken has long urged such food disposal measures. If approved, Mansfield plans early Senate passage as part of the war on poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Senate
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Congress
Agricultural Committee
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
Beaver High Graduate Drowns in Baltimore
Emory Bowman Jr aged 18 and a 1964 Beaver High School graduate from Ada Mercer County accidentally drowned in Baltimore Maryland on Sunday. He had left Bluefield soon after graduation to attend barber school and his body will be returned to Mercer Funeral Home in Bluefield with funeral arrangements not yet complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory Bowman, Jr
Beaver High School
Bluefield
Ada
Mercer County
Baltimore
Young Bowman
Mercer Funeral Home
Printing Of Diary Spurs Demand Of Probe By Widow
In Dallas the publication of a diary by Lee Harvey Oswald led to a call for investigation from his widow's attorney. William E. McKenzie asserted that all evidence should go to the Warren Commission and be released only by them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Lee Harvey Oswald
William E. McKenzie
Oswald
Warren Commission
Khrushchev Faces Cool Reception In Norway
Soviet Premier Khrushchev wraps up a Scandinavian tour with a five day Oslo stay after cruising to port aboard the Bashkiria. Lange and Gerhardsen signal limited NATO and German questions while emphasizing general disarmament topics.
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Oslo
Norway
Khrushchev
Denmark
Sweden
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Halvard Lange
NATO
Lange
Einar Gerhardsen
Soviet Union
Glen Lyn Tot Dies From Farm Tractor Accident
Ervin Gooch Perdue 3 of Glen Lyn Virginia died in a Pearisburg hospital from injuries when a farm tractor overturned on him Saturday afternoon at work near Glen Lyn. Survivors include wife Thelma, mother Ruthie, three sons Grant Randall Roger, two daughters Barbara Weatherly Omeda, brother Edile, sisters Monie Jones Hattie Meadows, three grandchildren. Body sent to Riff's Funeral Home Narrows for arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervin Gooch Perdue
Glen Lyn
Pearisburg
Thelma Perdue
Ruthie Perdue
Grant Perdue
Baltimore
Randall
Roger Perdue
Barbara Weatherly
Chesapeake
Omeda Perdue
Edile Perdue
Monie Jones
Peterstown
Hattie Meadows
Riff’s
Narrows
Scranton Campaign Sees Limited Delegate Gains Ahead of Convention
AP survey shows Goldwater holding 689 first ballot votes to Scranton's 131 with 1,308 delegates total. Scranton has picked up about 50 votes from previously uncommitted delegates, while Goldwater gains offset losses in some states. Scranton aims to win over Goldwater supporters in North Carolina Georgia Tennessee Illinois and Utah this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Associated Press
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Scranton
Goldwater
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Ohio
North Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Illinois
Utah
Colorado
John Love
Love
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