Industrial Workers To Be Probed Individually
In Philadelphia Mississippi FBI road blocks will monitor workers at Emerson Electric and Wells Lamont Corp as investigators seek clues to the disappearance of civil rights workers Andy Goodman Michael Schwerner and James Chaney. Photos of the missing men will be posted while search efforts resume along the Pearl River and surrounding swamplands.
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Philadelphia, Miss
Philadelphia
FBI
U.S. Motors
Emerson Electric and Wells-Lamont Corp
Pearl River
Meridian Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Johnson
Navy
Andy Goodman
Michael Schwerner
New York
James Chaney
Meridian
Miss
Mississippi
Paul B. Johnson Jr
Biracial Committee Nears Formation in St. Augustine
Reports indicate a biracial committee to replace violence talks in St. Augustine is close, pending acceptance of a Black member to satisfy King Jr and white leaders. William Hosea Williams said formation is imminent while segregationists vow nightly rallies as King aims to bridge the divide.
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
St. All
Private Deals Under Pressure in Congress Pay Rises
Senate moves this week to tie a congressional pay increase to disclosure of outside assets and income. Senator Keating pushes a pending bill to raise salaries for 1.7 million federal workers and congress members to 30,000 a year, while Jordan leads disclosure of outside business activities.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N.y
B. Everett Jordan
D-N.c
Senate Rules Committee
Keating
House
Accidents Kill At Least 9 Across West Virginia
The Associated Press reports at least nine deaths in weekend incidents across West Virginia. Drownings struck Mingo County and other rivers and lakes as warm weather drew bathers, while a Fairmont driver faced drunk driving charges after a one car wreck. A bee sting proved fatal for a 60 year old man near Winfield. a 66 year old man died in a fall at Lundale mine.
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West Virginia
Mingo County
Tug Fork
Gilbert
Patty Dotson
Delbarton
Harrison County
Mildred Miller
Fairmont
George Burt
Jerry Christian
Eckmans
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 police report ten additional highway deaths Sunday raising the state toll to 457, with three in a Loudoun County crash and two each in Augusta and Stafford counties. Victims include Frank Allen Grimes 22 and Stanley McIntosh Bryne 16 from Purcellville and James Allen Mitchell 16 of Lincoln in a Loudoun crash on Virginia 722 near Purcellville. Gene Avery Awkward 23 of Stuarts Draft and John Richard Johnson 25 of Lyndhurst died when Awkward’s car left Virginia 624 near Waynesboro and overturned down a bank in Augusta County. Michael Allen Polk 6 and Frances Wilmerdeen Polk 28 of Falmouth died Saturday when Elmer Polk Jr. failed to negotiate a curve on Virginia 1001 in Stafford County. Lucille Porter Grigsby 59 of Steelton Pa. died in a collision on Virginia 622 north of U S 211 in Rappahannock County.
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Virginia
Loudoun County
Augusta
Stafford
Purcellville
Frank Allen Grimes
Stanley McIntosh Bryne
James Allen Mitchell
Lincoln
Grimes
Waynesboro
Gene Autrey Awkward
Stuarts Draft
John Richard Johnson
Lyndhurst
Awkward
Augusta County
Falmouth
Michael Allen Polk
Frances Wilmerdean Polk
Elmer Polk Jr
Stafford County
Rappahannock County
Lucille Porter Grigsby
Steelton
U. S
Prince Edward County Negroes Seek Non discriminatory Education Funds
Attorneys for Prince Edward County Negroes ask federal courts to require the county to fund education for all children and to bar tuition grants for discriminatory schools. They seek to open non-discriminatory public schools. observers expect white children to remain in private segregated schools.
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Richmond
Prince Edward County
County Board of Supervisors
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Federal District Court
S. W. Tucker
Henry L. Marsh II
Prince Edward
Lewis
John D. Butzner Jr
Surry County
Surry
Butzner
Plane crash survivor found after 24 hours in swamp near Wilmington
William Lester Teal a 35 year old furniture worker was rescued from a Cessna 182 wreck in swampy terrain five miles from Wilmington Airport after more than 24 hours trapped unconscious with a broken back and shoulder. His companion Katherine Devere 37 suffered scratches and a broken finger and was in good condition.
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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 Eyes Fast Trail for Nationwide Food Stamp Plan
President Johnson seeks nationwide use of the experimental food stamp program and the Senate Agricultural Committee, led by Ellender, may fast track the bill in an executive session Monday. Aiken urges action and Mansfield signals early Senate passage as part of the war on poverty.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Congress
Agricultural Committee
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
Former Beaver High Graduate Drowns in Baltimore
Emory Bowman Jr. 18, a 1964 Beaver High School graduate from Bluefield and Ada resident, accidentally drowned in Baltimore Sunday afternoon. Bowman had left Bluefield soon after graduation to attend barber school. Body to be returned to Mercer Funeral Home in Bluefield. funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Emory Bowman, Jr
Beaver High School
Bluefield
Ada
Mercer County
Baltimore
Young Bowman
Mercer Funeral Home
Diary Publication Sparks Bid for Probe by Oswald Widow
Publication of a diary by Lee Harvey Oswald prompted requests for a probe from his widow’s attorney. William E. McKenzie said Marine Oswald believes all evidence should go to the Warren Commission and be released only by the Commission.
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Dallas
Lee Harvey Oswald
William E. McKenzie
Oswald
Warren Commission
Khrushchev Faces Cool Welcome in Norway on Nordic Trip
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev sails toward Oslo aboard the Bashkiria for a five day stay ending a Nordic tour that included Denmark and Sweden. Norway outlines NATO alignment and German question will not be discussed with Khrushchev, while Lange emphasizes general disarmament topics. Prime Minister Gerhardsen calls the visit a goodwill trip in response to his 1955 Soviet visit.
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Oslo
Norway
Khrushchev
Denmark
Sweden
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Halvard Lange
NATO
Lange
Einar Gerhardsen
Soviet Union
Glen Lyn Resident Dies Of Injuries
Ervin Gooch Perdue 50 of Glen Lyn Virginia died in Pearisburg hospital from injuries when a farm tractor overturned Saturday. Survivors include wife Thelma, mother Ruthie, three sons Grant Randall Roger, two daughters Barbara Omeda, brother Edile, sisters Monie Hattie, three grandchildren. Body to Riff's Funeral Home Narrows for arrangements.
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Ervin Gooch Perdue
Glen Lyn
Pearisburg
Thelma Perdue
Ruthie Perdue
Grant Perdue
Baltimore
Omeda Perdue
Edile Perdue
Monie Jones
Peterstown
Hattie Meadows
Riff
Narrows
Scranton Faces Long Odds For GOP Nomination
AP surveys 1,308 delegates as Goldwater leads with 689 first ballot votes, Scranton at 131. Scranton has gained about 50 votes from uncommitted or rival supporters, mainly from shifts in other states, with no Goldwater defections yet. Scranton plans to court delegates in North Carolina Georgia Tennessee Illinois and Utah this week.
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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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