King Plot Note Read At Hearing
A 19 year old Baltimore native Daniel Wagner told a congressional committee he wrote a letter outlining a plan to assassinate Dr. Martin Luther King at Antioch College Ohio last June The letter read into the record by the House Un American Activities Committee linked William Morris of Buchanan Georgia Eloise Witte of Cincinnati and Knights of the Ku Klux Klan The letter also described an attack on the White House Wagner facing armed robbery charges in Columbus Ohio said the plots were fanciful and never carried out The hearing audience laughed at some statements and Wagner admitted he wrote the letter with officials and later regretted it
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Geoffrey Gould Washington
Congressional Committee
Martin Luther King
Antioch College
Ohio
Daniel Wagner
Baltimore
House Committee On UN American Activities
Wagner
Columbus
White House
William Morris
Buchanan
Morris
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Eloise Witte
Cincinnati
King
Witte
Antioch
Yellow Springs
Foreign Visitors Pass Million Mark in U.S. Travel
Washington AP reports U S overseas visitors more than doubled in four years and exceeded one million for the first time last year according to the U S Travel Service.
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Washington
U.S
Dominican Strike Ties to Military Crisis in Santo Domingo
In Santo Domingo and New Orleans reports detail a Dominican Republic strike backed by labor leaders as military chiefs press for obedience from government forces. Violence followed an assault on two elderly sisters when gunmen looted their home taking $73,000 in cash and jewels.
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New Orleans
Santo Domingo
Juan Boschi
Bertha Freeman
Marie Robinson
Freeman
Ober
Or i
Mrs. Ider
Robinson
Dominican Revolutionary Party
Jean Santoni Vivoni
Sugar Corporation
Bosch
Garcia-Godoy
Armed Forces
Francisco J. Rivera Caminero
Girl 3 Found on Ledge After Honeysuckle Trapping Escape
BRICEVILLE Tenn UPI searchers found Karen Wilson a 3 year old girl sitting on a rock ledge two miles from home with one leg snagged in a honeysuckle vine. She was in good condition but frightened after nearly 24 hours missing. She had removed one boot while trying to free herself.
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Briceville, Tenn
UPI
Karen Wilson
World Council of Churches names Dr Eugene Blake head
The World Council of Churches elected Rev Dr Eugene Carson Blake of the United Presbyterian Church in the U S A as secretary general to succeed Dr W A Visser t Hooft. Blake, 59, will lead a group spanning 214 churches in 80 countries and pursue wider Christian unity.
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Geneva
Eugene Carson Blake
United Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
World Council of Churches
Council
W. A. Visser’t Hooft
Netherlands
Visser’ Hooft
Christendom
Dr. Blake
Central Committee
Blake
Presbyterian Church
U.S
World Council
Princeton
Christian College
Lahore
Pakistan
Pasadena
Calif
Fire Kills Five Children as US Antagonist War News Persists
A Minnesota farmer watched helplessly as flames destroyed his frame home killing five children James 14 Larry 12 Connie 10 Mike 7 and Susan 22 months The blaze at the Stoering residence near Elysian started around midnight Firefighters could not reach the upper floor promptly and the cause remained undetermined The tragedy coincides with ongoing Vietnam war reports noting 2005 U S deaths in combat since Jan 1 1961 and 103 fatalities in the past week alongside riverine and air assaults in the region
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Elysian, Minn
Gene Stoering
Elysian
James
Larry
Connie
Mike
Susan
Wang Steering
Siderabie
Steering
St Peter
Humphrey Tries Hog Call at Saigon Station
Vice President Humphrey attempted a hog call at Tan Son Nhut airport's agricultural research station near Saigon but the Viet Namese hogs did not respond. He joked about a universal language despite language barriers and his long call.
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Saigon
UPI
Humphrey
Tan Son Nhut
High Court Hears Remap Pleas in Iowa
The Iowa Supreme Court heard arguments on a challenge to the 1965 temporary legislative reapportionment plan. The suit argues the plan violates the one man one vote principle by at large elections in multicounty districts, potentially prompting a special session if struck down. Both sides expect a U.S. Supreme Court appeal.
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Des Moines
Towa Supreme Court
Towa
Iowa Senate
Ber Senate
Iowa
David Belin
House
Polk County
Warren
Belin
State Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
U S Planes Hit Vinh and Dong Hoi Coasts Again
In North Vietnam U S aircraft again plastered highways bridges rail lines ferries and barges around Vinh and Dong Hoi coastal cities, continuing bombardment along the coast.
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North Vietnam
U.S
Vinh
Dong Hoi
Two Soldiers Die of Meningitis Across U S Bases
Reports show two servicemen died this week from spinal meningitis, one at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas and another at Fort Gordon in Georgia. A total of twelve cases across Military Nam and bases led to heightened precautions as 16 000 basic trainees at Lackland were confined to the base to prevent spread.
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San Antonio
Fort Gordon
Saigon
UPI
Military Nam
Lackland Research
Air
the Army
Secretary of Agricult Army
Georgia
Ture Freeman
Fort Polk
Jerry Slagle
Akron
Air Force
Lackland
Robert Givin
Norristown
Dieting as a Poor Loser Mockery
A snappy quip mocks dieting as a sign of failure and humorously frames weight loss effort as a personal shortcoming. The line plays on self deprecation and tongue in cheek critique of dieting culture.
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W. D. Davis
Dayton
Farm
Ee Ee
Mector Garcia Lodoy
Enrique Perez Y Perez
Mrs. Freeman
Mrs. Robinson
Falmouth
England
John Fuller
Humphrey and
Viet
Y Fred Hoffman
Kent Humphrey
Thaneh
Henry Cabot
Lodge
Self
U. S
Secret Service
South Vietnam
Eagle’s
Bong Son
White Wing
Gaiman
High Court
Freeman Flays
Conyright
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