Tuskegee Protesters Sit Down After Highway Blockade
In Tuskegee Alabama more than 300 Negro Tuskegee Institute students halted a march for about an hour and ten minutes blocking highway 126 to protest the slaying of Samuel Younge 21. Police demanded a parade permit and then allowed the march after representatives from the Federal Community Relations Service helped broker a compromise. Public Safety Director Alton Taylor warned the march would not proceed but demonstrators sat down and sang on the highway.
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Tuskegee, Ala
UPI
Tuskegee Institute
Grady Story
Federal Community Relations Service
Samuel Younge
Marvin Segrest
J. H. Sadler
Alton Taylor
George Ware
Highway 126
Indonesia Youth Front March Against Cost of Living
About 500 members of the Indonesia youth front staged a march in Jakarta to protest government decrees that raised the cost of living.
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Jakarta
Indonesia Youth Front
Culver Urges Local Leaders in War on Poverty
Cedar Rapids News reports Congressman John Culver telling about 120 Eastern Iowa delegates at the Montrose hotel conference that successful federal anti poverty programs rely on imagination initiative and local understanding. Panelists include Richard Lamping and Rev Thomas Rohmberg as they discuss project head start and community action.
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Ken Sullivan
Cedar Rapids
John Culver
Thomas Rhomberg
Dubuque
Catholic Charities
Archdiocese of Dubuque
Dubuque County
Richard Lamping
United Community Service
Falls From Bus Injures 17 Year Old Girl
Patricia Ann Bassett aged 17 of 507 Ninth avenue SE suffered a head injury after falling backward through the rear door of a city bus on Mt. Vernon road SE. Police cited the incident at about 4 p.m. as the bus stopped to discharge passengers at Knoll street SE. She remained in fairly good condition at Mercy hospital on Saturday.
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Cedar Rapids
Patricia Ann Bassett
Ninth Avenue SE
Mercy Hospital
Miss Bassett
Mt. Vernon Road
Knoll Street
Some Gain Reported in Subway Bus Strike Talks
A Saturday AP report notes small progress in negotiations to end the subway and bus strike but sees little chance of immediate settlement. Mediator Sylvester Garrett cites some gain while traffic remains snarled. Federal aid talks include President Johnson offering loans to affected small businesses and individuals. Dwight Eisenhower and wife depart for winter vacation in Palm Desert, California.
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NEW York
Sylvester Garrett
Rockefeller
Johnson
Harrisburg
Dwight Eisenhower
Palm Desert
Calif
Stranded climbers survive nine days on Mt Shasta
Three Sierra Club climbers Leslie Wilson 34 John Crawley 22 from Berkeley and Frank Daenzer 20 from San Francisco were stranded on Mt Shasta for nine days. They built a snow hut ate emergency rations and awaited rescue as 70 mph winds whipped the peak. They hiked out on snowshoes and skis to safety after starting December 30.
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MT. Shasta
Calif
al Cottar
Cottar
Leslie Wilson
John Crawley
Berkeley
Frank Daenzer
San Francisco
Sierra Club
Hanoi Dependence on China Grows Says Senate Team
A Senate fact finding group led by Mike Mansfield reports North Vietnam's increasing reliance on Red China as the Vietnam War escalates. They warn settlement talks may require China's tacit consent and fear broader Asian war if negotiations fail. The group cites Viet Cong control of 22 percent of South Vietnam and notes stalled negotiations amid U.S. buildup.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
North Vietnam
China
Hanoi
Mansfield
Mont
Lost boy asks officer about missing lady
A young boy approaches a policeman on the corner asking if a lady passed by without him. The brief encounter captures a moment of hopeful seeking in a street scene.
Polish Cardinal Barred From Abroad Travel
Poland blocks Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski from traveling abroad for a planned Rome trip. Officials say his last visit included political activity harmful to Poland, justifying the travel ban on the senior church leader.
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Warsaw
Poland
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Rome
Japanese Quake Jolts Matsushiro in Central Japan
A fairly strong earthquake struck Matsushiro in central Japan on Saturday with no reported casualties. Officials assessed the quake’s magnitude and potential damage while residents surveyed affected areas.
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Tokyo
Matsushiro
Japan
Yanks Pound Reds Supply Lines in Laos Action
US jets hammer communist supply routes through Laos to curb North Vietnamese movement toward South Vietnam. Up to 300 US planes fly daily dropping near 1,000 tons of bombs on water-borne traffic and trucks on new roads. In Saigon a bombing at My Canh caused minor casualties and two injuries as investigators questioned a failed second blast. The 173rd Airborne Brigade ended an eight day sweep in the Plain of Reeds with 130 Viet Cong killed, 43 captured, 625 detained.
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Saigon
Laos
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
My Canh
U.S
Warm Air Is Due On Sunday Across Iowa
Iowa faces a warming trend as a high pressure system moves east, allowing south winds and milder air. Early morning readings ranged from 28 below in McGregor to 6 below in Cedar Rapids with several towns around 15 to 20 below. Weather forecasts expect upper teens to mid 30s Sunday, but a few showers and further cold snaps possible Monday.
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Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Mason City
Council Bluffs
Dubuque
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Four Years in Pen For Demonstrator
Thomas Rodd, 19, received a four year prison term after being found in violation of his probation for participating in an anti war demonstration at the Boeing Vertol plant near Philadelphia. He had earlier been sentenced in 1964 to five years for draft registration refusal, with the term suspended and probation imposed.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas Rodd
U.S
Louis Rosenberg
Rodd
Boeing Vertol
Philadelphia
Vietnam
Rosenberg
Bowing Out as Bishop in Berlin
Dr Otto Dibelius 85, noted critic of Nazism and communism, will retire March 31 as Protestant bishop of Berlin, officials announced Saturday.
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Berlin
Otto Dibelius
Derailed Delaware & Hudson Train Kills Couple in Town
In Bainbridge New York a freight derailment caused by a sixth car jumping tracks toppled ten houses and a town hall building. Husband Anthony Delello 73 and wife 68 died in their frame house. one car trapped Alice Johnson for hours before rescue. 44 cars went loose.
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Bainbridge
N.Y
Delaware & Hudson
Anthony Delello
Delello
D&h
Alice Johnson
Nudges Car with Dead Driver Out of Traffic
Kenneth Johnson swerved to push a dead driver out of the Harbor Freeway flow preventing a larger crash. The other vehicle driven by Philip K. King collapsed from a heart attack and rolled to a stop after veering across four lanes. Investigators urge a special police award for Johnson.
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Los Angeles
Kenneth Johnson
Philip K. King
Harbor
Johnson
Kung
Police Department
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