Body identified as Alcorn student among civil rights workers case
Port Gibson college president said a body found Sunday is Charles E. Moore 19 Meadville Mississippi and not one of the three missing civil rights workers. The torso was delivered for examination and the body was found floating in the Mississippi River near Tallulah Louisiana with legs bound. The three missing men are Michael Schwerner 24 Brooklyn New York Andrew Goodman 20 New York City and James Chaney 21 Meridian Mississippi.
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Tallulah
Philadelphia
Miss
Michael Schwerner
Brooklyn
N.Y
Andrew Goodman
New York City
James Chaney
Meridian
FBI
Boyd
Young Moore
Alcorn
Scranton Fights for Platform Planks at GOP Convention
Scranton pledges a floor battle over a Republican platform that rejects extremism civil rights and atomic weapons planks favored by Goldwater backers. He argues the Birchers threaten the party while Goldwater aides insist the senator is not extreme.
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San Francisco
William Scranton
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
G.O.P
Arizona
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Birchers
Platform Committee
Eisenhower backs Scranton civil rights plank push
Former President Eisenhower endorsed Scranton forces bid to strengthen the Republican civil rights plank. He said the measure could be helped by urging all Americans to adopt a moral commitment against discrimination. The remarks were reported in San Francisco.
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SAN Brancisco
UPI
Eisenhower
Scranton
Continue Hunt For Penn Killer
FBI and Georgia agents pressed an intensive probe into the shotgun slaying of Lemuel Penn, 49, Washington vocational high school director, shot at the wheel of his car Saturday. J. J. Casper, FBI assistant director, offered no comment as investigators fanned out along the suspect route in northeast Georgia.
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Colbert
FBI
Georgia
Washington
J. J. Casper
Lemuel Penn
Pluto project ends after decade of work and $200 million
The Atomic Energy Commission announced it will discontinue Project Pluto the plan for a nuclear powered low flying missile. Officials cited lack of a firm military requirement after about ten years and near 200 million dollars spent. The plan would have reached about 2000 mph with global range and tree top radar evasion.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Set New Trial Date For Abraham Bolden
A new trial date of August 3 was set for Abraham Bolden a 28 year old Secret Service agent charged with attempting to sell government evidence to a counterfeiting ring. Judge Joseph Perry declared a mistrial after the jury deadlocked in the case, marking Bolden as the first Black Secret Service agent to guard a president.
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Chicago
UPI
Abraham Bolden
Secret Service
Joseph Perry
Bolden
Iowa Delegation Sets First Poll Ahead of Wednesday Balloting
Iowa Republican national convention delegates plan a formal poll Wednesday noon at the Cliff House after an 8 to 5 to 11 undecided split. The delegation will host a Monday steak fry with Goldwater and Scranton expected to attend, while Peggy Goldwater Holt introduced her new husband.
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San Francisco
Iowa
Goldwater
Sgn
Eeeee Hickenlooper Nye
Cedar Rapids
Mark Hopkins
Scranton
Cliff House
Barry Goldwater
Gov
William Scranton
Cow Palace
Peggy Goldwater Holt
Rail Merger Approved If Pennsylvania Sheds Stakes
The Interstate Commerce Commission allowed a merger between Nickel Plate and Norfolk & Western creating a 7450 mile system from Hampton Roads to the Great Lakes, provided Pennsylvania Railroad divests its holdings in N and W and the Wabash. The order becomes effective August 18 with staged divestiture deadlines.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Nickel Plate
Norfolk & Western
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York, Chicago and St. Louis
Hampton Roads
Great Lakes
Wabash Railroad
Wabash
Pennsylvania
Erie, Lackawanna
Delaware & Hudson
Boston & Maine
ICC
Wyoming Humane Society targets steer busting in rodeos
In Casper Wyoming the Wyoming Humane Society campaigns to end steer busting a traditional rodeo event that can injure or kill steers. Supporters say current rules permit limited busting while critics warn of cruelty and advocate legal limits. The group cites records of abolitions in Gillette Guernsey and Lander and aims to expand bans nationwide.
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Casper
Wyo
South
United States
Harry Derringer
Wyoming Humane Society
Pete Burns
Laramie
Derringer
Wyoming
Gillette
Guernsey
Lander
Denver Post
Rebel Battle at Vinh Cheo Fort in Mekong Delta
The weekend clash around the mud walled Vinh Cheo fort near Saigon became the Mekong Delta’s second largest single engagement this year. Government losses totaled about 225 dead and wounded with 65 missing, while Viet Cong attackers suffered heavy casualties and may have captured around 1,000 weapons. American advisers doubted total Viet Cong losses exceeded 100, and artillery aided defense to save the fort and village from ruin.
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Saigon
Vinh Cheo
Mekong Delta
U.S
Kien Long
Mercury Skids To Record Lows Across Eastern Iowa
The region endured record low temperatures Sunday night with Clinton at 47 and Dubuque 52. Burlington 53, Oelwein 49, Elkader 45, New Albin 47, Manchester 48, Decorah 50, Cedar Rapids 58. Noon in Cedar Rapids reached 70. highs Sunday 72. Cooler conditions expected to linger a couple of days.
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Mercury
Iowa
Clinton
Dubuque
Burlington
Oelwein
Elkader
New Albin
Manchester
Decorah
Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Drop Charges Against Ike Bopping Student
AMARILLO Texas UPI charges against Melvin Phillip Floyd 23 of Spearman Tex accused of hitting former President Eisenhower with a Goldwater for President placard were dropped Monday at the request of Eisenhower Corporation Court Judge Emmett Foster dismissed the case continued earlier in the day Floyd was charged with assaulting a former president in the courthouse lobby
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Amarillo
Texas
UPI
Eisenhower
Corporation Court
Emmett Foster
Melvin Phillip Floyd
Spearman
Kennedy Moves for Injunction in Maddox Case
Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy seeks to intervene in a federal suit against Lester Maddox in Atlanta to obtain an injunction preventing racial segregation at his restaurant. The action, filed in U S district court, argues the restaurant serves interstate travelers and commerce, and may be heard by a three judge panel.
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Atlanta
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
Lester Maddox
Supreme Court
U.S
Frank Hooper
Maddox
Upi
Justice Department
Johnson
Pakistan Chief Sees Chance for World War
President Mohammed Ayub Khan of Pakistan said he believes Red China will be forced to react if the fight against communist guerillas in South Vietnam moves to the North, a development he says could mean world war.
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London
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Pakistan
China
South
Vietnam
Siqueiros Pardoned to Resume Painting Career
Mexican painter David Alfaro Siqueiros, famed for his communist politics and imprisonment, was pardoned Monday to continue his art.
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Mexico City
David Alfaro Siqueiros
Mexico
Chuckle Cartoon Punchline About Family Side Listening
A comic caption notes the only person who listens to both sides of a family argument is the woman in the next apartment. The joke plays on mistaken loyalties and domestic tension with light humor.
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Dwight Eisenhower
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Hatfield
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Penn
Frank Nye
Gazette
Assa
Ben F. Jensen
Mamie Eisenhower
Jackson School
Des Moines
Hickenlooper
Barry’s
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Pennsy
Humane Society
Maryland
J. C. Story
St. Petersburg
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