Supreme Court Bars TV Cameras in Criminal Trials
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that televising criminal trials violates a defendant's due process rights. Justice Clark led the majority, overturning Billie Sol Estes's Texas trial, saying TV exposure injects irrelevant factors and risks unfairness. Dissenters were Justices Stewart Black Brennan and White.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Billie Sol Estes
Texas
Clark
Estes
Tyler
Stewart
Black
Brennan
White
Last of U. S. Marines Leaving Dominican Republic
The last U. S. Marines depart as 12,500 airborne troops and 700 air force personnel remain in the Dominican Republic. A Caribbean floating battalion of about 1,800 Marines stays for regular duty, with total crisis casualties listed and Lt. Gen. John Bouker departing Camp Lejeune after presenting the Legion of Merit.
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Santo Domingo
U. S
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Dominican Republic
Brazil
Costa Rica
Honduras
Nicaragua
Caribbean
John Bouker
Marine Expeditionary Force
Bouker
Booker
Viet Cong Radio Unit Destroyed North of Border
U S and allied forces reported destroying a Viet Cong radio unit, radar site, supply depot, and barracks five miles north of the border. Eight U S Marines died in a helicopter crash as battles continued with Viet Cong forces, with heavy airstrikes on Cham Le and Hon Nieu areas and ships sinking near Route 1.
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Saigon
U.S
Ye Tan
Vietnam
Hon Nieu Island
Route 1
Vinh
Ku Klux Klan rallies clash with civil rights era tone
Klan members staged rallies in Georgia North Carolina and Alabama attacking the National Council of Churches civil rights workers and President Johnson. Police reported 500 Klan followers in Atlanta plus large crowds in North Carolina towns. A Birmingham event marked the dedication of a Sixteenth Street Baptist church window memorializing four girls killed in 1963.
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Ku Klux Klan
Georgia
North Carolina
Alabama
National Council of Churches
Civil Rights Workers
Johnson
Atlanta
Federal Building
Matt Murphy
Birmingham
Ala
James Reed
Boston
Selma
Trenton
New York
Council
Linden
Bob Creel
Bessemer
Alabama Grand Dragon
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
Romanians Cheer British Prelate in Bucharest
The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Michael Ramsey was mobbed and cheered by thousands of Romanians in Bucharest as he attended a Romanian Orthodox service on Sunday.
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Vienna
Canterbury
Michael Ramsey
Bucharest
Space Walk Dance Born in Iowa
Des Moines teens celebrated the U S two man orbital mission with a new space walk dance after a local radio station sponsored hop. Dance instructor Leonard Cosmo created the routine inspired by news of James McDivitt and Edward White. The trend spread nationwide as stations sought to learn the steps and a regional song and record were planned.
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Des Moines
United States
Pete Cavanagh
James McDivitt
Edward White
Cavanagh
Leonard Cosmo
Cosmo
Cincinnati
Flint
Mich
Detroit
New York
Johnson requests cuts and new starts in 1966 budget
President Johnson asks Congress to cut 16.4 million from the Army Corps of Engineers 1966 budget while proposing a 12 million increase for the Bureau of Reclamation. The corps cut reflects bids, design delays, and fund transfers, with 3.2 million reserved for Upper Mississippi flood restoration.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Army Corps of Engineers
Reclamation Bureau
Corps
Mississippi River
Westlands
San Luis Interceptor
California
Uuly
Bank robber with Kansas roots hunted after deadly Nebraska heist
Duane Pope, 22, a McPherson College graduate and Kansas farm boy, faces federal bank robbery charges for the Big Springs Nebraska slayings. Three bank workers died and a fourth wounded as Pope fled in a rented 1963 car later tied to the crime. FBI issued a nationwide alert calling him very dangerous. Funeral services were held for the victims.
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Duane Pope
Kansas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pope
Chappel, Neb. Z
McPherson
Kan.) College
Farmers State Bank
Big Springs
Neb
Martin
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Roxbury
Kan
Salina
la Salina
Gemini 4 duo rescued after 4 days in space splashdown
Space pilots James McDivitt and Edward White landed aboard the aircraft carrier Wasp after a splashdown 48 miles off target in the Atlantic. They reported excellent health and hungry after a four day, 62 orbit mission. The Gemini 4 capsule remained afloat until hoisted aboard.
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Air Force
Virgil Grissom
John Young
U.S
McDivitt
White
Pope's Prayers For Astronauts
Pope Paul VI offered public prayers for US astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White at St. Peter's Square. He said his blessing for the world also goes into the sky where Gemini 4 astronauts explore the astral ways.
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Vatican City
UPI
Pope Paul VI
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White
Lessing
St. Peter's Square
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Flas
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Guaymas
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Latin America
National Church Council
Robert Shelton
Tuscaloosa
Kinston
N.C
New Bern
Tobacco Area
Iowa
ILBJ
Army
Hunt Plains
North Platte
American Bankers Assn
Andreas Kjeldgaard
Glen Hendrickson
Lois Ann Hothan
Phil Martin
Duane Pcpe
Wasp
Alexei Leonov
Valery Bykovsky
Andrian Nikolayev
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