Mississippi Special Session Hardened at Capitol Guard Posts
A special session to revise Mississippi voting laws opened under tight security at the capitol with highway patrols guarding entrances and gallery access by invitation. The event drew criticism from the Freedom Democratic Party which warned of efforts to restrict Negro voting.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Highway Patrol
Capitol
Freedom Democratic Party
Lawrence Guyot
U. S. Commission On Civil Rights
Boston Parents Sit In at Negro School Over Kozol Firing
Nearly a dozen Boston Negro parents occupied a fourth grade classroom at Christopher Gibson School in Dorchester to protest the discharge of Jonathan Kozol a Harvard graduate and Rhodes scholar. They delivered 12 demands including reinstatement and a full explanation of the firing while police tasked trespass and disruption.
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Boston
UPS
Jonathan Kozol
Harvard University
Christopher Gibson
Dorchester
Dorothea ‘Callahan
Kozol
U.N. Assembly Chief Named Ghana Foreign Minister
President Kwame Nkrumah reshuffles Ghana's cabinet naming Alex Quaison-Sackey, current United Nations General Assembly president, as foreign minister. It remains unclear if he will also head Ghana's U.N. mission. He replaces Kojo Boisio who moves to state planning board.
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Accra
Ghana
UPI
Kwame Nkrumah
Alex Quaison- Sackey
United Nations General Assembly
Quaison- Sackey
U.N
United Nations
Quaison-Lackey
Kojo Boisio
State Planning Board
Stock Market Falls Sharply In Monday Trading
NEW YORK UPI The stock market fell sharply Monday afternoon after an early attempt to sustain Friday's gains failed. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 14 points to 867.49 while rails slipped to 193.82. Chemicals led the declines with Du Pont, Allied Chemical, and Union Carbide among the losers.
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du Pont
Allied Chemical
Union Carbide
Gardner backs proposal for major county park near Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Parks Commissioner Don Gardner backs a $1 million Linn County bond plan split between Pinicon Ridge park in Central City and a new southern Linn County regional park. He envisions a premier complex serving Cedar Rapids and Marion with municipal golf and displays and county winter sports and water features.
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Cedar Rapids
Don Gardner
George Hamilton
Linn County Conservation Board
Pinicon Ridge
Central City
Linncoun
Marion
Gardner
State of Love
Board of Supervisors
Conservation Board
Flaming Crash on Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Kills Four
A tractor-trailer tire blowout on the Chesapeake Bay bridge tunnel caused a fatal collision with a car bearing Connecticut plates. Four people died as flames engulfed the vehicles on the 17.5 mile span, the first fatality since the bridge tunnel opened a year ago.
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Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
Connecticut
Kiptopeke
Virginia
Pigeons Less Reliable on Home Return Study
Toronto AP reports pigeon fancier William Berry questions the common belief that homing pigeons always return home. He notes variability in speed and success rates among birds, suggesting reliability may be overstated.
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Toronto
William ‘Berry
Anti De Gaulle Front Faces Unity Hurdles
Paris reports a planned democratic front of middle line parties against Charles de Gaulle in December elections bogged down by disagreements. Socialists Catholics Popular Republicans and others struggle to agree on a common program.
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Paris
APS
Charles de Gaulle
Barn Fire Destroys Melvin Young Farm Structure
A barn on the Melvin Young farm north of town was badly damaged by a Sunday fire. Fire crews investigated the scene and worked to control the blaze. No injuries reported.
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Palo
Melvin Young
Here
Accra to Host September Summit of Organization of African Unity
The Organization of African Unity reaffirmed Accra Ghana as the site for September's summit conference. Heads of state and senior officials from member nations will attend the gathering to discuss regional cooperation and development.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Accra
Ghana
Organization of African Unity
Bodies Found After Dong Xoai Clash North of Saigon
Vietnamese Rangers uncover the 7th airborne battalion corpses in a rubber plantation near Dong Xoai as U S forces move to protect Phuoc Vinh airfield. Viet Cong attacks ripple across Vietnam with multiple air and ground raids reported.
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Saigon
Dong Xoai
7Th Airborne Battalion
U.S
Dong Aoai
173Rd
U. S. Airborne Brigade
Phuoc Vinh
Princc
Ban Xom Lom Barracks
Hanoi
Ba Bon
Demilitarized Zone
U. S
U. S. Air Force
Or Vinh
Midway
Dominicans Recall Cuban Invasion Anniversary
Dominican rebel forces marked the sixth anniversary of a Cuban led invasion to oust Rafael Trujillo. Memorial masses and a rally were held with participation from M 12 party members. Gunfire near the national palace was reported in the rebel area with no casualties.
Russia Communism in Death Throes Predicted Revolution
A French Soviet expert Michel Garder warned of a 1970 revolution in Russia leading to a liberal socialist regime replacing the communist party. He described the Lenin Marxist regime as in its death throes and said the upheaval would rise from the managerial class in a palace revolution.
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Washington
UPI
Russia
Communist Party
Michel Garder
French Institute of Strategic Studies
U.S. News & World Report
Garder
Reds Build In Santo Domingo Threat Seen by Expert
Latin American expert Jack Head Vaughn says a substantial communist threat remains in the Dominican Republic and could trigger a future uprising. He notes hidden arms and red leaders in hiding across the countryside, as Vaughn serves as assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs.
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Washington
Jack Head Vaughn
Dominican Republic
Vaughn
inter-American Affairs
Scientists Claim Proof of Antiworld by Winship
New York UPI report says Columbia University scientists publish a full report in Physical Review Letters asserting an antiworld twin to our universe. They cite the antideuteron as evidence for antimatter nuclei and discuss implications for cosmology and possible mirror universes.
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Columbia University
Physical Review Letters
American Physical Society
Leon Lederman
Lederman
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Long Island
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Maurice Goldhaber
Brookhaven
Siberia
Veep Leads Tribute in Windy City
Chicago crowds greet Gemini 4 astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White as Vice President Humphrey welcomes them at O’Hare. The parade along Michigan Avenue ends at city hall with honorary citizenship and a McCormick Place Q and A for 6,500 students.
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Veep
Windy City
Chicago
James McDivitt
Edward White
McDivitt
Houston
Hubert H. Humphrey
O’hare International
Michigan Avenue
Chicago River
State Street
City Hall
la Salle Street
Jackson Boulevard
Washington
M McDivitt
White
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
George Mueller
Charles Matthews
McCormick Place
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