Memory Trek Honors Three Civil Rights Workers
Nearly 100 marchers walked 12 miles through Philadelphia Mississippi to honor James Chaney Mickely Schwerner and Andy Goodman killed a year ago. Police directed traffic while deputies and auxiliaries guarded the marchers as the procession proceeded toward the burned Mt Zion Methodist church ruins. The memorial comes after federal authorities charged 18 men in a conspiracy to violate the victims civil rights.
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Philadelphia
Miss
Mississippi
Neshoba County
Cecil Price
Lawrence Rainey
Way
Rainey
Price
Justice Department
Mt. Zion Methodist Church
Clint Collier
Mickely Schwerner
Andy Goodman
James Chaney
Meridian
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Fraternities Face Loss of Aid Over Discrimination Warnings
Washington AP report notes that federal education funds could be cut to colleges if their fraternities and sororities practice racial discrimination. No ED ruling yet, but civil rights act provisions could permit such action under certain conditions. Keppel outlined the issue in reply to Sen. Metcalf.
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Washington
Office of Education
Commissioner of Education
Francis Keppel
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
Keppel
Airmen Down Third Mig as Vietnam War Escalates
U S and Vietnamese warplanes pounded bridges and barracks in North Vietnam after a dogfight that cost the communists another Mig 17. Four Skyraiders outmaneuvered two fast jets. one Skyraider crashed in flames. A Marine was killed and three wounded 10 miles west of Da Nang. Twenty seven government soldiers and twenty Viet Cong died in four clashes.
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Saigon
U. S
North Vietnam
U.S. Navy
Navy
Cmdr
Edwin Greathouse
Austin
Texas
U.S
da Nang
Vietnam
7Th Parallel
Dong Hoi
Georgia detective shot in racially charged arrest case
A suspect, described as a Negro man, was arrested for attempting a fraudulent check and shot and killed Detective Thomas Hinson in Macon while officers pursued him. Police said at least one other officer was wounded and a fourth shooting occurred in south Macon. an unidentified prisoner escaped from police headquarters.
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Macon
South Macon
Thomas Hinson
Hinson
Heavy Rainfall Ends Spring in Iowa Cooler Conditions Rise
A cool note marked the end of spring in Iowa Monday with Spencer recording 44 and Cedar Rapids at 77 after an overnight low of 57. Rain totals included Waucoma 1.3 inches and Fayette 1.12 inches, while other towns reported varying precipitation and warm highs in the 70s to 80s. Southerly winds trailed in with partly cloudy skies and forecasts call for slightly cooler conditions Wednesday.
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Iowa Kews
Iowa
Spencer
Lamont
Cedar Rapids
Waucoma
Fayette
Elkader
Decorah
Oelwein
Waukon
Monona
Burlington
Jet Interceptor Crashes Off Luzon. Pilot Rescued Unhurt
An air force F-102 interceptor crashed into the South China Sea near Luzon on Monday. The pilot was picked up uninjured by rescuers, the air force said.
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Manila
Air Force
South China Sea
Luzon
Dominican Labor Strike In Santo Domingo Proves Partial
Labor unions aligned with Dominican rebels staged a 72 hour strike in Santo Domingo. Factories showed mixed response with two shut, three partially staffed, and three normal. Junta and rebels eye a provisional government and elections within six to nine months as OAS mediates.
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Santo Domingo
OAS
Soviet Expulsion of American Student Cited as Retaliation
Moscow notes say American exchange student Jack Weiner of Baltimore and the University of Indiana was expelled for hostile actions but details or evidence were not provided. The embassy suggested reciprocity after two Soviet students were expelled from the United States. Weiner had planned to stay in Leningrad until August and faced charges of disrespect for Soviet authorities and fomenting anti-Soviet sentiment.
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Moscow
Jack Weiner
Baltimore
University of Indiana
United States
Weiner
Helsinki
Finland
U. S
State Department
University of Leningrad
Avenir A. Velikanov
Yuri A. Pirogov
University of Illinois
Velikanov
Los Angeles
Langway
Pirogoy
Farewell to a Son in a New Zealand War Hero’s Grave
Charles McLean 84 travels from New Zealand to honor his son Sub-Lt. Denis B. McLean Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve who died in 1942 near Miami after earning his wings at Opa-Locka naval air station. He scatters earth from home on the grave and asks for Maori inscription Haere ra e tama to mark the plot.
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Miami
New Zealand
Denis B. McLean
Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve
Charles McLean
Opa-Locka Naval Air Station
McLean
Globe
Dan
Wairoa
Hawke Bay
Pacific
Pal
Baruch
South Carolina
James F. Byrnes
Humphrey
Paris
Andrews Air Base
Washington
Collins Nominated as Undersecretary of Commerce
Washington AP reports President Johnson named LeRoy Collins a leading civil rights arbitrator as the new undersecretary of commerce. The selection was announced Monday in Washington.
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Washington
LeRoy Collins
Johnson
Commerce
Baruch dies at 94 adviser to presidents and nation
Bernard M. Baruch, capitalist philanthropist and adviser to presidents of both parties, dies at 94 from a heart attack. Eulogies pour in from Vice President Humphrey Adlai Stevenson Sen. Javits and Mayor Wagner. Baruch built wealth from a City College of New York start and used it to fund medical research education and charity.
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Ray Kohn
NEW York
Bernard M. Baruch
Adlai Stevenson
U.S
United Nations
City College of New York
Baruch
Jacob K. Javits
Rn.y
Hitler
Europe
Robert Wagner
Flood Crest Swamps Kansas Town As Arkansas Hits Plains
About 800 residents, more than a third of Edwards county seat population, evacuated as Arkansas river flood from Colorado and western Kansas worsened. In Pueblo Colorado 16-year-old Robert Virgil Ruetter died in cleanup. Kansas reported two deaths. National guardsmen aided evacuations as the river rose, with many patients moved from the hospital and others taking shelter in schools and facilities.
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Kinsley
Kan
Edwards County
Arkansas River
Colorado
Kansas
Robert Virgil Ruetter
Pueblo
Coon Creek
Sheriiff Lloyd Britton
Spearville
Dodge City
Judge Brown Steps Out of Ruby Case
Dallas District Judge Joe Brown withdrew from the Jack Ruby murder case and asked the district presiding judge to appoint another judge. Brown indicated Judge Dallas Blankenship would handle the withdrawal and appointment, though no replacement was named immediately.
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Judge Brown
Ruby Case
Dallas
UPI
Joe Brown
Jack Ruby
Brown
Ruby
President Kennedy
Dallas Blankenship
Blankenship
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Harold Hughes
Iowa Trade Mission
U.S. Infantry Division
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Kenneth Morris
Osceola
Don Embree
Shenandoah
James Stukey
Council Bluffs
Gov
Hughes
Roger Albers
Battle Creek
Ben Levin
Oelwei
Sheriff
Conzies Courthouse
Daily Record
Marion Movies Society
Boone
Edwin Q. White
Peking
Radio Peking
Hanoi
Nab Ga
Louis Achitelle
Luis Henry Molina
Organization of American States
Yank
By Jon Nordheimer
Taps Collins
Commerce Post
Bernie Baruch
Charleston
S.C
Strom Thurmond
Arkansas
Plains
Syracuse
Lakin
Garden City
Larned
Great Bend
Britton
U.S. Weather Bureau
National Guard
National
Hutchinson
Salvation Army
William Avery
South Platte
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