Meredith and King Walk Together in Mississippi March
Civil rights leaders rally behind James Meredith as he and Martin Luther King Jr join on the highway near Tougaloo. The 21 day march gathers mass support while tensions among CORE SCLC SNCC rise after Meredith’s shooting and earlier delays.
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Tougaloo
Miss
Mississippi
James Meredith
Meredith
Martin Luther King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
King
FSI
Canton
Jackson
SCLC
Floyd McKissick
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Stokely Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
Five Die Eight Hurt in Fiery New York Parkway Crash
Five people were killed and eight injured in a five car wreck on the Northern State Parkway at Roslyn Long Island. One of the injured was said to be in critical condition. Six firefighters suffered smoke inhalation. The pileup started when a car left its lane and struck an oncoming vehicle, triggering further collisions and flames.
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Long Island
North Shore
Jones Beach
The Girl Who Swears She Never Been Kissed
A humorous line notes the girl who insists she has never kissed has the right to swear. Copyright referenced.
Graham Renounces TV Talk With Playboy Editor
London UPI Billy Graham declined an invitation to appear on television with Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner. A Graham spokesman cited a full schedule and said Graham never accepted the offer. Hefner arrived in London for a European club opening while Graham conducts a month long British evangelical crusade at Earl's Court.
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London
UPI
Billy Graham
Hugh Hefner
Playboy Magazine
Graham
North Carolina
Hefner
Earl’s Court
Mountain Air Crash Survivors Rescued From Mt St Helens
A two month old girl and her mother were evacuated alive by helicopter after a small plane crashed on Mt St Helens 45 miles northwest of Portland. The two victims identified were Grant Erickson and Dolly Erickson, both of Sioux Falls, with Mrs Little daughter of the Ericksons. The infant Laurie Little and her mother Karla Little were treated in Longview as rescuers continued to recover the bodies of the Ericksons.
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Longview
Wash
UPI
Mt. St. Helens
Portland
Laurie Little
Laurie
Seattle
Troutdale
Ore
Karla Little
Grant Erickson
Dolly
Sioux Falls
Little
Ericksons
Erickson
Tragic Fatalities Highlight Rural and City Dispatches
A Fairfax Iowa girl Dorothy Stark 16 was killed when she fell from a tractor and was run over by her father's vehicle on a gravel road west of Cedar Rapids. She dies en route to Mercy hospital. In Indianapolis Stephen Haynes 26 a cub reporter bound for Sunday's paper dies in a two car crash while en route to his Marion home after a bachelor party. He had been planning a dramatic undercover series on the netherworld of the derelict and faced upcoming wedding. Funeral and memorial details follow in Cedar Rapids Newhall and Mankato for Stark. Rosary and requiem set with burial at Stark settlement.
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Cedar Rapids
Fairfax
Dorothy Stark
Charles Stark
Iowa Highway Patrol
Mercy Hospital
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Star
Stephen Haynes
Marion
Haynes
Larry Connor
Teahen’s
Cedar
Rapids
Friends
Our Lady of Good Council Academy
Mankato
Minn
Ray
Norway
Mary
Robert McNulty
Watkins
Darlene
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Newhall
Donald Weydert
Stark Settlement
Direct Billing Under Medicare Favored by AMA and Doctors
Chicago AP report outlines support for direct billing under Medicare starting July 1. Physicians, led by AMA officials, argue patients may lack funds to pay full bills upfront and then seek government reimbursement.
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Chicago
American Medical Assny
Beradinara
AMA
Social Security Administration
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
William Lamotte
Wilmington
Del
Lamotte
House’ of Delegates
Association
Two Iowa Teens Drown in Separate Water Mishaps
United Press reports two Iowa teen drownings on Saturday. Michael Eugene Kathmann, 17, of Boone, drowned in the Des Moines River at Ledges State Park while wading with friends. his younger brother Delbert, 15, and others survived. In Davenport, 15 year old Stephen Janarette drowned in Lake Kenyada, with authorities noting no swimming ability among those involved.
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Iowa
Ledges State Park
Boone
Davenport
Michael Eugene Kathmann
Des Moines
Ledges Park
Lester Kathmann
Michael
Delbert
Tom Gilliam
Larry Hudson
Clarence Dickerson
Kathmann Boys
Gilliam
Dickerson
Hudson
Kathmann
Sin
Stephen Janarette
Lake Kenyada
Typhoid Fever Cases Reported in Paris Suburb
Authorities report about 10 cases of typhoid fever in a Paris suburb over the last few days. The cases were mild and a body recovered about 45 minutes later after a drowning incident linked to water activities near Poissy. The mayor's office issued precautionary notices.
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Poissy
France
Paris
Myrtle Janarette
Auto safety bill may face House committee delay
Washington UPI The federal auto safety bill, passed 76 to 0 in the Senate, could slow in the House Commerce Committee led by Rep. Harley Staggers. Officials say the panel may clear the measure before the July 4 recess, but expect fireworks over mandatory devices and 1969 redesigns. The bill would require U S and foreign automakers to meet safety rules issued by the secretary of commerce, with initial devices already planned for 1968 models and a $465 million safety program approved in a companion measure.
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Patrick J
Washington
UPI
Senate
Ito
House
Harley Staggers
D-W
Commerce Committee
U.S
Secretary of Commerce
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
General Services Administration
Cedar Rapids Wins 1966 Pacemaker for Education Reform
Cedar Rapids public schools serving 22 000 students receive the 1966 Pacemaker award from Parade and NEA for the district wide program of curriculum development and innovation. The district uses recorded lessons via telephone links and strong collaboration with consultants to promote early learning, math tools, and exploratory teaching. The system also employs a computer to schedule architectural and building planning.
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Miami Beach
Cedar Rapids
Towa
National Education Assn
The
Gazette
NEA
Cedar
Salisbury
Johnson
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Leverett Saltonstall
Brooke
U.S. Senate
Meredith, King
Harry Rosenthal
Tougaloo College
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Playboy
Washington State
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James Appel
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