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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1965
Page
2
Griffin Georgia city shuts public swimming pools and two youth centers as federal agents begin a civil rights era investigation. The FBI will report findings to the Justice Department overseeing the probe.
Police were ordered to escort trucks carrying food to host James R Hoffa amid a wildcat strike by 12,000 Teamsters in Philadelphia. Violence marked the second day as tons of fruits and vegetables rotted in warehouses and rail cars.
The No Foundation announced a five year grant of 437000 to the University of Mississippi to support the development of its law school focusing on minority education. It also unveiled antipoverty programs as part of the initiative.
A New York Times Service report states that Charles A Grande and two former stock exchange specialists were indicted by a grand jury on charges linked to a complex evasion scheme. The case involves Swiss bank accounts and false names over 1958 to 1959, with $964,241.61 in tax under scrutiny. Gerard A Re and his son Jerry Re face conspiracy and tax evasion counts, with additional substantive tax charges.
Hosea Williams of Atlanta announces a ten week project by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to mobilize registering voters among youths and adults in 50 counties across Southern states as part of a massive Negro voter drive.
The rules committee unexpectedly cleared a 1.9 billion war on poverty extension bill on Tuesday. It is unclear when the bill will reach the House floor as Senate hearings are slated for next Monday and Tuesday by a subcommittee. The committee hearing ended abruptly when anticipated opposition witnesses did not materialize.
The PTA led nationwide collection drives sending children’s books to West Virginia for grades one through eight. Miss Virginia Dober coordinates distribution from Welch, using Mc Dowell County libraries. The first carload of about 85,000 books arrived, storage for the next two rail cars is an immediate issue, with the second car loading in Louisville and the third planned for Friday.
Senate debate centers on Byrd claim that welfare aid for hungry District residents is costly to the nation. He argues Washington area unemployment is low and the plan would attract migrants and raise crime. Supporters say the alternative would aid hungry children sooner and protest the timing of benefits.
The American Medical Association reported spending 951 570 dollars on legislative interests in the first quarter. A spokesman said over 900 000 was for radio TV and newspaper advertising to urge letters to congressmen. He noted AMA’s annual lobbying typically averages about 50 000 dollars.
The New York Post halted publication temporarily after publisher Dorothy Schiff appealed to introduce a new typesetting method. Union No. 6 members rejected the request, prompting speculation she might sell the paper or shut it down for good.
In Japan and Korea protests erupted after the treaty. About 593 students were arrested and 44 policemen injured in Tokyo as 14,000 left wing protesters demonstrated against normal relations with South Korea. Zengakuren led attempts to approach the prime minister’s residence, while thousands nearby demonstrated at the foreign ministry.
The Council of Southern Mountains helped open the first depository and reception in Barbourville Ky to serve 44 eastern Kentucky counties. A council spokesman said the Office of Economic Opportunity has offered its assistance in the program.
The newly appointed 12 member Consumers Advisory Council met for the first time in Washington led by Chairman Richard H. Holton. The group will monitor excise tax relief pass through to consumers and focus on product labeling service standards and whether existing regulations are fully used.
Warm weather is expected to develop across most of Appalachia and the Southeast today with rain forecast for scattered sections of the nation.
In Newark, Mayor reinstates patrolman Henry Martinez after a five day picket outside city hall. The case centers on whether the officer used justified force in a fatal traffic stop, with the Essex County Grand Jury to determine legal justification. A white officer’s reinstatement triggers protests from the Newark-Essex chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality.
A young inmate at Moundsville Penitentiary escaped from a prison coal mine Tuesday afternoon. Authorities identify him as 19 year old Roy Allen Thomas serving 1 to 10 years on a Grand Larceny charge from Wood County.
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