Ex Marine Held in Medgar Evers Murder
Byron de La Beckwith, 42, a Greenwood salesman and Citizens Council member, was charged with murder in the Medgar Evers assassination. FBI agents arrested him after neighbors tipped off officials that agents were watching his house. Beckwith turned himself in at the Greenwood FBI office, with no court date yet set. He was brought to Jackson for a federal civil rights case and charged with murder locally. Evidence cited includes fingerprints from a rifle near Evers home and a telescopic sight matching the weapon.
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Miss
Byron de la Beckwith
Mississippi
Greenwood
Medgar W. Evers
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Beckwith
FBI
The
Citizens Council
Hardy Lott
Lott
Jackan
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Evers’ House
J. Edgar Hoover
Medgar Evers
U.S
John Countiss III
Jackson, Miss
Apportionment Suit to Go On
Grover Smith Jr., president of the Kanawha County Court, says the case will proceed in federal court for proper apportionment of West Virginia's legislature. He vows to fight on two fronts, in federal and state courts, to restore constitutional representation when counties are underrepresented.
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Grover Smith Jr
Kanawha County
West Virginia
Smith
Ritchie County
U. S. Supreme Court
Atty
C. Donald Robertson
Kennedy Promises to Defend Europe in Bonn Welcome
Kennedy arrived in Bonn to a half million Germans cheering his European tour and pledged that the United States will remain committed to Western Europe. He stated that Western Europe is a strong partner in prosperity and security and that any attack on Europe is an attack on the United States. Kennedy avoided flying over France as he toured Germany, Ireland, Britain, and Italy, meeting Adenauer and Erhard before visiting Cologne and Bonn.
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Europe
Richard K. O
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Charles de Gaulle
France
United States
Bonn
Wahn
Washington
de Gaulle
Ireland
Britain
Italy
NATO
Western Europe
China Demands Equal Status in Communist Talks
Chinese President Li Shao Chi and North Korea’s Chaoi Yong Kun issued a joint communique in Peking during Choi’s 18 day visit, stating that differences in the socialist camp must be resolved through equal footing interparty consultations. Ho Chi Minh joined in a similar communique. Talks with Moscow begin July 5 with two Asian allies and possibly Albania backing China.
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Red China
Imier Khrushchev
Moscow
Peking
International Communist Movement
Li’ Shao-Chi
Chaoi Yong-kun
North Korea
Choi
China
Communist Movement
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Liu
Hanoi
Albania
East Europe
Wade-In arrests mark racial clash on Gulf coast
Police in Biloxi arrest 68 Black demonstrators and 3 white men including two ministers at a Gulf beach protest near the waterfront. Charged with trespass, they were sent to Gulfport jails as about 2,000 white onlookers cheered the police move after a 40 minute standoff.
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Associated Press
Biloxi
Miss
Gulf Beach
Gulfport
U.S. 90
Leslie Montgomery
Detroit
Motor City
Woodward Avenue
James Lupton
Pease
Rights Bill Aims to Create Labor Department Division
Senate action reports Hubert Humphrey proposing a four employment practices division within the Labor Department. The piece notes page references and related civic coverage, including obituaries, sports, and editorial content across sections. Police action at a beach protest is described with montgomery led arrests and a large Detroit march for freedom drawing 100000 plus participants in downtown areas.
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Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Labor Department
Ess
Ccane
New Foreign Dispatch Service for Gazette and Gazette Mail
A new daily dispatch service from the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post News Service will debut next week in the Gazette and Sunday Gazette Mail. It will provide the most significant international and domestic reports from abroad with emphasis on Washington and key global hotspots.
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Gazette Mail
Los Angeles Times-Washington Post
Theield
Gazette-Mail
Times
the Post
the Times
The
Post
West Virginia coal research gains Senate support
Senator Jennings Randolph expressed optimism that coal research projects in West Virginia may be restored in the Interior Department funding bill after talks with Rep. Michael Kirwan. The plan would revive two amendments restoring 2 million for Project Gasoline and for accelerated coal gasification research, with pilot work likely at Cresap, Marshall County.
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Thomas
F. Stafford
Washington
West
Senate
Senate House Conference Committee
Jennings Randolph
Randolph
Michael J. Kirwin
Dokie
House
U. S. Office of Coal Research
Kirwan
House Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Cresap
Marshall County
Consolidation Coal Co
Standard of Ohio
Beckley
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
Rep
Wayne Aspinall
D-Coro
C E Roberts Dies at 61 After Stroke in Morgantown
Charles E. Roberts longtime West Virginia University supporter and former newspaper man died Sunday after a stroke at his home. He was hospitalized Saturday and had a lung disease. Funeral set for Tuesday at Trinity Episcopal Church Morgantown with burial in Buckhannon. Roberts rose to fame as a 1920s WVU cheerleader and later served as assistant secretary of the West Virginia Alumni Association, traveling statewide. A close friend recalled he remained a cheerleader at heart.
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Morgantown
Charles E. Roberts
West Virginia University
Roberts
Trinity. Episcopal Church
Buckhannon
WVII
West Virginia Alumni Assn
Four Britons Killed and Twenty-One Captured in Yemen Clash
In Aden a shooting clash left four Britons dead and nine wounded as Yemeni tribesmen captured twenty-one British servicemen and women. Efforts to free the five women among the captives were under way. Reports indicated two captives were wounded, uncertain if they were women. The detainees were part of a 44-member party attached to British forces in the fortress colony at the southern Arabian Peninsula.
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Aden
Middle East Command
Elthey
Arabian Peninsula
Three Nitro Children Rescued From Kanawha River Drowning
Three Aldridge children aged 13, 12, and 10 sneaked a swim in the Kanawha River at Nitro. Larry Hively, 19, heard screams, jumped in fully clothed and pulled them to shore. None required hospitalization. they were returned home.
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Kanawha River
Nitro Police
C. A. Palmer
Kathy Aldrige
Donna
Richard
Deloris Aldrige
Ash St
Larry Hively
Washington St
Palmer
Aldrige
Ming
Broadway Avenue
Kathy
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