Clergymen Freed After Sit-In Trial Ruling
Nine clergymen including six whites and three Negroes were freed from jail after three years of legal appeals. Judge Rudd reduced their 60 day sentence to time served, ending challenges to the 1961 unlawful assembly conviction. The group, who fasted for four days, called the release a victory for civil rights and said they were treated fairly in jail.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Buch
Carey
Dresner
Springfield
Martin Freedman
Paterson
N.J
Interstate Commerce Commission
John W. Collier
Newark
Israel Memorial Ame
John Rudd
Rudd
Italy’s New Government Wins Confidence Vote
Italy’s new government under Premier Aldo Moro won Parliament’s confidence, with the Chamber of Deputies approving 344 to 938 in favor. The four party coalition will govern with a program aiming to tackle the economic slump while aligning with United States policy on the jet Nam crisis.
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New
Italy
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Aldo Moro
Moro
United States
Reds Sent MIGs To N Viet Nam
Hong Kong based U S intelligence sources said reports that Red China sent about 100 Soviet built MIG fighters to Hanoi were unsubstantiated. They rejected overseas Nationalist claims of large troop shifts and feverish air redeployments along the southern border with North Viet Nam.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Hanoi
Taipei
China
Viet Nam
U.S
My Kong
Kwangsi
Yunnan
Hainan Island
Gulf of Tonkin
Washington
Southeast Asia
Peking
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Gia Linh
William McMullan
Long Island
N.Y
North Viet Nam
Formosa
Honolulu
Hickam Air Force Base
Queen Mother Frederika Recovers From Fever
The royal palace announced that Queen Mother Frederika of Greece, 46, has recovered from a high fever caused by a virus infection. She had been confined to bed, but her temperature returned to normal yesterday.
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Athens
Frederika
Greece
Four Whites Jailed In Negro's Slaying
Four white men, identified as Ku Klux Klansmen, were arrested by the FBI in Athens Georgia for the slaying of Lemuel Penn an Army reserve lieutenant colonel shot to death as he drove through a rural area. They face federal charges of conspiracy to intimidate and a state murder probe looms. Penn was killed when a vehicle pulled alongside his car and opened fire.
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Athens, Ga
FBI
Washington, D.C
Georgia
U. S
Girard Hawkins
James
Hawkinson
Lackey
Herbert Guest
Cecil William Myers
Joseph Howard Sins
Athens
Madison County
jClarke County
Carl Sanders
Clete Johnson
Penn
Johnson
J. Edgar Hoover
Washinton
Myers
Sims
Charles E. Brown
John D. Howard
Viet Nam Crisis Eases Amid War of Words and Fears of Reprisal
Premier Nguyen Khanh declared a state of emergency in South Viet Nam and ordered mobilization as frontier fighting remained tense along a 50 mile border with Laos. US advisers doubted a full invasion while Hanoi blamed the United States and China for provocation, with warnings of possible massive reprisals against American targets.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Tonkin Gulf
William McMullen
Long Island
N.Y
Laos
South China Sea
U.S
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
United States
Democratic Republic of
North
Viet Nam
Hong Kong
Formosa
Red China
Senator Hugh Scott backs Republicans without compromising beliefs
Philadelphia AP Sen Hugh Scott R Pa says he will support all Republicans in November but will not compromise his principles. He spoke at a Pennsylvania Young Republicans convention without naming candidates, and noted he may not endorse the national ticket led by Barry Goldwater. He seeks re election to a second six year term and vows unity within a broad party.
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Philadelphia
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Scott
Pennsylvania
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
William W. Scranton
House Okays Resolution Backing LBJ Action
Washington reporters note the House approved a resolution backing President Johnson amid the Southeast Asia crisis with cross party support. Senator Morse used a two hour protest as debate persisted while Rep Foreman voiced criticism about prior air strike disclosures and questions about accountability.
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House
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Frances P. Bolton
Ohio
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
Wayne Morse
D-Ove
Ed Foreman
R - Tex
Poreman
Viet Nam
Foreman
Pentagon
Morse
President of Poland Succumbs in WARSAW
Alexander Zadawski, 65, president of Poland since 1952, died today in Warsaw according to the Polish press agency. Cause of death not released. unofficial sources cited cancer. Zadadski, a Communist Politburo member, had major abdominal surgery April 16 by a London surgeon led team for digestive tract ailment.
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Poland
Warsaw
Alexander Zadawski
Zawadski
Communist Party
Herman Taylor
London
UN Says Security Council Not Key To Southeast Asia Settlement
Washington officials report Secretary-General Thant told Johnson and U. S. leaders that the Security Council cannot be useful for a Southeast Asia settlement now due to limited charter authority and North Vietnam not being a UN member. U. S. talks on UN issues proceeded with broad alignment on Thant’s view, and a gala White House banquet honored Thant.
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Washington
U Thant
U.N. Security Council
Thant
Viet Nam
Johnson
Dean Rusk
White House
U.S
United Nations
U.N
S. Thant
Security Council
Council
North Viet Nam
United States
County GOP Passing Grief To New Dems?
ERIE The county's junior Democrat commissioner William C. Hill escalates claims that budget shortfalls are charged to new Democratic appointees amid a fight over the Surplus Food Program. He cites overdrafts as unbudgeted debts incurred by predecessors and urges firing Surplus Food Administrator Raymond H. Martin.
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Erie
William C. Hill
Hill
Raymond H. Martin
District Attorney
Register of Wills
Osers
Id Hill
County Personal Property Tax Shows Gain in Erie County
Erie County residents paid about 70 000 more in personal property tax by mid July than the previous year bringing total returns to 155 647 An additional 15 000 was billed over the 1964 budget estimate of 359 000 Potential revenue from personal property tax may reach near 300 000 The gain is credited to enclosures with real estate tax bills urging residents of southeastern townships to file tax returns on all stocks bonds and other personal holdings Similar notices will be sent next year to other townships.
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Erie
Erie County
Clark Lord
Corry
Lord
Corry Girl 12 Hurt In Millcreek Bus Crash
A 12 year old Corry girl, Patricia Whaley, sustained facial lacerations as a Millcreek collision between a car and an Erie Coach Co bus left four injured. The driver Robert English, 37, and Rose Booth, 27, plus her 2 year old daughter Dawn Marie, were treated and released. Damages were estimated at 1,000 for the car and 50 for the bus.
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Wrie
Corry
Millcreek
Hamot Hospital
Patricia
Ernest Whaley
Erie Coach Co
Bhus
Robert English
Erie
Rose Booth
Dawn Marie
Hamat
Stock Market Shows Gain Amid Cautious Trade
The New York market recovered early in sluggish trading as fears of a Southeast Asia crisis faded. Key stocks rose modestly across copper, steel, motors, rails, utilities, airlines, tobacco, electronics and retail sectors, while chemicals and rubbers were mixed and overall activity remained the slowest of the week.
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New York
Southeast Asia
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