Torchings Rise Again in Negro Church Attacks
A Associated Press report traces seven years of church bombings and arsons in the South, highlighting targets such as churches and ministers homes. It notes major incidents from 1957 through 1967, including the 16th Street Baptist Church blast and subsequent fires in Mississippi and Georgia, with few convictions and several acquittals.
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Atlanta
South
Montgomery
Ali
Birmingham
Ala
16Th Street Baptist Church
Mississippi
Kingston
Miss
Philadelphia
Georgia
South Georgia
Montgam
Goldwater Platform Moves Amid Intrigue Over Extremism Links
Debate focuses on amendments to disavow extremist groups such as the John Birch Society. Scranton backers propose removing Birch references while affirming civilian control of nuclear weapons with presidential authorization only.
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John Birch Society
GOP
Goldwater
Birch
Platform Committee
Scranton
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
America
United States
VFW Opens Pennsylvania Convention in Pittsburgh
The Pennsylvania Veterans of Foreign Wars opened its 45th annual convention with about 10,000 veterans and families. Tonight’s memorial service honors war dead, and John A. Jenkins will give the keynote tomorrow at a joint veterans and auxiliary session. A Friday parade downtown will feature drum and bugle corps and drill teams competing for prizes.
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VFW
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Veterans of Foreign Wars
John A. Jenkins
Crim and Bugle Corps
Dell
Spartansburg Notes Share Visits and School Plans
Local columns share visits among families in Spartansburg and surrounding towns. Kathy Clark heads to Junction City with Army husband Bill at Fort Riley, while Diane and Danny reconnect with relatives in Clymer and Jamestown. Sparta merged school class of 1944 gathering, firefighters Ladies Auxiliary meet, and school opens September 1 with list of holiday and vacation closures through 1965.
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Evelyn Merkle Spartansburg
Sharon
Dale Mitchell
Russell Mitchell
Norman Bailey
Clyd
Kathy Clark
Junction City
Kansas
Bill
Army
Fort Riley
Naomi Clark
Corry
Kathy
Kathy and Will Stay About Two Weeks. Mrs. Clark Was the Former Kathy Berkey
Duane Seoulen
James Reed
Ray Reed
Findley Lake
Diane
Danny
Charles Reed
Clymer
N. Y
Denise
Joseph Jet
Jamestown
Doreen
Leon Davids Jr
Meadville
Donald Merkle
Isaac Sherlock
Mr. Sherlock
Fred Clute
Ben Watson
Union City
Michael Merkle
Clute's
Philip Sammy" McCray
Hamot
Robert Reed
Sparta
Sparta Firemen
Sparta Fair
Northwest Psea
Valachi Still Cooling Heels in DC Jail
Joseph Valachi, the famed La Cosa Nostra informant, remains in a District of Columbia jail cell with no plan to be moved. At 61 he stays in seclusion, keeps fit with calisthenics, watches TV, and avoids fellow prisoners while awaiting further life term implications.
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Washington
Joseph Valachi
la Cosa Nostra
Senate
District of Columbia
Justice Department
Valachi
Underworld
Man Hit by Train Near Leetsdale Dies at 33
Michele Luigi Galante of Bellevue, 33, died at Sewickley Valley Hospital after being struck by a train on Pennsylvania Railroad tracks in Leetsdale while en route to a junk yard for a car part. Police reported the incident occurred yesterday.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania Railroad
Leetsdale
Michele Luigi Galante
Bellevue
Sewickley Valley Hospital
Galante
Warn Farmers Of Bad Hay In Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania officials warn farmers to avoid hay contaminated by pesticides. Insist on a guarantee the hay is clean or tested before hauling. Officials note dry weather shifts hay purchases out of state and emphasize milk contamination risks though not asserting health dangers.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Health Department
Leland H. Bull
Delmar K. Myers
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Foods and Chemistry
Myers
Bull
De Gaulle Leads Bastille Day Celebrations On Champs Elysees
President Charles de Gaulle, erect and fit, led a Bastille Day military review before thousands along the Champs Elysees. The 175th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille is honored with theater, fireworks and street dancing continuing into the night.
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Charles de Gaulle
1 Champs Elysees
Bastile
America
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Eement
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Lehman
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Heberlein Motor
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Dart
Turben’s Auto Service
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Guy M. Fish
Veterans Automobile and
JEEP
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Skyline
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Fred Ruffener
Columbus
Salns—Maytag
Potocki
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Sugar Grove
J&if
J. Peterson & Son
Lennox
Paul Mather
Max Grenz
Stockton Wholesale Meats
Cordia Chevrolet
N.Y
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Merley
Corry Loan Company
American Breeders Service
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Jamestown Livestock Market
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Elk Street
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Minn
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Root Furniture
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Cena
East
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Leslie Real Estate Agency
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Sample Flats
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J.J. Roae
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Warren
Ray Miller
Stockton
Roland Shepherd
Iams
Pindley Lake
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