Los Angeles Race Talks Prompt Civil Rights Protests
Los Angeles leaders accuse Negro groups of rushing integration while the NAACP and other organizations press for action. A 10 day deadline for total integration prompts peaceful protests as Kennedy hosts a White House confab with civil rights figures including King Wilkins Farmer Randolph and McGill amid intergroup tensions.
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Los Angeles
Christopher Taylor
United Civil Rights Committee
Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission
Frank W. Chiman
Los Angeles County
Georgiana Herdy
Los Angeles Board of Education
Equal Opportunities Committee
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Washington
Kennedy
White House
Afl-Cio
Europe
Martin Luther King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Rey Wilkins
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Ralph McGill
Atlanta, Ga
Constitution
A. Phillip Randolph
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Wilkins
NAACP
Wil
Church withholds Dickinson funds over campus drinking ban
The Western Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Church will deny Dickinson College financial support until the campus bans alcohol at social events. A resolution approved at the conference’s annual meeting in Grove City ordered the withdrawal. The Central Pennsylvania Methodist Conference had threatened similar action last week.
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Grove City, Pa
Dickinson College
Western Pennsylvania Conference
The
Methodist Church
Carlsle School
Grove City
Central Pennsylvania Methodist Conference
Fifteen Gambling Figures Free On Bail In Utica Case
In a statewide lottery crackdown, 18 top operatives were arrested with fifteen released on bail totaling 122,500 dollars. About 60 men were seized across 19 upstate communities as state troopers halted a 2 million dollar yearly gambling syndicate linked to tickets sold for one dollar. Some key figures faced felony charges. others misdemeanors.
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Albany
New York
Utica
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Rochester
Syracuse
Corning
Watertown
Neburgh
Oswego
Erie County Stamp Plan Opposition Draws AFL-CIO Fight
A morning meeting in the Federal Building Erie features Congressman James Weaver County Commissioner Carl Procter Franke Grace and Mrs Norma Vanderloff Erie County AFL CIO chairwoman opposing a county stamp plan. They argue the plan harms the needy increasing taxes and could cut food stamp eligibility while forcing extra county staff and administration. The AFL CIO group is the first major organization to publicly oppose the plan.
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Federal
Erie
James Weaver
Erie County
Carl Procter
Franke Grace
County
CSC
Norma Vanderloff
Corry Labor Csc
Vanderloff
Grace
Erie County Afl-Cio
Weaver
Proctor
County Labor Council
Vanderhoff
County Board of Public Assistance
Afl-Cto Group
Koreans Refuse Talk On Two U S Captains Fate
PANMUNJOM Korea AP North Korea again refuses to discuss the fate of Capt. Ben W Stutts 30 of Florence Alabama and Capt. Charleson W Voltz 26 of Frankfort Michigan after a May 17 helicopter landing in Communist territory The UN command demanded their immediate return while the Communists argue the landings were a hostile act
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Panmunjom
Korea
North Korea
Military Armistice Commission
Ben W. Stutts
Florence
Ala
Charleson W. Voltz
Frankfort
Mich
Youth Killed as Car Hits Coal Truck North of Allentown
One teen died and four others were injured when an automobile failed to negotiate a curve and struck the rear of a loaded coal truck on a rural road eight miles north of Allentown Pennsylvania. Victim was 15 year old George Wentz of Orefield. Truck driver unharmed, police reported.
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Allentown
Here
George Wentz
Orefield
Kennedy Ready For Friendship Tour Of Europe
President Kennedy begins a 10 day European tour aimed at delivering a message of friendship to more than 25 million TV viewers in 12 western European nations. The Berlin segment features a seven hour telecast from Checkpoint Charlie and the Berlin Wall, with live portions broadcast to the United States via Telstar and Relay satellites. He departs from Andrews Air Force Base after family time at Camp David, visiting West Germany Ireland England Italy and Vatican City, where he plans a meeting with Pope Paul VI.
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Washington
Kennedy
Europe
America
Berlin
Checkpoint Charlie
Berlin Wall
United States
Telstar
Andrews Air Force Base
Camp David
West Germany
Ireland
England
Italy
Vatican City
Vatican
Paul VI
Trial Set In Weird Killing In Reno Nevada
A quiet 18 year old, Om Bean, goes on trial in Reno for the April 5 murder of Sonja McCaskie the former Olympic skier. Prosecutors say Bean admitted entering through an unlocked back door, strangling, raping, and mutilating the victim. The case in Washoe County District Court centers on insanity as the defense plan.
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Reno
Nev
Bean
Sonja McCaskie
Washoe County
Harry Anderson
William J. Baggio
Anderson
Miss McCaskie
Merger Study Warns Pa Railway Losses From NYC Merger
A University of Pittsburgh study, funded by the State Planning Board, concludes the proposed New York Central merger would harm Pennsylvania’s industrial growth and employment. It notes potential rail savings but warns short term pain and competitive rate pressures. officials study the report to decide state stance, with PRR executives delaying comment.
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Harrisburg
Pex
Avivatiia
New York
Peymeylvania
Wwe
Uny
Commonwealth
University of Pittsburgh
State Planning Board
Attorney General's Office
Alan M. Rio
Kent
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania
Guy Scranton
Scranton
David L. Lawrence
Philadelphia
Walter W. Patchell
PRR
Special Services
Jap Politicians Thrust Punches in Diet Clash
In Tokyo a Diet session turned violent as LDP members clashed with Socialist opponents during a vote on dismissing Daisuke Akita. Melees erupted with pushing and shoving. the speaker recessed the session as the motion failed 11 to 1.
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Tokyo
Haysto Tkeda
Liberal Democratic Party
Daisuke Akita
Social Labor Committee
Erie Area Gambling Raids Net 29 Arrests
State Police and local officers conducted raids across Erie County resulting in 128 arrests with 29 in the Erie area. In Meadville, Alfred Cayuola and Joseph Linano, both 40 and 36, pleaded guilty to gambling charges and were fined 200 each while 27 others pleaded innocent and posted 500 bonds. Officers raided taverns stores and similar establishments and confiscated tip sheets and lottery slips.
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Erie
Joeut
Cpl. Howards
Erle, Meniville
Butley
Punxsntawney
Seven Hurt In Two Crashes In Corry Area
Seven people were injured in two crashes investigated by State Police at Corry. A two car collision at Riceville Corners injured three, while four were hurt two miles west of Union City in a one car crash. Names include S Oliver Hineman and Anna Mae Hineman of Beaver, with others from Union City and Corry. Injuries ranged from scrapes to fractures. total damage was listed as 600 dollars.
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Corry Barracks
Riceville Corners
Union City
Union City Hospital
S. Oliver Hineman
Anna Mae Hineman
Eunice Hineman
Beaver
Hineman
Alexander Bhuda
Centerville
Robert White
Ben Titch
R. D
Corry
Donald Burger
Barbara Peiper
Paul White
West High Street
Sullivan elected president of county directors group
Tyrone businessman Robert D. Sullivan was chosen today as president of the Pennsylvania State Association of County Directors of Veterans Affairs at the group's annual meeting in Altoona. The election confirms Sullivan as head of the statewide veterans affairs network for the year.
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Altoona
Robert D. Sullivan
Tyrone
Pennsylvania State Association of County Directors of Veterans Affairs
Sullivan
Fatal Crash On Mead Park Road Claims Two Lives
A two vehicle crash near Mead Park killed James Betts 20 and left John Roberts 19 severely injured. Betts died at the scene from a broken neck and multiple injuries after the car struck a hydrant and a maple tree then a cable along the pond. Roberts, son of Mrs James Jackson, was taken to Memorial Hospital with possible broken jaw and chest injuries. Police reported the crash happened around 2:20 a.m. and are investigating who was driving. Funeral arrangements for Betts are being handled by St. George Funeral Home.
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Coty Memorial Hospital
James T. Roberts
Harold Rtoberts
East Soult
Hugh O'Hare
Young Betts
St. George
O'Hare
Mead Avenue
Mead Park
Lucy Kirin
Roberts
Betts
Frank Carnegie
Leart Betts
Puneral
St. George Pus
Living page from aviation history lands in Pittsburgh
A 1930 Ford Tri-Motor known as the Tin Goose, part of Trans World Airlines original transcontinental fleet, arrived in Pittsburgh as a stop on a 12-city east coast to coast tour. The craft, owned by John Loucks of Monmouth, Michigan, is touring to celebrate the civil aviation act's 25th anniversary.
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Pittshurghap
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Columbus
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Newark
N. J
Jeff
Los Angeles
Lee Flanagin
Trans World Airlines
TWA
Flanagin
John Mr. Loucks
Monmouth
Wichita
Kaw
Kansas City
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Two Pa. Workers Electrocuted at Cement Plant
In Bath Pennsylvania two men Roy Kistler aged 30 and Willard Bennyhoff aged 43, both from Slatington, were electrocuted while operating a crane that loaded scrap iron. A third worker suffered severe burns as the boom struck a high power line at Keystone Cement Co. This tragedy occurred yesterday in Northampton County.
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Bath, Pa
Keystone Cement Co
Northampton County
Roy Kistler
Willard Bennyhoff
Slatington
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Yank
Corry Area
Mead
James Jackson
VL Ibike
Richard Betts
Erts
Pond
Nichols
James Keppel
Rene
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