Marchers Press On Through Lowndes County To Capitol
Rain dampens the 50 mile civil rights march as about 300 followers move along a swampy two lane highway in Lowndes County. King leaves Selma for Cleveland then plans to return. Marchers must reach the Capitol by 4 p.m. Thursday while crossing Big Swamp with five bridges and narrow shoulders.
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Selma
Ala
Lowndes County
Martin Luther.King Jr
King
Cleveland
Ohio
Selma, Ala
Lowndes
U.S
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Capitol Building
Rose Steele
Steel Union Leaders Mum on Talks Ahead of Strike
AP reports basic steel negotiators plan limited public comment as a possible May 1 strike looms. Union chief David J. McDonald and industry negotiator R. Conrad Cooper spoke at the first day of the 12-man union industry committee talks resuming March 9 after a quadrennial election recess. Most company-level talks recessed.
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Basic Steel
R. Conrad Cooper
Cooper
Ne Imion
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers Union
Former Union City Man Freed After 23 Years In Prison
Cor Thoft a former Union City man freed after 23 years in Attica State Prison in New York proved in court he had not been informed of his rights to counsel during his 1942 arrest and trial. Paul J. Porter now 43 was released by Acting County Judge McKinley L. Phillips after a Mayville hearing. Porter was sentenced 23 years ago to 10 to 30 years for stealing a car at gunpoint from Charles W. Frushone of Clymer. Porter and a hitchhiker girl were picked up by Frushone shortly before the theft. He was arrested in Fayette County West Virginia and sent back to Mayville for trial. After the hearing he was returned to Attica for release.
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Union City
Attica State
New York State
Paul J. Porter
McKinley L. Phillips
Chautauqua
Mayville
Porter
Charles W. Frushone
Clymer
Frushone
Fayette County
W. Va
Attica State Prison
Lab Tests In Washington Could Solve Birmingham Bombings
Birmingham police pursue six potent homemade bombs found within a four mile radius. FBI labs in Washington examine devices and report back. Detectives interview residents near blast sites as authorities rise pressure for leads in the long historic wave of racially charged bombings.
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Birmingham
Ala
Washington
Steel City
FBI Laboratories
Frank House
House
16Th Street Baptist Church
Pioneer Bandsman Dies in Miami Beach Leader for RCA Victor
Joseph C. Smith, 81, famed conductor and pioneer of recorded dance music, died yesterday in Miami Beach. He led the first band to record dance music for RCA Victor Records, leaving a lasting impact on early American popular music.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Joseph C. Smith
RCA Victor Records
French Creek Flood Control Progress Reported by Vigorito
Rep. Joseph P. Vigorito reports Army Engineers data show momentum on a three dam flood control system in the French Creek basin. The project protects Meadville Franklin Sugar Creek Township Cambridge Springs and surrounding communities across Erie Crawford and Mercer counties.
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French Creek
Erie
Crawford
Mercer
Joseph P. Vigorito
Vigorito
Army Engineers
Meadville
Franklin
Sugar Creek Township
Cambridge Springs
Otl
Republicans Seek Loyalty Oath Ban at Pennsylvania Colleges
Delaware County Republicans push a bill to bar known Communists or anyone refusing a loyalty oath from speaking or appearing at Pennsylvania’s 14 state colleges. The proposal was introduced with Rep. John T. Walsh and co sponsored by several Delaware County Republicans.
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Harrisburg
Delaware County
Pennsylvania
House
John T. Walsh
Allegheny
Joseph W. Isaacs
Stanley R. Kester
Mathew Ryan
Rocco A. Odorsio
Composer Harry Tierney Dies at 74 in New York
The Broadway composer of the 1920s died yesterday in New York after a heart attack. Tierney wrote scores for three Ziegfeld Follies and his best known tune was Alice Blue Gown from the musical Trene.
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New York
Harry Tierney
Tierney
Alice Blue Gown
Molly Brown makes first guided space rendezvous attempt
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Astronauts Virgil I Grissom and John W Young guided the Molly Brown into a new orbital path during the first of three orbits marking a historic step in the space race. The mission aims to test maneuvering for rendezvous and future Apollo moon flights. Gemini 3 designation noted as the ship’s name.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Virgil I. Grissom
John W. Young
Molly Brown
Mission Control Center
Texas
Grissom
Air Force
Young
Atlantic
Johnson
Grand Turk Island
Georgia
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Stands Full For Main Event CAPE KENNEDY
The Russian cosmonaut’s keen audience fills Cocoa Beach as Florida space fans gather for the Gemini Titan launch. Thousands camp, cheer, and watch from rooftops and beaches while VP Humphrey tours nearby. Grissom and Young prepare for liftoff in the Molly Brown capsule amid calm, smokeless exhaust and a hushed, hopeful crowd.
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Cape Kennedy
Pla
Florida
America
Cocoa Beach
Fort Lauderdale
Daytona Beach
Pittsburgh man sentenced for fatal beating of stepson
Donald Hazlett, 27, of Pittsburgh received six to 12 years for the fatal beating of his 5 year old stepson Mark Brooks. He had been convicted of voluntary manslaughter on October 11, 1963 and was sentenced yesterday. Hazlett remained free on a $20,000 bond after the State Supreme Court agreed to continue the bond pending an appeal Hazlett plans to file.
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Pittsburgh
Donald Hazlett
Mark Brooks
Hazlett
State Supreme Court
Wives Share Lonely Vigil Over Gemini Flight
In Houston two wives, Betty Grissom and Barbara Young, endure hours of quiet waiting as Americans await the first two man space flight. Neighbors and MSC watchers surround the Timber Cove homes of the Grissoms and Youngs while photographers, reporters, and crews monitor from near Mission Control Center. The families hope to emerge from seclusion as a flight unfolds, with the project keeping their husbands away from home.
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Houston
Tex
America
Betty Grissom
Barbara Young
Timber Cove
Manned Spacecraft Center
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Navy
Cmdr
John W. Young
MSC
Mission Control Center
Moonbound Ranger 9 to broadcast live lunar closeups
Pasadena AP report says Ranger 9 will provide history making live TV closeups of the lunar surface in the ten minutes before impact at 9 08 am EST. Networks planned to carry about 100 frames as the spacecraft, adjusted by a brief rocket burn, aims for Alphonsus crater.
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Pasadena
Calif
Lunar
Alphonsus
Scranton Leaves For Vacation
Gov Scranton departs for a week long vacation in Salt Lake City and Denver ending March 30. Press secretary Jack L Conmy said he will arrive in Los Angeles March 30 to attend a luncheon hosted by the Committee of 100000 Pennsylvanians for Economic Growth, then return to Pennsylvania March 31.
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Hantodungary
Scranton
Salt Lake City
Denver
Jack L. Conmy
Los Angeles
Pennsylvania
Hospitals Lose Charitable Immunity In Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules hospitals are liable like any commercial firm for patient injuries, ending a century old charitable immunity. The decision overturns a rule protecting universities and hospitals in damage suits, with Justice Musmanno writing for the majority and Justice Bell dissenting. The case arose from a Pennsylva nia Hospital patient who sued for medical costs after an ankle fracture caused by alleged hospital negligence.
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Pittsburgh
State Supreme Court
John C. Bell
University of Penna Hospital
Philadelphia
Michael Musmanno
Vania Hospital
Nonce
Supreme Court
Corry Memorial Hospital
Justice Bell
European leaders protest U S gas use in Vietnam war
In London nearly 50 Labour MPs and three Liberals urged Prime Minister Harold Wilson to condemn the United States and South Vietnamese use of nonlethal gas and napalm on Communist guerrillas. Le Monde and Moscow Radio condemned the tactic as barbarous while Washington described the agent as a long-used irritant gas with no link to nerve agents.
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London
Europe
U.S
South Viet Nam
Harold Wilson
Philp Noel Baker
Arthur Lenkinsop
Labor Party
House of Commons
Liberal
Guardian
Paris
le Monde
Flag
United States
Washington
Defense Department
Group insurance plan to start for Pittsburgh city workers
The office said yesterday a group insurance plan will go into effect in late spring for city employees if at least 75 percent of those eligible apply.
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Group Insurance
Pittsburgh
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