Strive For Racial Peace In Pa City
The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission opened hearings in Chester to ease civil rights protests over de facto school segregation. Gov. Scranton ordered action and Elliott Shirk, executive director, pledged the commission can and will resolve the dispute amid more than a month of demonstrations.
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Chester, Pa
Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission
Pennsylvania
Chester
William W. Scranton
Elliot Shirk
Commission
Attempted church integration at Second Presbyterian fails
In Memphis AP report, Dr. Carl Prichett of Bethesda and a small group of white and Negro students tried to enter Second Presbyterian Church during services but were turned back by ushers. Prichett led opposition at the Presbyterian General Assembly over site selection for next year. Stanley Branche announced new demonstrations for Monday night despite a seven day NAACP moratorium. Chester School Board planned a meeting for general purposes.
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Church
Memphis
Second Presbyterian Church
Carl Prichett
Bethesda
Ushers
Prichett
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
U. S
Second Presbyterian
Shirk
Stanley E. Branche
Chester Committee For Freedom
Ranche
Philadelphia
New York
King's Speech Spurs Action By Rightists
Civil rights groups react to a week of racial demonstrations and a King speech with renewed protest plans in Nashville. Morrison's Cafeteria targeted. white and Black demonstrators clashed at times, 100 arrests reported. A "sip-in" emerged as seated protesters bought only coffee to challenge segregated seating. King urged peaceful action as he spoke at Fisk University to about 2000 attendees.
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Nasville
Tetin
Martin Luther King Jr
Morrison's
Nashville
Dr. King
Fisk University
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Atlanta
Police seek tigernaper after tiger cub theft in Atlanta
In Atlanta Grant Park Zoo reports a nine week old tiger cub was stolen during the weekend. Zoo superintendent Johnny Dilbeck fears death from pneumonia or improper care as the cub’s bottle was left behind by the thief.
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Atlanta
Grant Park Zoo
Johnny Dilbeck
Racial clash at Methodist General Conference debate
At the 496th General Conference in Pittsburgh a racial issue dominates floor action. The report Christian Social Concerns endorses civil disobedience within limits, while integrationists push a voluntary gradual plan for church integration. Rev Harold A Bosley presents the report and advocates careful restraint. Rev G Ross Freeman objects to any endorsement of disobedience. Delegates hold vigils and kneeling protests as a movement to merge Negro and white jurisdictions faces opposition.
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Pittsburgh
Methodist Church
Harold A. Bosley
Christ Church
Methodist
New York
G. Ross Freeman
Atlanta
Fred Pierce Carson
Philadelphia
World Methodist Council
Boy Found Safe After Overnight 10-Mile Walk Home
A 5 year old boy from Wattsburg in the North East area wandered away while fishing in French Creek and was missing for about two hours. Volunteers from Greenfield and Wattsburg fire departments led the search, locating him near House 89 half a mile east of Colt Station around 8:30 pm. Chief Kenneth Allen directed operations as rescuers braved Dead Lake swamp known for quicksand pools.
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Wattsburg
North East
Dead Lake
Timothy Gorski
Eugene Gorski
Findley
Lake Mad
North
House 89
Colt Station
Greenfield Fire Department
Dayton Eastman
Lewis Foster
Union” City
Greenfield
Kenneth Allen
Half Moon Road
French Creek
U.S. Envoy John Rice resigns as ambassador to the Netherlands
John Rice resigns from his post as ambassador to the Netherlands after writing to President Johnson on March 5 that at age 65 he wishes to retire to private life. A Pennsylvania businessman with deep Democratic ties, Rice served three years in the Netherlands.
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U.S
Washington
John Rice
Gettysburg
Netherlands
Rice
Johnson
Pennsylvania
Aigo
Area Man Hurt In Road Mishap
A Spring Creek man, Fred J. Christensen, was injured in a two car collision Saturday at 4 40 p m on Route 77 Pittsfield Town when his car was struck from behind while waiting to turn into a private drive He received bruises to both shins a sprained neck and was treated at Corry Memorial Hospital The other driver Joseph 5 Stee 19 of R D 1 Spring Creek was not hurt Property damage was about 1100 Possible charges are pending today.
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U. 1
Spring Creek
Corry
Memorial Hospital
Warren
Fred J. Christensen
Pittsfield
Joseph 5
Stee
R.D. 1
CORE To Send Delegates To Political Conventions
CORE will stage nonviolent demonstrations in Washington to press for civil rights legislation and will send delegates to both national conventions. James Farmer said CORE plans to oust Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama delegates at the Democratic Convention in Atlantic City and replace them with CORE delegates. He announced rallies and mass picketing to dramatize demands, including a $2 minimum wage and a Works program. at the Republican convention in San Francisco CORE would push for repudiating the Dixiecrat alliance on civil rights.
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Philadelphia
Congress of Racial Equality
National Action Council
Washington
James Farmer
CORE
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Atlantic City
Farmer
Mass ‘Pickering
San Francisco
Two Area Motorists Arrested In Weekend Crashes
State police over the weekend arrested Burt H Heath 59 of North East for drunken driving in Union City after erratic driving and curb impact. James A Staples 53 of 207 Northwest Street left the scene after a Route 97 collision with Arlen, Riley 43, and pled guilty to leaving the scene. both cases involve $500 bonds and Erie County court action.
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Burt H Heath
North East
Union City
Elmer Schifko
Heath
Schifko
Portermoehere
James A. Staples
Northwest Street
Staples
William L., Riley
Corry
Justice of the Peace
Peter DeGerlando
Erie
Roles Auto
Riley
2 Mints To Work Around Clock To Ease Coin Crisis
Sen. Howard W. Cannon says President Johnson approved seven day around the clock operation at the Philadelphia and Denver mints to ease a national coin shortage. Emergency funds will boost production about 25 percent and fund increased minting until appropriations clear in Congress, effective July 1.
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Lad Vegas
Nev
Howard W. Cannon
Dney
Johnson
U.S
Philadelphia
Denver
Budget Bureau
Congress
Senate
Cannon
Blaze Burns Farm Structures at Danville State Hospital Grounds
A Saturday fire at the Danville State Hospital grounds destroyed three barns and five silos. No injuries occurred, and damage was pegged near $500,000. Cause was not immediately determined, and livestock fatalities were reported.
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Danville
Danville State Hospital
Believe Russia Pulled Rockets From Cuba To Check Castro
Washington reports strong belief that the Soviet Union may have withdrawn ground launched rockets from Cuba, potentially limiting Castro's ability to shoot down U.S. planes. The move could ease tensions over surveillance flights and explain Castro’s May Day remarks. The 1962 missiles era is recalled as Moscow scales back forces.
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Russia
Cuba
Castro
Washington
Su- Vet Union
Fidel Castro
Red
United States
U.S
Wight
Eleven Kids Remain Hospitalized After Baltimore Mishap
Baltimore AP report says eight girls and three boys stayed in hospitals after Saturday traffic jam near Memorial Stadium. Thirty five other children injured. one killed at Orioles Indians game. Eleven in satisfactory condition. a pupil from safety patrol honored in reverence at Sunday game. Monitored escalator barrier caused crowding. witnesses noted riders moving three to four abreast. Also: Ex-chancellor Msgr Edward J Miskow died aged 76 in Pittsburgh Mercy Hospital.
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Baltimore
Ab- Memorial Stadium
Baltimore Orioles
Cleveland Indians
Annette Costantiniz
Maryland
Orioles
U S Ships Show Force After Viet Nam Vessel Sinking
In Saigon the destroyer Lyman Swenson arrived on a routine visit to display strength after terrorists sank a vessel in the Saigon River. The Card was damaged by explosives, eight Americans and a Vietnamese wounded. Saigon remains tense with patrols and dock-area security as salvage crews patch the hole.
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Saigon
Vet Nam
Lyman
Swenson
Navy
C. C. Hartigan Jr
7Th Fleet
Hector Dittamo
West Paterson
N.J
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Joseph G. Gustafson
Bayfield, Wis
Primaries Set Across Nation Ahead Of Conventions
Voters in Indiana Ohio Oklahoma Alabama Florida New Mexico and the District of Columbia choose 139 Republican and 202 Democratic delegates to nominating conventions. Governors, senators and house seats up for grabs. Indiana features Gov George C Wallace campaigning against Johnson civil rights bill with Gov Matthew Welsh as Johnson stand-in. Goldwater leads Republican field in Indiana with 32 first ballot votes. Delegates to both conventions will be chosen next month. Continued on Page Two.
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Wasnuweruy
Indiana
Ohio
Oklahoma
Alabama
Florida
New Mexico
District of Columbia
Delaware
Michigan
Alaska
Nevada
Wyoming
Senate
George C. Wallace
Johnson
Matthew ©. Welsh
Unner
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Harold E. Stassen
Philadelphia
Don’t. Rep. Donald C. Bruce
Republican Senate
Robert Taft Jr
Robert A. Taft
Bud Wilkinson
Boy 15 Rescued From Niagara Gorge After Fall
A 15 year old, George Lawrence of Niagara Falls Ontario, slipped near the gorge and fell halfway down a 200 foot drop into the whirlpool rapids. Firefighters lowered a five man rescue team in a rope basket and hauled him to safety. He underwent emergency abdominal surgery and was listed in satisfactory condition.
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George Lawrence
Niagara Falls
Ont
Niagara River
Lawrence
Niagara
Johnson Won't Let Hoover Retire As FBI Chief
White House sources say President Johnson will waive the usual 70 year retirement age to allow J Edgar Hoover to remain as FBI director beyond his upcoming 70th birthday. Hoover would have served 40 years next Sunday since his May 10 1924 appointment under Coolidge, serving under 13 attorneys general.
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Waoning
Johnson
J. Edgar Hoover
White House
FBT
Hoover
PBT
Korean War Memorial in Somerset County Unveiled
29 Somerset County citizens who died in the Korean War are honored on polished granite tablets at the Somerset County courthouse. The monument was dedicated yesterday with Major General Henry K. Flack of the 29th Division Pennsylvania National Guard in attendance.
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Somerset
Somerset County
Henry K. Flack
Pennsylvania National Guard
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Episcopal Church of the Atonement
Morton
John P. Black
Media
Hewett
Innes
Edward J. Misktow
Msgr
Misklow
Mercy Hospital
Viet Nam
Ballimore Memorial Stadium
Ballimore
Cleveland
Boy
Gorge
LBJ
FBI
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