Klan Leader Claims North Carolina Growth Ahead of Probes
Lumberton AP report quotes Grand Dragon J Robert Jones claiming Klan membership in North Carolina is higher than ever and buoyed by a congressional inquiry. He asserts the probe backfired on President Johnson, predicts a strong rally schedule across Anson Rowan Stanly counties, and defends the Klan’s reach while dodging specific membership numbers.
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Official Claims Klan
Carolina
Lumberton
N.C
J. Robert Jones
North Carolina
Jones
Lyndon Johnson
Grand Dragon
Johnson
Congress
KKK
Anson County
Rowan County
Stanly
James
Klan
Robeson
Father broadcasts dramatic appeal for return of his kidnapped son
Aaron Goldman pleaded on Miami radio and TV for the safe return of his 19 year old son Daniel, abducted from the family home last Monday. He said the family raised 25000 for ransom and would only pay if they could confirm their son's safety and direct contact. Police, FBI and local sheriff’s office continue working with a strict noncomment policy as investigators pursue leads.
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Miamy
Fla
Daniel Goldman
Aaron Goldman
Miami
Danny
Goldman
Daniel
Robert Traurig
The
Goldmans
FBI
Sheriff's Office
Bennett
Hollywood Wall Honors Replaced By 60s Rock Acts
In a transformed Hollywood landmark, stars like Bogart, Cagney, and Garland are replaced on a famed wall by 1960s acts such as the Yardbirds, the Grass Roots, and the Beau Brummels. Gary Bookasta touts a new teen club era as plaques mix enduring legends with pop groups and the Yardbirds sit near Rita Hayworth and Boris Karloff plaques.
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Humphrey Bogart
Liverpool Five
Tyrone Power
The
Knickerbockers
Joan Crawford
Vogues
W.C. Fields
Yardbirds
James Cagney
Judy Garland
Walter Pidgeon
Jane Wyman
Robert Taylor
Loretta Young
Gary Cooper
Carole Lombard
Jimmy Stewart
William Powell
Bo Biddle
Joey Paige
Ike and Tina Turner
Grass Roots
Chad and
Jeremy
Beau Brummels
Rita Hayworth
Rudy Vallee
Boris Karloff
George Murphy
Ingrid Bergman
Frank Sinatra
Gary Bookasta
Ediface
Bing Crosby
Bookasta
Turtles
Murphy
U.S
California
Business must reimagine appeal to modern workers
Virginia news briefs report Norfolk and Western official John P. Fishwick urging colleges and bankers to recast business as service and meaningful work for a generation seen as valuing comfort and social impact. The piece also covers faculty shortages, highway progress, bootleg liquor trials, and a court ruling on a Smoot estate fee.
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Irvington
America
John P. Fishwick
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Fishwick
Virginia Bankers’ Association
Easter sales surge across the nation in spring surge
The Associated Press reports Easter sales up 2 to 45 percent nationwide with peak days ahead. National Retail Merchants Association notes a record year, while stores from Boston to Charlotte and St. Louis report strong gains. Consumers seek complete ensembles, brighter colors, and casual wear as fashion shifts toward full outfits and durable goods.
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New York
Associated Press
National Retail Merchants Association
Boston
Chicago
Charlotte
N.C
St. Louis
Calvin Robbins
Pittsburgh
Joseph Horne
Little Rock
Ark
David Bluthenthal
Pfeifer
Steinfeld
Tucson
Ariz
New York City
Montpelier
Indianapolis
Ind
Jin
Melvin E. Dawley
Lord & Taylor
Fifth Avenue
Dwayne McCarthy
Menands
N.Y
al Larson
Helena
Mont
Juneau
Alaska
William H. Flint
Three Big Industrials Plan Spending Review After Johnson Plea
Aluminum Co. of America Continental Oil Co. and Reynolds Metals Co. will reassess 1966 capital plans following President Johnsons anti inflation appeal. Campbell Soup cutbacks were also discussed. Continental aims to trim 5 to 10 percent, with 270 million expected this year.
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New York
Johnson
Aluminum Co. of America
Pittsburgh
Continental Oil Co
Reynolds Metals Co
Richmond
William B. Murphy
Campbell Soup Co
Camden
N.J
John D. Harper
Alcoa
L.F. McCollum
Continental Oil
Johnnson
McCollum
Harper
Lawsuit challenges Arkansas ban on teaching evolution theory
Chancellor Murray Reed heard arguments in Little Rock on a suit filed by Susan Epperson and the Arkansas Education Association challenging the 1928 law banning teaching evolution. The judge took the matter under advisement after hearing extended testimony, with both sides vowing to appeal to the U S Supreme Court if needed.
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Little Rock, Ark
Murray Reed
Arkansas
Reed
U.S. Supreme Court
Susan Epperson
Little Rock Central High School
Arkansas Education Association
Iperson
Charles Darwin
Bruce Bennett
Eugene Warren
Epperson
Warren
Bennett
Martins Giggsville Purple Martin Capital Program
In Griggsville Ul a small town calls itself the Purple Martin Capital of the Nation and runs a program to attract martins cardinals wrens bluebirds and other songbirds. The purple martin is a friendly bird noted for its consumption of mosquitoes and other nuisance insects.
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Robeson County
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Malcolm Seawell
Seawell
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Earl Carroll
Strange’s Cleaners
Coachman Cleaners
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Gene Mandarino
Judy
Ts Save Tires
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Salary Conact
Peace Seeker
Abraham Jacob Nathan
Israel
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Egypt
Kennedy International Airport
U. S
Atomic Energy Commission
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Seaborg
Smithsonian Institution
Virginia News
Virginia
State Higher Education Study Commission
State Highway Department
Lynchburg
Campbell County
U.S. District Court
James Pinkerman
Frank Martin
George Leigh Eskew
Axton
William Thomas Blackwell
Morris Hester
Blackwell
U. S. 29
Midway
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Douglas B. Fugate
Fugate
National League of Cities
King George
S. Bernard Coleman
Washington
Howard W. Smith
Lewis Smoot
Coleman
David R. Shelton
Smoot
Shelton
Commissioner of Accounts
Elwood Mason
Smith
Mason
Edmund D. Campbell
Arlington
Shel
LBJ
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Virginia Supreme Court
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Seaboard
Brotherhood of
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Brotherhood
Les Fock
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