Flood Waters Isolate Dozens Of North Carolina Families
Weather Bureau reports Neuse River crest near 14 feet at Goldsboro and around 13 feet bankfull elsewhere, isolating more than a score of families since Friday. Most remain in place with boats or heavy equipment possible to depart. health officials say no immediate health threat, wells safe below 25 feet flooding threshold.
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Neuse
Smithfield
Goldsboro
N.C
Weather Bureau
Wayne - Johns
Salt
Kinabout
Kinston
Wayne County
Ilor
Carl Hammer
Hammer
Cape Fear
Fayetteville
North Carolina
Rocky Mount
Railroad Klan hearings extend into the South probe
The committee will continue investigations into the Klan and its Southern operations. Subpoenas may be used to compel witnesses in Washington while passenger trains will run north from Miami and south from Jacksonville as safety measures. The inquiry will not yet cover the American Nazi Party, the Minutemen, or the Black Muslims.
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FBI
High
FEC
Miami
Jacksonville
Washington
Klan
South
Nazi Party
The
Minutemen
Tragic campus death details emerge in Evans case
The report outlines the Colby University tragedy of Suellen Evans a home economics major who died two hours before a weekend trip home. Eyewitnesses recall a man seen fleeing the botanical gardens as a guiding path through campus led to her dorm. The scene involved a nun who assisted with revival attempts and a janitor who saw a Black man flee. Evans had transferred from UNC Greensboro to Chapel Hill for summer study after leaving Mooresville two weeks earlier.
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Blake
Evans
University
Botanical Gardens
Miss Evans
Glenn M. Evans
Suellen
Mooresville
University Summer School
University of North Carolina
Greensboro
Chapel Hill
Demonstrations Costing Some Religious Agencies
In Chicago, civil rights marches have strained religious groups financially and in membership. The Catholic Interracial Council faces about 10000 debt as donors withdraw over protests in Grant Park. Marillac House reports about 40000 in expected funds lost after six nuns were arrested. Clergy donations to the Church Federation decline modestly due to marches. Leaders target public school superintendent Benjamin C. Willis over de facto segregation in Chicago schools.
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Chicago
Catholic Interracial Council
Selma
Ala
John A. McDermott
Grant Park
McDermott
Mary William
Marillac House
West Side
Church Federation of Greater Chicago
Edgar H. §. Chandler
Benjamin C. Willis
Voting Protest in Virginia Calls for More Registrars
Demonstrators gathered at the Registrar's Office and courthouse lawn urging increased registration. Virginia SCLC leaders Herbert Coulton and Curtis Warris urged heavy Black turnout, while Dr. Reid and other speakers pressed for federal registrars and improved election law enforcement.
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Virginia Sclc
Herbert V. Coulton
Coulton
Reid
Curtis W. Warris
Hopewell
Virginia
State Senate
Robert J. Combs
Virginia Council On Human Relations
Jacob Turner Jr
Waverly
Windsor
Racial tensions flare in Americus as minorities protest
Bolden urges protection and declares upcoming integration efforts at white churches. Negro pickets march with police on downtown streets while leaders demand a biracial committee. Mayor Walker resists outside influence and says the council will handle issues with local Negro citizens only.
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Izeas
Americus
Bolden
Walker
Mississippi draft dodger appeal sparks federal inquiry
Bill Wilton reports that Mississippi draft protests drew NAACP condemnation while a militant Freedom Democratic party urged Negro mothers to push sons to dodge the draft. Col. James L. Davie forwarded the newsletter to the U.S. attorney as leaders criticize the plan.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
NAACP
Charles Evers
Jackson
Aaron Henry
Clarksdale
Boy and airmen rescue boy on Rt 52 and return to camp
Airmen led by Boy Holly rigged a stretcher to transport the injured boy to an awaiting ambulance on Rt 52. The unit carried him back to his camp where his relieved parents, Mr and Mrs Abba Babad of Brooklyn, awaited news and expressed joy.
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Holly
Rt. 52
Abba Babad
Brooklyn
Battle recalls Kennedy weighing Johnson as 1960 VP pick
In Los Angeles amid VP deliberations Lyndon Johnson is discussed as a strong nationwide asset. Robert Kennedy told Battle he would not join a ticket, and Kennedy then explained Lyndon Johnson was the only clearly best qualified man who might join him, though he doubted Johnson could win the nomination in 1960.
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Lyndon Johnson
South
Battle
Jack
Ted Kennedy
Los Angeles
Johnson
Robert Kennedy
Bob
Washington
John Kennedy
Hattie
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Red China Blasts Soviet Handling of Viet Nam Conflict
Tokyo AP report says People's Daily accuses Khrushchev revisionists of aiding U S imperialism by soft handling of Vietnam war. Observed splits between lines of peace movement, with China urging maximum isolation of U S imperialism and condemning coexistence rhetoric in Helsinki.
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Red China
Russia
U.S
Viet Nam
Tokyo
China
Soviet Union
Peo
Ple
Observer
Peking
Radio
Khrushchev
Viet’ Nam
World Congress of Peace
Helsinki
Finland
People’s Daily
Hs Hictoriaat Trand
Mao Tze-lung
Alexander Korneichuk
Helsinki Peace Congress
Vietnam to Increase U S Forces to 125000
Viet Nam announces U S forces will rise to 125000 with about 80000 Americans in South Viet Nam currently. Ky warns of broad future increases and that any spot could be a battlefield as ground fighting slows and air war dominates with heavy strikes on North Viet Nam.
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Guyot
Diggs
Freedom Democrats
Ranier Selig
Chicago
King
Tougaloo
U.S
South Viet Nam
Viet Namese
Viet Nam
Vinh Army Barracks
Hanoi
Midway
U.S. Navy
Independence Juay
Saigon
Saison
da Nang
Quang Tin Province
Ba Ta
Frialas
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Feneem
Danville, Virginia
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Bill Wilton
Justice Department
Charles Diggs
D-Midh
Swicegood Funeral Home
Swicegood
Funeral Home
Laundry and Dry Cleaners
Riverside Drive
Nor-Dan
Lynn St. Weave.lain
West Main Street
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