Baptist Leader Calls For Crusade Against Moral Decay
In Dallas AP report South ern Baptist leaders urged shifting evangelical focus to cities and waging a crusade against crime and social ills. Rev Arthur B Rutledge warned crime and pornography rise, urging church action while others noted metropolitan centers from Boston to Southern California as mission fields. About 15 000 delegates expected at the main convention.
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Southern Baptist
America
Southern Baptist Convention
Arthur B. Rutledge
Atlanta
Baptist Home Missionary Board
Woman’s Missionary Union
Rutledge
Baptist Convention
Fred B. Moseley
Rutleage
Boston
Washington
Great Lakes
Florida Gold Coast
Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast
California
Moseley
Hugo H. Culpepper
Louisville
Womens
Culpepper
Dominican palace security talks amid pending demilitarization
In Santo Domingo discussions among OAS representatives and Imbert junta leaders focused on extending the security zone to encompass the palace grounds. Rebels seek a major junta troop reduction inside the zone while maintaining guard lines near rebel-held areas.
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Imbert Junta
OAS
Telmo Vargas
Ecuador
Mora
Francisco J. Rivera Caminero
Ramon Jimenez Jr
Navy
Jacinto Martiniez Arana
Army
Juan de Los Santos Cespedes
German Despradel Brache
Horacio Vicioso Sato
Vargas
Marine Corps
Santo Domingo
Santiago
Francisco Caamano Deno
San Francisco Macoris
Caamano
Marines detained after motel incident and wreck
Beating on a motel door left a Marine with injuries after a car crash south of Asheville near Mountain Home Henderson County. The wrecked car belonged to a psychiatrist, with Brooks noting a billfold and a motel room key found on a suspect. One Marine suffered a broken hand and wrist and was treated at a hospital before being jailed by Buncombe deputies.
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Asheville
U.S. 25
Mountain Home
Henderson County
Buncombe
Brooks
Nelson
Gemini 4 aims to approach dead second stage orbit
Spacecraft commander McDivitt and pilot White prepare for an unprecedented manned rendezvous with a spent Titan 2 second stage. White will emerge in a spacesuit to photograph the object at distances as close as 20 feet, tethered by a 25 foot line, while the mission also tests long duration flight and in space endurance. The flight aims to 97 hours 50 minutes, the longest U S manned mission to date, setting the stage for lunar goals.
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McDivitt
White
United States
U.S
Russia
Memorial Day traffic toll rises in Virginia and beyond
The Memorial Day weekend left at least 20 dead in Virginia traffic crashes along with multiple fatalities across several states. Among the victims were John Westwood Wilkins 59 in Fauquier County in a two car crash near Middleburg, Christopher Hathaway 15 drowned in the Elizabeth River near Norfolk, George Mason Butler 47 missing since Friday found in the Potomac River, Sterling Mosley 35 killed in a Halifax County crash. The total road toll for the year and holiday period rose as drownings and other crashes continued through the weekend.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Middleburg
John Westwood Wilkins
U.S. 50
Fauquier County
Norfolk
Christopher Charles Hathaway
Elizabeth River
Fredericksburg
George Mason Butler
Spotsylvania County
Po River
Five Forks
Spotsylvania
Halifax
Sterling Mosley
Red Oak
Charlotte County
Halifax County
Attacks on Dead Victims Haunt U.S. Troops After Battle
After death, attackers inflicted wounds on both Americans while most Vietnamese corpses showed signs of terror. A Vietnamese lieutenant, separated from his battalion, joined the recovery detail and mourned, "What is my battalion? I have no battalion now. My battalion is dead."
Three Boats Washed Out Then Disappeared After Creek Flood
A rescuer followed downstream as three boats remained above water but were swept away. all disappeared beneath the water. The creek flows into the Neuse River about four miles downstream.
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Neuse River
Thirty Five Cars Derail In S C Gas Leak At Trestle
Thirty five cars derailed on a Southern Railway freight train at the Saluda River trestle near Greenville South Carolina. Propane from two tank cars leaked prompting evacuation of 15 families and area lockdown. One engine burned and a second damaged. crew uninjured.
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S.C
Greenville
Southern Railway
Saluda River
Strestle
Pickens County
Capitol mortar flaws threaten historic front structure
An engineering study on the Capitol west front built 1794 to 1826 notes mortar made from shell ash lacks cohesion, arches and walls crumble, with stone facing separating from rock. The report sits with Speaker John W. McCormack awaiting commission action expected before July 1.
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United States
Stewart
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Labor union membership debate fuels freedom of choice
Larson and Cadwallader argue against compulsory union membership as an infringement on individual bargaining rights. They claim most Americans oppose forced dues and cite corruption and political use of dues. They assert unions intimidate nonmembers and that active workers face harassment and legal costs.
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Afl-Cio
George Meany
Wirtz
Cadwallader
Ameri 1
Park Mrs Jack Hansen of Lakewood Denver Welcomes Mrs Estey
Park Mrs Jack Hansen of Lakewood Denver announces the marriage of her daughter to Frank Estey of Denver. The note mentions Timmermanns mis spelling on the scoreboard during dedication and Karl’s parents are noted as deceased.
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Jack Hansen
Lakewood
Denver
Cole
Timmermann
Frank Estey
Karl
Abel Becomes Steel Union Top Man Today
Abel, 56, will be sworn in as the United Steelworkers of America third president for a four year term in a ceremony in Pittsburgh. The election ended the David J McDonald era, with Meany and Reuther expected to attend and 11 new district directors to take office. McDonald retires on a pension of half his $50 000 salary.
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United Steelworkers of America
I. W. Abel
Abel
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
Abel-McDonald
McDonald
Palm Springs
Calif
Racial tensions halt protest march plan in Columbia area
About 600 white men gathered on Columbia Road as civil rights pickets were briefly withdrawn amid feverish mood. Fist fights erupted, police intervened, and city officials required parade sponsors to file 24 hours ahead with route, participant count, and a responsible person. Mayor Jesse Cutter Jr. announced Boga lusa Civic and Voters League could not stage the planned protest march due to tensions.
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Columbia Road
Jesse Cutter Jr
Bogalusa Civic and Voters League
Village seeks keep of broom hero as council plans replacement
For nine years the contest has run and Broome, 65, retires on Saturday prompting a Parish Council debate. The County Council plans a mechanical sweeper but Chairman Edward Truss says no machine can match Broome. The council vows protest while Broome notes no machine can replace a man using a broom, shovel, scythe and scoop.
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Broome
Edward Truss
McNamara proposes NATO four to five member nuclear committee
Paris AP United States Defense Secretary McNamara proposed a four to five member NATO ministerial committee to study wider allied participation in planning and using nuclear forces. The group would aim for immediate consultation via new hot lines and meet as needed, with studies to be reviewed at a future NATO defense ministers meeting.
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Paris
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
NATO
America
McNamara
U.S
Viet Nam battle losses and NATO nuclear force debate
The report notes hundreds of Viet Nam casualties after a Saturday action, with over 100 of the 39th Ranger Battalion killed and U S deaths totaling 393 since 1961. It also covers suspected Viet Cong divisions near Quang Ngai, North Vietnamese battalions in the area, and McNamara’s call for a select committee on nuclear force participation amid French opposition.
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39Th Ranger
39Th Rangers
U.S
Quang Ngao
da Nang
Quang Ngai
Saigon
Ha Thranh
Quang Ngai City
173Rd Airborne Brigade
D” Zone
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