Klan hearings reveal threats and resignations in North Carolina
Witnesses recount threats over quitting the Ku Klux Klan and describe a climate of fear. Minister Woodle accuses Boyd Hamby of involvement in cross burnings while DuBois resigns as Klan treasurer, vowing candid testimony and loyalty to country over the organization.
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Woodle
Edwin E. Willis
D-La
Boyd Hamby
Hamby
CBS
North Carolina
Willis
Department of Justice
James R. Jones
DuBois
Shelton
Guadalcanal
Gemini 6 Mission Prep Faces Complex Docking Tests
Astronauts Schirra and Stafford continue Gemini 6 preparations with a focus on docking the Atlas Agena target satellite. The mission, three times more complex than any prior Gemini flight, aims for four dockings across the fourth to seventh orbits. Weather at Cape Canaveral remains watchful with revised cloud forecasts and light rain.
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Schirra
Stafford
Titan 2
Gemini 6
Pacific
Mgr
Charles Mathews
Earth
Cape
President Johnson signs highway beauty bill amid hospital return
Johnson signs a roadside billboard and junkyard controls bill calling it a first step and pledging more actions. Moyers reports the president rests at the White House while reviewing next year’s budget, with no travel plans. Mrs Johnson and lawmakers praise the measure as a restoration of America’s natural beauty.
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White House
Bill D. Moyers
Johnson
Texas
Moyers
Charles Schultze
Arthur J. Goldberg
United Nations
George A. Hallenbeck
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
America
Wage discrimination under equal pay law cases
Investigations led to $156,202 in underpaid wages for 960 workers under the 1964 equal pay law. The cases prompted an amendment to the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act banning wage discrimination for men and women doing equal work. Most underpayments affected women.
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Secretary of Habor
Rhodesia crisis tests Wilsons Rhodesian mission
Rhodesia faces a high stakes push for majority rule as Britain seeks progress toward African voting rights before independence. Prime Minister Wilson hopes to avert a unilateral declaration of independence by Smith's white-dominated Rhodesia government, while George Brown would assume cabinet duties during the Rhodesian parliament's return.
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Wilson
London
Smith
Britain
Rhodesia
George Brown
Rebels Fail In Attempt To Tear Down Provisional Government
Just before September’s provisional government formation Rafael Tavera led Castroite 14th of June Revolutionaries in an effort to tear down the new regime. Thick walls blocked the attack and the plan was abandoned.
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Rafael Tavera
Acquittal in Liuzzo slaying case sparks courthouse drama
The jury acquitted Wilkins of murdering Viola Liuzzo after three days of testimony. FBI witness Rowe testified Wilkins received a .38 pistol from Klansman Thomas and fired on Liuzzo’s car, while defense portrayed Rowe as an informer. Spectators and officials faced a tense exit as deputies guarded jurors.
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Wilkins
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Circuit Court
T. Worth Thagard
Justice Department
James Turner
Turner
Selma
Ala
Hanes
Flowers
Bye State
FBI
Gary Thomas Rowe
Lowndes County
Ilkins
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Detroit
Rowe
Leroy Moton
Gary Rowe
Watts
Los Angeles
Crawfordville
Liuzzo
Detroit Teamsters Union
Montgomery
Eugene Thomas
Liuzza
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Motion
Thomas
William Orville Eaton
Eaton
Marion E. Williams
FBI Laboratory
Washington
Williams
Adolph Nelson
Bessemer
Birmingham
VFW
Indonesian unrest tweets anti Communist drive in Surabaya
Subban urged the Chinese community of about 3 million to discard the belief that some have financially supported the Communist party. Antara reports fresh anti Communist demonstrations in Surabaya with a mob seizing and burning the Communist party office after overcoming Communist youth resistance. The crowds also burned the Communist Youth and Communist Scholars offices in Surabaya.
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Subban
Communist Party
Antara
Surabaya
Fava
iThe Agency
Communist Scholars
Suraba‘ja
Renaming Discovery Sparks City Debate in Columbus Era
The article debates renaming Discovery to Blank Book and Buggy Parts in Columbus or Ericson, noting the economic ripple from sign changes and letterhead prints. It questions the fate of a Columbus statue in Ericson and entertains a Viking ship as a symbolic solution, highlighting civic identity conflicts.
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Columbus Blank Book Co
Columbus Buggy Parts Co
Blank Book and Buggy Parts
Columbus
Ericson
Discoverer
Christopher Columbus
Worowitz
Feeland
Viet Cong abductee linked to Cam Ranh Bay project
Dodd, 22, a mechanic for a U.S. contractor under a port project at Cam Ranh Bay, vanished Oct 13 near Bien Hoa after riding a motor bike. His parents run a Paoli grocery. The case echoes Gustav Hertz, a U.S. mission official presumed captured in Saigon area last February.
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Dodd
U.S
Cam Rahn Bay
Saigon
Bien Hoa
Cam Ranh Bay
Gustav C. Hertz
Leesburg
Hertz
Red
Paoli
Homer Dodd
Qui Nhon
Seoul
Chu Lai
da Nang
Ba Long
Viet Nam
Red China
World Assembly of the Moral Re-Armament Movement
MRA
J. Blanton Belk
Tucson
Ariz
Peking
United States
Gunman on the Run After Idaho Nevada Shootout and Abduction
FBI and state police chase a suspected armed robber linked to a multi state crime spree including a Nevada highway trooper gunfight and Idaho thefts. Sheriff Baker recalls a dramatic two hour abduction in which the fugitive, naming himself Paul Ballard, escaped into the Gibbonsville brush after a violent exchange.
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Baker
FBI
Idaho
Nevada Highway Patrol
California
Bi Baker
Salmon
Gibbonsville
Burley
Nas
Utah-Idaho
Wells
Nev
Nevada
Lorian Crain
Shoshone
Crain
Arco
Mackay
Darby
Mont
Paul Ballard
Princess Chooses Wardrobe for Royal Guest Variety
The princess outfits herself for the diverse experiences she has organized for her royal guests. Her wardrobe selections reflect the range of events from formal state occasions to more relaxed cultural experiences, ensuring every appearance aligns with the mood and setting.
Johnson Signs Highway Beautification Amid Senate Action
The Senate advanced the Highway Beautification Act and confirmed David G. Bress as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia while the 89th Congress pushed major Great Society initiatives. Medicare, community health centers, higher education funding, and a sweeping housing program enhanced social aid, yet wage, district home rule, and redistricting measures stalled. The session set records in spending and reform, with significant battles over Baker case ethics and Taft-Hartley reform.
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Johnson
Senate
David G. Bress
U.S
District of Columbia
Bobby Baker
Baker
Senate Rules Committee
John J. Williams
R'Del
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
White House
Congress
Appalachia
Armed Services
House
Refugees flee Cuba as exodus to Florida grows
Reporters describe a rising exodus of Cuban refugees seeking freedom by boat, with 1,200 already in the U S and more than 50,000 awaiting movement. Sailors speak of echoing shortages in Cuba, where doctors and pharmacists face barriers to leaving, and scarce medicines like aspirin and a Russian liquid labeled Casalo Todo are in use.
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France
Jore Morejon
Cuba
Joaquin Hernandez
Havana
Florida Keys
la Vaviota
Sea Gull
Coast Guard
Freedom
Fidel Castro
United States
Castro
Camartoca
Maria Ravelo
Osvaldo Dorticos
Federal pay raise passes Senate amid compromise clash
The Senate approved a federal pay increase 67 to 0 after a brief debate, despite opposition that it betrays Congress’s wage-setting role. The measure lifts civilian pay, retroactive to Oct 1, cost about $1.6415 billion annually, with no raise for Congress, judges, or military personnel, and trims fringe benefits and second-year boosts.
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Udall
Congress
Senate
Sen
A.S
Mike Monroney
D‘okla
Johnson
House
Thomas
Kuchel
R- iCalif
Senate Gop
Everett M. Dirksen
Haineis
Monroney
Monrooney
Uniformed Services
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Jennings Randolph
D-w. Va
John C. Kluczynski
Ill
Indonesia
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Page Gue
Moen
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