Four Die In Blount Fire in Alabama Killings
Sheriff J C Carr says murder and robbery suspected in the deaths of elderly Tommy Skinner and Minerva Skinner and two grandchildren Curtis and Emmett in a West Blount County home fire near Rickwood Caverns. No electricity. kerosene lanterns used. A bent kerosene can with bullet holes and a pistol found near the scene.
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Oneonta
Ala
J. C. Carr
West Blount
Rickwood Caverns
Carr
Tommy Skinner
Minerva
Curtis Skinner
Emmett Skinner
Skinner
Curtis
Kennedy Seeks Tax on Foreign Stock Purchases in Surprise Move
President Kennedy urged Congress to impose an excise tax of 2 to 15 percent on purchases of securities from foreign issuers to stem gold and dollar outflows. The plan aims to trim the balance of payments deficit, with Treasury actions and IMF currency maneuvers to follow over 18 months.
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Frank Cormier
Washington
Kennedy
Congress
U.S
United States
IMF
U.S. Treasury
Dabinalle community notices highlight meetings and licenses
Tonight at seven the Dabinalle Glimpses notes a Jayceettes meeting at 2411 Dogwood Lane hosted by Mrs. Kenneth Meguiar. Other items include a Rainbow Girls official visit dinner in Bluff Park, Decatur Mizpah 19 hostelry, driver license stats, one Morgan County arrest, five building permits and an 8 o'clock Moose Lodge entertainment.
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Jayceettes
Kenneth Meguiar
Dogwood Lane
Joe S. Elliott
Alabama
International Order of the Rainbow For Girls
Bluff Park
Rainbow Assembly
Birmingham
Forbidden fruit in Eden is a symbol not a specified fruit
The Bible does not name the fruit. the tree is the knowledge of good and evil. The point is obedience, not the fruit type. Adam and Eve failed the test, illustrating daily choices between good and evil and the consequences of disobedience.
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Garden of Eden
G. B
Adam
Eve
Solons Hear Voting Rights Proposal
Alabama legislature debates a constitutional amendment to strip voting rights from those convicted after racial demonstrations. Rep. Joe McCorquodale of Clarke County sponsors the measure amid mass protests in Birmingham and Gadsden. Senate floor skirmish and filibuster threats loom as hours pass.
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Montgomery
Joe McCorquodale
Clarke County
Birmingham
Gadsden
Senate
Roscoe Roberts
Madison County
Bob Gilchrist
Morgan
Solons
Wallace proposes separate classrooms and sex segregation as last resort
Alabama Governor George Wallace rejected inevitable desegregation and unveiled a plan to place white and Negro pupils in separate classrooms in any school forced to integrate. He said legislation separating pupils by sex could be drafted as a final measure if needed, but he did not expect to use it.
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Montgomery
George Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
University of Alabama
Senate Commerce Committee
Washington
Kennedy
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Birmingham
Mobile
Wallace Nominated by Speculation in Democratic Primaries
The Montgomery Advertiser suggests Gov. George Wallace might run in Democratic primaries in some states to probe anti Kennedy sentiment. The speculative editorial argues such a move could injure Kennedy more than a free elector scheme and notes Wallace’s push for an unpledged elector movement amid civil rights tensions.
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Montgomery
Kennedy
Wallace
Indiana
Senate Commerce Committee
Washington
Eisenhower condemns Cuban incident as muddled misstep
Dr Milton S Eisenhower recalls a chaotic six weeks around a tractors for prisoners plan tied to the Bay of Pigs aftermath. He cites a May 19 1961 Kennedy call about funding a private committee and says Kennedy did not clarify the government role or brief Congress, worsening criticism.
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New York
Kennedy
Milton S. Eisenhower
Dr. Eisenhower
United States
Latin America
Doubleday
Cuba
Eisenhower
U.S
White House
Fidel Castro
Castro
Eleanor Roosevelt
Walter Reuther
Congress
Dean Rusk
Demagogue May Revive In Alabama
Lt. Gov. James B. Allen warns that racial unrest could revive the demagogue era in Alabama. He urges lawyers to promote respect for law and an independent legislature to prevent demagogic, race based policies.
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Alabama
Tuscaloosa
James B. Allen
Allen
Alabama Bar Association
Kennedy pledges civil rights bill to stamp out racial discord
Atty Gen Robert F Kennedy told Congress the administration's civil rights bill aims to stamp out fires of racial discord. Labor unions labeled a fact finding report accurately to aid President Kennedy in preventing a nationwide railroad strike. Portugal rushes military reinforcements to rebel-threatened African colonies. State Dept says no American official blamed for 24 million bushels of feed grain disappeared in a barter to Austria.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Congress
Kennedy
Lisbon
Portugal
State Department
Austria
Fourth Test Ban Meeting Opens Late Optimism Remains
Moscow dispatch reports a late start to the Big Three talks on a limited nuclear test ban. Harriman and Lord Hailsham talked 85 minutes, then left together after a short session. Officials voiced cautious optimism about a possible summit if progress continues. Kennedy echoed hopeful notes as a three power communique praised the mood of the talks.
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Kennedy
Washington
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Moscow
Russia
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Lord Hailsham
Harriman
Andrei A. Gromyko
Lothar Boltz
Con Oris
Khrushchev
Macmillan
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