Alabama Students Observe Wallace Federal Entrance Clash
Alabama University students watched Gov. George C. Wallace and federal officers in a tense campus scene during registration for summer classes. Vivian Malone and James Hood entered, as Troopers blocked access and reporters filmed. Students balanced curiosity with calm, debating constitutional rights while Wallace read his 10th Amendment prologue. Some praised Wallace for defending the Constitution, others questioned his presence on campus.
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Katheryn Johnson
Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
George C. Wallace
Barri
Caded
Foster Auditorium
Wallace
Vivian Malone
James
Vivia Malone
James A. Hood
Jefferson
Harlem Hospital Riot Suppressed By Police at Sit-In
Police halted a civil rights protest at the Harlem Hospital site as about a dozen demonstrators attempted a sit-in. Roughly 75 officers faced the group using wooden barricades to push back pickets, keeping exits clear. the peaceful action ended with no arrests or injuries.
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New York
Harlem
Final theatre in Boykin trial concludes days of arguments
In Baltimore AP final arguments continued in the case of two ex congressmen and two savings and loan figures accused of pressuring the Justice Department to indict a defendant for mail fraud. George Doub argued that government remarks were cruel and distorted. Edlin pleaded no contest and Boykin, a Democrat, claimed payments to him concerned land deals not intercession with the DOJ. Jury instructions by Judge Thomson anticipated Thursday. A separate note recalls the Lincoln cent of 1909, first to bear a real person’s likeness, replacing the Indian head cent.
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Baltimore
Savings and Loan
Justice Department
George Cochran Doub
Thomas F. Johnson
Maryland
William L. Robinson
J. Kenneth Edlin
Robinson
Alabama Co
Frank W. Boykin
Boykin
Edlin
U.S
Joseph D. Tydings
Dist
Roszel C. Thomson
Convoy Leaves Fort McClellan in Alabama
An Army convoy of 50 to 60 trucks and 30 to 35 civilian cars left Fort McClellan headed west passing through Anniston at dawn. The trucks carried 31st Division insignia, Alabama's Dixie Division. Speculation linked the move to Tuscaloosa where the University of Alabama admitted two Negroes amid Gov. George Wallace’s opposition.
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Anniston, Ala
Ft. McClellan
Anniston
Tuscaloosa
University of Alabama
George C. Wallace
No Incidents First Day at Alabama Campus
Vivian Malone, 20, of Mobile, walked to her first class unescorted at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. There were no incidents, no officers, and no crowd as she and two white students entered the classroom amid an unconcerned student body.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
Vivian Malone
Mobile
Miss Malone
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