Freedom Riders face jail transfers as two vow suit
In Jackson Mississippi 110 Freedom Riders have been convicted for breach of peace since May 24 with 24 released on bond and 4 fined. Two bondors Mark Lane and Percy Sutton threaten suit claiming false imprisonment and seek federal relief. Lane is a New York legislator and Sutton a NYC NAACP leader.
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Mark Lane
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Percy Sutton
New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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Jackson
Mississippi
Parchman
James Bevel
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Clarkston, Ga
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Leon D. Horne
Madison County
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Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Cuba
Leo Lillard
Student Non-violent Movement
Freedom Riders
Horne
Aides Slow to Reveal Kennedy Back Injury Details
President Kennedy’s aides delayed announcing his back injury first noted May 16 in Canada and later disclosed June 8. Press secretary Pierre Salinger faced questions over timing and completeness while Kennedy traveled to Europe and later rested in Hyannis Port.
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Kennedy
Eisenhower
Pierre Salinger
White House
Salinger
James Hagerty
Canada
Europe
Macmillan
de Gaulle
Khrushchev
Hyannis Port
Mass
Georgia Pits Kitty Against Alabama Industrial Chest
Georgia carries a $9,000 fund to challenge Alabama's $68,000 for a giant steel mill site. Gov. Ernest Vandiver allocated the iron ore research grant, with lab work planned in Quitman County and expansion to Stewart, Randolph and Webster counties. Alabama's Eufaula region competes for the plant.
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Georgia
Alabama
South Georgia
Ernest Vandiver
Quitman County
Vandiver
State Commerce Department For
Department
Jack Minter
Bainbridge
Moultrie
Savannah
Minter
U.S. Department of Mines
Stewart
Randolph
Webster
Eufaula
Freedom Riders Defend Movement Against Communist Accusations
Lillard counters Horne on claims linking the Freedom Riders to communism. He asserts the movement opposes conformity and has no ties to Communist groups. The exchange underscores tensions over civil rights protest tactics in Mississippi.
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Mississippi
Horne
Lillard
Freedom Riders Movement
Press kept informed on presidential health events through years
The article notes how the press was notified quickly about Eisenhower’s health incidents, citing 1955 heart attack, 1957 ileitis and operation, and a 1957 small stroke with rapid updates. It mentions Kennedy returning to the White House and photographers awaiting onlookers in Florida, with Kennedy arriving by helicopter.
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Salinger
Kennedy
Florida
White House
Eisenhower
Eisenhow
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