King and Rockefeller Visit Albany to Support Civil Rights Rally
Gov. Rockefeller and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr flew in a private plane to Albany to rally for the freedom riders and integration efforts in the South. King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference raises funds amid multi million dollar libel suits related to criticism of race relations in Montgomery. Albany's 12,000 Black residents face housing in two downtown tenement districts.
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Albany, N.Y
Rockefeller
Martin Luther King
South
Southern Christian Leader Conference
Dr. King
Freedom Riders
New York Times
Montgomery
Albany
Three Car Crash Kills State Woman
A three car collision in misty rain near Attalla Alabama killed Mrs Martha T Wintter 40 of Birmingham. Her husband Jackson E Wintter 43 and their 10 year old twin daughters Martha Kay and Sally were hospitalized with one daughter in critical condition and the other in serious condition. Frank O Byrd of Chattanooga driver of another car was hospitalized in serious condition. Doris Louise Dean of Birmingham driver of the third car was not injured. The family was en route from Birmingham to the Carolinas on vacation.
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Attalla
Ala
Birmingham
Martha T. Wintter
Jackson E. Wintter
Martha Kay
Sally
Wintter
Carolinas
Frank O. Byrd
Chattanooga
Tenn
Doris Louise Dean
U.S. Il
Alabama
Man posted bail after arraignment for unpaid parking tickets
Scofflaw Cornelius T Canavan appeared in Niagara Falls City Court on a charge of failing to pay 41 parking tickets. Police said the tickets had piled up over a considerable period and he posted $75 bail.
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Niagra Falls
N. Y
Cornelius T. Canavan
Canavan
Revival Speaker Opens Monday at Girby Presbyterian
Evangelist Paul Alexander of Huntsville will be the guest minister at Girby Presbyterian. Alexander is a graduate of Bob Jones University in South Carolina. Services start each night at 7 30 p.m.
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Paul Alexander
Huntsville
Girby Presbyterian
Evangelist Alexander
Bob Jones University
South Carolina
Central Baptist Expands Parking On Grant Street
Central Baptist Church undertakes work on the 400 block of Grant St SE to clear space for about 30 cars. Property bought last year per Rev. A B Van Arsdale. New lot will provide additional parking for church use.
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Grant St. SE
Central Baptist Church
A. B. van Arsdale
Public Forum Letters to the Decatur Daily
The Decatur Daily invites reader letters on questions of the day Each letter may withhold the writer's name but the editor will know the sender's identity and address Manuscripts will not be returned to senders.
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Decatur Daly
Ender
Priceville High School student thanks sponsors for Boys State trip
Charles W. Smith expresses gratitude to Priceville High School faculty for selecting him to attend Boys State and thanks the American Legion of Hartselle for sponsoring the trip, in a letter dated June 16 1961 from Decatur Alabama.
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Decatur
Ala
Barrett Shelton
Decatur Daily
Alabama
Priceville High School
Boys State
American Legion of
Hartselle
Charles W. Smith
Young GOP Head Speaks Monday in Morgan County
John E. Grenier newly elected chairman of the Young Republican Federation of Alabama will address the Morgan County Young Republican Club on Monday at 7 30 p m in the City Electric Department auditorium. He holds a Tulane law degree 1953 and a NYU Master of Laws 1957 and has practiced in Birmingham for three years. He was elected president of the Jefferson County Young Republican Club in 1960 and of the state federation this year. The meeting is open to the public. The most widely used method of artificial respiration was devised in 1903.
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John E. Grenier
Young Republican Federation of Alabama
Morgan County Young Republican Club
City Electric Department
Grenier
Tulane
New York University
Birmingham
Jefferson County Young Republican Club
State Federation
Union men freed in fire case by North Carolina court
Raleigh June 16 The North Carolina supreme court freed two union representatives Walter V. Ashley and Benny Dansavage of Atlanta from conspiracy to burn the Revenue lingerie plant in Hillsboro 1957 while upholding 12 to 15 year sentences for Asa Williams and Hugh Ward McCain Birmingham telephone workers. Betty Johnson Birmingham was a key witness. The court cited insufficient evidence against the first pair and noted additional conspiracy charges including assault.
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Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina Supreme Court Today
Hillsboro
Walter V. Ashley
Benny Dansavage
Atlanta
Orange Superior Court
Asa Williams
Hugh Ward McCain
Birmingham
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
McCain
Betty Johnson
Supreme Court
Atlanta Fears Polio Outbreak
Health officials rush 300000 Sabin oral polio vaccine doses to Atlanta to avert a potential summer outbreak. Officials estimate 200 to 600 metropolitan residents could be stricken if 327000 unimmunized people do not receive the vaccine. Dr Albert Sabin donates 300000 doses. vaccine free for under 15, with Salk version in Fulton for under 20 and pregnant women.
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Atlanta
Sabin
Albert Sabin
John H. Venable
Clayton
Cobb
Fulton
Gwinnett
DeKalb
Fulton County
Squanto and Pilgrim Saints at New Plymouth
Squanto lingers in memory as a pivotal figure among the Plymouth settlers. Samoset and Squanto arrive with stories of Patuxet's fate as plague bows the Pokanoket. Squanto adapts, embracing English life and the saints hope. May 22 marriage of Susanna White to Edward Winslow marks a swift, controversial union.
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Squanto
New World
Samoset
Patuxet
George Weymouth
England
New England
John Smith
Savage
Smith
Thomas Hunt
Nauset
Hunt
Spain
Malaga
Holy Office
London
Thomas Dermer
New Plymouth
Rover
Salathiel Boyd
Monhegan
Maine
Pemaquid
Massasoit
Sowans
Hidden Marriage on the Hill in a Quiet Settlement
Donald Barry notes a peculiar wedding between Ed Winslow and Susy White, judged by most as blessed though no minister officiated. Sal questions the ceremony’s legality while Priscilla listens, and the scene hints at a confrontation that climaxes Monday.
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Ed Winslow
Susy White
Sal
Priscilla
Brewsters
Winslow
Methodist Unit Invites Negro Group to Join Conference
About 125000 Negro Methodists along the eastern seaboard were invited to join a white only conference. The Baltimore Annual Conference, covering roughly 198000 Methodists in 546 churches across Maryland DC and West Virginia's eastern panhandle, extended the invitation signaling a shift from the Central Jurisdiction to regional white led structures.
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Westminister
Seaboard
Baltimore
The
Methodist Church
Maryland
District of Columbia
West Virginia
Panhandle
Central Jurisdiction
General Conference of the Methodist Church
Negro church conferences invited to join northeastern region
The national governing body passed an enabling act to allow absorption of Negro churches into regional jurisdictions. Three all Negro conferences were invited to join the northeastern region, representing Delaware, Washington DC, and North Carolina.
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Delaware
Washington, D. C
North Carolina
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