Police Use Buckshot Gas to Scatter Crowd in Jackson
In Jackson Mississippi police used buckshot loaded shotguns and tear gas to break up a demonstration by about 1000 Negroes. The protest followed a traffic accident injuring a pedestrian and involved high school and college students. Police blocked campus areas and permitted media access as Charles Evers urged restraint. Byron de La Beckwith remained on trial for Medgar Evers' 1963 murder.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Jackson State College
Jeader
Mami Balard
Flora
Jackson State
Lynch Street
Campbell Christian College
Charles Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Ers
Evers
Medgar W. Evers
NAACP
Byron de la Beckwith
Medgar Evers
Copter Hit By Arrows Over Congo Rescue Mission
In Leopoldville a United Nations helicopter on a Kisangani mission to evacuate Congo Catholic nuns was forced down by poisoned arrows. The air line was cut and the craft fluttered to a smoke-filled landing. Crewmembers and nuns were rescued by a second helicopter.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
United Nations
U.N
Kisandji
Alaska Bill Proposes Special Personal License Plates
Juneau Alaska AP lawmakers consider adding a $50 fee for personalized license plates. If approved by the Senate to match a House bill, motorists could choose any seven character combination for names initials or slogans. The options are described as staggering.
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Juneau
Alaska
Senate
Underground blast at Shamokin coal mine kills three miners
A blast 700 feet underground near Shamokin Pennsylvania killed Joseph Bednarczyk Jr. Clarence Kushner and Leroy Bednarczyk and injured a fourth miner. Inspectors recovered the victims within hours as the mine’s horn signal failed and workers were being moved between shifts.
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Shamokin
Bednarczyks
Joseph Sr
Eral
Ape Seung
Germen and Truckers
Senate Tax Credit Plan Sparks Heated Senate Debate
In Washington the Senate debated a proposal to give parents tax credits for college costs. The Ribicoff amendment would offer up to 75 percent of the first 200 dollars, 25 percent of the next 300, and 10 percent of the next 1000, with a maximum saver of 325 dollars per child per year. The measure faces a closely divided vote amid administration opposition over revenue impact.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Abraham A. Ribicol
D-Conn
Ators
Mike Mansfield
Ribicoff
Connecticut
E.h Child
Pilot Frank Martz Killed As Helicopter Strikes Line Near Reading
State police identified Frank Martz, 48, of Wilkes-Barre, as the pilot killed when his two seat helicopter hit a high tension line and burst into flames near Lyons, fifteen miles northwest of Reading. Martz headed Martz Trailways and White Transit Co. and owned a local motor truck company.
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Reading
Frank Martz
Wilkes-Barre
Here
Elwood Krause
Martz
Philadelphia
Scranton
East Penn Manufacturing Co
Lyons
Wyoming Valley
White Transit Co
Negro Pupils Attend School Peacefully In Philadelphia
More than 100 black students attended classes peacefully at William Levering Elementary School as white parents stood silently outside. The students were bused from another school under a stepped up plan of integration, raising Negro enrollment from 4 percent of Levering’s 630 pupils.
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Philadelphia
William Levering
Levering
Astronauts Can Spy From Orbit Says Air Force Study
An Air Force ophthalmology team reports that trained space pilots can read missile bases troop movements and other targets from 100 miles up with unaided vision. The findings draw on six astronauts and Maj Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr and discuss interpretive limits of sight in space.
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Brooks Air Force Base
Tex
Air Force
Aerospace Medical Division
William B. Clark
Maj
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr
Threats by Baker Charged in Senate Probe
Senate investigators pursue secret testimony on Robert G. Baker amid claims he issued veiled threats against committee members. The investigation probes Baker’s outside deals including a Haitian meat venture and related real estate and stock purchases, with Sen. Gore aiming to widen Rules Committee powers.
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Washington
Senate
Robert G. Baker
Albert D. Gore
D-Tenn
Rules Committee
Baker
al Florida
Webb
Murchison
Texas
Hugh Scott
Scott
Pennsylvanian
Jack Miller
Iowa
Miller
Johnson
Navy Launches Secret Solar X Ray Satellite for 15 Nations
The Navy disclosed a covert satellite launch to monitor solar X rays and relay data to 15 nations during the quiet sun period. It rides piggyback on another satellite and signals a two year calm in sunspot activity, with further details to come.
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Washington
Navy
Earth
Space
Wigi
Argentina
Canada
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
England
France
Germany
India
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Lands
Scotland
Sweden
Scranton May Seek Expanded Special Session Agenda
Harrisburg AP reports Governor Scranton plans a Feb 11 special session to consider a fifth topic amid budget talks. Welfare Secretary Adams urged legislation to move aged senile patients from mental facilities to state run nursing homes. The session also tackles unemployment, eminent domain, and Project 70 funding.
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Harrisburg
Gov. Scranton
Alan M. Adams
Adams
Sammie the Starling Trapped Inside World War II Plane
In Dayton Ohio Sam mie the starling ends up inside a P63 fighter at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Curiosity and shyness delay rescue as visitors and an Air Force captain search. A police officer retrieves a key but Sammie remains hidden until darkness falls with the bird perched atop the pilot seat.
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Dayton, Ohio
Sammie the Starling
Air Force Museum
Wright - Patterson Air Force Base
Sammie
Air Force
Mmuseum
Starling
Scranton Proposes Welfare Increase From 4.5 Million Surplus
Gov. Scranton seeks legislative approval to earmark a 4.5 million dollar surplus in public assistance funds for fiscal 1964 65 to boost housing and nursing home relief payments. The plan follows a Citizens Council critique of relief deprivation and cites improved conditions and job placements as causes of the surplus.
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Harrisburg
Scranton
Pennsylvania Citizens Council
Solons Eye Education Budget Hearings Highlight 1964-65 Plan
House and Senate Appropriations Committees focused on Gov. Scranton's 1.168 billion dollar education budget for 1964-65. The Department of Public Instruction would receive 595.36 million dollars, about 51 percent of total spending. Testimony also covered the Revenue Department and several universities as hearings on the budget began. State Liquor Control warns profits will drop by 4.5 million due to higher excise taxes and operating costs, following last June's tax hike from 10 to 15 percent.
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Cresson State Hospital
Sheppton
Flick
House
Senate
Gav. Scranton
Blaine Hocker
Dauphin
General Fund
Pennsylvania State University
Daniel A. Bailey
R-Cente
Sanitary Water Board
Iouse
J. Linn Huber
Milk Control Commission
Appropriations
A. D. Cohn
State Liquor Control Board
Harrisburg
Gov. Scranton
Department of Public Instruction
Department of Revenue
University of Pittsburgh
University of Pennsylvania
Drexel, Temple
Colin
Queen Frederika and Princess Irene Return to Athens
Queen Frederika and her daughter Princess Irene return to Athens after a two week unofficial visit to the United States. The trip was cut short due to the Cyprus crisis.
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Athens
Greece
Frederika
Irene
United States
Cyprus
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