Black Muslims Seek Separate Nation, Leader Muhammad Elijah Says
Muhammad Elijah leads the Black Muslims urging complete separation from white society in the United States. He describes a planned autonomous Negro nation with a path to self sufficiency and asserts black origins of humanity and ancient civilizations. The movement faces criticism from other African Americans yet gains converts.
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Relman Morin Phoenix
Aziz
United States
Muhammad Elijati
Phoenix
Tan
Muhammad Sli- Jah
Autonomous Negro Nation
Africa
Detroit
Wallace Ford
God
Jesus
Fard
Muhammad Elijah
Allah
America
Muhammad
Supreme Court
Earth
East Jungle
East
Asia
Muhammad Alijah
Europe
Det
Freedom Land Justice
Martin Luther King Jr
Muhammad Hay
Mayor Lee Opens National Mayors Conference Vision for City Renewal
Honolulu AP reports New Haven Mayor Richard C. Lee addressing 850 mayors and officials at the US Conference of Mayors. He calls for transforming cities into centers of vitality and human achievement while underscoring civil rights, urban planning, and peaceful reform alongside President Kennedy’s rights agenda.
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Honolulu
Richard C. Lee
New Haven
Conn
National Conference of
United States
America
Willi Ims Ewan Wun
Kennedy Yester
Suhlim
Amis
Lee
Scranton Maps Priority Program in General Assembly
Gov. Scranton convened leaders to chart a priority agenda with bills on mental health, civil service expansion, mine control, aged care, school district reorganization, and community colleges. A referendum on constitutional revision is set for November, with delegates to be chosen in the spring primary and a 1965 vote on a new charter.
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Harrisburg
Scranton
General Assembly
Menal Health Department
Senate
Clarence D. Bell
Delaware
Gov. Scranton
Commonwealth
Air Crash Kills Pair At Shore
An early dawn single engine plane skimmed the beach then crashed into the water near Ocean City. Patrolman Dave Blizzard and John Blair retrieved two men trapped in the cockpit, but doors were jammed. Lifesaving efforts led to the recovery of Fred Hoch Jr. 4¢ and Harry Brenner 47 from Cornwall Heights Pa and Absecon Highlands. Brenner drove for Salem Transportation at Atlantic City Airport. Hoch planned a fishing trip with Brenner and was a foreman for a metals firm.
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Ocean City
al Light
Dave Blizzard
John Blair
Blizzard
Leonard Broglio
Fred Hoch Jr
Cornwells Heights
Harry Brenner
Leeds Road
Absecon Highlands
Brenner
Salem Transportation Co
Atlantic City
Hach
Red China blasts Nehru as pawn in propaganda drive
AP reports Cold War rhetoric accusing Indian Prime Minister Nehru of provoking border clashes with China. Broadcasts claim India started conflicts last September as Beijing seeks to sway Himalayan standoff, while denouncing Nehru as a U.S. ally and traitor to the Afro Asian coalition.
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Tokyo
China
Updia
Nehru
United States
M’ Dian
Rene
Peking
Gade
U.S
Red China
India
Prelates Move Toward Pope Choice as Divisions Emerge
James Marlow reports conservatives and liberals among cardinals will clash when they begin selecting a successor to Pope John XXIII on June 19. The piece notes potential stalemate, cites past papal shifts under Pope John XXIII and Leo XIII, and highlights Cardinal Cushing’s bold ecumenical proposals on interfaith marriage and canon law as signs of changing church thinking.
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Washington
John XXII
John
Britain
Herber Spencer
Pope Leo
Pope John
Pov
Leo
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Boston
America
Man Survives Six Days in Tiny Box at Sea
A Pennsylvania fisherman, Russell C. Swift, 45, reports he rode out six days in a 3 by 3 inch bait box after his 30 foot boat Java sank 80 miles offshore on June 3. He was rescued by the Coast Guard, exhausted and sunburned, describing the days as very long.
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Fort Myers
Fla
Pennsylvania
Gulf of Mexico
Russell C. Swift
West
Springfield
Coast Guard
GOP Frontrunner Scramble as States Consider Favorite Son Candidacies
The Associated Press reports six Pennsylvanians died on weekend highways amid light tolls. A Browning favorite son movement appears likely to push GOP aspirants for the 1964 nomination to seek convention support in early primaries. Minnesota Republicans weigh withholding votes from Rockefeller Goldwater and others and back former Rep. Walter Judd. Romney possible as favorite son. similar moves may spread to California Colorado Kentucky Ohio Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. These states together with Minnesota will deliver 454 votes at a convention needing 645 to win.
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Washington
Minnesota
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Walter R. Judd
George Etzell
Judd
Romney
California
Colorado
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
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King Cole
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Fast Gadsden
Vivian J. Midone
Mobile
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University
Priority
Tibet
By James Marlow
Associated Press
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Rugambwa
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Tanganyika
Rome
Ticarus
Icarus
Damascus
Syria
Itaqgi
Mullah Mustafa Barzani
National Revolutionary Council
Kirkuk
Sulemaniya
Lima
Peru
Fernando Belaunde
Congress
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