Mob Killings Dark Ride Shocks Mississippi Town
In Poplarville a mob abducted Mack Charles Parker a Black truck driver charged with raping a white woman from a jail cell. Parker vanished into the night as FBI teams and a sheriff’s posse hunted for him with little hope of survival.
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Poplarville
Miss. Parker
Miss
Mississippi
FBI
Mack Charles Parker
Jackson
Parker
Petal, Miss
Forrest County
W. O. Moody
Pearl River County
Explosion Damages Auto of Non-Strike Worker at Harriet Henderson Mills
A dynamite blast damaged Myrtle Gibson's car beside a South Henderson home in a strike area but caused no injuries. The attack followed escalating violence as strike discussions collapsed, with gunfire and nighttime patrols continuing into the week amid calls for shift changes and a potential third shift.
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Henderson
N. C
Harriet - Henderson
South Henderson Mill
Myrtle Gibson
South Henderson
N.C
Harriet-Henderson Cotton Mills
Textile Workers Union of America
John D. Cooper Jr
Hodges
Carroll V. Singleton
Cooper
Seaway Opens to Ocean Vessels Connecting Great Lakes Ports
The St. Lawrence Seaway opened to ships from around the world near Montreal. The 475 million dollar project employed 15 000 workers and creates a deep water route to the Great Lakes. Officials hailed the achievement as transforming North American ports and expanding global shipping access.
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D'Iberville
St. Lambert
St. Lawrence
Montreal
St. Lawrence Seaway
North America
Seven Seas
U. S
Arctic
Jacques Cartier Bridge
Lake
Ontario
George H. Hees
Great Lakes
Eisenhower
Queen Elizabeth II
Britain
Seaway
Five Great Lakes
Great Seas
Lake Ontario
Mexico City unions set 120 strikes over pay hikes
Union leaders in Mexico City have set deadlines for about 120 strikes next month as many agreements expire. The unions demand wage increases of 25 to 30 percent.
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Mexico City
Princess Margaret Leaves Rome for Paris Amid Muttered Reprimand
In Rome Princess Margaret flew to Paris after a private farewell with her mother Queen Elizabeth. Witnesses noted a stern rebuke over the villa stay and reports hint a marriage announcement may follow. Prince Henry of Hesse, 31, remains a constant companion amid hopeful Roman chatter.
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Rome
Margaret
Paris
Prince Henry of Hesse
Elizabeth
Italy
London
Gay
Renee
Prince Henry
Queen Mother
Princess Margaret
Prince's
Ciampino
Ister
Giuseppe Fella
Gladwyn Jebb
Sir Gladwyn Jebb
Britain
Jebb
Salvador Dali
New York
Western Unity Goal For Herter At Geneva Talks
Secretary of State Christian Herter seeks a united Western stance at his first international conference in Paris and Geneva. He and Senator Fulbright discouraged Congressional attendance at the East–West Geneva meeting, while planning for a possible later role. Allies push for security and a step by step approach toward German reunification with plans tying arms control to moves toward East West merger. Herter to Paris with advisers, return to Washington May 3, then Geneva.
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Mwareine
Christian J . Herter
Herter
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
U.S
Geneva
State Department
Fulbright
Paris
John Foster Dulles
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
West Berlin
London
Soviet Union
East
Washington
Kennedy labor regulation bill passes Senate 90 to 1
The Senate approved by 90 to 1 a Kennedy labor regulation bill aimed at routing racketeers from unions with only Senator Barry Goldwater voting no. The measure, the boldest Taft Hartley reform since 1947, now heads to the House where prospects appear brighter.
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Kennedy
Senate
Washington
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
House
Irving M. Ives
Afl-Cio
Ennedy
McClellan
Khrushchev Calls for Global Ban on Nuclear Tests
In Moscow Khrushchev rejects Eisenhower’s plan to ban tests up to 30 miles high as insufficient. He urges a comprehensive ban anywhere and says a joint solution could satisfy nuclear powers and other nations. The letter to Eisenhower was released by the State Department Saturday via Tass.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
State Department
Sowet
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M. C. Parker
J. Edgar Hoover
Red Clay
Moody
Lumberton
Poplarville Hospital
Dimple Burge
C. J. Mondy
Picayune, Miss
Mandy
William Colmer
Tom Brady
Coleman
Princess Pouts
Prince
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