Gasoline Bombs Thrown Rioting in Jersey City
In Jersey City during daytime violence after two nights of rioting, two gasoline bombs were thrown including at a police car. Fire crews reported six fires in an abandoned building and widespread damage in a predominantly Negro area amid arrests and injuries. Police said two radio patrolmen witnessed a gasoline bomb ignited in front of a building.
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Jersey City
N. J
Aea
Thomas Clougher
Pattrolman John Eggers
Reapportion Delay Bill Approved
Senate Judiciary Committee gave 10 to 2 approval to a bill allowing states to stay court-ordered reapportionment for up to two years. Dirksen urged action as a step toward attaching it to other major legislation. Keating reported the vote after a late committee meeting.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Everett M. Dirksen
Rtid
Kenneth B. Keating
Rn.y
Keating
Thom
Supreme Court
High Court
Dirksen
Congress
Senate
Johnson
Jailed Clergymen Stack Brick For Civil Rights Protest
Nine clergymen who chose jail over $500 fines for a 1961 sit in began stacking bricks and cutting grass as city prisoners in Tallahassee. White and Negro clergymen labored separately at the city warehouse and police pistol range while insisting they faced no abuse. Their attorney said they may pay the fines if the appeals court declines to take jurisdiction.
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Douglas Starr
Tallahassee
Fla
Wayne Hartmire Jr
Culver City
Calif
U.S. 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Howard Dixon
U.S. Dist
G. Harrold Carswell
Interstate Commerce Commission
Freedom Riders
ICC
Carswell
John Rudd
Intelligence Chief Relates Newsman Helped Break Missile Crisis
Former intelligence chief recalls how U S Newsman helped steer a direct line to a peaceful end during the Cuban missile crisis. Scali relayed messages between Kennedy and Khrushchev via Mr X, guiding talks at the United Nations and prompting a pullout deal. The dialogue, aided by State Department contact and press access, contributed to Khrushchev ordering the missiles withdrawn.
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Lewis Gulick
Washington
U.S Soviet
U.S
Roger Hilsman
State Department
Look Magazine
American Broadcasting Company
John A. Seals
Hilsman
Scali_ ac
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Acress
United
Cuba
Kremling
Scali
Mr. X
Paola
Khrufind
Shchev
Jesu
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Associated Press
America
ABC
Sceali
United States Warns North Vietnam Over Attacks
U S threatens stern response after reported North Vietnamese attacks near Gulf of Tonkin. Johnson orders to destroy attacking forces while naval units bolster patrols off Vietnam. Pentagon reports Maddox hit a PT boat. Ticonderoga aircraft strafed another, one craft left burning. Officials weigh if Sunday clash signals new communist strategy.
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Spencer Davis
Gulf of Tonkin
United States
Nist
State Department
Geneva
Bs Ae
Robert J. McCloskey
Viet Nam
Hong
Kong
Acto
Saigon
Johnsonj
U.S
Johnson
Maddox
Constellation
Gridley
Preston
Fechteler
Simdav
Navy
U.S.S. Ticonderoga
Defense
Adm
Grant Sharp
Pacific
Dean Rusk
McNamara
Capitol Hill
Senate
Devel
Army Special Forces Sergeant, four Vietnamese killed near Saigon
In a Viet Cong ambush miles north of Saigon, an Army Special Force man and four Vietnamese soldiers died. The jeep convoy was near Minh Thanh camp while aiding a land clearing project. Details remained scarce and the victim’s name was not released.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
A. D
Army
Here
Minh Thanh
U.S
Ranger Batteries Made In North Carolina
Four batteries designed and built in Raleigh powered the Ranger Seven spacecraft, providing most of its power after separation from the rocket. Jet Propulsion Laboratory officials in Pasadena telegraphed that the batteries were a major contribution to the mission’s success.
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Raleigh
Leo Pucher
Electric Storage Battery Co
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
Pitcher
Miners Hauled To Surface After Eight-Day Doldrums Rescue
In Champagne, France nine miners pulled from Mt River limestone mine after an eight day entombment. A 23 inch drill breached the final rock to deliver a capsule ascent, with five men reaching the surface within an hour. None in serious condition though exhausted. Relatives cheered as Andre Jacques, 28, emerged wearing dark glasses. An engineer guided the ascent and warned of possible other survivors. Officials reported no rock falls during the final breakthrough.
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Dorian Falk
Champagnole
France
Mt. River
Andre Jacques
Andre Socie
Lumpa Leader Hunted as Rampage Kills Dozens in Rhodesia
Soldiers airlifted to Lundazi to pursue Lumpa prophetess Alice Lenshina after a massacre that left at least 270 dead across 18 villages. Prime Minister Kenneth Kaunda declared a dead or alive order, outlawed the sect, and warned seven years in prison for meeting attendees. 2,200 troops comb the bush as violence spikes before independence.
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John McCausland
Lusaka
Northern Rhodesia
Lundazi
Alice Lenshina
Chinsali
Kaunda
Surveyor Moon Lander Plans Advance After Ranger Findings
Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists, armed with 4 316 moon photographs, outline the Surveyor soft landing mission to study the lunar surface for up to 30 days. It follows Ranger 7, with surviving legs, retrorockets, extendable arm, and two television cameras for 3D lunar views.
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Moon
Jet Propulsion Lab
Surveyor
Ranger 7
W. E. Giberson
Pasadena
Calif
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Schecttor
U.S. Space Surveyor
En Surveyors
Ranger
Rangers
Lear Ae Owe
Giberson
Earth
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