Landmark ruling reverses convictions over jury exclusion
The 5th U S Circuit reverses the murder convictions of Edgar Labat and Clifton Peret after finding Negroes and daily wage earners were excluded from juries in New Orleans. The case is remanded for immediate rearrest, reindictment and retrial with guidance on stricter appellate procedures.
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New Orleans
Angola State Prison
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Edgar Labat
Clifton Peret
New Oreans
Monay
Alvin Oser
Labat
Peret
Orleans Parish
Griffin B. Bell
Atlanta
Mississippi
Stockholm
Sweden
Solveig Johansson
Johansson
White income gap deepens over Negro rights attitudes
Louis Harris reports a sharp divide among whites on Civil Rights issues. The better educated and wealthier group shows sympathy to Negroes and civil rights demands, while low income and less educated Whites largely oppose. The survey details attitudes by income and education levels.
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Louis Harris
America
Chicago expands marches into white neighborhoods
Civil rights leaders announced expanded marches in Chicago aiming to extend protests until Negroes may move into housing of their choice. Eight march groups head to Jefferson Park and downtown areas including the Chicago Real Estate Board with planning for a housing summit midweek.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Albert A. Raby
Coordinating Council of Community Organizations
Jefferson Park
Northwest Side
Chicago Real Estate Board
James W. Montgomery
Episcopal Diocese of
Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Herald Tribune ends after 125 years of publication
The New York Herald Tribune, heir to Greeley and Bennett, ends after 115 days without publishing. World Journal Tribune Inc. will launch an afternoon and Sunday paper under the new name, consolidating talent from the merged titles amid labor troubles.
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NEW York
New York Herald Tribune
Horace Greeley
James Gordon Bennett
Herald Tribune
World Journal Tribune Inc
The
World-Telegram & Sun
Journal-American
Matt Meyer
Meyer
Pa Lse
World Journal Tribune
World Journal
Manhattan
Morning New York Times
Daily News
Afternoon Post
Tribune Ion
Herald
Tribune
Mark Twain
Richard Harding Davis
Henry J. Raymond
Charles A. Dana
Art Buchwald
John O’hara
Walter Kerr
Walter Lippmann
Red Smith
Republican
John Hay Whitney
Whitney
Senate seeks power to call Ready Reserve for 18 months
A bipartisan push in the Senate aims to authorize the president to mobilize thousands in the Ready Reserve for 18 months. Led by Richard Russell and Leverett Saltonstall, the move accompanies a $58 billion defense appropriations bill. They argue current law requires a state of emergency, and criticise that drafted men face deployment while Reserve members do not.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Russell
Armed Services Committee
Saltonstall
MIGs Attack Navy Planes Near Hanoi
Navy Skyhawks from the carrier Oriskany attacked a North Vietnamese train about 20 miles northeast of Thanh Hoa. MIG fighters fired 37mm cannon at four Skyhawks but all escaped damage. four boxcars were damaged. Monday raids hit oil dumps, storage buildings, trucks, and bridges in Haiphong area and War Zone C near the Cambodian border.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
U.S
Oriskany
North Viet Nam
Navy
Air Force
Marine
Haiphong
Panhandle
South
Viet Nam
Thanh Hoa
Tuc Tranh
Agriculture Dept Allows Haying on Marginal Cropland in 20 Counties
Washington AP report notes the Agriculture Department permits haying and grazing on cropland taken out of production across 20 counties including Alamance Caswell Davidson Davie Forsyth Gaston Granville Guilford Iredell Lincoln Montgomery Northampton Orange Person Rockingham Stokes Surry Wake Warren and Yadkin. Areas report pasture and hay crop conditions have worsened guiding liquidation of livestock.
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Agriculture Department
Alamance
Caswell
Davidson
Davie
Forsyth
Gaston
Granville
Guilford
Iredell
Lincoln
Montgomery
Northampton
Orange
Person
Rockingham
Stokes
Surry
Wake
Warren
Yadkin
Restraint Challenge at HUAC Viet Nam Hearing
Anti war protests disrupted HUAC sessions as eight people were dragged from the hearing room led by Rep Joe R Pool. Philip Luce testified about May 2 Movement control while protesters yelled and were removed amid court action threats.
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Joe R. Pool
D-Tex
Philip A. Luce
Washington
Luce
Progressive Labor Party
U.S
Fink
Jeffrey Gordon
Herald Tribune Mourns as End Comes in New York
In New York the Herald Tribune ends its era with staff mournful at a wake held in Bleeck’s bar. John Hay Whitney’s eulogy followed by memories from Red Smith Jimmy Breslin and Dick Schaap. Reporter Robert Siner in Paris notes the paper’s city room empties as the European edition persists from abroad.
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NEW York
Red Smith
Jimmy Breslin
Dick Schaap
The
Herald Tribune
John Hay Whitney
Bleeck’s
Schaap
Trib
Breslin
the Herald
New City
Robert Siner
World Journal Tribune
Tribune
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Clifton Poret
Eestor Aenew
James G. Bennett
U.S. First Infantry Division
Phuoc Vinh
Elwood Frazier
Frederickton
Jim Murphy
Los Angeles
Calif
Murphy
National Guard
VW Amusements
Bulletin
HUAC
Carl P. Leubsdorf
Red
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