Albany Leaders State Positions on Racial Troubles
Albany city commissioners voiced individual views on racial issues amid a long stalemate. Mayor Kelley urged court action, while others criticized outside organizers and maintained reliance on local dialogue or the courts. Several members stressed no plan to lift racial barriers soon and defended the commission’s stance.
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Albany, Ga
Albany
Asa D. Kelley
City Commission
Kelley
Collins
Martin Luther King Jr
T. H. McCollum
C. B. Pritchett Jr
Pritchett
Nelson Tift
Laurie Pritchett
W. L. Holman Jr
Alan F. Davis
Hydrofoil USS High Point Launched by Boeing Navy Contract
The 110 ton hydrofoil USS High Point launched in Tacoma Washington, largest in nation, built for the Navy by Boeing under contract. It will be Navy’s first hydrofoil subchaser, powered by two 3100 hp engines, expected to exceed 40 knots. A second hydrofoil is under construction at the same yard for the Navy.
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Tacoma
Wash
High Point
Boeing Co
Navy
N. C
William M. Allen
Boeing
Dems Face Cobb Exit Amid Campaign Debate
A 250 member committee discussed Cobb’s resignation and personal life without naming him. Rep. James M. Battin criticized the Kennedy administration at a Sixth District fundraising dinner, blasting tax power, farm policy, and federal spending including $89 million for cocktail party behavior studies.
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Cobb
James M. Battin
R-Mont
Kennedy
Battin
Secretary of Agriculture
America
Man Charged With Murder Dies In Wreck
James Eugene Gwyn 31 of Concord who faced murder trial died in a rural road crash seven miles west of Concord. Brenda Sutton 18 also from Concord was seriously hurt, while truck driver Nylen Edwards of Kannapolis was uninjured. Gwyn was to stand trial in Superior Court Wednesday for the December slaying of Lewis McDaniel of Gastonia in Gwynn's yard on Christmas Day.
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Concord
N. C
James Eugene Gwyn
Here
Highway Patrol
Brenda Darnell Sutton
Sutton
Nylen L. Edwards
Kannapolis
Gwyn
Superior Court
Lewis McDaniel
Gastonia
Gwynn
McDaniel
Eastern Belt Opens Tuesday
The Eastern Belt begins tobacco sales on Tuesday with government price supports limited to untied loose leaf during a five day trial. Widespread heavy rain reduced quality in coastal areas while Pitt County west reported very good crops. Hedrick warned against comparing untied sales with regular leaf and noted a $6 below rate support for untied tobacco.
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North Carolina
Craven
Beaufort
Carteret
Martin
Onslow
Pitt
Hedrick
South Carolina
Army and Marine training shift toward counterinsurgency amid Cold War notes
The Army and Marine Corps adjust bias toward guerrilla and counterinsurgency training. Marines at Quantico devote 100 of 1062 hours to guerrilla tactics while Army schools expand related programs amid a broader force reorientation to underdeveloped regions and counterinsurgency.
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Quantico
U.S. Marine Corps
Hawaii
Pacific
101St Airborne Division
Ft. Campbell
82Nd Airborne
Ft. Bragg
N.C
2Nd Infantry
32Nd National Guard
Ft. Lewis
Wash
United States
Korea
Controls On Wheat Sought
Washington AP report as Kennedy seeks to salvage tight wheat controls in a farm bill while the Senate prepares to debate. Humphrey says votes exist to keep mandatory wheat controls. Dirksen notes Republican stance shifts. The Agriculture Committee favors a one year extension of voluntary corn and feed grain programs plus a domestic quota plan for wheat likely to trigger a floor battle.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
House
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Agriculture Committee
Florida lake tragedy claims multiple children in mass drowning
Sheriff deputies identified the drowned. Relatives sobbed as names were read at the scene near Lake Tarquin. Ambulances from white and Black funeral homes moved bodies to Quincy mortuary. Nurses from Quincy Hospital quieted grieving families. A fisherman rescued Jerome Maples who clung to the capsized boat until help arrived. The disaster recalls a 1944 drowning of 18 soldiers on the seacoast nearby. Esther Watson and Mattie May Watson’s seven children were among the victims.
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White
Neigro
Quincy
Quincy Hospital
Rosa Battle
Glaena Battle
Louis Gordon
Dorothy Baker
Mathilda Green
Queen Gremin
Emanuel Green
Ruby Green
Annie Young
Rose May Huntly
Jerome Maples
Florida
Here
Lake Tarquin
Esther
Mattie May Watson
Watson
J. B
Deloris
Leonard
Bernard
Jennifer
Terry
Bouie
Soviets To Help India Build HF24 Fighter Engines
Defense Minister V. K. Krishna Menon told Parliament that the Soviet Union will aid India in manufacturing engines for the HF24 fighter plane. Engine production at Bangalore is slated to start in 1963. details of the Moscow agreement were not disclosed.
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New Delhi
India
Soviet Union
V. K. Krishna Menon
Bangalore
Menon
Moscow
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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