FBI Probe Expands Ties in Meridian Civil Rights Case
The Meridian operation widens as FBI agents detain 18 men, with bonds set at 5 000 for Rainey and Price. The suspects face civil rights charges after the June arrest near Philadelphia during an investigation into church burnings.
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FBI
Esther Carter
Rainey
Ice
Genin
Schwerner
Price
Red Hill
William H. Johnson Jr
Philadelphia
Moore
Jimmy Arledge
Meridian
Horace Barnette
Travis M. Barnette
Alton Wayne Roberts
Jimmy Snowden
Jordan
Gulfport
Billy Wayne Posey
Philadela
Jerry McGraw Sharpe
Hiladelphia
Jimmy Lee Townsend
Bernard L. Akin
Otha Neal Burkes
James T. Harris
Olen L. Burrage
Defense budget seen near 50 billion annual total
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara said preliminary estimates show next year's defense budget around 49 to 50 billion dollars. He outlined a substantial cut in new spending authority for 1966 and noted recent economy moves within the department. The current year spending stands at 49.8 billion with the new authority projected at about 49 billion, emphasizing efficiency and national security over fixed dollar goals. The planned reductions include closures of military and naval installations, with about 250 million dollars saved next year and more in later years.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
White House
Johnson
Department of Defense
Algerians Reported Joining Congo Rebels via Khartoum
An eyewitness indicated about 40 Algerians in civilian dress accompanied by an equal number of Africans were observed at Khartoum airport on Thursday night. They were said to be Congolese rebels trained by Algeria and part of an arms airlift via Khartoum and Juba.
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Cairo
Khartoum
Ahmed Ben Bella
Algeria
Ghana
United Arab Republic
Juba
Governor commutes civil rights protest sentences in North Carolina
Governor Terry Sanford commuted prison terms and fines for 13 defendants linked to Chapel Hill civil rights protests, including Duke CORE co-chair Harry C. Hoyte. Sentences will become fines or court costs with convictions remaining, citing fairness and the need to avoid inequitable punishment for those unable to pay.
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Raleigh
N.C
Harmon Lee Smith
Duke University Divinity School
Chapel Hill
Terry Sanford
Smith
Orange County Superior Court
State Supreme Court
Harry C. Hoyte
Atlanta
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Duke
Larry Wilson
Elizabeth Laizner
Joseph Tiegar
Charliese P. Cotton
Arthur B. Simons
Bobby Ferguson
Wil
Liam Wynn
Arthur Crisp
J. W. Henry
Robert T. Osborn
David Smith
Sanford
Raymond B. Mallard
North Carolina
Portuguese visas denied for Canadian church missionaries
TORONTO AP Portuguese officials refused permission for two top missionaries of the United Church of Canada to visit Angola. They applied in October to confer with officials of the Council of Evangelical Church of Central Angola with whom the United Church cooperates.
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Toronto
United Church of Canada
Angola
Council of Evangelical Church of Central Angola
United Church
Colorado Holds Majority of High Elevation US Landscape
The state accounts for about three quarters of all land above 10 000 feet in the United States, underscoring its dominant alpine geography and mountainous terrain.
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Colorado
United States
Nash Jewelry Layaway Ad Promises No Carrying Charges
Local dealer Nash Jewelry at 127 North Main touts a zero carrying charges layaway plan with rock bottom prices and no collectors calling. The notice emphasizes the phrase pay nothing down and take years to pay, inviting customers to compare with other plans.
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Nash
Nash Jewelry
North Main
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Osborn
Wynn
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Henry
U. S
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Scotchgard
Penney
Carol Evans
Dupont
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