Mississippi Jury Deadlock in Evers Murder Trial
In Jackson, Mississippi, the jury hearing the Medgar Evers murder case against Byron De La Beckwith reached a 6 to 6 deadlock after 11 hours and 20 ballots, prompting a mistrial. Jurors recalled a tense room and a clash between acquittal and conviction that could not be resolved, shocking observers in a segregationist stronghold.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Byron de la Beckwith
Beckwith
Greenwood
Medgar Evers
Circuit Court
Leon Hendrick
Pailiff
Women urged to participate in North Carolina politics
Greensboro AP report: Mrs. Lief Valand, vice chair of the State Democratic Executive Committee, told Guilford Democratic women luncheon that women can help shape party policies by active involvement. She urged women of all ages to meet responsibilities through the Democratic party and to measure up to the faith placed in them.
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Greensboro
N.C
Democratic Executive Committee
North Carolina
Lief Valand
Raleigh
Guilford
Democratic
Democratic Party
Somalia Declares Cease Fire Response To UN Plea
Somalia orders an immediate cease-fire in its border conflict with Ethiopia in response to a peace appeal from UN Secretary General U Thant. Prime Minister Abshirid Ali Shermarke and Emperor Haile Selassie both praise the plea while accusing the other of border violations.
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Muuuadishu
Somalia
U.N
U Thant
Ethiopia
Abbashid Ali Shermarke
Haile Selassie
Thant
Women Clerks Stand Up To Gunman at Store Office
Two women clerks at Jr Newberry department store in Painesville Ohio faced a gunman with a blackjack in a second floor office. He demanded the safe combination from Tony Plumstead 19 and Virginia Williamson 40. The clerks refused to reveal it and one woman stood firm as he ordered everyone to the floor. He then turned and left, missing the cash and the weapon remained unlocked.
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Painesville, Ohio
Jr. Newberry Department Store
Tony Plumstead
Virginia Williamson
Miss Plumstead
Ten-Year-Old Girl Gives Birth in Chicago
A 10-year-old girl gave birth by Caesarean section to a 5 pound 15 ounce girl at St Bernard's Hospital becoming the youngest mother on record in Chicago. The infant was sent to St Vincent's Orphanage and a 16-year-old boy was named as the father. Health officials note 15 Chicago births to 11-year-olds since 1950. The youngest known mother globally was a 5-year-old in Peru.
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Chicago
St. Bernard's Hospital
St. Vincent's Orphanage
Jbe
Health Department
Peru
Andrews Is Named To SEC
RALEIGH AP A Durham labor official Billy Earl Andrews was named to the State Employment Security Commission to a term ending July 1 1967. He is president of Durham Local 558 of the Pulp Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers and vice president of the Durham Central Labor Union.
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Raleigh
Durham
Billy Earl Andrews
State Employment Security Commission
Durham Central
Apostles Named In Early Christian Tradition
The twelve apostles listed include Andrew Bartholo Mew Nathanael James Zebedee's son John Judas Iscariot Matthew Peter Philip Simon Thaddeus and Thomas in a traditional enumeration. The names reflect variations that appear in historical sources and early Christian writings.
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Jesus Christ
Andrew
Bartholo
Mew
Nathanael
James
Zebedee
John
Judas Iscariot
Matthew
Peter
Philip
Simon
Thaddeus
Thomas
Goldwater Seeks California Primary Victory
Senator Barry Goldwater aims to turn California into a bandwagon for his Republican nomination bid. He spoke at a Lincoln Day dinner in Sacramento promising a strong win in the March primary and the November general election. He faulted President Johnson on foreign policy and urged California supporters to back his candidacy despite shifts in Granite State backing.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
California
Arizona
New Hampshire
Fox
Poat
Rockefeller
San Francisco
Goldwater
Johnson
John Birch Society
John F. Kennedy
Granite State
Kitty Hawk
N.C
North Carolina Seashore Commission
Smith
Gene Jennings
Portsmouth
Nixon
Gop
Seashore Commission
State Board of Day L Stane
Cincinnati
United States
Stoning of Red Headquarters Investigated
Jakarta AP report states authorities probe the stoning of the Communist party headquarters in Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra, with Communist leaders blaming counterrevolutionaries and banned party members for the attack in January.
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Red
Jakarta
Indonesia
Antara
Communist Party
Banda Atjeh
Sumatra
Barda
Il Atjeh
New Boss Behind Smith Brothers Bearded Faces
Smith Brothers Inc of Poughkeepsie merged into Warner Lambert Pharmaceutical Co of Morris Plains NJ in a stock transfer. The Smith brothers William and Andrew have been on the cough drop boxes for 117 years with the pictures serving as a trademark. William earned the nickname Trade and Andrew Mark due to words printed under their images.
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New York
Smith Brothers
Smith Brothers, Inc
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Warner-Lambert Pharmaceutical Co
Morris, Plains, N.J
William
Andrew Smith
Andrew
Mark
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J. E. Atkins
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Boyd Coltrane
Fred J. Cox
Auman Bass Furniture Company
Cecil
Calif
Cadillac
Grand Rapids
Senate
House
AF & AM
George C. Collins
Woodroe
F. Haywood
Weinman
Davis Patrol & Watchman
Jack S. Davis
Maxum M
Bingham Thomasville
N. C
Acadia Lodge
J.D. McCrery
W. C. Hilton
Phoenix Coal
City Fuel Co
Leonard
Valentine
Whitman
Schrafft
Pangburn
Tussy
Gr. U.S.P
Barden
Va Gal
Woodbury’s
Deason
Rexall Drug
Aiman Bass
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