Hitchhikers Sentenced to Death in Georgia Slaying
Two WV hitchhikers, Billy Chatterton and 18 year old Wootrow Whitman, were convicted in separate trials in Sumterville Superior Court. Judge Robert Coker set March 19 for execution in the murder of Billy A. Copeland a Lafayette textile mill supervisor. Both attorneys filed motions for new trials and a hearing was scheduled for April 19 to consider them.
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Summerville
West Virginia
Aear
Wootrow Whitman
Huntington
Superior
Robert Coker
Billy A. Copeland
Lafayette
Chatterton
Whitman
Coker
Registration Interference Restrained in Selma Drive
U S District Court Judge Daniel H Thomas barred Dallas County law enforcement from hindering a voter registration drive in Selma Alabama. The temporary restraining order aims to ensure orderly registration by eligible voters as the National Association for the Advance King Jr seeks legal defense funds. Sheriff James G Clark reported 218 arrests during three days of registration activity as claims of wholesale blocking by the courthouse processes.
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Mobile
Ala
Daniel H. Thomas
Dallas
Selma
Forte Tn
Atress For Legal Defense Fund
The
National Association Ae
Advance King Jr
James G. Clark
Selma Board of Trars
Register
Alexandria Man Held By Police At Bethesda Hospital
A 23-year-old Alexandria Virginia man Andrew Jackson Tyree Jr walked into Bethesda Naval Hospital at about 6 45 am while intoxicated and disorderly He twirled an unloaded .22 pistol and surrendered it after Secret Service agents intervened He is a driver for a northern Virginia delivery service handling radioactive material.
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Washington
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Andrew Jackson Tyree Jr
Alexandria
Secret Service
Johnson
Tyre
Tyree
Northern Virginia
Hospi
New Kind Of Gang At Menard Prison Education Drive
At Menard Prison Illinois two inmate groups the crank gang and the college gang highlight a broader rehabilitation effort led by Warden Ross Randolph. The college program enables inmates to reach junior college work and aims for a four year curriculum. Instructors and inmates praise the program as transformative.
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Chester, Ill
College Gang
Menard Penitentiary
Mississippi River
College
Menard
Ross Randolph
Jim Cook
John Taylor
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Randolph
Iwarden
Southern Illinois
Leslie L. Hinds
Hinds
Week of hectic Inauguration Week at the White House
President Johnson endured a crowded week ending with a hospital visit. He attended interfaith services, took the oath without a coat, stood long in the reviewing stand, danced at inaugural balls, and shuffled partners at the Mayflower. He also worked on the inaugural address and budget messages.
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Washington
Johnson
Capitol
White House
Hubert H. Humphrey
Margaret Truman Daniel
Congress
Plane to test XB70A aims for 2000 mph speed run
Palm Springs era report on the XB70A bomber outlines planned February flight to test reaching 2000 miles per hour and 70,000 feet. It describes prior flights at 940 mph and 45,000 feet and explains compression lift, honeycomb wing construction, and material limits of stainless steel versus titanium in pursuit of high speed aviation.
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Palmdale
Calif
Edwards Air Force Base
North American Aviation, Inc
Pentagon
Natal
Air Force
Earth
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