Garbage Man Rejects Writing Fame for Charity Fame
Fahey, a Waltham garbage man of 14 years, rejects author label despite his diary memoir Pacific War Diary 1942 1945 nearing sixth printing. Proceeds go to charity. royalties total around 15000. He wrote on scraps of paper during wartime, later guided by naval historian Samuel Eliot Morison to publication.
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Waltham
Boston
James J
Beacon Hill
Houghton Mifflin
Ev- Co
K. 8. Michael
Metlupatti
Dindigul
South India
Montpelier
Gal
Joseph Bryant
Adm
William
Bull) Halsey
Samuel
Eliot Morison
New York
NAACP checks into Jackson hotels as Mississippi tour begins
NAACP officials arrive for a four day civil rights inspection across Mississippi starting in Jackson. They register without incident at two downtown hotels and a motel and dine in a coffee shop. A drive in white section cafe serves Negro patrons as tensions surface with vandalism attributed to slashed tires. The tour moves to Canton Philadelphia and Meridian amid focus on missing civil rights workers.
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Jackson
Miss
Gro
Mississippi
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Charles Evers
NAACP
Canton
Philadelphia
Meridian
Heidelberg Hotel
Five Coast Guard crewmen die in Alaska crash
A twin engine Albatross search plane crashed into a mountain near Annette Island Gravina Island killing all five aboard. Pilot Lt Joseph Andrassy from Port Angeles and copilot Lt Robert Perchard, plus Harry Olson Donald Malena and Edward Krajniak, perished. The wreckage was found 2,000 feet up a wooded slope 200 feet below the summit. The last radio transmission requested landing lights at Annette Air Station.
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Alaska
Coast Guard
Annette Island
Pacific Ocean
Dall Head
Gravina Island
Annette Air Station
Joseph N. Andrassy
Port Angeles
Wash
J.g
Robert A. Perchard
Westwood
Mass
Harry W. Olson
Cheyenne
Wyo
Donald C. Malena
Monongehela
Edward D. Krajniak
Parma Heights
Ohio
Hospital Integration Requested
Charlotte Negro leader asks federal action to force integration at Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. R. A. Hawkins writes that the board will not voluntarily end discrimination, citing civil rights laws and a Fourth Circuit ruling. Trustees say the issue is under study and may oppose court orders.
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U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Greensboro
Wesley Long
Moses H. Cone
Murder and death by own action story probed
Beaufort County and State Highway patrol investigate a highway crash in Yemassee involving Dr. Wilbert Reeves and Mrs. Maggie Marvin. Marvin died after the collision on a secondary road as her sister quotes high speed entry and a car leaving the road. Reeves was later found dead in his car with a pistol at his side amid reports of a presidential nomination angle.
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Beaufort County
T. L. Bunton
Wilbert Reeves
Maggie Marvin
Bunton
Marvin
Charlotte Boynton
Lodge
Eis
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Reeves
Scranton
Ashland
Sev Scranton
Tri- Federal
Summit
Abra
Ajham Lincoln
Rocky Mount Man Dies In Accident
An 18 year old motorist, Fred Smith of Rocky Mount North Carolina, died after his car collided with a car driven by Willis W. Paige Jr of Portsmouth. A passenger, Agnes Pulley also of Rocky Mount, was hospitalized in poor condition. Paige faced charges of manslaughter and reckless driving.
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Fred Smith
N. Howell St
Rocky Mount
N.C
Smith
Willis W. Paige Jr
Agnes Pulley
Portsmouth General Hospital
Paige
Accidents Hit Record Death Toll During Fourth of July
Traffic deaths across the United States totaled 486 during a 78 hour Fourth of July weekend from Thursday evening to Sunday night. The toll surpassed the previous high of 442 set in 1960 with a sharp rise in the final 24 hours and more than 175 deaths reported the last day. The National Safety Council had expected between 450 and 550 deaths.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
American Soldier Wounded in East Berlin Robbery Motive Suspected
AP report says an American Pvt. John Coppage, 19, was shot in a quiet East Berlin street near Red Square and found by U.S. officers. He was transported to a West Berlin hospital in satisfactory condition. Army says robbery suspected. bullet removed from his abdomen. Coppage, based at Heilbronn, had planned a tour with a buddy and was on a bus trip when he wandered toward Checkpoint Charlie.
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East Berlin
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Heilbronn
West Germany
Red Square
Checkpoint Charlie
Berlin Wall
U.S
Grenade Thrown at Saigon Embassy Fails to Detonate
A Viet Cong attacker tossed a grenade hidden in bread toward the U S Embassy in Saigon but it did not explode after the detonator was pulled. Police cordoned the boulevard while witnesses described a suspect in white. Americans inside were kept safe and later allowed to leave for lunch before Gen Maxwell D Taylor arrives as new ambassador.
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Peter Arnett
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
U.S
Viet Nam
Maxwell D. Taylor
UAW Opens Bargaining With Chrysler Over Pension Demands
UAW Chief Walter Reuther leads talks with Chrysler on wage and pension increases as part of industry wide bargaining. UAW seeks a $4.25 monthly pension rise per year of service, while Chrysler cites high costs. Contracts cover 74,000 UAW members at Chrysler and about 550,000 workers across GM Ford and Chrysler.
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United Auto Workers and
Chrysler Corp
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Chrysler
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American Motors
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Furniture Makers See Strong May Orders Rise
May orders for furniture manufacturers climbed 11.3 percent from last May with five month totals up 124 percent versus 1963. May shipments rose 6.2 percent from May 1963 and first five months of 1964 shipments are up 14.2 percent. Unfilled May orders exceeded last year by 14 percent, signaling an eight week backlog at current rates as the summer Southern furniture market draws buyers from retailers.
North Carolina Ends July Week With Nineteen Violent Deaths
The Associated Press reports a 4th of July week ending in North Carolina saw 19 violent deaths, including 12 traffic fatalities. Drownings, a fire, stabbings, and a fatal axe blow filled the toll, with victims ranging from 10 to 57 ages across multiple towns and counties.
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North Carolina
North Carolina Motor Club
Thomas Robinson
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Robinson
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Littleton
Gaston
Patricia mSturdivant
Earthquake fault patterns noted amid regional stores
The San Andreas Rift in California caused the 1906 San Francisco quake while most faults lie offshore. News notes describe nature stores spreading through the Southeast and report buyers chiefly hail from stores in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
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San Francisco
Nature
Southeast
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Taylor to lead Viet Nam war reporting shift
General Maxwell D. Taylor will assume U S leadership in South Vietnam and oversee reporting to Washington. Officials say improved, balanced field assessments are needed amid vast, scattered population and many small unit actions. Taylor plans to visit Washington quarterly to brief President Johnson and policy makers directly.
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Maxwell D. Taylor
U.S
South Viet Nam
Washington
Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Viet Nam
Johnson
Mexico City Shaken By Sharp Quake
Mexico City reeled as a sharp earthquake struck city streets with tourists fleeing hotels in pajamas and lights out in many areas. Windows cracked and some walls damaged while power was restored in parts. no major casualties reported though nerves were shaken. Three minor quakes hit northern Sonora and Baja California with no injuries.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Sonora
Baja California
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