Mississippi senator accuses RFK of cover up in civil rights probe
Mississippi state senator John C. McLaurin charged to the Senate Commerce Committee that Attorney General Robert F Kennedy engaged in a brazen cover up by stating there is no evidence of Communist control of civil rights demonstrations. He urged a massive relocation of Negroes to balance state populations and repeated earlier accusations by Govs. Barnett and Wallace.
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Washington (Ap
Mississippi
Robert F. Kennedy
John C. McLaurin
Senate Commerce Committee
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McLaurin
Ross Barnett
George Wallace
Alabama
Barnett
Martin Luther King
Highlander Folk School
Tennessee
Atty
Gen. Kennedy
Protesters pray in Brooklyn street at hospital site
Demonstrators from behind a police barricade gathered at a Brooklyn hospital site and prayed for an end to discrimination in employment. The act underscored ongoing racial tensions and appeals for equal opportunity.
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New York
Brooklyn
Red Sea
Israel
Edward Ducree
Queens
Downstate Medical Center
Harlem
Portugal Urged by UN to End Repressions in African Territories
The U N Security Council urged Portugal to end repressions in its African territories and move toward independence, voting 8 to 0 with the U S Britain and France abstaining. The resolution calls measures to prevent military supplies used against pro independence groups and cites NATO arms as a complained source.
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William N. Oatis
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N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Portugal
United States
Britain
France
NATO
Peking Near Break With Moscow Over Test Ban Pact
China rejected the U S British Soviet partial test ban calling it a dirty fraud and said it would not adhere to the Moscow pact aimed at blocking China from nuclear weapons. Beijing accused the Soviet Union of allying with war and imperialism to oppose China, signaling possible fundamental rift with Moscow.
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Red China
Peking
New China
Moscow
China
United States
Russia
Communist Party
Rusk Prepares Trip to Moscow for Nuclear Test Ban Signing
Secretary of State Dean Rusk leads a bipartisanship delegation including five senators to Moscow for the formal signing of the nuclear test ban treaty. Senators Fulbright Humphrey Pastore Saltonstall Aiken travel. Dirksen and Hickenlooper are not invited. The ceremony is scheduled for Monday with U Thant expected to attend in Moscow.
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Dean Rusk
Moscow
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Sena
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Minnesota
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Rhode Island
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Massachusetts
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Vermont
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Senate
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Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Montana
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Kennedy
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U Thant
Dr Stephen Ward Convicted on Prostitution Charges
London AP reports Dr Stephen Ward, a society osteopath, was found guilty on two counts of living off earnings of prostitutes. He was acquitted on three other vice charges and remains hospitalized from a drug overdose. The verdict came after 4 hours of jury deliberation on the eighth day. If convicted on all counts, Ward faced up to 25 years.
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London
Stephen Ward
Society Osteopath
Ward
Nel Howard Jones
Jones
Archie Marshall
James Burge
U.S. Military Chiefs Watch for Major Red Action From Korea
U.S. military chiefs monitor North Korean shooting incidents for signs of an offensive pattern. Joint Chiefs defer to commanders in Korea with no broader alerts. In Korea, patrols stiffened and casualties included three U.S. soldiers and a South Korean officer this week near the DMZ. Two North Korean infiltrators were killed south of the armistice line.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
U.S
Korea
Pentagon
North Korea
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Demilitarized Zone
South Korea
No Man’s-Land
U.N
Korean flare up tied to 10th armistice anniversary
AP reports diplomats link North Korean aggression to wider Asian developments amid Chinese Communist buildup. State Department spokesman Richard I. Phillips notes increased truculence may reflect broader shifts in Asia while United States and South Korea bolster forces.
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State Department
Richard I. Phillips
Korea
Asia
Phillips
India
China
United States
South Korea
38Th Parallel
U.S
U.S. 8Th Army
Okinawa
Japan
Philippines
Formosa
7Th Fleet
Two Captured After Route 29 Roadblock Abduction
Two armed men, Lebert Dodson and William Martel, were captured at a Charlotte roadblock after Michigan man Paul Vincent Sheehan reported he was abducted near Buffalo and driven through New York to North Carolina. He escaped and contacted authorities. the suspects admitted robberies and abduction, with no charges filed yet as the investigation continues.
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N.C
Michigan
Cabarrus County
Lebert Charles Dodson
William Joseph Martel
Tucson
Ariz
Paul Vincent Sheehan
Woodward
Mich
Detroit
New York State
North Carolina 49
Sherif
Martel
Dodson
U.S. 29
Four Executed By Castro Men
Cuban radio reports four men executed by firing squads under Fidel Castro including an alleged CIA agent. Early bulletins said the agent was shot at dawn. three companions were also executed. Additional broadcasts cited prison terms for others tied to counterrevolutionary activity.
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Fla
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
Fidel Castro
CIA
Havana
Deepening Crisis Race Bars Persist In U S Churches
An Associated Press report outlines how racial barriers persist at church doors despite official integration pronouncements. The piece notes a shift from talk to action, with churches backing direct local interventions to challenge segregation and promote equity.
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Associated Press
National Council
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