Seawell resigns as head of law and order panel
Malcolm Seawell resigns as chairman of North Carolina's law and order committee, created to investigate Ku Klux Klan activity, citing 1986 tobacco season commitments to clients. Governor Moore accepts resignation and takes over as chair, stressing strengthened state law enforcement while noting no split with Seawell.
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Raleigh
Malcolm Seawell
Gay
Dan Moore
Committee On Law and Order
North Carolina
Seawell
U. S. Supreme Court
Moore
Accident Fatal To Motorcyclist On Ward Street
A Winston Salem motorcyclist Clarence J Johnson age 30 of Gyro Drive was killed when his bike collided with a car on Ward Street. The car driven by Jerry Kennedy 25 of Bethel Avenue turned left into the motorcycle. Kennedy was unhurt and passenger John Wayne Robbins 27 of Springfield Avenue suffered minor injuries. Johnson died about an hour after the crash at High Point Memorial Hospital.
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Winston-Salem
Ward Street
Clarence J.johnson
Gyro Drive
Twin City
High Point Memorial Hospital
Jerry David Kennedy
Bethel Avenue
Kennedy
John Wayne Robbins
Springfield Avenue
Caravan Heads For Philadelphia In Civil Rights March
A 15 car caravan led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. heads from Canton toward Philadelphia, Mississippi to confront Klan threats and earlier violence. Mer edith, wounded in Hernando and now a Columbia law student, plans to rejoin the march as others deploy along U.S. 51 toward Canton’s courthouse square.
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Canton
Miss
Philadelphia
Martin Luther King
Courthouse
Paul B. Johnson
Johnson
U. S. 51
James H. Meredith
Memphis
Jackson
Meredith
University of Mississippi
Hernando
Columbia University Law
Claude Sterrett
Klan Leader Responds To Seawell Resignation
Granite Quarry North Carolina AP James R Jones grand dragon of the United Klans of America rejects criticism of Malcolm Seawell resignation as head of Gov Dan Moore committee on Law and Order. Jones says the governor acts to enforce the law and the panel was overdue.
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Granite
N. C
James R. Jones
North Carolina
The
United Klans of America
Malcolm Seawell
Dan Moore
Committee On Law and Order
Jones
Seawell
Ruby Defense Appeals for New Trial in Oswald Killing Case
Austin based defense argues Jack Ruby did not get a fair trial due to unwieldy media coverage and the judge's handling of the Dallas County courtroom circus atmosphere. Elmer Gertz cites an unpublished manuscript by Judge Joe Brown claiming he would limit reporters to a pool if retried.
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Austin
Tex
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Warren Commission
John IF. Kennedy
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Elmer i Gertz
Chicago
Dallas
Brown
Jack Ruby
Threatening Of Witness In Dodd Hearings Reported
Washington AP reports the Senate Ethics Committee forewarned of threats against witnesses amid hearings on Sen. Thomas J. Dodd. Chairman John Stennis declined to specify motives while Sen. Wallace Bennett cited an event outside the hearing room. Michael O’Hare, a former Dodd employee, claimed someone warned him about retaliation as he testified. O’Hare described the transfer of Dodd files to Pearson and Anderson and quoted Zeiller saying he had “too much on him.” The panel noted past events were under review and did not provide further details.
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Washington
Senate Ethics Committee
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
John Stennis
D-Miss
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Michael O'Hare
Dodd
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
O'Hare
O’hare
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Marjorie Carpenter
Stennis
Gerald Zeiller
Zeiller
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
Zeifler
Connecticut
Sen. Dodd
Coffins Hauled Away as Hue Pagodas Sealed
Paratroopers and riot police sealed Hue's two main Buddhist pagodas and removed the coffins of a nun and a 17 year old girl who self immolated last month in anti government protests. Barbed wire blocked Dieu De and To Dam pagodas to prevent a public funeral or possible antigovernment demonstration. Police arrested three Buddhist monks and about 20 soldiers of dubious loyalty amid ongoing Buddhist crises.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hue
Nguyen Cao Ky
Phan van Khoa
Dieu de Pagoda
Vietnam War Update From Central Vietnam Front
Reporting from Hue and Pleiku area fronts, U S and allied forces clash with Communist units in Hue and central highlands. A Buddhist monk’s relative is jailed in Saigon after aiding the rebel movement, while US units claim ongoing enemy losses near Pleiku and along coastbound Nathan Hale operation progress.
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U.S
Central Highlands
Saigon
U.S. 1St Air Cavalrymen
Radio Mention Of Castro Missing In Cuban Broadcasts
Miami monitors of Havana Radio report Castro rarely mentioned on Cuban radio this week while speculation about his status grows. State Department officials note uncharacteristic silence as exiles remain wary, with Juanita Castro silent and claims of Castro undergoing electric shock treatment via a double circulating from diplomatic and underground sources.
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Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
Governs Radio
Cua
Castro
Robert McCloskey
U. S. State Department
Juanita
Citizens Committee For A Free
Cuba
Violence erupts in Cleveland as boy shot and stores looted
In Cleveland's East Side Sowinski Park area, a 9 year old boy was shot in the lower abdomen and is in fair condition at Mt Sinai Hospital. A white woman was hurt by a brick, two patrolmen were fired upon, and several white-owned businesses were looted and vandalized amid a second night of unrest. Witnesses cite racial tension as clashes occurred between Negro and white neighborhoods along Superior Avenue.
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Cleveland, Ohio
East Side
Superior Avenue
Karl Stapler
Sowinski Park
Stephen Griffin
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Richard
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