Meredith Resumes 159 Mile Civil Rights March
James H Meredith, celebrating his 33rd birthday, resumes his 159 mile trek down U S 51 from the ambush site toward Tougaloo Mississippi. The march, begun in Memphis as a one man crusade, has logged 244 miles in 21 days with voter registration rallies at county courthouses. In Canton, SNCC leaders debated tactics and tents while pledging nonviolence amid a tense rally at the same site police used tear gas the night before.
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James H. ‘Meredith
Wend Fear
U.S. 51
Meredith
Marchers
Martin Luther King Jr
Canton
Jackson
Mississippi
University of Mississippi
Memphis
Tenn
Columbia
New York
Stuident Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Cordele Reagan
SNCC
Reagan
Stokely Carmichael
SNCG
Carmichael
New Mumps Vaccine Shows High Efficacy
Dr. Maurice R. Hilleman of Merck reports a nearly 100 percent effective mumps vaccine using the Jeryl Lynn Strain named for his daughter who had mumps. In tests, 98 percent protection observed in exposed children. antibodies persisted for seven months. Vaccine not yet available or licensed. broader testing planned with Merck colleagues and Philadelphia institutions.
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Maurice R. Hilleman
Merck Institute For Therapeutic Research
West Point
Jeryl Lynn
Hilleman
American Therapeutics Society
Eugene Buynak
Merck
Robert B. Weiiel
Joseph Stokes Jr
The
University of Pennsylvania, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Lankenau Hospital
Senate Votes Double Attack At Slaughter On Highways
Washington AP reports the Senate passed a far reaching auto safety bill 76 to 0 and approved a $465 million measure to spur state and city traffic safety efforts. Both measures head to the House for action as Johnson calls for a comprehensive highway death toll attack. The auto bill sets interim standards next year for 1968 models and permanent rules by 1968 with biannual revisions, covering all autos trucks buses motorcycles and scooters and involving states and industry in standard setting.
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Secretary of Commerce
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B52s Strike: Large Operations Continue in Viet Nam
In Saigon dispatches, giant B52 bombers hit enemy supply areas in the central highlands as two major U.S. operations extend. The 25th Infantry Division clashed with North Vietnamese regulars near the Cambodian border for the third day, with 53 enemy killed bringing a three‑day toll to 90. About 800 troops participate in Operation Paul Revere begun May 10, while the 1st Cavalry Division’s Nathan Hale operation nears its sixth day about 240 miles north of Saigon. Two Navy planes were shot down. a helicopter was downed with six aboard, and several air cavalry units were evacuated by Chinook. The joint actions involve about 8,000 American forces with 344 enemy killed to date. Paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade, arriving at Vung Tau, join two airborne infantry battalions and one artillery unit under Lt. Col. Michael Healy.
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South Viet Nam
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25Th Infantry Division
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Vung Tau
U.S. Saigon
Viet
Nam
173Rd Airborne
Bri
Gade
Viet Nam
Michael Healy
Chicago
Reds disperse oil as Hanoi stockpiling under study
Washington reports defense sources indicate North Vietnamese may spread oil supplies to resist air attacks and store fuel underground. U S warplanes could hit the Haiphong area oil depot while Pentagon declines to discuss operational decisions. In Saigon, Ky marks one year in power with a four hour Hui visit amid Buddhist and student protests.
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U. S
Haiphong
Pentagon
Nguyen Cao Ky
Hui
Cao van Vien
Teenagers Break Police Lines At Rolling Stones Show
Teenagers surged past police lines as they charged the stage during the Rolling Stones first of a two month US tour concerts.
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Rolling Stones
United States
Hearings Boiling To Climax In Dodd Case
Washington Senate ethics probes heat up as Senator Thomas J. Dodd and his wife prepare a joint defense against misconduct charges. Key witness Michael O’Hare recounts a tense cafeteria confrontation with Dodd’s son Jeremy, who allegedly lost his temper.
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Senate
Dodd
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut
Jeremy
Michael O'Hare
O'Hare
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Senate Ethics Committee
War views split High Pointers on Vietnam policy
The Sunday Enterprise reports a Braxton Younts survey showing broader confusion and concern among High Pointers about U S policy in Vietnam. The piece notes travelers still favor Europe for summer tours, reflecting the era's global outlook. Also featuring a UNC journalism student’s account of Miss North Carolina 1965 Sharon Finch Thomasville.
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United States
Sunday Enterprise
Europe
Braxton Younts
North Carolina
Sharer
Finch
Thomasville
University of North Carolina At
Seawell Rebounds From Jones Comment On Resignation
Attorney Malcolm Seawell fired back at Ku Klux Klan leader J. Robert Jones after Seawell quit as chairman of Gov. Dan Moore's Law and Order Committee. He said he knew few NC Klansmen who care what Bob Jones says and denied a split with the governor. Seawell left to devote time to Leaf Tobacco Exporters Association work. Moore kept the chair.
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Raleigh
Malcolm Seawell
Ku Klux Klan
J. Robert Jones
Dan Moore
Law and Order Committee
Jones
North Carolina
The
United Klans of America
Seawell
Sealwell
Bob Jones
Gov. Moore
Moore
De Gaulle Tours Soviet Space Center During Satellite Launch
President Charles de Gaulle reportedly visited the Baikonur space center near Novosibirsk as the Soviet Union launched an unmanned earth satellite. Tass noted his reported arrival en route to Leningrad, making him the first foreign leader linked to the usually inaccessible launch site. The center sits about 1,200 miles southeast of Moscow in Kazakh desert regions.
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U. 5S
S. R
Soviet ‘Union
Charles’ de Gaile
de Gaulle
Tass
The
Space Center
Leningrad
Novogosibirsk
Moscow
Central Asia
Baikonur
Kazakhstan
Democrats Vote Today In North Carolina 5th District Runoff
In North Carolina fifth district runoff voters chose between Nick Galifianakis a Duke law professor and Durham attorney and Smith Bagley heir to a tobacco fortune with a forecast of heavy turnout around 75 percent In the Republican tenth district runoff W Hal Young challenges Donald Wirick for a spot against Basil Whitener in November The open seat drew notable support including Harold Thomerson backing Galifianakis and state senator William Z Wood showing mixed backing for the contenders.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Nick Galifianakis
Durham
Duke University
Smith Bagley
R. J. Reynolds Sr
Bagley
Galifianakis
W. Hal} Young
Minneapolis
Donald D. Wirick
Gastonia
Young
Basil Whitener
D-N.c
Ralph Scott
Thomerson
William Z. Wood
Wood
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