Rights Hearing Opens In King March Case
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr testifies before U S District Judge Frank M Johnson Jr detailing a Selma march led by 2 500 demonstrators after a government spokesman promised safety The hearing concerns a right to march order and draws focus to Alabama civil rights actions while a white minister lies critically injured in Selma The record notes prior police intervention and discussions about suspending the march before further action.
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Montgomery
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
Selma
King
U.S
Johnson
Federal Community Relations Council
Starting
Collins
Insurance bills spark debate on auto liability limits
Proponents and opponents clash over three bills to raise North Carolina auto liability coverage from 5000/10000 to higher levels. Advocates warn of higher juror damages and advise a $4.50 yearly average rate rise, while opponents predict more uninsured drivers and a cycle of rising costs. Representative T D Bunn cites neighboring states' higher limits and projects rates up to 16.50 annually in the worst case.
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Raleigh
House Insurance Committee
Insurance Company
T. D. Bunn
Wake
Evey State
North Carolina
Bunn
Lanier
Lawmakers Take Up Medical Aid
Washington AP describes House Ways and Means Committee voting on a comprehensive health insurance plan. The package aims to cover those over 65 with broad administration and improved payments, and may include coverage for some under 65 and dependent children. President Johnson signals the debate is nearing closure with a health insurance program for older Americans.
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Washington
House
Mills
Johnson
Are They Worth 159 A Week Housewife Reality
Joy Stilley humorously critiques a Chase Manhattan Bank survey that claims homemakers are worth 159 dollars per week. She contrasts the bank figures with daily tasks, hours, and pay for food buying, cooking, housekeeping, nursing, and more, noting personal sentiments and the absurdities of assigning a monetary wage to domestic labor.
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Joy Stilley
NEW York
Chase Manhattan Bank
Economic Research Department
America
Certified Public Accountants
Peter
Paul
Detce
Chase Manhattan
State prison chief opposes death penalty stance
George Randall, director of the state prison system, told the committee that capital punishment is not a deterrent to crime. The measure would abolish the death sentence for first degree murder arson and burglary, leaving it for other capital crimes.
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George Randall
Randall
Sit-In at the White House by Civil Rights Advocates
About a dozen civil rights activists staged a sit-in at the White House entering with tourists and sitting on the ground floor chanting We shall not be moved Maj Ralph Stover confronted them and they refused to leave The president was believed to be in the mansion during the protest as police patrols moved outside the East Blue Red and Green rooms and the state dinner area within the mansion.
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Washington
White House
Executive Mansion
Ralph Stover
Johnson
New Viet Nam Policy Decisions Indicated At Washington Meeting
In Washington Johnson and top aides weighed deeper U S air raids on North Vietnam as a key option. The talks covered peace efforts by Britain France and the Soviet Union and how to pressure Hanoi to halt aggression in South Vietnam. U S combat planes had begun strikes on February 7 as retaliation for guerrilla attacks, aiming to show North Vietnam the mayhem of U S air power.
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Dean Rusk
de- Meteorge
D. Glovers
Wiste House
Amp David
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Viet Nam
U.S
Johnson
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Asia
Uae
Marine officer dies leading assault near Nha Trang
First Lt. Dempsey H. Williams was killed while leading Marines and a U S adviser Maj. William G. Leftwich Jr. in a charge up a hill near a Vietnamese hospital at Nha Trang. Williams, a Fayetteville North Carolina native and East Carolina College football alum, is survived by his wife Judy of Baltimore.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Dempsey H. Williams
Williams
U.S. Marine
William G. Leftwich Jr
Nha Trang
Judy
Tippet Ave
Baltimore
Fayetteville
N.C
East Carolina College
U.S. Mill
Leftwich
Iy Leftwich
William G. Leftwich Sr
Germantown
Tenn
State Sen Scott opposes NC State name change over unity concerns
Raleigh AP report notes State Sen Ralph Scott leading opposition in the House Higher Education Committee to a bill renaming North Carolina State University at Raleigh to North Carolina State University at Raleigh. He warns the bill threatens the Consolidated University system and unity of the one university concept. He cites pride of alumni and the need to protect state interests. Scott and brothers, including the late Gov Kerr Scott, are NC State alumni.
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Higher Education Committee
North Carolina State
Scott
Dan Moore
Onc
Consolidated University of North Carolina
Gardner
N.C
House
University of North Carolina At Raleigh
North Carolina State University At
Raleigh
House Higher Education Committee
William Friday
UNC
Haw River
Kerr
N.C. State
Cece Lee Saas Lina
University of
Minister's Condition Is Extremely Critical
Birmingham a AP University Hospital said the white minister Rev. James J. Reeb is in extremely critical condition. He was attacked with two other clergymen as they traveled in Birmingham. Rev. Orloff F. Miller, 25, of Boston, and Rev. Clark Olson, 32, of Berkeley, Calif., were with him. Miller and Olson escaped serious injuries.
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Jean Crafton
Birmingham
Ala
University Hospital
James J. Reeb
Children
Reed
Orloff F. Miller
Boston
Clark Olson
Berkeley
Calif
Miller
Olson
Russians Reject Red China Protest
Russians push back against a Red China protest while signaling possible recall of diplomats if the Soviet Union does not admit certain demands. The ambiguities of the stance reflect Cold War tensions and shifting alliances.
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China
Soviet Union
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