Explosion Rips Tanker Off Coast
An explosion 40 miles off Virginia coast tore the San Jacinto in two, killing one crew member and leaving the two sections adrift amid 5 to 10 foot seas. The ship, owned by Trinidad Corp., was en route from Portland Maine to Houston and was in ballast when the blast occurred at 12 45 am.
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Portsmouth
San Jacinto
Virginia
Fort Mervessel
Harold J. Titus
Pine City
N.Y
Pen
Thieton
Cape Cod
Fort Mercer
Galveston
Thelit
Pegasus
M. Dotilla
Coast Guard
Mobile Pegasus
Portland
Maine
Houston
Tex
The
Trinidad Corp
New York
Sun Shipbuilding Co
Chester
Todd Shipbuilding Co
MacArthur Faces New Pneumonitis Trouble
Army doctors at Walter Reed report signs of moderate pneumonitis at the base of General Douglas MacArthur's right lung and begin antibiotic treatment. The 84 year old remains seriously ill after gallbladder removal and subsequent emergency bleeding. Presidents, emperors, and leaders worldwide have sent well wishes as personal messages pour in.
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Washington
Army
Douglas MacArthur
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Henry 5. Murphey
Army Medical Center
Murphey
Johnson
Japan
Philippines
China
South Korea
Dwight D. Eisenhower
NAACP Initiates Jacksonville Business Boycott Over Jim Crow
The NAACP launched a citywide boycott of Jacksonville businesses that restrict Negroes, excluding outlets selling food and medicine, as racial tensions ease after a four day crisis. Mayor Haydon Burns backs a biracial effort to restore peace, amid violence, false alarms, and a hospitalised man with a head wound.
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Don McKee
Jacksonville
Fla
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Rutledge Pearson
Lester Phillips
Haydon Burns
Rob
Soviet offers sweeping trade aid to poor nations
At the U N trade conference Nikolai Patolichev proposed broad trade advantages and help for infant industries even if it cuts Soviet exports. The offer targets 122 nations as Ball pushes U S guidance urging self help amid development aid debates. The plan aims to boost primary products and manufactured goods through trade accords and credits.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
U.N. Trade and Development
Nikolai
Patolichev
United States
U.S
George Ball
NC Baptists Reserve Judgment On LBJ Civil Rights Appeal
North Carolina Baptists split on President Johnson's civil rights appeal with leaders like L H Hollingsworth and Howard J Ford urging cautious support while stressing Gospel responsibility. Wake Forest officials warn resistance remains strong in rural South, regional responses vary. NC Baptists vow to reexamine human rights leadership.
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Associated
Wilmington
Thej
Ling
Hollingsworth
Board of the State Baptist
John E. Roberts
North Carolina
Roberts
Charity and Children
Baptist Children’s Home
Irving E. Carlyle
Wake Forest College
South
Southern Baptist Leadership Seminar
Deadlock broken as Senate votes to take up rights bill
The Senate voted 67 to 17 to take up the House passed civil rights bill ending a deadlock that had persisted since March 9. The move, led by Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield, allows 10 days of hearings under Sen. James Eastland's Judiciary Committee and sets up further debate after Easter recess.
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Washington
Senate
House
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Senate Judiciary Committee
James C. Eastland
D-Miss
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Batte
Fulbright Statement Attacked in Senate Fight
Washington AP Republicans attack Sen. Fulbright D Ark accusing him of promoting appeasement in a 70 minute speech old myths new realities Fulbright urges revision of the Panama Canal Treaty and a nuanced view of Cuba Fidel Castro viewed as nuisance not grave threat White House says speech contains worthy items but not administration policy Miller says trip balloon to push a disaster for free nations in 1964 campaign 1964 foreign policy debate climate surges across Capitol
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Washington
William E. Miller
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Sen. Fulbright
Neville Chamberlain
Miller
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
Nation
Cuba
Fidel Castro
United States
Chamberlain
Germany
Senate
Free Nations
New York
White House
Panama
Soviet Union
Cancer differences found in nun deaths study
A preliminary AP report from Palm Beach Shores cites a study of 116 173 nuns in 262 communities during 1963 showing cancer incidence and site differ from other American women. Findings suggest celibacy and environment influence cancer type, with low cervical cancer rates noted.
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Frank Carey
Associated Press
Palm Beach Shores
Fla
United States
America
Ernaulch
American Cancer Society
James T. Nix
New Orleans
Nix
Four Indicted In Florida Train Derailments Plot
Four former Florida players and three others face charges of conspiracy and attempted dynamite bombing tied to five train wrecks on the Florida East Coast line since February. Arrests include John Katsikos 40 and John W Davis 23 among others. all suspects are members of nonoperating unions observing picket lines.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
FEC
Miami News
Vero Beach
Horne Company
Homestead
FBI
Jease
John Katsikos
Loval $55
The
Brotherhood of Railroad
Carmen
Katsikos
Florida East Coast Railway
U.S
Roger E. Davis
Barry College
University of Miami
Indian River County
John W. Davis
Port St. Lucie
Joseph Vedders
Hugh Winn
Cleveland
Ohio
Rockingham Soldier Killed In Viet Nam
Washington AP reports Spc. J C Thomas L Lewis of Rockingham was killed in Vietnam after stepping on a mine. Next of kin listed as Mr and Mrs Thomas M Lewis of Rt 2 Rockingham.
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Washington
Viet Nam
Spc
J.C. Thomas L. Lewis
Rockingham, Inc
Thomas M. Lewis
Rt. 2
Rockingham
Nine Men Guilty in Britain Great Train Robbery Trial
A jury found nine men guilty of taking part in Britain's Great Train Robbery, the Glasgow to London mail train theft of 7,345,000 dollars, with a tenth man guilty of conspiring to obstruct justice. Sentencing is deferred until after trials of eight others, including three women. The haul mostly in five pound notes, was recovered partly, and the mastermind figures remain at large.
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Aylesbury
England
Britain
London
Edmund Davies
Scotland
Davies
Silver Dollar Rush Ends in anticlimax after long spree
Government ends silver dollar exchange as Secretary Dillon announces no further conversion to paper money. About 3 million cartwheel dollars remain, mostly old coins worth collectors’ premiums. Purchases by industrial users continue. envelope of silver granules offered for a dollar bill with in person presentation. Remaining Morgan coins at Carson City valued by some dealers up to forty thousand dollars. Border clash in Kashmir kills twenty four Pakistanis near Uri. claims say volunteers crossed the cease-fire line and fired on Indian patrols.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Treasury
Congress
New York
San Francisco
Carson City
Nev
Dillon
New Leshi
India
Uti
Srinagar
Disputed
Kashmir
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Dirksen
Detroit
Ernest L. Novak
Wirephotal
Arette
caAman
William Penn
Roger J. Cordrey
East Molesey
Surrey
William Boal
Charles F. Wilson
Thomas W. Wisbey
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