Marine Medal of Honor Recipient Declines White House Reception
Arthur J. Jackson a Medal of Honor winner ousted from the Marine Corps for the killing of a Cuban suspected spy declines a White House reception. Kennedy had invited 293 recipients. Jackson accepted with 239 others. Jackson now says he will not attend to avoid embarrassing the president. His father initially made the matter public in San Jose California.
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Washington
Arthur J. Jackson
Marine Corps
Kennedy
White House
Jackson
Pierre Salinger
California
Salinger
Ruben Lopez
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo
San Jose
Calif
Judge Rules Yellow Line Passing Lawful
Greensboro AP reports Judge J Benjamin Miles ruled it is not unlawful to pass another vehicle across a yellow center line. The case State vs Beverly C Moore 53 a prominent lawyer involved a July 27 1962 charge of illegally passing a double yellow line. the nonsuit was granted.
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Greensboro
State
Beverly C. Moore
J. R. Jones
Moore
State Highway Commission
J. Benjamin Miles
Two Soldiers Die In U S 301 Collision Near Fayetteville
In a four lane crash on U S 301 south of Fayetteville two soldiers were killed and two injured. Killed were Pvt Gerald T. Flaherty 21 of Boston and Pfc Clarence J. Boone 21 of Matthews N C. Also hospitalized were Pfc Clifford M. Thompson 24 and Pfc Bobby J. Taylor 19. All were from Ft Bragg. Boone drove in the northbound lane and reasons for the wrong side remain undetermined.
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Fayetteville
N.C
U.S. 301
Here
State Highway Patrol
Pvt
Gerrald T. Flaherty
Boston
Pfc
Clarence J. Boone
Matthews
H. L. Covington
Boone
Clifford M. Thompson
Covington
Flaherty
Thompson
Pfe
Bobby J. Taylor
Ft. Bragg
P. J. Flaherty
The
Boston Globe
83Rd Chemion
82Nd Airborne Division
Wage Bill Gains Minimum Approval In Senate Panel
A Senate committee approved a minimum wage increase from 75 cents to 85 cents per hour next year and to $1 the following year. A separate tuition grant bill for private colleges narrowly passed a committee vote but faces further approval hurdles due to a $6 million biennial appropriation.
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Raleigh
Senate
Man
Ufacturing
Senate Education Committee
Robert Lee Humber
Pitt
Sanford
Appropriations Committee
Sen
Thomas White
Lenoir
Senate Appropriations Committee
Tom Weave
Wilson
W. D. James
Rockingham
Robert Morgan
Cleveland
House
High Point Junior Woman's Club Wins Education Award
At the 61st annual North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs convention in Asheville about 500 delegates gathered for the first business session. High Point Juniors won the Nancy Miller Marshall cup in education, with other clubs receiving trays, a silver urn, and merit certificates for work in adult education.
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High Point Junior Woman’s Club
Asheville
North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs
Morris Day
Oxford
Lucille Ellington Hocutt
Maids and
Chadbourn
Clare Cullison
Charlotte
N. C
Sorosis
Wilmington
Thomasville
Raleigh Woman’s Club
High Point
Nancy Miller
James M. Harper Jr
Southport
E. Long
Hickory
Freedom marchers begin plan to reach Jackson Mississippi
Ten marchers, white and Black, set off from Chattanooga toward Jackson, Mississippi, to protest segregation. They are led by a truck with NAACP support and include members from CORE and SNCC. They vow to deliver integration views to Governor Barnett.
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Chattanooga
South
Jackson
Miss
Freedom Imarchers
Alabama
Greyhound
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Moore
Freedom
Ross Barnett
New Hampshire Adopts Lottery Amid Tax Relief Push
Governor John W. King signs sweepstakes into law as NH seeks tax relief, projecting about four million dollars annually for two races at Rockingham Park to fund local schools. The measure faces mixed religious and political reactions from New England clergy and officials in nearby states.
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Mittee
State Department of Mental Health
State Board of Mental Health
Hospitals Board of Control
David Britt
Robeson
Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
John W. King
Rockingham Park
King
New Eng
Joseph A. Millimet
Justice Department
Minuteman Missile Denial From Air Force Official
Brig. Gen. Samuel C. Phillips, director of the Minuteman program, says reports that the ICBM cannot reach targets are false. He asserts the program has exceeded range and payload goals and notes continued testing improvements in Wing 6 for Grand Forks, North Dakota, with new engines and guidance.
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Ralph Dighton
Norton Air Force Base
Calif
Soviet Union
Samuel C. Phillips
Iman
Minuteman
Air Force Ballistic Systems Division
Phillips
Air Force Base
A. Vandenberg
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Vandenberg
Grand Forks
N.C
Mother's Assailant is Hunted in Virginia Abduction
A North Carolina mother, Mrs Eddie J Craddock 24 of Spray, was found critically wounded along a Henry County Virginia road after a man abducted her and two children from a Spray laundry. The children were dropped at a church unharmed. The suspect, about 20, forced her to drive before a struggle and escape led to discovery by motorists Harry Chaney and Earl Hurst. Craddock underwent 3½ hours of surgery and remained in critical condition at Martinsville General Hospital.
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Martinsville
North Carolina
Eddie J. Craddock
Spray
N.C
Henry Co. Cnty
Henry County
Castro Sees Red Rockets in Moscow May Day Parade
Fidel Castro attended the May Day parade in Red Square with Khrushchev. U S envoy Kohler boycotted the event. Castro reviewed troops and weapons including rockets. Castro blamed the United States for aggression and urged solidarity with socialist nations.
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Moscow
Red Square
Fidel Castro
Nates Monedy
U.S
Foy D. Kohler
Castro
Kohler
Khrushchev
Cuba
Chev
Hin
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Gov. King
Hartley T. Grandid
New ‘Hampshire Council of Churches
Massachusetts Council of Churches
Forrest L. Knapp
Tom McInntyre
Massachusetts
Francis E. Kelly
Kelly
John H. Reed
Maine
Tance
Atlantic
Rodion Y. M
United States
Malinovsky
U.S.S.R
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