News Ban on Crime Information Sparks Editor Backlash
Harris County grand jury urged withholding crime information from newspapers until police authorization. Chief Carl Shuptrine opposed censorship, while editors Felix McKnight Millard Cope warned the recommendation echoes police state control and undermines democracy.
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Houston
Tex
Harris County Grand Jury
Texas
Grand Jury
Carl Shuptrine
Felix R. McKnight
Dallas Times Herald
Texas Associated Press
Assn
Grand
Hitler
Mussolini
Russia
McKnight
Millard Cope
Marshall News-Messenger
Cope
Spain Prepares Franco Victory Parade Amid Leftist Roundups
Madrid police arrest prominent leftists ahead of Franco’s 19th anniversary parade. Jets from Sabre fighters and T-Bird trainers arrive at Torrejon Airfield for an aerial show while ground troops march past. Authorities aim to deter Communist and Socialist protests and block a Monday public transport boycott led by socialist and Christian Democrat groups.
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Francisco Franco
Franco
United States
Spain
Torrejon
Madrid
16Th Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Ifni
Sahara
Socialist
Christian Democrats
Slayer's siege ends as police kill cafe killer in France
Daniel Delobel, 28, killed after a six hour standoff in Chamny when police with an assault tank breached his cafe. A French officer and an unidentified U.S. sergeant were wounded. Delobel had threatened his mistress and killed his former wife, her father, and her granddaughter before moving on to the cafe.
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Chamny
France
Daniel Delobel
Delobel
U.S
Jordan Named to Washington Post appointment surprise to Jordan
Everett Jordan accepts a Senate appointment and will leave Saxapahaw for Washington. The longtime Sellers Manufacturing and Jordan Apenies figure, with deep North Carolina Methodism ties, describes his aims on farm policy and broader national issues while preparing for a large new public role.
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Sellers
Jordan
Ben Jr
Roger
Rose Ann) Gant Jr
Burlington
John McLean Jordan
Duke University
Sellers Manufacturing Company
H. H. Jordan
Washington
George K. Way
Columbia
S. C
Everett
Henry Jordan
Cedar Falls
Sellers Manufacturing
Jordan Apenies Company
Charles Jordan
H. C. Sprinkle Jr
New York
World
North Carolina
Stores' Food The California Woodpecker’s Acorn Hoards
A California woodpecker stores acorns in drilled holes in trees and poles. One pole contained 1,500 acorns while a large sycamore held about 20,000 nuts.
Origin of the Penguin Name Traced to Greasy Fat
The term penguin is linked to 17th century Spanish navigators who used pinguinos meaning greasy ones, a reference to the abundant fat that coats penguin bodies.
Unsettled Weather to Spread Across Eastern States and Lakes Area
Forecast calls for showers and thundershowers tomorrow from the eastern states west to Ohio Tennessee and lower Mississippi Valleys and southern central and eastern Lakes region. Cooler air moves into the northern and central Plains and Lakes area while the Gulf and southeastern states turn warmer. The rest of the country should see generally fair weather with little temperature change.
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Ohio
Tennessee
Mississippi
Central
Eastern Lakes Area
Central Plains and Lakes
Gulf and
Southeastern States
Nasser Heads to Soviet Union on 10 day Tour
President Nasser begins a 10 day 5000 mile tour of the Soviet Union visiting Tashkent Sochi Kiev Leningrad and Stalingrad before returning to Moscow May 13 and Cairo May 16. He emphasizes aid without strings while avoiding commitments to closer political ties and debates the balance of Soviet and Western support for Egypt.
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Nasser
United Arab Republic
Soviet Union
Seeenne
Masia
Cairo
Tashkent
Sochi
Kiev
Leningrad
Stalingrad
Nerete
Egypt
Suez Canal
Technical
al Fields
Indians Win Battle At Toll Bridge
Four Tuscarora Indians argue they are exempt from tolls under a state law and stop at a toll plaza near Syracuse. They travel on a Six Nations pow wow convoy en route to the Tuscarora reservation, challenging the New York Thruway Authority over toll access.
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Syracuse
N.Y
New York State Thruway Authority
State Power Authority
Niagara Power
Clark Rickard
Niagara Falls
Rickard
Canadaigua
Buffalo Creek
Birth Control Advice Ban Is Removed
New York city hospitals reportedly lift a de facto ban on contraceptive counsel to patients. Dr Morris Jacobs, city hospitals commissioner, says the department will not interfere with medical boards on accepted therapeutic practices. Dr Louis Hellman calls Jacobs courageous and says the change lets doctors provide information to patients in need.
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New York
Morris Jacobs
New York Academy of Medicine
Jacobs
Academy
Howard Craig
Louis Hellman
Kings County Hospital
Hellman
Cities Seek Halt To Race Bombings
Jacksonville hosts a regional conference uniting 28 cities to coordinate responses to a series of dynamiting and bombing incidents. The meeting, led by Mayor Ben West and Jacksonville Mayor Hayden Burns, focused on facts and shared information via the Jacksonville Police Department. Rewards totaling 5700 were announced for those responsible, citing patterns of intimidation across 47 communities since January 1 last year.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Ben West
Nashville, Tenn
Hayden Burns
United States
Milton Ellerin
Anti- Defmation League of B'nai
B'rith
New York
South
Burns
Birmingham
Ala
Meridian’s Rise From Oxen Sale to Rail Center
The Meridian Mississippi site sold in 1836 for two oxen by the first settler. Within under two decades Meridian emerged as the state’s leading railroad hub and center.
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Meridian
Miss
Charge Filed In Shooting Involving James T Smith
James T Smith of 608 Leonard St was arrested after a nighttime argument in which he fired ten shots to defend himself, charged with assault with a deadly weapon and bonded for a May 19 hearing. Roosevelt Quick of 228 Gordy St faced an assault with a deadly weapon charge after a knife attack on William Harriston on Grady Street. Quick posted $300 bond for a May 9 hearing. Also, Mattie Johnson of 605 Leonard St faced a gambling charge following a police interruption of a “friendly little card game.” Curtis A Kearns 41 of Roanoke Va was charged with failing to yield right of way after a collision at Willowbrook and High Streets. Kearns’ car hit Daniel H Short 60 of Bridges Street, damaging both vehicles and a Willowbrook bridge guard rail. Short’s car $100 damage and Kearns’ $300.
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James T.smith
Leonard St
Smith
Roosevelt Quick
Gordy St
William Harriston
Quick
Grady Street
Harriston
Mattie Johnson
Cers
Curtis A. Kearns
Roanoke
Polie
Kearns
Willowbrook
High Streets
Daniel H. Short
Bridges Street
Kearn
Willowbrook Street
Short
Troopers Burn Red Banners In Venice Amid Campaign Fire
Six U S paratroopers in Venice burned a Communist campaign banner prompting an uproar. Police escorted them to a bus bound for Munich as Italian workers shouted. no charges were filed against the six among 37 visiting U S paratroops.
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Venice
Italy
U. S S
Munich
Germany
U. 6
X Cae
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