Teen charged after two fires at school and finance firm
James Joseph Franklin, 16, of Proctor Street, is under $20,000 bond on two counts of unlawfully setting fire to a building. He allegedly set fires at Ray Street School and Star Finance Co on S Hamilton Street, with wax stains linking him to the crimes. Detectives say the fires followed prior looting of several rooms and coin machines. The youth reportedly confessed after hours of interrogation, but arson charges were not filed since the buildings were unoccupied.
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Harry Kotsionis
Ray Street
James Joseph Franklin
Proctor Street
Star Finance Co
S. Hamilton Street
Franklin
Bay Street
S. Hamilton St
W. C. Johnson
Supreme Tribunal Upholds Sunday Blue Laws Across States
The court upheld Sunday closing statutes in Massachusetts Pennsylvania and Maryland citing a day of rest doctrine. Critics call blue laws a weapon in retail competition while faith groups seek stricter enforcement and some observe Saturday as Sabbath.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
America
High Court
Synagogue Council of America
National ‘Community Relations Advisory ‘Council
Supreme Court
Highway Deaths May Set Record During Holiday Weekend
The highway death toll during the Memorial Day weekend shows a rate of 4.3 deaths per hour midmorning, mirroring 1960’s yearly total of 38,200 when injuries weeks later are included. The count covers only the holiday period, with homeward traffic expected to increase totals Tuesday.
Texas GOP Celebrates First Texas Republican Senator
John G Tower won the April 4 special Senate election in Texas by about 8,000 votes over Democrat William A Blakley. Tower received 50.45 percent of 881,630 votes, in the first Texas GOP Senate victory by direct vote, with large Democratic turnout and commentary on party strategy.
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Dallas
Tex
John G. Tower
Texas
GOP
Tower
U.S. Senate
William A. Blakley
Senate
Blakley
Lyndon B. Johnson
Midwestern University
Johnson
State Attorney General Rules Private Club Liquor Use Legal
North Carolina Atty Gen Wade Bruton and Horton Rountree said a private club member may store small amounts of liquor in a private locker for personal use and may serve bona fide guests if control and purpose stay private. The ruling notes hotel rooms remain private dwellings and that some public place questions remain unsettled.
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Atty
Wade Bruton
Asst
Horton Rountree
Rountree
Willson
North Carolina
ABC
Latins Disgusted With Castro Says Murrow
Edward R. Murrow of the U S Information Agency said Fidel Castro’s offer to swap rebel prisoners for bulldozers sparked a ground swell of disgust across Latin America. He compared Castro’s move to wartime German trade of Jews for trucks and cited comments from over 30 papers and organized fundraising efforts across the Americas.
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Washington (Ap
Edward R. Murrow
U.S. Information Agency
Fidel Castro
Latin America
Castro
Murrow
Bigger Budget For USIA Rejected By Committee
The House Appropriations Committee cut the Kennedy request for a larger USIA budget by 16.69 million dollars, leaving Voice of America intact. The move is part of a 751.3 million bill funding State Justice and related agencies for the upcoming fiscal year starting July 1, with all agencies except the Civil Rights Commission facing cuts.
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Kennedy
U. S. Information Agency
House Appropriations Committee
Voice of America
Information Agency
USIA
Congress
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Federal Courts
Civil Rights Commission
Strike disrupts work as South Africa’s non white majority protests
A three day national strike opened in South Africa amid violence in Durban and Port Elizabeth. Police and troops protected workers while many non white employees stayed home. Rail and bus services showed reduced turnout as mobs blocked roads and stoned vehicles on the eve of the republic tie to Britain.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Britain
Durban
Port Elizabeth
South African Press Association
West Concession on Test Ban Talks Reported
In Geneva the West offered a concession to the Soviet Union by dropping the demand for a minimum of 20 annual on site inspections under a nuclear test ban treaty. Britain and the United States proposed 12 inspections with one more for every five suspicious tremors, up to 20, while the Soviet countered that no more than three inspections would be allowed.
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West
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
Lei
K. Tsarapkin
Zeller Collapses During French Treason Trial in Paris
Gen Andre Zeller collapsed while speaking in his defense at the Paris treason trial for leading an Algerian insurrection. Co defendant Gen Maurice Challe argued the army unity fractured by despair as prosecutors allege a deadly coup plot. Security crowded the Palace of Justice with ambulances and blocked parking.
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Godfrey Anderson
PARIS
Andre Zeller
Algeria
Maurice Challe
Charles de Gaulle
Challe
Palace of Justice
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