NAACP Urges War on Segregation at Charleston Rally
In Charleston a fiery NAACP rally urged outright war on segregation. Two Columbia students rode segregated bus facilities without incident, and officials said Negroes have long been served by the bus line. J Arthur Brown declared walls of segregation are crumbling at state colleges and universities amid about 200 attendees at St Luke s Church.
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Bob McHugh
Charleston
S.C
South Carolina
NAACP
Columbia
Greyhound
David Carter
Lennie Glover
Benedict College
William J F. Kelly
J. Arthur Brown
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Citadel
Military College
Clemson
South Carolina Medical
Jackson
Miami
S. C
Explosion Belief Ties Lis b on Crash to Wreckage
Lisbon crash of the Dutch Venezuelan airliner Viasa from KLM killed all 61 aboard and sparked a joint Dutch Portuguese inquiry. Wreckage washed ashore on an Atlantic beach with no immediate clue to a cause while investigators and technical experts from Amsterdam arrived to inspect the four engine jet that had departed Lisbon for the Azores earlier Tuesday.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Amsterdam
Atlantic
Azores
Rome
Madrid
Viasa
KLM
William Aydelotte
Aydelotte
Chicago
14 Die In Holiday Mishaps On North Carolina Roads
The Associated Press reports at least 14 people died in North Carolina traffic accidents during the 102 hour Memorial Day weekend ending Tuesday midnight. Two other deaths occurred in violent incidents, with Willie Huffman of Charlotte killed by a fire and Johnnie Davenport of Columbia fatally injured after a tree fall. No drownings reported yet. The state motor club had forecast 24 highway fatalities for the period.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Willie Huffman
Charlotte
Johnnie Davenport
Columbia
North Carolina State Motor Club
Tar Heel
Space Ship Planned To Carry Man Around Moon
George M. Bunker of Martin Corp says a craft to orbit a man around the moon is ready to begin construction. Martin is one of three firms in NASAs Project Apollo. He predicts NASA will orbit a three man reconnaissance team around the moon by 1965.
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Paris
America
George M. Bunker
Martin Corp
Bunker
Paris International Air Show
Martin
National Aeronautic and Space Administration
NASA
North Carolina Seeks $19 Million Boost in Road Funds
Gov. Sanford proposes $19 million more for the secondary road program in the 1961-63 biennium by freeing funds from highway budgets. General fund estimates for this year rise by $12 million and next biennium by $8 million, totaling $20 million. Evans says the extra funds would pave 1100 to 1200 miles of secondary roads, far exceeding prior projections.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Sanford
Highway Commission
Merrill Evans
Advisory Budget Commission
Justice Dept Seeks To Link KKK To Mob Violence
Government hearings in Montgomery seek to permanently restrain the Klan and require police protection for interstate riders. Witnesses invoke the Fifth Amendment amid questions about Klan ties to mob violence against Freedom Riders in Anniston Birmingham and Montgomery.
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Justice Department
Ku Klux Klan
Freedom Riders
Anniston
Birmingham
Montgomery
Ala
KKK
U.S. Dist
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Charles D. Prince
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Walter “Jiggs” Webb dies at 90 in Titusville
Walter Jiggs Webb, longtime member of vaudeville’s Maggie and Jiggs team, died at age 90 in Titusville after a long illness. He was born in London.
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Titusville, Fla
Walter
Jiggs) Webb
Maggie
Jiggs
London
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