Police Chief To Testify In Ku Klux Klan Probe
Georgia police chief Les Blackwell is expected to testify today as the House Un American Activities Committee questions officials in its Ku Klux Klan inquiry. The panel reported prompt cooperation from Blackwell after earlier refusals by Klan leaders, while Wesley G Bailey provided little help.
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House Committee On UN- American Activities
Les Blackwell
Griffit
White House Health Conference Opens Under Johnson
The first White House conference on health opens with calls from Drs John Weir and William F. H. for better use of medical manpower from doctors to nurses. They caution that training quality is high but utilization lags behind Britain and Sweden, and question expanding cancer and heart disease centers without stressing manpower. The event, organized by President Johnson, aims to address urgent national health needs.
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Washington
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Great Britain
Sweden
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Hubbard
France
Wales
Asheville Passes New Blue Law
Tar Heel voters approved bonds in local elections Tuesday and Asheville residents passed a Sunday closing ordinance aimed at discount department stores. The measure exempted grocery stores, drug stores, restaurants, movies and sporting events. Asheville vote 7378 to 6552.
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Payetteville
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Stolen Funds Reported From Cerebral Palsy Office
In Charlotte AP reports United Cerebral Palsy of North Carolina Inc. found $2,606 missing from its office. A secretary said the theft appeared to occur Saturday morning after the unlocked office was entered, with $2,509 later noted as stolen.
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Ohio
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Edinburgh
Pittsburgh Theology Seminary
Baltimore
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American Thread Takes Options on Marble Area Land
American Thread Co as gauges options on land in the Marble area for a possible plant site. The firm operates a Marion plant and recently opened a new mill at Calvert about two miles north of Rosman.
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Murphy, N.C
American Thread Co
Marble
Marion
Calvert
Rosman
Earthquake Detected Near Spring Hill College
MOBILE Ala AP The Rev Louis J Eisele meteorologist at Spring Hill College said a strong earthquake was detected on the school s Richter scale Tuesday night The eight point scale registered the quake 2 385 miles west of Mobile indicating it was severe but not violent The quake occurred around 7 p m and could not be determined if it was northwest or southwest due to a Caribbean storm
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Mobile
Ala
Louis J. Eisele
Spring Hill College
Morrison's Charlotte Friends Are Shocked
Charlotte AP report recalls Norman Morrison 31 who set himself afire outside the Pentagon two years after moving from North Carolina to aid a Quaker church. Close associates describe him as thoughtful and deeply troubled by Vietnam policy and world peace issues.
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Normen Morrison
North Carolina
Pentagon
Morrison
Bruce Thorton
Norman
Thornton
Viet Nam
Elizabeth Corkey
Mecklenburg County
J. Floyd Moore
Guilford College
Greensboro
Moore
Baltimore
Stony Run Friends Society
East Mecklenburg High School
Corkey
Lindsay's victory boosts GOP gains in key cities
In a wide set of contests Republican gains were reported in New York, Philadelphia, Louisville, Akron and other cities. New York’s Lindsay-Beame race drew attention as Beame conceded after late counting while Buckley trailed. Cleveland Mayor Locher won reelection in a four-way race as Ballard rose in state politics.
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Queens
Frank D. O'Connor
Lindsay
Timothy W. Costello
Liberal Party
Mario Procaccino
Beames
Milton Smollen
Beame
New York
Fleeton
Buckley
Ralph S. Locher
Cleveland
Carl B. Stakes
John S. Ballard
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Major Races Election Winners
AP reports the major outcomes from Tuesday elections across states and cities. New Jersey saw Gov. Hughes win by over 350,000 votes as Democrats captured a reapportioned legislature for the first time since 1913. Virginia elected Mills E. B. Godwin Jr. as the 21st consecutive Democratic governor, with Democrats gaining strong legislative control. New York Republicans Keating and Ling say secured key posts as Republicans regained or held major offices, while Kentucky Democrats broadened legislative dominance. In cities, Ling say won NYC mayor over Beame. Philadelphia elected Arlen Specter as district attorney running as Republican. Ohio saw several Republican mayoral wins and Cleveland’s mayoral contest tighten. Congress news notes Browneir’s GOP victory in Ohio’s 7th District.
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Ohio
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York State Court of Appeals
Texas
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Wayne Dumont Jr
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Willam J. Stary Jr
U. S
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Ralph S. Locher
Necro
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Arlen Sepecter
James ©. Crumlish Jr
Texans Reject Four Year Governor Term Ride
Texans rejected a proposal to extend the governor's term from two to four years. Voters also turned down four-year terms for state representatives. Florida New York Ohio defeated various money measures while bond issues passed in Kentucky North Carolina Maine and Texas. A $1 billion New York water pollution bond received strong support.
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Washington
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North Carolina
Maine
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Eigt
Connally
Apl-Cio
Haydon Burns
Burns
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Panel Asked To Hear Suit Against State Milk Commission
Federal Judge Edwin M. Stanley asked the Fourth Circuit to appoint a three judge panel to hear a suit by the Southeast Milk Sales Association Inc. The cooperative claims North Carolina milk laws and rules are unconstitutional and that the Milk Commission forces sales to distributors inside the state and then buyback before supplying a South Carolina firm serving military bases.
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Greensboro
Edwin M. Stanley
4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond
State Milk Commission
Southeast Milk Sales Association Inc
Milk Commission
South Carolina
Mayoral Shifts Across Historic U.S. Cities
Akron debates a first Republican mayor in years in Bliss’s hometown. Jerome P. Cavanagh secures re election in Detroit’s nonpartisan race. Richard C. Leary wins a seventh term as New Haven mayor. Frank A. Sedita, a Democrat, becomes Buffalo mayor as Republicans sit out re election. Joseph M. Barr is re elected in Pittsburgh as Joseph S. Elworthy, a Republican, wins in Binghamton where Democrats had long power.
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