Two Race Leaders Indicted in Defamation Case
East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury indicted Rev. B Elton Cox of High Point North Carolina and Rev. Arthur Jelks Sr of Baton Rouge on charges of defaming District Attorney Sargent Pitcher and District Judge Fred Blanche. Bench warrants issued with bonds set at 5000 dollars each.
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Baton Rouge, la
East Baton Rouge Parish
B. Elton Con
High Point
N. C
Arthur Jelks Sr
Baton Rouge
Atty
Sargent Pitcher
Fred Blanche
Blanche
Cox
Pitcher
Jelks
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Typhoon Amy Death Toll Rises in Philippines
Heavy rains and flooding from Typhoon Amy killed 12 people in the Philippines police reported today. Four others were missing as drowned victims occurred in swollen rivers and at sea.
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Manila
Amy
Philippines
Miss America Final Selection At Atlantic City
In Atlantic City 54 contestants compete for Miss America 1963 after days of preliminaries. Semifinalists will perform talent acts again as judges pick five finalists and then the winner to succeed Miss Maria Fletcher. Miss Wisconsin Joan Engh credits chocolate sodas for her physique while Miss Nebraska Mary Lee Jepsen and Miss Maryland Beverly Ann Smith also excel in talent and evening gown rounds.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Miss Nebraska
Mary Lee
Maria Beale Fletcher
Asheville
N.C
Canada
District of Columbia
Chicago
New York City
Wisconsin
Joan Mary Engh
la Crosse
Wis
Mary Lee Jepsen
Paillion, Neb
Engh
Miss Jepsen
Maryland
Miss Smith
Patricia Lei Anderson
Hawaii
Charlotte Ann Carroll
Mississippi
Michigan
Carole Jean van Valin
Pamela Gilbert
Illinois
Stranded Fishermen Rescued After River Gorge Ordeal
Two Newark men John Mc Clary and Keith Overston became stranded on a sandbar where they fought the San Joaquin River Granite Creek gorge. Forest ranger Virgil Bishop and three Hamilton Air Force Base paramedics joined neighbors to rig ropes and rafts and plan helicopter-assisted extraction after two days of peril.
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Madera
Calif
John McClary
Keith Overston
Newark
Virgil Bishop
Hamilton Air Force Base
San Joaquin
Granite Creek
Sierra
Overston
Hayward
Soblen's Condition Improves in London Hospital
Dr Robert A Soblen, 62, in a London hospital in a drug induced coma shows signs of improvement. His wife Dr Dina Soblen, a psychiatrist, visited him for five hours as security tightens around the fugitive who fled the United States for Israel.
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London
Robert A. Soblen
Soblen
United States
Soviet Union
Home Office
New York
Kennedy seeks reserve call up power for Berlin crisis
President Kennedy asks Congress for stand by authority to mobilize 150000 reservists if needed. Officials warn Berlin East West tensions may push Moscow and Havana to react while Cuba deliveries pose a separate risk. The plan would grant authority from adjournment to February 28, two months after the next session begins.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Kennedy
Berlin
Moscow
Havana
Cuba
Congress
White House
Khrushchev
East Germany
West Berlin
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Desegregation Opens Quietly as New School Year Starts
Across the Deep South and parts of the North, public and Catholic schools begin integration with about 300 Black students in New Orleans area classrooms. Despite isolated violence and boycotts, overall desegregation progresses, with schools in Arkansas Florida Georgia Maryland North Carolina Tennessee Texas and Virginia participating while Alabama Mississippi and South Carolina hold separate. Violence included a shot at St Rosalie Elementary and parochial closures amid mixed reactions. In New Jersey Englewood Lincoln School faces a Negro boycott with only 189 of 540 students present as tensions over segregation persist.
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New Orleans
Deep South
Mississippi River
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Maryland
North Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
North
Alabama
Mississippi
South Carolina
Alibany
Atlanta
Marietta
Athens
Jacksonville
Fla
Bishop Kenny High School
New Jersey
Englewood
Lincoln School
Lincoln
Farmers Withholding Stock Shrinks Midwest Livestock Supply
The National Farmers Organization withholds beef hogs and sheep to press for price contracts, triggering plant layoffs in Iowa and neighboring states. Retail meat prices rise 5 to 10 cents a pound in some cities with possible 10 to 15 cent increases next week as U S D A notes slow receipts. Public and private reports show spotty price gains and ongoing stockyard to retail transfers.
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Corning
Iowa
Midwest
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Des Moines
Kansas City
Chicago
Louisville
Flames Destroy Calif Cathedral in Five Alarm Fire
SAN FRANCISCO AP Forty teenagers guided to safety as a five alarm blaze destroys the 65 year old St Marys Roman Catholic Cathedral Intervening officials report no panic and arson investigators arrive The Rev John Heaney suffered a cut hand while attempting to retrieve the Blessed Sacrament during the fire which began around 10 p m and engulfed the lower floor as firefighters responded
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San Francisco
St. Mary's
Father Heaney
William Murray
John Heaney
King Gustaf Adolf VI Features In Fairy Tale Film
Stockholm AP reports Sweden's King Gustaf Adolf VI appears as the king in The Wonderful Adventures of Nils. The 79-year-old monarch shot a brief balcony scene with geese while Sven Lundberg, 10, plays Nils. The production cost exceeds 500000 dollars, the most for a Swedish film.
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Carl C. Bolang
Stockholm
Sweden
Royal
Gustaf Adolf VI
Nils
Selma Lagerloef
Sven Lundberg
Kenne Fant
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Associated Press
St. Rosalie
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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NFC
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Minnesota
Iowa Packing
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Waterloo
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Ottumwa
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Armour
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Swift & Co
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