Two Picked in Ruby Trial as Jury Pace Slows
Dallas AP report notes only two of 48 juror candidates have been approved as the murder trial for Jack Ruby moves into week two. Prosecution and defense clash over voir dire, with judges and lawyers debating whether TV footage of the Oswald shooting taints potential jurors. Ruby observes, sometimes nodding, as his attorneys challenge impartiality and press for fair selection in a highly televised case.
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Lee Harvey Oswald
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Oswald
Joe Tonnhill
Four Charged in Kidnapping in Monroe Race Riot
Testimony was to begin in the trial of four people charged with kidnapping a white couple after the August 27, 1961 Monroe race riot. Jury selection finished last week. Defendants include Mrs. Willie Mae Mallory of Macon and Brooklyn, Richard Crowder, Harold Reape both 22 of Monroe, and John Lorry, 24, Flushing, a white “Freedom Rider.”
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N.C
Willie Mae Mallory
Macon
Brooklyn
N.Y
Richard Crowder
Harold Reape
John Lowry
Flushing
Weather forecast for Louisiana Missouri and Arkansas
Louisiana mainly cloudy and mild with scattered rain showers. Lows 38 to 44 tonight, highs 48 to 54 Tuesday. Eastern and Southern Missouri fair and cool today, highs upper 30s to low 40s, increasing clouds tonight, lows in the 20s, colder Tuesday with light snow possible. Arkansas clear to partly cloudy and cooler today, highs 40s north and 50s south, increasing clouds tonight and Tuesday, rain chances mainly south Tuesday, overnight lows in the 20s, cooler northwest Tuesday.
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Louisiana
Missouri
Arkansas
Melee Captives Reported After Armed Robbery Scene
Marshville residents Low and Mr and Mrs G Bruce Stegall told police they were held by armed Black suspects for four hours during a nighttime incident. They were released unharmed.
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G. Bruce Stegall
Marshville
Marches Planned By Pine Bluff Negroes Demand PublicRights
Pine Bluff Arkansas AP reports that 350 Negroes were urged to attend a March 2 city council meeting to push a public accommodations ordinance. Rev Ben Grinage warned that cafe protests and 40 arrests were only the start of efforts to clean up Pine Bluff and Jefferson County.
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Ben Grinage
Jefferson County
Dick Gregory
Martin Luther King
James Bevel
Gregory
William Hansen
Ray
Arkansas Am&n
Orval E. Faubus
Am&n
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Therm
Chicago
Hansen
Bevel
Poll Tax Lets 77 714 Negroes Vote in Arkansas
Arkansas state Auditor Jimmie Jones reports 77 714 Negroes qualified to vote by paying the 1963 poll tax, up from 68 970 two years ago and 72 604 in 1959. County data shows 14 counties with no Negro voters. Pwaski County tops with 12 960. The 24th Amendment may expand qualifying voters, as a special session considers a voter registration law to replace the poll tax for upcoming elections.
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Little Rock
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Jimmie Jones
Jones
Pwaski
Hoffa Trial Resumes at Chattanooga
James R. Hoffa, head of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, is expected to testify in his jury tampering case in Chattanooga as the sixth week of trial opens. Co-defendants include Larry Campbell, Nicholas Tweet, Allen Dorfman, Thomas Parks, and Ewing King. Witnesses for the defense and rebuttals are planned.
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James R. Hoffa
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
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Hoffa
Larry Campbell
Detroit
Nicholas J. Tweet
Huntington
W. Va
Allen Dorfman
Chicago
Thomas Parks
Ewing King
Nashville
Union Boycott Persists as Wheat Dispute Deepens
AFL-CIO President George Meany backs the boycott saying workers fight for bread and butter as unions argue subsidized wheat to the Soviet Union drains jobs. Wirta spokesman cites no new talks scheduled in Miami Beach or Washington, signaling dim prospects for quick settlement after day and night talks. Wirtz left Sunday night for Washington ending an on again off again round of negotiations.
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George Meany
Soviet Union
U.S
Miami Beach
Washington
Mi‘ami Beach
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Wirtz
Supreme Court declines to review Dawson rape case
Washington report that the Supreme Court again refuses to review Clay Dawson a Memphis Negro sentenced to death in Tennessee for rapes of two Black women He appealed on grounds that the Tennessee Legislature failed to reapportion itself and that Shelby County is the most underrepresented county in the state He pursued habeas corpus after lower court rulings against him
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Supreme Court
Clayton Dawson
Memphis
Tennessee
High Tribunal
Dawson
Shelly
Unstuck Came the Little Duck in Central Park Lake
New York AP reports a duck remained stuck on Central Park Lake as park workers attempted to free it. They tried a ladder to crack the ice, then a boat was used to break the ice around the bird with an oar. Finally the duck was freed.
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New York
Park Department
Central Park Lake
Prosecution in Final Stages in Sinatra Jr Kidnap Case
In Los Angeles AP reports the government nears completion of the case against John Irwin Joseph Amsler and Barry Keenan charged in the kidnap plot of Frank Sinatra Jr The testimony will cover the capture of the defendants and the $240000 ransom recovery by FBI agents involved in the December abduction near Stateline California.
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Angeles
Rank Sinatra Jr
FBI
Asst
U.S
Sinatra
DAR Society Names Regent at 56th Arkansas Conference
Mrs. Edward L. Westbrooke of Jonesboro was elected regent of the Arkansas Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution at the 56th annual DAR conference in Jonesboro. Winslow Spousta of Fayetteville was elected vice regent, Walter Zimmerman of Little Rock recording secretary, and Charles Lilly of Jonesboro corresponding secretary.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Edward L. Westbrooke
Arkansas Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
DAR
Winslow Spousta
Fayetteville
Walter Zimmerman
Little Rock
Charles Lilly
Rhetoric on Punishing Rape by Death Remains Split
Debates persist over whether rape should incur the death penalty with advocates and opponents expressing divergent beliefs. The discussion reflects broader legal and ethical divides as societies weigh harsher punishment against human rights considerations.
Oklahoma City Tests Sonic Booms on Public Reaction
Oklahoma City hosts FAA and Air Force tests of sonic booms from F104 jets eight times daily to gauge public response over 26 weeks. About 750,000 residents are in the testing area with homes equipped to measure structural effects and calls to a special switchboard have declined as reactions normalize.
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Oklahoma City
Air Force
FAA
J.K. Power
Malaysia Crises Loom As Indonesia Mounts Aggression
Malaysian Prime Minister Tunkur Abdul Rahman warns Indonesia is mounting acts of physical aggression along the Sarawak Sabah frontier on Borneo. He says conflict could erupt any time as diplomatic efforts falter and both sides threaten air and guerrilla action amid a fragile ceasefire. President Macapagal and Indonesian President Sukarno are headed to Bali for talks.
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Malaysia
Tunkur Abdul Rahman
Indonesia
Rahman
Sarawak
Sabah
Borneo
Council On World Tensions
Asia
Africa
Latin America
United States
Diosdado Macapagal
Philippines
Jakarta
Sukarno
Bali
TV Station Upgrades Antenna for City Reach
The speaker noted the station had switched to a larger transmitting antenna nearer the city to improve coverage.
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