Travel memoir of missed luggage and jet lag misadventure
The author recounts a travel scramble from Sarasota to Jackson via Tampa and Atlanta, detailing express luggage errors, a camera case mishap, and changing airline rules. He describes flights on a jet from Sarasota to Atlanta and a DC-7 on Delta, with delays, a night in Jackson, and reflections on airline and railroad practices.
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Express
Rosota
Fla
Florida
Tom Purvis
Jackson
Miss
Tom
Suwanee River
Delta
Shreveport
Tampa
Sarasota
Eastern Airlines
Cnt
Ilanta
Atanta
Elta
Heidelburg
Hope
Arking
Atlanta
New Appeal Sought in Court for Death Row Inmate Sheppard
An attorney for John Hen Sheppard asks the U S District Court to grant habeas corpus relief claiming coercive confession due to youth and mental state, improper rights advisement, and illegal boot seizure during the fatal 1964 drowning case. Also notes a fire department incident at 1085 Spruce Street.
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Little Rock
Hanling
John Hen Sheppard
U.S
Sheppard
Russian in U S on Viet Nam Talks
Secretary of State Dean Rusk arrives in New York for talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko on the Viet Nam war but progress toward the peace table seems unlikely. U Thant says international cooperation has been damaged by the Viet Nam crisis and rising distrust. Rusk to spend a week in New York.
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William N. Gatis
United Nations
Viet Nam
Rusk
Runaway Girls Held for Parents at Bus Terminal
On Sunday at 11 a.m. Malvern police recovered two teenage girls at the Hope Bus terminal after they ran away from home. They had bought tickets for Pine Bluff. Hope police alerted Malvern police and then notified the girls’ parents. The youths remained in custody until their parents collected them as Officers Neal and Rowe investigated.
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Malvern
Hope
Pine Bluff
Neal and
Rowe
Powell Faces Loss Of Chairmanship Over Powell Rift
Rep. Sam M. Gibbons says Adam Clayton Powell will lose powers of the House Education and Labor Committee. A plan to shift chairmanship to six subcommittee heads is set for Thursday amid negro leadership protests and Powell's Harlem pulpit rally plans. Powell called the opposition betrayal as his church notes and political controversies mount.
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Jack R. Miller
Washington
Sam M. Gibbons
Adam Clayton Powell
House Education and Labor Committee
New York City
Powell
Gibbons
Florida
New York
Harlem
Congress
A. Philp Randolph Institute
Randolph
Sleeping Car Porters Union
Daniel
the Lion’s den
John F. Kennedy
Johnson
House
John W. McCormack
No Clue in Murder of Percy Girl
Valerie Percy, 21, was beaten and stabbed to death in her Kenilworth home as the family slept. Police have no suspect or motive and rely on Chicago lab analysis of fingerprints, bed clothing, and floor traces while questioning relatives and staff. The intruder entered through a locked door after cutting an opening in a glass panel, then slipped upstairs without alerting the dogs.
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Kenilworth
Valerie Percy
Charles H. Percy
Valerie
Percys
Percy
U.S
Paul Douglas
North Shore
Robert M. Daley
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Persey
Airee Duis
Giant meteor falls over Indiana seen by thousands
In Marion Indiana a massive meteor exploded over the Midwest on Saturday night with observers across Indiana Michigan and southern Ontario reporting a brilliant light show. Ball State University physicist Dr. Newton G Sprague explained that much of what was seen may have been ionized gas rather than solid meteorite fragments leaving farmers in a soybean field searching for tiny particles.
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James Phillips Marion
Midwest
Here
Indiana
Michigan
Ontario
Canada
Newton G. Sprague
Ball State University
Wayne Glassburn
Grenada Faces Vow to Maintain Peace in Integration
Grenada Mississippi enters a second week of racially integrated public schooling after federal court orders. Mayor J D Quinn warns of immediate arrests for law violations as FBI agents arrest 13 white men on conspiracy charges related to attacks on Negro children. Officials plan to hire four police, add riot gear, and train officers in enforcing laws uniformly.
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John M. Pearce
Grenada
Miss
Mississippi Highway Patrol
J. D. Quinn
U.S. Dist
Claude Clayton
FBI
Justice of the Peace
U.S
Oxford
Here
Quinn
Those Who Doubted UN Success Were Right
AP News Analyst James Marlow notes the United Nations in its 21st year remains troubled with 117 members and Red China excluded. He cites U Thant’s departure, debate over a new secretary-general, and the Vietnam conflict as ongoing U N challenges to peace and basic principles.
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United Nations
James Marlow
Washington
San Francisco
U.N. General Assembly
Red China
United States
Jonson
Peking
China
U Thant
Six Americans Killed in Accidental Bombing and Shellings
In Tay Ninh Province near the Cambodian border, six U.S. servicemen were killed and 23 wounded by accidental events. A Marine F4 Phantom inadvertently dropped ordnance on Marines, while two artillery shells from U.S. batteries hit American infantrymen, near Tay Ninh City, about 40 miles northwest of Saigon.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Tay Ninh City
Free Textbooks Face Budget Pushback in Arkansas
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Tim Johnson faces a setback as the Arkansas Legislative Council favors using a 42.7 million public school surplus to raise teacher salaries rather than fund free textbooks. Gov Faubus has not committed to a special session but supports using funds for pay raises.
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Tim Johnson
Arkansas Legislatve Council
Johnson
Orval Faubus
Faubus
All Around Town and Local Events in Hope Area
Regular meeting of Whitfield Masonite Lodge No 239 at 7 30 p m September 20 in Masonic Hall Attendance urged. News notes on military moves Christian Crusade rally Henderson State Teachers College classes Prescott Nevada County Fair and Local sports schedule listed with dates and venues.
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Whitfield Masonite Lodge No. 239
Masonic Hall
Mastar Masons
Mus
Texarkana
Billy James Hargis
Arkansas Municipal Auditorium
Walnutsts
Henderson State Teachers College
Arkadelphia
Henderson
Camerus
Hannah Watt
Roderick Lovell
Artingean
England
Robert St. John
Prescott
Nevada County
Millwood Shrine Club
Town & Country
Hope
Little Rock
Civil Rights Bill Dies on Cloture Vote
Washington AP report says Senate rejected a final bid to revive the 1966 civil rights bill with its open housing provision. The cloture attempt failed, dooming the House-passed measure to die when Congress adjourns. Leaders anticipate further action next year from President Johnson and Dirksen on related issues.
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Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Ervin
Senate
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Jack Bell Washington
Mike Mansfield
House
Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Johnson
Dirksen
Hart
Congress
Ulinois
Wildlife Chasing Cannons Noisy Scarecrow Judge Ruling
Millington New Jersey AP report notes a judge delays canine patrols and rules a scarecrow like device can be fired during daylight hours for now after a lawsuit to silence the noise. The case involves Father Philip Bardy and a wildlife chasing camuuit device.
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Millington
Philip Bardy
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