Loco Farmer's Martian Tale Declared a Hoax
A soft spoken Loco Texas farmer Carroll Wayne Watts broke under a lie detector test on Sunday admitting his tale of contact with small gray spacemen and accompanying photographs were a staged hoax created with a Panhandle artist who supplied the pictures. Watts said the photos could not be debunked and the polygraph labeled the story as a lie.
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Appointment of Gen Schriever as housing consultant
Secretary Robert C. Weaver will appoint Gen Bernard A. Schriever as a special consultant for business participation to enlist private industry in fighting slum housing. Gov. Lurleen Wallace's fever and pulse rate were within acceptable limits after cancer surgery last Thursday, with doctors reporting a removable tumor and bowel surgery.
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LBJ Prays With Pope Peace Plan In Texas Visit
President Johnson attended Mass at St. Xavier's Church in Texas and prayed for cooperation with the Pope's peace plan. He was joined by his daughter Luci and son in law Pat Nugent as he frequents the Catholic church near the ranch.
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Haiphong Raids Mark Second Day of Major Bombing
U S Navy jets from the carrier Enterprise bombed the Haiphong railyard within 1.6 miles of the port center, part of a two day strike on key transshipment points for war supplies. In Saigon, GIs and South Vietnamese paratroopers pressed a counterattack near Tan Son Nhut, reporting heavy fighting and 52 Viet Cong killed. Other strikes hit the Bai Thuong airfield and DMZ positions as forces exchange artillery and rockets. General Wheeler warned of residual enemy forces and options.
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Unrest Near Downing Street Over Immigration Legislation
In London more than 100 police clashed with demonstrators and white bystanders during a march on No 10 Downing Street. Officers struggled to separate rival groups as the Labour government pressed new curbs on immigration from East Africa. Shouts of Black person go home met cries of fascist swine as twenty officers blocked Downing Street entrances.
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Birth Rate Declines to All-Time Low in 1957
Across the United States the birth rate dropped to a record 17.9 per thousand in 1957, with experts attributing the trend to rising living costs and education pressures. Population researchers indicate further declines are likely, noting contraceptive advances are not the sole factor.
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Powell fails to draw crowd for Black Power conference
Former Congressman Adam Clayton Powell planned a Black Power conference in Bimini but no attendees arrived. He denied knowledge of a high level meeting yet dispatched his 30 foot power cruiser to greet two incoming Miami amphibious planes, with no sign of Negro leaders aboard or on shore.
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