Integration Trial Off to Slow Start
In Clinton Tennessee U S District Judge Robert Taylor opened a trial exposing a slow start as 16 defendants including segregationist Joan Kasper face charges of violating a federal injunction against interfering with school integration. Jurors questioned. four seated, four excused, three dismissed for cause, pace expected to slow with Kasper's separate counsel.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Joan Kasper
Tennessee
Clinton
Albert Cloud
Wegro Bank
Hasper
Cloud
Blonday
U. S
Robert Taylor
Kasper
U.S
John C. Crawford Jr
John T. Reynolds
W. E. Coker
Louisville, Tetin
Powell Mey
Telegraph Company
Jessie Burnett
Thomas L. Gore
Taylor
Here
Reds Vote to Dismiss Khrushchev and Name New Soviet Slate
Reported on the June Presidium confrontation over Khrushchev's leadership. A motion to remove him and appoint a new Communist Party slate was debated as Zhukov and Mikoyan backed him while Molotov and Malenkov opposed. The Central Committee meeting ran June 22 to 29 with Khrushchev retaining support.
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Khrushchev
Communist Party
Zhukov
Prague
Molotoy
Rome
L'Unita
Moscow
Eee
Uniita Seié Molotov
Malenkey
L'Unite
Unita
Ese
Presidium
Central Committee
Back Breaker Loot Too Heavy to Give Away
A 30 year old Santa Monica man Donald J. Pessell walked into a federal reserve bank with a suitcase holding 3948 dollars in cash and asked to change it for silver. The teller instead gave him coins weighing 223 pounds. He set the bag down and urged bankers to give it away. Police took the money as his father reported possible psychiatric trouble.
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Los Angeles
Santa Monica
Federal Reserve Bank
Donald J. Fessell
Pessell
Charles J. Pessell
North Hollywood
Airliner Swerves to Avoid Collision Over California
United Air Lines pilot Thompson reported he swerved a DOS airliner into a sharp climb to avert a collision with an Air Force jet fighter over Oxnard California. Eight passengers were injured slightly while twenty nine others were unhurt but jolted by the maneuver.
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San Francisco
Thompson
United Air Lines
Air Force
Oxnard
Calif
Soviet veto blocks U S plan to suspend H tests
Russian delegate Valerii Zorin in the UN disarmament subcommittee rejected a 10 month halt on hydrogen bombs as too short. He urged suspending tests for two or three years and pressed for immediate ban while seeking broader disarmament rules. British and French representatives criticized the speech as propagandist. Western officials noted no concessions but saw no backward steps by Moscow.
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VAS Wekeneee Ceaenereeneer
Valeriani Zorin
U.N. Disarmament Subcommittee
Thay
Selwyn Lloyd
Jules Moch
U.S
Moscow Radio
Kremlin
Zorin
The
Russia
Stiff Jail Terms Meted to Couple in Abortion Murder
In San Francisco, Stanley Odmain, 58, a salesman, and Vera Odmain, 47, a registered nurse, were sentenced Monday by Superior Judge Walter Carpeneli to consecutive terms for murder and abortion in the 1955 case. The jury found them guilty on both counts, with terms of 5 years to life for murder and 2 to 5 years for abortion, to be served consecutively. The trial concerned the death of Estelle Bach, 40, and the judge imposed the penalties on June 4.
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San Francisco
Stanley Odmain
Vera
Estelle Bach
Walter Carpeneli
Mob Demonstration At U S Embassy In Japan Over Air Base
A crowd of about 250 demonstrators fronts the U S embassy in Tokyo area near Tachikawa Air Base chanting home and Yankee slogans and carrying placards. Police formed a ring, university students led, and officials agreed to meet a delegation while Kishi remained at Hakone mountain resort.
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U.S. Tachikawa Air Base
Tokyo
Japan Communist Party
U.S
Ldemonstrators
Nobusuke Kishi
Kishi
Jresort
Hakone
Americans drinking coffee rise to over forty million
New York dispatch reports the Pan American Coffee Bureau findings that more than seven percent of Americans over ten drink at least one cup for breakfast. The survey counts about 40 million people who have or drink two cups in the morning.
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New York
Pan-American Coffee Bureau
19 Percent Increase in Assessment in Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County Assessor John R. Quinn reports a 19 percent rise in total assessed values to 9,026,690,000 with personal, property, and land values up, driven by new buildings and higher land values. Long Beach up 66,010,260 to 450,001,500. city-by-city figures follow.
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Los Angeles County
John R. Quinn
Quinn
Long Beach
Southland
Avalon
Bell
Compton
Downey
FEI Segundo
Gardena
Hermosa ‘Beach
Lakewood
Los Angeles
Lynwood
Manhattan Beach
Maywood
Palos Verdes Estates
Paramount
Redondo Beach
Rolling Hills
Santa Monica
South
Freeway construction under way across Los Angeles area
The State Division of Highways reports 70.8 miles of freeways under construction in Los Angeles Ventura and nearby counties. Projects include Golden State, Hollywood, Santa Ana, and San Diego Freeways with costs ranging from about 13 to 254 million dollars. Total freeway length linked to the region reaches 222.8 miles with 15 miles opened since January.
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Los Angeles
CNS
State Division of Highways
California
Ventura
Seabee
Artesia
Ful
Golden State
Glendale Blvd
Josh St
Burbank Harbor
88Th PL
124Th
Long Beach
Florence Ave
Atlantic Ave
Harboreeuay
Compton
Pacific Coast
San
Ball Rd
Ana
Coyote Creek
Buena
San Diego
San Clemente
Capistrano
Toro
Kelvin Ave
Calabasas
Sepulvedi
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Michigan
London
Baron
Harbor Blvd
Santa Ana
Odmanns
Mob
Japan
Jafeech
Tong Beach
Caltt
Cas
Aaron Schultz
Southern
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