Intensive Search for Civil Rights Workers In Mississippi
A Mississippi town hosts a tense search for three missing civil rights workers James Goodman Michael Schwerner and Charney while a caravan led by James Farmer of CORE joins. The burned station wagon was found northeast, FBI agents inspect ashes as authorities guard the courthouse and nearby Negro neighborhoods amid sweltering heat.
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Pass Over 43 Generals for Chief of Staff
Amid Army leadership shifts, Lt Gen Johnson, a deputy chief of staff, rises as top candidate to replace Gen Maxwell D. Taylor. The selection highlights Johnson’s wartime service, survival as a POW, Korea combat actions, and a long career rooted in the West Point class of 1933.
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Slayer Sentenced in Los Angeles Wife Slaying
Gene Linley 29 of Sepulveda pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for strangling his wife and was sentenced in Los Angeles to one to 10 years in prison.
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Brown says Mississippi is desperate over missing civil rights workers
Gov Brown cited Mississippi Gov Paul Johnson telling him desperate people exist in Mississippi. He recalled a Cleveland Governors Conference remark about three missing civil rights workers and noted the situation in the state is explosive. Brown defended travel by youth and urged dedication to civil rights.
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Downey Awards Two Public Works Contracts
Downey City Council awarded William R Hahn Co. a 4690 dollar contract to install automatic traffic signals at the Smeprial Highway Brookshire Avenue intersection. A second contract went to Wanderly Construction Co. for 16720 dollars to install water mains on Allengrove Street.
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Negroes Register to Vote in St Francisville with Federal Oversight
In St Francisville Louisiana under federal agents and deputies, Negroes began voter registration tests on Wednesday. The first two registrants were Mrs Helena Hamilton and Mrs Sally Smith 55 who became eligible voters joining West Feliciana Parish as the 14th and 15th since early in this century. CORE organized the drive with FBI observers and local deputies watching as others queued for the 20 minute test with no incidents reported last year.
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Lai
Mississippi River
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
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Leonesca
Helena Hamilton
Sally Smith
West Felicians Parish
Playboy founder pledges $25,000 reward for civil rights worker
Hugh Hefner said he will guarantee a $25,000 reward from Dick Gregory’s Civil Rights Foundation for finding the missing Mississippi civil rights worker. The money will be placed in escrow in a Mississippi bank via Gregory’s nonprofit foundation, with Hefner promising to cover any shortfall if funds aren’t raised.
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Playboy Magazine
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Hefner
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Beaverbrook Memorial Service in St Paul’s Cathedral
London Fleet Street pays tribute to Lord Beaverbrook at a packed memorial service in St Paul’s Cathedral. The press magnate died June 9 at age 85, drawing condolences from journalists, editors, and politicians.
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