Birchers Condemn Civil Rights Bill
The John Birch Society denounces the civil rights bill as a danger to freedom and property, with John H. Rousselot stating the current bill expands executive power and aims to advance Communist goals. He notes the society opposes federal overreach while preferring state handling of discrimination and hints at internal demographics. Rousselot cites the New Hampshire primary and party dynamics, crediting Lodge’s success to Republican leftists.
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John Birch Society
US Congress
Rousselot
Birch Society
Counci
New Hampshire
Henry Cabot Lodge
Republican Party
Nela
Rockefeller
Robbers Torture and Rob Wealthy Houston Couple
Four masked men tortured and robbed Mair Schepps, president of a tobacco firm, and his wife at their West Side Houston home. They demanded $300,000 believed cash hidden there and pistol whipped a Morse partner. The trio stole jewelry totaling substantial value as they fled with about $3,500 in cash.
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Houston
Mair Schepps
Tobacco Firma
Morse
Stassen Claims Path to Victory in California Primary
Harold E. Stassen, former Minnesota governor and now Pennsylvanian, told reporters in Los Angeles that he can win the 1964 Republican nomination and dubbed California's June 2 primary the most important. He urged Gov. Edmund G. Brown to keep a housing initiative off the ballot. In other news, the Schepps case reports four men forcing entry at a home, beating, torturing, and injuring Mrs. Schepps and her daughter with a knife and electric prod, while a telephone line remained open for instructions on money and further terror.
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Los Angeles
Harold E. Stassen
California
Minnesota
Edmund G. Brown
Hell Welcome
Schepps
Mabel Tuck
Jess
Hampshire
Shepps
Catherine
Morse
Bahamian Cuban Boats in Gunfight
Six hours after a brief gunfight off Nassau between Bahamian and Cuban fishing boats, both fleets resumed fishing within two miles of each other. Bahamian Police Commissioner Nigel Morris said the trawler Madame Elizabeth and vessel Andorader were fired upon by three Cuban boats using high powered rifles. the captain reported to Bahamian police.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Nigel ‘Morris
Elizabeth
Andro Rader
Mothers Protest Pupils Transfers In New York City
Thousands of white parents and civil rights groups staged a 24 hour protest against the Princeton Plan to transfer pupils to balance enrollments. Demonstrators marched from Brooklyn to City Hall, opposing busing to pair schools and end neighborhood school traditions.
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New York
City Hall
Swiling
Othet
Gerald H. Dallek
Sting
Brooklyn Joint Council
Joan Addato
Yor Jackson Heights
Queens
Strate
Educa
Plaza
Board of Education
Brooklyn
Princeton
Manhattan
Bronx
Governor asks to study tobacco sale enforcement
Sacramento Gov. Brown urged state authorities to report if enforcing the 1891 tobacco sale ban to under 19 is feasible. He said prosecutions are rare and vending machines hinder enforcement, and urged cooperation to determine changes or repeal if needed.
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Sacramento
Brown
Harvard
Polie
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Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Wallingsford Rd
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Rossmoor
Los Alamitos
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Petite Frock
Atlantic Ave
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Sursiirt
Dupont
Bergen
Long Beach
Humphreys
Kimball and Whitney
Kimball Artist
Daten Et Na Pela
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Plaeys Music Company
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