Attack on Freedom Riders Stirs Anniston Alabama Bus Fire
In Anniston and Birmingham, white mobs assaulted CORE Freedom Riders as a Greyhound bus was stoned and an incendiary device tossed into a window. Three CORE members were injured by gas smoke, and the bus interior burned. Police dispersed the crowds, with injuries and damage reported amid a nationwide integration confrontation.
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Alabama
Congress of Racial Equality
Birmingham
Freedom Riders
James A. Peck
New York City
Peck
Correlator
Morehouse College
Atlanta
Charles Persons
Walter Bergman
Detroit
Bergman
O. T
Murder Suspects Kill Guard and Escape
In a bold incident at a local facility, suspects connected to the WWO murder case killed a security guard and fled the scene. Police launched searches and issued warnings as investigators gather evidence and pursue leads.
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WWO
192 Million MTA Route Plans For Los Angeles
The MTA announced a 192 million backbone rapid transit line spanning 23 miles from Santa Monica to the central city with a Wilshire Boulevard section. Eyraud said construction could start soon and finish within three years, extending toward the International Airport, Santa Ana, and Pasadena. The system aims to cut travel times to about 20 minutes and may bolster civil defense as a fallout shelter. Modern, air conditioned cars would run on rubber cushioned all welded rails.
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Anniston
Joseph Ferkins, Jr
Owensboro
Anniston Hastervene
Beruman
AIR Force
Russia
Jured
U.S
Los Angeles
UPI
Metropolitan Transit Authority
MTA
A.J. Eyraud
United States
Santa Monica
International Airport
Santa Ana
Pasadena
Tle
Across the Nation Twisters Hail Punish Midwest
Violent thunder squalls battered the midcontinent with winds rains and hail. At least six tornadoes were sighted in west central Whadis and another touched down near Waseca Minnesota. Nine injured as storms hit Wisconsin to Missouri and a missing trio was found after two nights stranded in a pickup. A brush fire burned in Angeles National Forest Pinion Flats area. Seven Philadelphians injured when cabin cruiser exploded at a Margate boatyard. Five drowned in a water pit near Adel Georgia. A tanker and merchant vessel collided near the Delaware River mouth with no injuries. Coast Guard dispatched six rescue vessels.
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mid-Wisconsin
Whadis
Waseca
Minnesota
Mississippi
Hannibal
Louisiana
Castor
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
David Pettus
Colorado State University
Dover
Del.i
Delaware River
Coast Guard
Cape May
Lewes
Del
President Harrison
Hit-Runner Suspect Surrenders After Fatal Pedestrian Crash
A 30-year-old business student surrendered five hours after police searched for the driver of a hit-and-run vehicle that killed 82-year-old pedestrian John Burton Hughes. Bill Dale Walker of 2601 E 223rd St refused to speak, was released on bail after a court order, and police investigated hit-run felony and felony manslaughter. His abandoned Meadsmearea car was found near Mira Mar Avenue and Anaheim Street. Hughes died at Community Hospital after the Saturday incident.
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Hiteran
Bill Dale Walker
223Rd St
Walker
Meadsmearea
Mira Mar Avenue
Anaheim Street
John Burton Hughes
H. Anahein Sr
Hughes
Community Hospital
Treasury chief says recession is over and recovery speeds ahead
Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon declares the recession ended and projects a 4 percent yearly GDP growth in the 1960s aiming for about 520 to 530 billion dollars by year end. He notes unemployment will rise to around 6 percent this winter and outlines ongoing anti-recession measures and tax reform plans targeting top bracket reductions.
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UPI
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
America
Kennedy
Dillon
Nhat
Kennedy Praises Cuban Mothers at Palm Beach Mass
President Kennedy attended a Mother's Day mass in Palm Beach and sent a message of hope to anti Castro Cuban refugee mothers in Miami. He affirmed American support for freedom and vowed tyranny cannot long endure as the country honors his mother. The Rev. Jeremiah P. O Mahoney spoke of Mrs Kennedy's devotion and noted she was away in France.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Cuba
Miami
France
Rusk and Home Clash Delay Laos Geneva Talks
Geneva talks on Laos opened with friction between U S Secretary of State Rusk and British Foreign Secretary Home over seating of Laotian delegates. Home and Soviet diplomat Gom y evaluated a compromise, while Royal Lao government refused to sit with Pathet Lao. British officials warned delays may continue as factions dispute agenda.
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UPI
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Home
Andrei Gromyo
Rusk
New Firing Threatens Peace Talks In Laos Village
Laotian peace talks in a rebel-held village opened Sunday but stalled over discussion order. Pro-Western officials want cease-fire details first before a coalition government. Pathet Lao rebels insist on a reversed agenda. The fighting's renewed reports add to the stalemate in Ban Namone Laos.
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Bannamone
Laos
Pathet Lao
Leg Found in Angeles Forest Mystery Linked to Garden Grove Head
Hikers discovered a severed leg near Big Pines Road about 40 miles northeast of Los Angeles. Police believe it is a woman and link it to a head found April 29 in Garden Grove, evoking echoes of the Black Dahlia case from 1947.
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Angeles National Forest
Garden Grove
Big Pines
Sheriff's Homicide
Los Angeles
Beth Short
Los An
Peles
Bonehead play lures Weatherman
The day ends with Weatherman relieved as odd forecast errors surface. An assistant complains about world leaders, blaming a bone above the ears for about 90 percent of the world’s statesmen.
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Bonehead
Weatherman
Parley Chance Grows For Kennedy Khrushchev Meeting
Palm Beach reports a 60-40 chance of a Kennedy Khrushchev summit developing with discussions already under way. Kennedy, vacationing, offered no clear comment while Salinger declined to specify plans. Moscow initiated the idea, with a possible neutral European site such as Stockholm or Paris vicinity being considered for a face to face in coming weeks.
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Fla
Kennedy
Khrueishchev
Pierre Salinger
Khrushchev
Moscow
Washington
Khrushchevy
U. S
Llewellyn Thompson
Chick
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