Court orders Ole Miss admit first Negro student
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black ruled Ole Miss must admit James Meredith next fall. Governor Ross Barnett vowed to block enforcement and to take action after the attorney general completes the case. The decision ends years of segregation and prompts a possible direct clash with state law.
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University of Mississippi
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Soblen Brain Damage Deepens After Overdose
London doctors report Soblen, the convicted Soviet spy, remains in a coma as brain damage from a massive overdose is assessed. Dr. Cyril Barnes leads the medical team at Hillingdon Hospital, with uncertainties about recovery time.
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Robert A Soblen
Cyril Barnes
Soblen
York
Hillingdon Hospital
FBI Probes Burning of 2 Negro Churches
Federal agents swarmed Terrell County Georgia after weekend fires destroyed two Negro churches. Investigators seek if the blazes were linked to voter registration activity and federal action may follow. Sheriff Matthews said no white person was involved. Governor Vandiver tied the fires to incendiary campaign rhetoric. One farmer assaulted an FBI agent during inquiries and faced a grand jury. Negro groups urged federal intervention in the county.
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Terrell County
Georgia
Justice Department
Burke Marshall
ZT. Matthews
Virgil E Puckett
FBI
Puckett
Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Terrill County
Donovan Seeks Humanitarian Release for Cuban Prisoners
New York attorney James B. Donovan said Cuba could release more than 1100 prisoners from last year’s abortive invasion on humanitarian grounds. He stressed the move is not a prisoner exchange and noted US government handling could change the outcome. Donovan acts pro bono for the Cuban Families Committee for Liberation of Prisoners of War.
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James B. Donovan
Donovan
Fidel Castro
Transom
United States
Cuba
Francis Gary Powers
Rudolf Abel
Famies Committee For Liberation of Prisoners of War
Californians On Russ Trip Report Missing Film Rolls
California delegation members returning from a 100 day farm tour of Armenia Azerbaijan and Moscow reported missing film rolls from their baggage in Moscow. Officials named Robert M Howie Virginia Bubka and William Young as among those affected with nine reels originally in one bag now short by at least one.
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California
Soviet Union
Moscow
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Moscow Farm
Robert M. Howie
Riverside
Yerevan
Virginia Bubka
Patterson
William Young
Palm Desert
Freeman urges Soviet visit family farms study
Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman told Soviet Agriculture Minister K. G. Pysin that the United States views its family farm system as the key to high production. Pysin will tour seven midwestern and western states, visiting Iowa pig farms and California orchards, and will study the federal state extension service from lab to farmer. They will also tour Beltsville research center in Maryland.
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Ufi
Orville L. Freeman
Soviet Union
America
U.S
K. G. Pysin
United States
Freeman
Pysin
Iowa
California
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Agricultural Department
Beltsville
JFK to Witness Saturn Moon Rocket Static Firing in Huntsville
President Kennedy will watch a static firing of a Saturn moon rocket from a blockhouse at Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville Alabama. The test simulates the forces the rocket endures during launch as part a two day presidential tour of space and defense installations.
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Huntsville
Ala
White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
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