Freedom Riders clash with segregation in Jackson
Nine more Freedom Riders remain jailed in Jackson as protests over desegregation continue. Police arrest 81 people on breach of peace charges after airport and bus terminal attempts. The scene expands across dining, restrooms, and seating as riders press for open facilities.
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Gene Autry Named Defendant in $5 Million Suit
Los Angeles AFP report says former Western star Gene Autry is accused of drunken driving and speeding in a $5.1 million damage suit from an March automobile crash. Elena Perna, 41, seeks $5 million for her injuries and $50,000 for each child John 14 and James 4, filed in Superior Court. The collision occurred when Perna’s car was struck head on by Autry’s station wagon at Riverside Drive and Ponca Avenue on March 25.
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Bride marries in jail as groom faces sentence
In Nashville a jailed groom, W. C. Swaner, 30, wed Heidi Guthersohn, 21, a Long Island waitress, after planning an April wedding. Swaner, convicted of forging three checks two years ago, begins a 180 day sentence. Sheriff Jett allowed the ceremony in the jail. honeymoon postponed.
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Auschwitz Evidence Claims Disease as Death Cause
Raya Kagan, a survivor and Israeli official, testified at the Eichmann trial that Auschwitz files listed deaths as caused by diseases rather than killings. She said camp records erased or hid executions, noting forms recorded punishment details and valuables like gold teeth, with no known liberation of a Jew from Auschwitz.
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Duke of Kent Weds Former Tomboy in Royal Wedding
York England AP The Duke of Kent 25 marries Katharine Worsley 28 a Yorkshiresquire daughter in Yorkminster Cathedral Queen Elizabeth II attends plus foreign royals. Archbishop William Ramsey conducts service amid intermittent rain and a hailstorm outside.
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Polish Cook Defects Instead Of Returning Home At Sea
Polish cook Aniela Wajtowicz, 87, serving Logdan Lewandowski’s delegation at the United Nations, defects and seeks political asylum in the United States after refusing a return trip to Poland. Msgr. Felix F Burant, head of the Polish American Immigration and Relief Committee, identifies her and notes her decision was made May 28 aboard a freighter bound for Poland.
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Kansas City Vice Squad Payoff Inquiry Expands
Police interview 28 veterans of the vice squad since 1950 as part of an inquiry into alleged payoffs for rambling protection. W. H. Bates and another official run this phase while the county grand jury accuses Maj. Charles Coughlin, former vice squad head, of paying some members to protect or lay off gambling activity.
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Jackson Arrests Legislator Negro At City Airport
A white New York state assembly man and a Negro companion were arrested at Jackson Municipal Airport for desegregation attempts. Freedom Riders, nine in all, traveled from New Orleans to challenge Jim Crow in Jackson’s railroad terminal, airport, and bus stations.
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Monett Man Killed In Two Car Crash
Edwin Leonard Voskamp of Monett was killed when his car collided with another at a county road intersection near Freistatt Missouri. Two women were injured and hospitalized in Mt. Vernon. Esther Osterloh of Verona, a passenger in the other car, and Erna Mae Voss of Freistatt were injured.
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Missouri Church Council Backs Kennedy Foreign Aid Plan
The executive committee of the Missouri Council of Churches voted to support Kennedy's foreign aid program. It urged emphasis on material aid to developing nations over military supplies. The council covers 11 Protestant denominations and about 600,000 members. president Dr. Lester B. Rickman said the resolution reflects the council, not every church.
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PSC Appointments Made by Governor Dalton
Gov John M Dalton announced two Public Service Commission appointments. Frank W May of Fiat River and L McClintock of Cape Girardeau will serve six year terms. May replaces Douglas D McDonald whose term expired. McDonald has been ill and formerly lived in Lebanon. May, admitted to the bar in 1948, holds AB and LLB from Washington University. a veteran, attorney, and former Republican congressional candidate.
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Teenager Dies After Car Flips Near Branson
In Branson area a 16 year old, Douglas Wilson, died after a car overturned on a rural road near Rockaway Beach. Driver Gregory Earl Mackey, also 16, from Springfield, was hospitalized in shock. Both youths from Springfield.
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