Lynchburg Rape Trial Draws Black Power Rally
In Lynchburg Virginia a retrial of 22 year old Thomas Carlton Wansley for rape began amid a mobilized Black community. Stokely Carmichael urged courtroom attendance at a rally, while civil rights leaders argued the case exposed a double standard in justice.
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Lynchburg
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh
Thomas C. Wansley
Virginia Supreme Court
Wiliam F. Kuntzler
New York
Wansley
Blue Ridge Mountain
Hawaii
Carmichael
Wansley Defense Fund
Thomas Carlton Wansley
Lynchburg Corporation Court
Tennessee Budget Hearings Open As Assembly Considers 2 Billion Plan
The Tennessee General Assembly opens public hearings on Gov. Ellingtons proposed 2 billion budget before a joint House Senate Ways and Means Committee. Discussions will run Thursday and next Tuesday on higher education mental health public education and other departments. Other action includes proposed bills on capital punishment repeal air pollution control keeping standard time and a 15 member human development commission. President Johnson invited to address joint convention.
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UPI
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Buford Ellington
House
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Frank Gorrell
Gearn Row
Harold Bradley
D-Nash
Bradley
Johnson
Tennessee
Andrew Jackson
Gorrell
Ellington
State Commission of Human Development
Hamilton County
Soviet report details Chinese Red Guards blockades at Grodekovo
Washington based Soviet feature agency Novosti describes escalating Chinese obstruction to Soviet rail shipments bound for Hanoi. It cites threats to the station master Alexander Ilyin, confiscation of anti Soviet leaflets, and incidents at Grodekovo border junction in Kazakhstan as part of broader Sino Soviet tensions and pressure on war materiel transit.
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Washington
UPI
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
Red Guard
Grodekovo
Soviet
Kazakhstan
Mikhail Maguta
Novosti
Alexander
China
Ilyin
Svetlana Stalin Hidden in Switzerland Amid Cold War Tensions
The Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin’s daughter Svetlana remains unconfirmed in Switzerland after a three month private tourist visa. Swiss police keep mum on reports she is staying in Beatenberg near Interlaken while US officials urge restraint and assess asylum prospects amid strained Washington Moscow ties.
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UPI
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Josef Stalin
Swiss
Switzerland
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Stalin
V.I. Lenin
Russia
Kremlin
United States
Washington-Moscow
Moscow
Moody
Blick
Beatenberg
Repor
Interlaken
Bern
Washington
Dean Rusk
West
Rusk
Paul Findley
R-Ill
Johnson
Republicatian
Big Nee
Godiva ride tale questioned by Coventry historian
In Coventry, historian Adrian Dobinson challenges the legend of Lady Godiva riding naked through the city. He argues the story should be treated as legend rather than fact after a 900 year span. The piece notes the King'sport Times context and regional news wire sources.
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Coventry
England
UPI
Adrian Dobinson
Final appeal sought to save Lavergne from San Quentin gas
San Francisco reports Paul E. Lavergne faced imminent execution for the 1965 murder of taxi driver Peter Giacolone. Defense argues he was hate-driven and not responsible. Governor Reagan and California courts denied clemency as Justice Douglas weighs West Coast jurisdiction. Lavergne would be the first gas-chamber death at San Quentin in over four years if carried out.
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San Francisco
UPI
Paul E. Lavergne
Supreme Court
San Quentin
Lavergne
la Rue Grim
Imperial Beach
Grim
U.S. Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
California
Ronald Reagan
State Supreme Court
Douglas
Reagan
Edmund G. Brown
James A. Bentley
Peter Giacolone
Cecil L. Watters
Lady Bird Johnson Visits Appalachia Teacher Corps Work
Lady Bird Johnson tours Appalachia as she assesses the Teacher Corps program amid congressional skepticism. She meets with master teacher Geneva Ramsey and three interns, visits Asheville and Western Carolina College, and plans dedication of a public library while highlighting a $12.5 million expansion for fiscal 1967.
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N.C
Canada Township
Univereitiae
Johnson
Geneva Ramsey
Asheville Buncombe Technical Institute
Western Carolina College
Cullowhee
Congress
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Bristol
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E. Center St
PSP
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Columbus
Ohio
Stan Harrison
Center Street
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Gate City
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