FBI Probes Nashville Beating Kidnap Incident
The FBI investigated a complaint that a gang of whites abducted and beat a white minister and an interracial group of college students near Northport Alabama. Rev W T Trost of Akron Ohio and three or four black students were attacked after the station wagon was forced off the road. Trost said the assailants brandished a pistol and removed a student from the vehicle while others were beaten. The group sought medical help and then reported to the FBI noting possible racial motive and fear of reporting to local authorities.
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UPI
FBI Today
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W. T. Trost
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Ohio
Trust
Particul
United Church of Christ
Northport
FBI
James Glover
Trost
University of Akron
Mymouth Cave
Fisk Univer
Stephen Koli
Cornell
Ithaca
N. Y
Rolandates
Tus
James
Central Col
Pign
Unitediege
Sheboygan
Wis
Press International
Ghana
Steve
Koli
Jim Glover
Mauwali
Volta
Clement's Sister Backs Governor Tax Plan in Tennessee
Anna Helle Clement, governor Frank Clement’s administrative assistant, urged support for the 1963 tax program in a speech to about 600 Democratic leaders in Chattanooga. She said the plan aimed to bring Tennessee's care and services up to par with neighboring states, noting the program costs about $8.33 per year per Tennessean.
Bitter Battle For Labor Spot Nears Climax
GATLINBURG Tenn AP A bitter fight for control of organized labor in Tennessee reaches a climax as voters choose the Tennessee Labor Council president. Incumbent S A Para 66 faces Matt Lynch 44 in a heated race. Ambos trade sharp charges as they court delegates. A proposed resolution seeks a fair employment code for state workers regardless of race color creed age or national origin.
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Lynch
Frank Clement
P. R. Olgiati
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Clement
Labor
Charles Houk
Nashville
Council
Labor Movement
Houk
General Assembly
Iich
Labor Council
Demonstrations by Memphis Group Continue Demand for School Desegregation
AP reports renewed demonstrations by Memphis Negroes as they press for full school desegregation by 1964. Hundreds paraded around city hall and at two Negro high schools while attorney A. W. Willis Jr. urged ongoing protests and called for system reforms in education alongside integration.
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City Board of Education
A. W. Willis Jr
Federal Judge Sets Hearings In Union Case
Federal District Judge Frank Gray Jr. set February 2-3 for pretrial hearings in jury tampering cases involving an International Longshoremen’s Association official and three Huntington West Virginia men. The defendants include Henry F. Bell of New York ILA vice president Albert P. Cole Herman A. Frazier and Alfred N. Paden. Bell faces three counts of attempting to influence jurors. Cole is accused of posing as a newspaper reporter to talk with jurors by telephone. They, with Frazier and Paden, are named in a general indictment charging jury tampering.
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Federal
Idge Frank Gray Jr
International Longshoremen's Association
Huntington
W. Va
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Henry F. Bell
New York
International
ILA
Albert P. Cole
Herman A. Frazier
Alfred N. Paden
Bell
Cole
Frazier
Paden
Miss Tennessee Truett Returns After Miss America
18 year old Vanderbilt coed Martha Truett from Tiptonville arrives in Nashville after being named third runner up in the Miss America pageant. She meets Gov. Clement's sister and Capitol officials and plans tours to promote Tennessee products while continuing her studies at Vanderbilt.
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Tennessee
Martha Euien Truett
Washington
Atlantic City
Vanderbilt
Jack
Vgon
Miss Tenessee
John W. McCor
Missmack
D-Mass
House Demo
Truett
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Tennessee Business Con
Robert Everett
D-Tenn
McCormack
Miss Truell
Alvision
hon/Truett
Walters Won't Decide On Running For Senate Soon
Washington dispatch reports Senator Walters, a Tennessean appointed to fill part of the late Kefauver term, saying he has made no decisions about running in 1964. He cites being busy organizing his office and insists he will decide before year’s end, while dismissing recent speculation and confirming no commitments yet.
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Washington
UPI
Sen
Herbert & Walters
D-Tenn
Senate
Alters
Franz Clement
Sensaga
Waters
Estes Kefauver
Walters
Clement
New Hair Growth Claim Spurs 32 Day Risk Trial
Houston report says Loesch Laboratory Consultants, Inc offers a 32 day no risk trial claiming to stop hair loss and grow hair. The firm asserts many baldness causes exist, warns against delaying treatment, and invites inquiries by mail with prompt answers.
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Houston
Texas
Laboratory Consultants
Loesch Laboratory Consultants, Inc
Whl
Tak
Ady
Dept
West Main St
Bse
Cea
Two White Youths Attend Former All-Negro School
In Memphis, two white children join a formerly all-Negro school as their mother says the move brings closer integration and better treatment. Mrs Mildred Shelton notes Johnny and Mellody attend in a class with Negro peers, while Johnny transferred after the start of term.
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Mellody
Mia
Mont Shelton
Mellady
Johnny
Ett
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