Springfield Demonstration Is Peaceful
About 1000 demonstrators marched to Court Square in Springfield Massachusetts under guards with no arrests or incidents. leaders said they will nudge authorities while promising cooperation after a civil rights protest billed as another Selma. The march did not resolve long standing racial tensions surrounding a July cafe incident and police handling of charges before a commission.
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Springfield
Mass
Court Square
White Pastor Shot in Mississippi Civil Rights Tension
Jackson police say Rev. Donald A. Thompson 59 of First Unitarian Church was ambushed walking to his apartment rear door Sunday night. He was hospitalized in serious condition with a punctured lung and a broken shoulder amid threats linked to civil rights activity. the incident echoes Medgar Evers’ 1963 murder in the same city.
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Jackson, Miss
Jackson
Donald A. Thompson
First Unitarian Church
Baptist Hospital
Thompson
Terre Haute
Ind
Mississippi Council On Human Relations
Johnny Frazier
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Medgar Evers
Evers
NAACP
Dissenters Urged to Use Logic Says Humphrey at Wisconsin
Vice President Hubert Humphrey told a Madison audience that dissent must be constructive and taken seriously. About 50 protesters outside the Univer sity of Wisconsin theater carried Get Out Of Viet Nam placards as he spoke inside. He praised those who challenge policy with logic while condemning destructive tactics seen in recent protests. In Seoul, seven thousand students clashed with police over the Japan South Korea amity treaty.
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Madison
Cal
Humphrey
Dent
Hubert H. Humphrey
Riously
Viet Nam
Union Theater
University of Wisconsin
National Student Association
Student Congress
America
Seoul
Auto Workers Strike At American Motors Plants
North Viet Nam bombing report details 24 U.S. war planes striking the Ban Thach hydroelectric plant and dam complex for a third straight day. Eight F4s, eight F104s, and four support aircraft conducted the afternoon raid after earlier Phantom missions. Damaged generator building and dam lie 80 miles south southwest of Hanoi. Heavy damage noted from weekend raids.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Ban Thach
Hanoi
Air Force
China
Dien Bien Phu
Big Red One
Nha Trang
Youth dies in accidental shooting at Wisconsin campsite
An 18 year old Berwyn Illinois youth, David Plocek, was killed by a single .22 caliber bullet during target practice at the Spaulding Campsite near Black River Falls. His companions Gregory Suchan and Michael Jones reported the pistol had jammed before it fired. The incident sparked a sheriff's investigation and the weapon was impounded for study.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Jackson County
Berwyn, III
David Plocek
Plocek
Spaulding
City Point
Berwyn
Gregory Suchan
Michael Jones
Julian Larken
Suchan
Jones
Black River Falls Hospital
Larkin
Werner Radke
John Noble
98 Year-Old Man Charged in Beating Landlady
In New York a 98-year-old man named Frank Nalysnik was charged with felonious assault after beating 78-year-old Mollie Michalowich with a cane in her Lower East Side apartment. Michalowich remained in critical condition at Bellevue Hospital with skull, collarbone and rib injuries. Nalysnik spoke little English and was the landlady’s only roomer.
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NEW York
Lower East Side
Frank Nalysnik
Mollie Michalowich
Bellevue Hospital
Nalysnik
Michalowich
Miss Michalowich
Blood Oath in Italian Hills Passes Without New Murder
In Drosi, Italy the 22nd of the month passed without violence as the Stillitano family remains guarded. Domenco Maisano, a 45 year old farmer, has a five year vow to kill Stillitano members and reportedly killed five relatives since 1960. Police say he last struck on June 22, 1963, and a Carabinieri detail protects the family. Martino Seva survived a 1960 duel and still fears retaliation while others seek safety in France.
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Reggio Calabria
Italy
Stillitano
Drosi
Domenico Massano
Maisano
Martino Seva
Antonio Stillitano
Seva
Seott
Carabinieri
National Police
Stillitanos
Migrat
France
Massano
Francesco
Martino Sera
All Night Talks Fail To Produce A Settlement
Local 72 of the United Auto Workers went on strike against American Motors Corp in Wisconsin after all day and all night talks failed to settle. The strike followed a 10 a.m. deadline, with about 11,500 AMC workers at two plants and 5,500 in Milwaukee facing layoffs. The dispute centered on grievances and union control issues, including veto power and discipline immunity for officials, and the rehiring of a former steward.
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Kenosha
United Auto Workers
American Motors Corp
Wisconsin
Bwd
Tom Cuchman
Nutrall
AMC
UAW
American Motors
Milwaukee
Richard Thiel
Cushman
Larry Wright
Forman
Local 72 Executive Board
William F. Poupard
United Auto Workers Local 72
Local 72
Richard C. Lee
McDivitt
Jane
Conrad
Gemini 5 pursuit of phantom Agena marks third day in space
Gemini 5 astronauts L Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles Conrad Jr. near the million mile mark on day three of an eight day flight. They rest well and pursue a mock rendezvous with a simulated Agena to gain experience for Gemini 6 and future moon missions.
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Howard Benedict
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Cooper
Conrad
Mission Control
Waukon Area Woman Dies In Car Crash
Elaine Miller, 20, of Waukon area, died when the car she rode in left Highway 51 south of town and struck a bank at 2 am. Driver Ernest Decker, 24, is in fair condition. They were returning from a dance. Decker later lost consciousness. The body rests at Shutte Funeral Home Postville. survived by parents Roland and (Mrs.) Miller and sister Doreen.
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Waukon
Iowa
Here
Elaine Miller
Roland Miller
Ernest Lee Decker
Decker
Donald Brown
Brown
Theodore Rumph
Shutte Funeral Home
Postville
Doreen
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Senate
Southeast Asia
N. Viet Hydro Plant
By Ronald J. Deutsch
da Nang Air Base
van Tuong
3Rd Marine Regiment
Chris Conrad
Seabrook
Tex
Conrads
Charles Conrad
Dor Rebersus
Nedat
Phantom Rocket
Ocean
Houston Control Center
James A. MecDivitt
Space Agency
Navy
Chris Kraft
Robert Gilruth
Manned Spacecraft Center
George M. Low
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