Selma Sheriff Accused Of Contempt In Arrests
NAACP lawyers ask U S District Judge Daniel Thomas to hold Sheriff Jim Clark in contempt for jailed Negro voter applicants outside Dallas County Court House in Selma. The filing seeks transfer of 280 arrests to federal court and immediate bond releases. King plans to return to Selma to push registration in surrounding counties.
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Dallas County
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Legal Defense Fund
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
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Clark
Martin Luther King Jr
Selma
James Bevel
King
Atlanta
Perry, Wilcox
Lowndes
James Jordan
Jordan
Norman C Amaker
New York
Amaker
Ohio housewife earns Carnegie Hero medal for rescue
Mrs. Mary B. Sipos from Ohio, pregnant at the time, ran through flames to save two year old David Dissette from a Brunswick home fire on Sept 28. She received a silver medal and $1,000. The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission honored 25 people, with 23 bronze medals and cash benefits in many cases.
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Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Mary B. Sipos
David Dissette
Brunswick
Ohio
Robbery report: Belin says TV stolen from home
Jim Belin Jr. told police someone kicked in the front door of his home at 618 Madison and removed a 16 inch TV valued at $280 while he and his family were away last week.
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Jim Belin Jr
Madison
Five Gas Tanks Explode Near El Paso Fire Fueled by Tanks
Five gasoline and gas storage tanks exploded at the El Paso Del Norte Oil Company near the Texas New Mexico border. Five firemen were burned, one seriously, as crews battled the blaze. Homes in the sparsely settled area were evacuated and ambulances dispatched. Flames rose about 250 feet with tanks blowing sequentially and gas erupting loudly. The Sunland Park track in New Mexico felt shock waves and heat from the blaze.
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EL Paso
Tex
UPI
el Paso del Norte Oil Company
New Mexico
Texas Line
Sunland Park
GOP Medicare Unity Shows Rifts After Byrnes Health Plan
Rep John W. Byrnes proposed a $3 billion voluntary elderly health program financed by federal funds, signaling a split with the Johnson administration and drawing Republican support. Other GOP plans offer different elderly care schemes funded by Social Security taxes or grants. Gerald Ford praised Byrnes but warned party unity remains unsettled.
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Washington
UPI
John W. Byrnes
R-Wis
Byrnes
GOP
President Johnson
Johnson
Congress
American Medical Association
AMA
Sanitation Board Deadline Set for Candidate Papers
Deadline for filing candidacy for the Sanitation District No. 1 board is 5 p m today. Papers must reach board secretary Jack Doyle by deadline with certification by Feb 19. A special election was ordered by Dist Judge John Mowbray after a hearing on procedures. previous results tied to the November election have been voided.
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Board of Directors
Jack Doyle
Dist
John Mowbray
Courts Halt Planned Negro Demonstration in Jackson
Two identical orders blocked a planned protest by Negro leaders over the shooting of Ollie Shelby by a Hinds County deputy. Officials prepared a special jail at the fairgrounds amid threats of mass arrests during the tense event in Jackson Mississippi.
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Jackson, Miss
UPI
Deep South
Jackson
Medgar Evers
Fair Grounds
Hinds County
Charles Barber
Fred Pickett
Ollie W. Shelby
Fairgrounds
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