Mississippi Freedom March Reaches Capitol Climax
About 15 000 demonstrators marched to the Mississippi state capitol in Jackson, stretching four hours from Tougaloo College. They gathered under guard with state troopers and National Guardsmen watching as Martin Luther King hailed it as the greatest demonstration for freedom in Mississippi history, with no violence reported.
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Confederate Flag Incidents At Capitol Protest
Speeches by leaders ended as marchers moved into a white residential area. They swarmed lawns, cursed homeowners, grabbed Confederate flags, and ripped up flags. After speeches at the capitol, a group of Negroes displayed a yard-long Confederate flag and burned it.
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Captured Marines Describe Escape From Viet Cong Hold
In Da Nang South Viet Nam a U S Marine prisoner recounts a desperate leap seizing a captor's carbine and cocking it while facing three Viet Cong looking down the barrel of the weapon.
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Leathernecks Rout Ne Viet Cong Amid Long Coastal Battle
U S Marines aided by air and artillery routed a Viet Cong force 13 miles northwest of Hue after a two day battle in marshy coastal plains. At least 28 Communists were killed and six captured. Marines suffered light overall casualties though one company endured heavy losses from a mortar attack.
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Meredith Returns to March After Capitol Stop
At the capitol a white crowd jeered the marchers while police kept peace. A white man reportedly struck a Negro and was arrested. Meredith spoke briefly despite shotgun wounds from June 6 and began the Memphis to Jackson trek June 5 to gain followers. The march faces discontent among civil rights groups and a split with the NAACP.
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Being a Beauty Queen No More A Life Path
In Santa Cruz a march from Tougaloo College grew from about 3,000 to around 10,000 participants as the group moved into a white residential area. Tensions rose when a diesel locomotive approached and march leaders urged restraint while some participants chased the engineer.
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Public opinion favors rapprochement with Red China
A Louis Harris survey shows a majority of Americans support wide rapprochement with Communist China, including diplomatic recognition and UN admission, while preserving ties to Nationalist China. The public backs negotiating a nuclear test ban and largely approves of President Johnson's handling of China despite Vietnam tensions.
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Two Killed In Accidents Near Las Vegas
Clark County highway crashes over the weekend killed two people. Daisy Coryell, 38, died after a two car wreck on Tonopah Highway. Richard Kalapal, 44, a Union Pacific worker, was struck on Interstate 15 north of Las Vegas. Seven others were hospitalized.
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Weather Snapshot with Highs and Sun Times
Mostly clear with scattered clouds this afternoon. Forecast high 105 and low 70. Yesterday's high 106. Noontime humidity 19 percent. Sunrise at 5 25, sunset at 8 92.
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