In-Group Has Top Interest Khrushchev Successor Is Fascinating
A Soviet life feature argues the five most powerful insiders would pick Khrushchev’s heir. Leonid Brezhnev leads the contenders, with Nikolai Podgorny and Anastas Mikoyan as senior mates, Kosygin sidelined by health, and Kosygin’s star waning as the circle contemplates succession. The piece notes Khrushchev’s enduring grip and rumors of a palace faction eager to push him out after a series of setbacks.
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Mikoyan
Kosy
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikolai Podgorny
Bolshevik
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Michael Suslov
Alexei Kosygin
Kosygin
Frol Kozlov
Presidium
Kozlov
Brezhnev
Supreme Soviet
Young Communist League
Unsteady leadership cited over farm, China split, Cuba rockets
The chief of state faced an unsteady farm production outlook and a split with China. He precipitated the Cuban rockets crisis that forced a dramatic retreat, and has backed away from further confrontations.
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China
Cuba
Walker Contradiction in Biscow Deaths Testimony
Marion Beeler, Raytown police chief, testified Walker denied involvement in the slayings of Mrs. Marion Biscoe and her mother Mrs. Hattie Biscow, yet remarked I think I must have done this thing. Beeler recounted Walker’s statements after psychiatric evaluation and a police interview, noting a typed copy of the confession was not a true confession. A polygraph operator testified Walker remained calm and denied any connection during six lie tests.
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Platte City
Marion Beeler
Raytown
Andrew Jackson Walker
Hattie Biscow
Camden Point
Beeler
Metro
Walker
Wilson
Kenneth Johnson
Bust of Officer Tippit to be Presented to Dallas Police
A bronze bust of officer J. D. Tippit, crafted by Louis Lee, will be presented to the Dallas Police Department in memory of the slain officer believed killed by Lee Harvey Oswald. Tippit was shot on a Oak Cliff street November 22, shortly after President Kennedy's assassination.
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Dallas
Tex
J. D. Tippit
Lee Harvey Oswald
Louis Lee
Tippit
Oak Cliff
John F. Kennedy
102 Year Old Man Dies at Galena Kansas
Elihu Robert Atkinson aged 102 died Thursday in Galena after living in Kansas most of his life. He came to the state in a covered wagon at age three and resided in Galena since 1904 except for six years in Washington. He worked as an ore hauler and grocery clerk, retired in 1929. His wife Julia died about four years ago, nearing their 75th wedding anniversary. The last decade he was cared for by his daughter Ruby Windle.
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Galena
Kan
Elihu Robert Atkinson
Kansas
Atkinson
Washington
Cherokee County
Julia
Ruby Windle
Tear Gas Ends Alabama Outburst At Tuscaloosa Theater
Police used tear gas and water hoses to quell a crowd of 600 to 1,000 white demonstrators in Tuscaloosa as theater patrons including Jack Palance entered a newly integrated venue. Bricks and missiles were thrown, one man arrested, and facilities damaged. Palance said he was there to see the film, not join any civil rights action.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Jack Palance
Palance
Richard F. Young
Young
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Philadelphia
Miss
FBI
Freedom Schools in Mississippi Teach Reading and Voter Skills
In Mississippi the Freedom Schools run by the COFO coalition educate Negro students aged 8 to 82. Classes meet in churches garages and homes from 8 am to noon and again in the evening. Some locations report teacher shortages and varied pupil counts with courses covering reading writing spelling Negro history language arts American history social studies science and math.
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Jackson, Miss
Freedom Schools
Mississippi
Council of Federated Organizations
Freedom
Hattiesburg
COFO
Rare recordings catalogued at New York Public Library
A collection of 90,000 rare recordings is being catalogued at the New York Public Library with a $150,000 Rodgers and Hammerstein Foundation grant. The set includes Sophie Tucker wax cylinder from early in her career, speeches by Dwight Moody, and a private disk of Ernestine Schumann-Heink.
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New York
New York Public Library
Rodgers and Hammerstein Foundation
Sophie Tucker
Dwight Moody
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
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