Plaquemine Faces Civil Rights Clash Over Dupont Annex
The Plaquemine area grapples with racial tensions as Dupont Annex and Seymourville, largely African American communities, face segregation woes, lack of services, and a push for annexation amid fears of black bloc voting and city-improvement funding. Civil rights leader Gordon Carey labels Plaquemine a chosen site for confrontation.
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Charles Schnebelen
Dupont Annex
Jumonville Acres
Seymourville
Plaquemine
Gordon Carey
Congress of Racial Equality
Soviet Shadow Spies On NATO Exercise In Atlantic
Vice Admiral Charles B. Martel arrived at Portsmouth with six Soviet trawlers shadowing a NATO exercise that wrapped up in the eastern Atlantic. The drill involved 15 US ships 16 British ships and submarines with air force detachments raising total personnel to 25 000.
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Portsmouth
England
Charles B. Martel
NATO
U.S
Newport News
Martell
Atlantic
Assateague Island Shifts Offshore by 2000 Feet Since 1850
Since 1850 Assateague Island has moved about 2000 feet toward Worcester County Maryland’s coast due to tidal erosion.
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Assatearue Island
Worcester County
Judge's Order Fails To Stop Negro March
Federal judge sues an order halting demonstrations in Plaquemine Louisiana but Negroes marched again led by CORE and SCLC. Police arrested 187 demonstrators, many juveniles, as they formed task force groups and moved on city hall and county courthouse despite the restraining order.
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Plaquemine
Osage
Dupont Annex
Seymourville
Osage Street
United Press International
Mississippi River
Rouge
County Court House
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCL
Billy Chubs
Birmingham
Ala
Macon Weaver
New York
Robert F
Farmville
Prince Pridward County
Baton Rouge
St. Louis
Lexington
Penitentiary Isn t Home After All
Oklahoma City AP reports Robert Pirrest Bish once urged a five year sentence after an interstate auto theft case. Judge Luther Rehan gave time to reconsider then Bish changed his mind from Beams Eaworth federal penitentiary requesting a reduction.
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Oklahoma City
Robert Pirrest Bish
S Met
Luther Rehan
Buir
Bob
Beamseaworth Federal Penitentiary
Tax Bill Faces Delays in House Action
The House Ways and Means Committee may delay final action on Kennedy era tax cut plans until after Labor Day. Members are set to review drafted changes on estate tax, with no vote expected Monday and the timetable likely pushed back. The plan aims to cut personal and corporate taxes by about 11 billion dollars over two years.
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Washington
API
House
Ways & Means Committee
Kennedy
Giant Cattle Drive Planned for September in South Dakota
Rancher Ray Houck former lieutenant governor of South Dakota announced a 2000 head cattle drive 125 miles down the Missouri River from Walworth County to Standing Butte near Pierre starting September 15. He aims to promote the cattle industry and promote South Dakota.
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Pierre
S.D
United States
Ray Houck
South Dakota
Missouri River
Walworth County
Cooper Space Capsule and Suit Headed to Oklahoma State Fair Display
Oklahoma lawmakers announce the Faith 7 capsule and Cooper space suit will be shown at the state fair along with NASA panels and the Spacemobile. The exhibit runs eight days starting September 21, with plans to keep the suit in Oklahoma City’s historical society museum afterward.
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Cooper
Constitution
Washington Bureau
Washington
Oklahoma
L. Gordon Cooper
Mike Monroney
J. Howard Edmondson
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
George Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Tex
Monroney
Edmondson
Oklahoma City
Historical Society
El Reno Girl Killed as Car Overturns Near Calumet
El Reno 17 year old Donna Trombetto died when a car missed a curve on a Canadian County road west of Calumet and overturned. Driver Edward Lange 28, El Reno, and three other passengers were injured, none seriously. The 1963 Oklahoma traffic toll reached 427.
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Associated Press
el Reno
Calumet
Canadian County
Donna Trombetto
Oklahoma
Lloyd Hobbs
Edward Lange
Butler leaves cat $1400 in will as watchdog
Reading England news reports William Butler, 73, left his cat Tibber $1,400 in his will saying the feline served as a nightly watchdog during his drinking outings. The detail was disclosed on Wednesday.
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Reading
England
UPI
William Butler
Tibber
Kennedy to Visit Las Vegas on Conservation Tour
The Las Vegas Review Journal reports President Kennedy will visit Las Vegas in late September or early October to tour conservation projects. Sen. Howard Cannon confirms the trip to the gambling resort city.
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Kennedy
Las Vegas
Nev
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Washington
Howard Cannon
D-Nev
Weight of Liberty Bell Revealed by World Almanac
The Liberty Bell in Independence Hall Philadelphia weighs 2080 pounds according to the World Almanac. The figure reflects an official estimate cited in the almanac's historic data.
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United Press International
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Rubbish Dumped In Slum Protest Adds Pressure
New York demonstrators organized by the Congress of Racial Equality and the East Side Tenants Council dumped a truckload of rubbish in City Hall Plaza to protest slum conditions. Seven faced disorderly conduct charges and one littering. all were released on bond.
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New York
City Hall Plaza
Congress of Racial Equality
East Side
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