Racial Unrest Hits Segregated Georgia Town in 1871 Case
In Americus Georgia police jailed four youths for inciting insurrection tied to a 1871 law after mass Negro demonstrations at a segregated theater. The case sparked nationwide protests while officials warn against integration as white leaders urge calm.
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Congress of Racial Equality
Cook Admits Slaying Socialite in Midland
James Lee Marion, 22, a short order cook, confessed to bludgeoning socialite Mrs. Fred Turner Jr., 66, wife of oilman Fred Turner, in her Midland home after burglary. He said she fired a .38 pistol, he attacked, and fled the mansion after threatening officers with a pistol. Their daughter was knocked unconscious during the assault. Marion was arrested Tuesday in an attic after fleeing the home.
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Edmondson accuses Goldwater of political reversal
Rep Ed Edmondson of Oklahoma accuses Sen Barry Goldwater of staging a legislative double reverse on the Arkansas River navigation project. Goldwater had urged scrapping the billion dollar plan but then backed it after new information from Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellmon. Edmondson says Oklahomans won t be fooled by pledges to halt or slow the project.
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