Washington Prepares for Civil Rights March in Capital
Washington officials and organizers anticipate a massive march on Washington for jobs and freedom. Police expect tens of thousands of whites and Negroes by car, bus, train, plane and on foot, with organizers aiming for over 150,000 participants. Temporary tents, first aid and press facilities line the parade route from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial as the city braced for a peaceful, orderly event.
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Washington
UPD
Mammoth
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
U.S
Telstar
White House
Explosion Traps Workers at Utah Sulphur Mine
A blast at the Texas Sulphur Company mine south of Moab Utah trapped an undetermined number of miners 2700 feet underground. Officials said communications were cut and 16 miners were reported missing, with over 2000 reporters expected to cover the incident amid a broader news event.
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Moab
Utah
Texas Sulpher Company
Here
Frank Tippie
Senate Forces Emergency Rail Labor Pact Amid Strike Fears
The Senate approved emergency legislation by a 90 to 2 vote to avert a nationwide railroad strike. The measure directs two major issues firemen’s jobs and train crew makeup to a seven member arbitration board with further bargaining protections. passage could push a House vote before the midnight deadline. Police prepared for disorder with 6,500 officers and 1,000 riot trained troops, while 350 DC jail inmates were moved to create space for possible arrests.
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Washington
UPS
Senate
House
Sens
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
John Tower
R-Tex
Congress
House Bulies
Dore
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Kennedy
Gale McGee
D-Wye
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Jack Miller
Morse
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Senate Gop
Everett M. Dirksen
Ill
J. E. Wolfe
Mansfield
Dirksen
Robert V. Murray
District of Columbia
Prankster Led To Tragedy In Dallas Fire Department
A false alarm at the Oak Cliff fire department triggered a pursuit by a police cruiser that crashed into a hook and ladder truck. Fire Capt. W J Jones 39 and Pvt J H Jones 37 died instantly Policeman R A Underwood 37 died later in hospital. Another officer L B Kirkpatrick 32 was critical. Firemen W A Massie and J B Strickland were in fair condition. No clues on the prankster.
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Dallas
UPI
Oak Cliff
W. J. Jones
Mesquite
J. H. Jones
Underwood
Kirkpatrick
W. A
Massie
J. B
Strickland
Care Of Infant Causes Accident In Lovington
A Lovington housewife Alice Ruth Adams 31 hit a parked car while tending her infant. She struck a 1963 Corvair owned by Tommy E Tipps 1111 W Avenue H causing about 200 dollars in damage. Adams car 1959 Oldsmobile was undamaged with no injuries and no citation issued.
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Lovington
Alice Ruth Adams
S. 1St
Avenue H
Tommy E. Tipps
Adams
No Word in Eight Days Leaves Hope for Trapped Miner
Rescue efforts continue as two miners pulled from the cave show signs of life. Officials report Louis Bova, missing for seven days, could be 16 to 18 feet away from rescuers while drills reopen to reach him.
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Myron Feinsilber
United Press International
Sheppton
UPI
Res
Dave Fellin
Louis Bova
Fellin
Henry Throne
Hazleton Hospital
Bova
Cameas
Throne
H. Beecher Charmbury
State Secretary of Mines
Davey
Charmbury
Ira Mills
Voice of America
Nhu
Vietnam Military Proclaims Martial Law Amid Buddhist Crackdown
South Vietnam's joint general staff announced martial law and taken responsibility for arresting Buddhist monks attacking pagodas. The move drew sharp U.S. rebuke and signals a power struggle with Ngo Dinh Nhu and the ruling Ngo family.
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Neil Sheehan
United Press International
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Joint
U.S. State Department
State Department
Richard I. Phillips
Phillips
The
Republic
Washington
Ngo Dinh
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Ngo ‘Dinh
Nhu
Retired Admiral Burke Attacks Test Ban Pact
Arleigh Burke testified before the Senate preparedness sub committee railing against the nuclear test ban treaty and Soviet duplicity while conceding eventual ratification. He urged safeguards and underwater test inspections as a condition of any agreement, warning without them the pact may not enhance U S security.
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Warren Duffee
United Press International
Washington
UPI
Arleigh M. Burke
Burke
United States
Russia
Caravans Boost Fair and Rodeo Promotion in SE New Mexico
Lea County boosters plan three publicized caravans to publicize the eastern New Mexico and West Texas fair and RCA rodeo. They will travel Lovington to Odessa Hobbs Eunice Jal Kermit and return via Andrews Seminole Seagraves Denver City, with TV appearances in each town.
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Jake Fort
Lea County
Lovington
Pudge Blackard
Lea County Electric Cooperative
Sandra Thomas
Lovington National Bank
RCA
New Mexico
West Texas
Odessa
Channel
Hobbs
Eunice
Jal
Kermit
Andrews
Seminole
Seagraves
Denver City
Roswell
Tatum
Ksws-Tv
Dexter
Hagerman
Artesia
Mallamar
Lubbock
Klbk TV
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Lea County Fair
N.M
Tippie
Grand County Sheriff's Office
Tips Pie
South
Badlands
Viet Nam
Lodge-Nhu
Lodge
Ngo Dinh Diem
Truong Cong Cuu
Mme, Ngo Dinh Nhu
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Harvard
George B. Kistiakowsky
Fisenhofer
Phyllis Schlafly
Foreign Relations Committee
Meany
U. S
Kistiakowski
Jim Jackson
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