Dynamite Bomb Damages Alabama Negro Home
A dynamite blast wrecked the carport of Charles Spears's $30,000 home near a white neighborhood in Montgomery. His 1962 Cadillac absorbed the blast, saving his daughters ages 17 and 9 from harm. NAACP calls for full investigation. $500 reward offered. two to three sticks used. no arrests yet.
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Ala
UPI
Charles Spears
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
City Commission
E. P. Brown
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Mental health plan urges center network and funding
A Texas legislative committee backs community mental health centers linked to a proposed state department led by a commissioner. Plans include diagnosis, outpatient care, and referral services, plus a constitutional amendment to fund centers and a broad public education push. Spear’s says he has no civil rights involvement or family ties to racial movements.
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Inell
Mental Health
Texas
State Health Department
Mental Health Department
Women Smokers Face Lower Lung Cancer Risk Than Men
A medical study abstracted in a tobacco bulletin finds women heavy smokers have about four times lower lung cancer death rates than men. Data from 683 white women who died of lung cancer in 1958–59 show women smoking more than a pack daily had a death rate of about 1014 per 100 000, versus 392.8 for men. occasional smokers and never smokers also show differing rates.
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New York
Medical Bulletin On Tobacco
American Public Health Association
American Heart Association
American Cancer Society
National’ Tuberculosis Association
Whites warned in Zambia against insulting Africans
In Lusaka the Lands and Natural Resources Minister warned Zambia’s about 74 000 whites not to insult Africans over deportations. He said several whites had already been deported for insults and vowed more expulsions until they show respect to Africans. The remarks followed a mass rally of President Kenneth Kaunda’s United National Independence Party.
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Zambia
Solomon Kalulu
Kenneth Ruanda
United National Independence Party
Kalulu
Hoover challenged as civil rights leaders demand resignation
Civil rights leaders urge FBI director J Edgar Hoover to quit after his critique of Martin Luther King Jr calling him the most notorious liar in the country. Kennedy family anger over Hoover while White House repeats no replacement plan and notes Hoover’s compulsory retirement anomaly.
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Newsweek
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Robert Kennedy
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Burke Marshall
Johnson
Senate
Reedy
White House
Ryan Replaces Power As Head Of SAC Forces
Lt Gen John D. Ryan 48 assumes command of the Strategic Air Command as Gen Thomas S. Power retires after seven years. Curtis LeMay attends. Power to receive the Distinguished Service Medal on Tuesday. Power to relocate to Palm Springs after command.
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Washington
Palm Springs
Calif
SAC
Ryan
Air Force
Johnson
Editor Vittorio Calef Dies in Rome at 45
Vittorio Calef, editor of the Rome magazine Il Punto, died at his home in Rome early Monday. He was 45.
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Dies Rome
UPI
Vittorio Calef
Rome
Il Punto
GOP Governors Meet Could Signal Burch Exit
A Denver meeting of Republican governors could mark the start of changes in party leadership led by moderates. Idaho Governor Smylie says a broader command mechanism may emerge and Burch may be ousted, though timing remains uncertain amid Goldwater’s vow to oppose.
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Burch
Washington
UPI
Denver
Colo
Dean Burch
Idaho
Robert FE. Smylie
Barry
Barry M. Goldwater
Chicago
Ex-Pasadena Mayor to Seek New Trial
LAREDO Texas UP I report says attorneys for former Pasadena mayor Sam Hoover will ask next Monday for a new trial after a federal jury found him guilty of evading income tax payments from 1957 to 1960.
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Pasadena
Laredo, Tex
UPI
Tex
Sam Hoover
Hoover
India to step up cashew harvest efforts
In New Delhi officials announce a plan to accelerate the cashew harvest. The move aims to boost production and export potential for the upcoming season.
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New Delhi
India
Cashew
Harvest
Little Joe 2 Test Fire Mission Details Outline
Space officials describe the Little Joe 2 test with seven solid fueled engines delivering 340 000 pounds of thrust to launch a dummy Apollo to 40 000 feet before deliberate destruction. An escape system on the nose provides 155 000 pounds of thrust to pull the command module, with parachutes slowing the craft to 24 feet per second. The procedure aims to trigger the most severe stresses during launch if the Saturn 5 or Saturn 1B boosters fail on the pad or early flight.
Thanksgiving Holiday Traffic Toll Reaches Record 554
The Associated Press reports 554 traffic deaths occurred during a 102-hour Thanksgiving weekend from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday. It was the highest toll since 1958, with an estimated 130 deaths per day and four more than the nine month year average. The prior 44-day period yielded 553 deaths, while 706 deaths set a past record for Christmas 1956.
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Associated Press
Gemini Flight Dates Likely Delayed by Wednesday Test
The schedule for the Gemini flight hinges on a test this Wednesday. If the test succeeds, dates next week may be set. if it fails, timing will shift accordingly.
Belgrade burglar wrangles with wrestler homeowner
A burglar who broke into a Belgrade house encountered Jovan Pavicevic, a top Yugoslav heavyweight wrestler, who restrained the intruder, turning the break in occurred into a bigger trouble.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Jovan Pavicevic
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