Leesville NAACP members held on vagrancy charges
Seventeen NAACP members were arrested in Leesville Louisiana after pitching a tent in the Negro district near Fort Polk while seeking to interview black soldiers. Mayor Fertitta vowed to run the group out of town, warning of possible bloodshed, as state officials considered options but found little action at the state level.
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Leesville
UPI
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Ft. Polk
R. J. “Fatty” ‘Fertitta
NAACP
John J. McKeithen
Louisiana Commission On Human Rights, Relations and Responsibility
Harvey Britton
Louisiana
Fertitta
Polk
Coffee House Group
Senior Citizens Feted At Church in Old Timers Day
In Louisville Kentucky the First Church of the Nazarene hosted Old Timers Day as rain fell. Rev James H Purvis, 103 led with Mrs Amanda Ross 101 and Mrs Elizabeth Beets 100, among about 50 seniors who arrived by walkers canes or wheelchairs. Dr Hadley Hall greeted guests before prayers songs and poems led by the 103 year old preacher. An over-80 choir member Lucy Threlkeld 86 played piano for the service followed by a church dinner.
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Louisville
Hadley Hall
Mr. Purvis
Kentucky
Sinking of submarine prompts Navy salvage probe
Vallejo California AP reports a 4646 ton nuclear submarine named Guittaro sank at Mare Island Navy Dock while at a fitting dock and was pumped dry then moved to drydock. Salvage experts began removing it from the Napa River bottom to determine causes of the accident.
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Vallejo
Calif
Ted
Napa
Navy
Mare Island Navy Dock
Sabine
Bertrand Russell Opera at 97 Years Old
In Penrhy n Wales the 97 year old philosopher Bertrand Russell was reported by AP to be in good health and at work on more memoirs as a volume of his biography was published last week.
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Penrhyn
Wales
Russell
Apollo 40 launch draws crowds to Cape Kennedy fishing canoes
Cape Kennedy witnessed a high turnout as spectators, including James Barber of Orlando, watched the Apollo 40 liftoff. Authorities predicted up to a million visitors but traffic was lighter than feared with 20,000 cars counted in Cocoa Beach between 12 15 p m and 2 45 p m. No major accidents were reported.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
James Barber
Barber
Orlando
da Highway Patrol
Ralph E. Armstrong
Cocoa Beach
Fishermen Keep Casting As Launch Lifts Off
Half a mile outside Gate 2 of the spaceport, fishermen waited while a launch rumbled. An observer noted engine noise akin to artillery, yet fish did not bite. Barber was among many fishing enthusiasts hoping for a catch with no firm launch estimate.
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Spaceport
Barber
Morning Edition Home Delivery Rates at Lubbock Paper
Subscriptions listed for morning, evening, and Sunday delivery with options by month or combined plans. Pricing shows various rates for city customers, including Morning Only, Evening Only, and Morning & Sun packages.
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The
Lubbock Avalanche- Journal
Sthpe Avenue
Lubbock
Texas
Home Delivery
Teeesenesee
Eve
Sun
Now Possible To Shrink Painful Hemorrhoids
A New York report notes a special medical institute has found a medication that shrinks hemorrhoids in many cases. Tests across New York Washington DC and the Midwest show prompt relief from itching burning and pain without narcotics or stinging agents. The reveal praises Preparation H as a unique formula offering shrinking of piles soothing irritated tissue easing bowel motions and reducing infection risk available as ointment or suppository with no prescription needed.
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New York, N. Y
New York City
Washington, D.C
Midwest Medical Center
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