Rites Held For Jostha Collier Slain By Night Riders
In Drew Mississippi a sweltering funeral drew 700 white officials and 600 others as Jostha Collier 18 was shot on graduation day. Speeches by Ralph Abernathy, Charles Evers and Aaron Henry urged nonviolent action and voter registration amid racial tension. Three white men are charged with her murder.
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Drew
Miss
UPI
Jostha Collier
Ralph D. Abernathy
Mississippi
Drew High School
W. O. Williford
J. D. Fleming
Sunflower County
Jack Sessums
Jostha
Bob Wilson
Charles Evers
NAACP
Aaron Henry
Williford
Wayne Parks
Wesley
Allen Wilkerson
Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Paducah Memorial Day Service Planned at Garden of Memories
The annual Memorial Day service is set for 10 a.m. at Garden of Memories Cemetery with a rain plan to move to First United Methodist Church. Participating groups include Cattle County Pastors Association Paducah Cemetery Association Veterans of Foreign Wars Disabled American Veterans Civil War Veterans organization and Cattle County Historical Society. Rev. Phil Widmer will speak and Mrs. A. O. Bennett will lead the veterans roll call. A taps ceremony will close the service and flags will be placed at veterans graves.
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Paducah
Garden of Memories
First United Methodist Church
Cattle County Pastors Association
Paducah Cemetery Association
Cattle County Historical Society
Phil Widmer
A. O. Bennett
Summer School Signup Planned For Lubbock Schools
Registration for Lubbock Public Schools summer classes runs 8 to 12 Wednesday. Classes start Thursday at Coronado Atkins Evans Mackenzie high schools and Hardwick Posey Wheelock elementaries. High school sessions for grades 9-12 run Thursday to July 15, while junior high and elementary terms end June 30.
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Lubbock Public
Coronado High School
Atkins, Evans, and Mackenzie
Hardwick, Posey
Wheelock
Rosenthal Pushes Ban on Lead Free Gasoline Ads
Rep. Benjamin Rosenthal urged a federal ban on advertising American Oil Co. lead free gasoline after field tests found traces of lead. American Oil denied the charge, citing lead traces from storage or transport as negligible. Tests in Suffolk County New York and Maryland reported lead in premium grades.
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Washington (Ap
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
American Oil Co
New York Democrat
American Oil
Rosenthal
Federal Trade Commission
Miles J. Kirkpatrick
Walter Pierson
Amoco
Suffolk County
New York
Maryland
Suffolk County District Attorney
American
Rosenthal Estimat
Consul Freed After ERP Ransom Paid in Argentina
British Consul Stanley Sylvester, held for a week by the leftist ERP in Rosario, was released after a $62,000 ransom of food clothing blankets and school supplies. He rode home by taxi, reunited with his wife and two sons as authorities investigated the case and Swift plant officials agreed to rehiring and back pay for workers.
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Rosario
Argentina
UPI
Stanley Sylvester
Sally
Swift Meat Packing Plant
Sylvester
Santiago Mugueta
ERP
International
Deltec Corp
Swift
Most Expensive FBI HQ Set For 1974 Finish
The new seven story FBI headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue, now valued at about 102.5 million with land and design costs included, is slated to finish in June 1974. Ground broke in 1967 and the project has seen several design changes and delays, with bids opened for the final stage.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
United States
Hoover
FPI
Congress
General Services Administration
Housekeeping
GSA
E Street
Justice Department
Hearing Aid Center Coupon Image Ad from 1913
An old advertisement fragment invites readers to visit Ollie B Livingston Hearing Aid Center offering free hearing aid services and batteries. It includes references to associations and a street parking note with a contact telephone number 4072 2951 and a slogan about quality before the name.
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Ollie B. Livingston
Tex. Hearing-Air Assn
Nat. Hearing-Aid Soc
Yrenty
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