Crosses Burned as Klan Marks 100th Anniversary Across South
Ku Klux Klan members in robes burned crosses in four Southern states to mark the 100th anniversary of the “Invisible Empire.” Imperial Wizard James Venable condemned civil rights and the presidency while rally speakers attacked the NAACP Jews and integration. Reports describe large gatherings in Virginia North Carolina Arkansas Florida and Mississippi with police guarding desegregation clashes in Alabama and warrants issued in Amherst Virginia.
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Ex Marine Pilot Flies Three Blocks In Tornado
Everett J. Smith, 41, a Federal Aviation Administration employee and former Marine Corps fighter pilot with 4500 flying hours, reports his small Italian car was lifted by a Wichita tornado and carried three blocks to a shopping-center alley. He escaped with bruises, scratches, shock, and exhaustion.
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One Killed In Bus Mishap Near Fort Dodge
A chartered bus carrying 35 passengers from a Minnesota Twins game skidded on a rainswept highway, overturned and trapped occupants. Loraine Guthrie, 50, of Fort Dodge, died. At least 18 were injured, with six hospitalized. The bus owned by Fort Dodge Transportation Co. overturned in a ditch about 14 miles north of Fort Dodge during a heavy storm.
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Iowa
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Tobacco Prices Mark Highest Average Ever
Farmers in the Georgia Florida flue cured tobacco market were paid the highest general average price in history for their 1965 crop. Gross sales totaled 171 552 352 pounds returning 115 339 964 dollars, though sales volume was the smallest since 1959.
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