Oswald's Widow Faces Questions
Marina Oswald, widow of Lee Harvey Oswald, is questioned by the Warren Commission in Washington about her knowledge of President Kennedy's assassination. She testified voluntarily and had been living in seclusion since the slaying. She arrived with Secret Service agents aboard a plane from Dallas, with more agents at National Airport. Her prior interview in Dallas cited beliefs that her husband killed Kennedy, a claim disputed by her mother Marguerite Oswald.
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Washington
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Earl Warren
Marina Oswald
Kennedy
Oswald
Secret Service
Dallas
National Airport
Warren Commission
Radio - Televison Stat
KRLD
Lee
Marguerite Oswald
Oswald Fatally Shot During Transfer After JFK Attack
Oswald, 24, charged with Kennedy assassination and related shootings, was shot while being moved from Dallas City Hall to the county jail. Jack Ruby is charged with the slaying. Mrs Oswald hurried to an auto. An unidentified man carried her daughter June Lee, 2. she has another child, Rachel, 3 months.
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Oswald
Kennedy
Dallas
J.D. Tippitt
Texas
John B. Connally
Jack Ruby
Secret Service
June Lee
Rachel
Senate Tax Cut Bill Faces Education Amendment Test
The Senate begins debate on the 11.6 billion tax cut bill with a pivotal vote expected on Ribicoff’s college education tax break aligned to save families up to 325 dollars per student. Critics say the plan would cost about 750 million in its first year as major provisions face decisive floor battles.
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Washington
Senate
House
Finance Committee
Johnson
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Ribicoff
Two Guerrillas Killed In Attack Upon Kontum Compound
In Kontum Vietnam two Viet Cong guerrillas were killed and a US officer wounded in a dawn grenade attack on a U S military compound the first such raid since 1959 Maj Gen Charles J Timmes traveled to Kontum to award Spec 4 Gale D Flinn of Fowler Kansas the Army Commendation Medal for killing the guerrillas The attack occurred at 430 am on the detachment headquarters housing about 130 U S officers and men
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Peter Arnett
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Charles J. Timmes
U.S
Military Advisory Assistance Command
Viet Nam
Kontum
Gale D. Flinn
Fowler, Kaw
Timmes
De Gaulle Neutrality Plan Probed By U S Officials
Washington officials will seek clarification from Paris in the coming days on Charles de Gaulle s proposed Southeast Asia neutrality treaty and his stance toward Red China. The plan and recognition of China alarm U S leaders who fear Viet Nam implications with 15000 American troops involved. Johnson indicated uncertainty about de Gaulle s exact actions, warning that immediate neutralization could trigger serious trouble.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Southeast Asia
de Gaulle
Red China
U.S
Johnson
Far East
Viet Nam
Gen. de Gaulle
United States
South
New York City Pupils Boycott Schools in Civil Rights Protest
JUNIUS GRIFFIN led a one day boycott with many white sympathizers as New York City public schools faced mass absence. An AP tally estimated 262000 pupils participated about 65 percent of Puerto Rican and Negro students in the one million student system. Only about 270 pickets lined 300 schools, far from the anticipated 8000, while 85 schools remained open.
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Junius Griffin
NEW York
Theu
New York City
Failure Of Ranger Is Studied
Space scientists at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena sift coded tapes to determine why Ranger 6 plunged into the moon with its cameras blind. The six cameras failed during a 100 second descent near Sea of Tranquility as engineers sought causes ahead of Ranger 7.
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Torgerson
Pasadena
Calif
Moon
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
U.S
Ranger
Sea of
Snow Storm Spreading To Midwest
A snow storm spread across wide areas from central New Mexico into sections of the Mid west today but generally dry weather prevailed in most other parts of the nation.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Midwest
Weather forecast for tonight and tomorrow with cold start
Fair and cold tonight. Tomorrow will be fair with afternoon temperatures a bit warmer. The low today was 2 and yesterday's high reached 41.
Snow and Cold Fronts Move Across Several States
The storm system blanketed Kansas Nebraska Colorado Iowa with snow and drifts. Freezing drizzle hit southeast Kansas as up to four inches fell across southeast New Mexico. The Northeast saw pale windy chill with near zero temps in parts of New England and upstate New York while gusts exceeded 30 mph in some areas. Colder air advanced over the southern Rockies triggering cold wave warnings in parts of New Mexico and Arizona.
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Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Iowa
Oklahoma
Arkansas
New Mexico
New England
New York
Rockies
Arizona
Chuckle on a New Child Labor Law
A humorous remark calls for a modern child labor law to prevent exhausting kids who toil for their parents. The quip uses irony to critique overburdened family work routines.
Cleveland Integration Plan Faces Boycott and Strikes
Cleveland civil rights leaders threaten boycotts buyers strike and political reprisals if the Board of Education does not accelerate school integration. UFM outlines two phase plan to withdraw students from Hazeldell and push for Friday citywide action, while noting “freedom schools” would operate in churches if boycotts occur.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Board of ‘Education
Harold B. Williams
UFM
Hero
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Hazeldell
Brett, Memorial
Murray Hill
Williams
Amendments Due On Civil Rights Bill In House
Bipartisan forces back the civil rights bill as the House begins voting on amendments. Debate has lasted since Friday with Southerners opposing provisions on employment and public accommodations. The voting rights section leads with plans to limit to federal elections and to remove a three judge panel request provision.
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Washington
House
Attorney General
Rep
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Citywide student boycott tests school desegregation plan
A Board of Education check at 27 schools found absenteeism from none to over 30 percent while about 100000 pupils were normally absent daily. Two thousand police guarded schools as 6000 awaited needed duty. Protests led by Rev. Milton Galamison pressed that busing won t be far reaching enough, with Galamison threatening sustained action. Board president James Donovan refused to yield and warned he would hold Galamison responsible if students were harmed.
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Board of Education
Milton A. Galamison
James B. Donovan
Galamison
Hangs Self In Cell At Dortmund
Ewald Peters, security officer to Chancellor Ludwig Erhard, hanged himself in his jail cell in Dortmund while in custody on war crimes suspicions. He used a bed sheet as a rope, tying it to his cell window. Peters had arranged security for Erhard during visits to President Johnson in Texas and to London and Rome, and was arrested in Bonn after returning from Rome with the chancellor.
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Dortmund
Germany
Ewald Peters
Ludwig Erhard
Peters
Erhard
Johnson
Texas
London
Rome
Bonn
War crimes charges shake Bonn government leaders
A Bonn jail hold arises over alleged involvement in wartime mass killings in the Soviet Union during World War I. Peters and a top Erhard government figure face war crime accusations. Refugee Minister Hans Krueger resigns, denying crimes while seeking to shield the government amid ongoing Communist probe into Nazi occupation Poland actions.
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Bonn
Soviet Union
Peters
Erhard
Hans Krueger
Krueger
Poland
Three Ohioans File For Senate Primary
COLUMBUS Ohio AP candidates for US senator from Ohio the incumbent a space hero and the grandson of President filed today for the May 5 primary elections for the Democratic nomination Sen Stephen M Young 74 veteran of more than 3 years of party service Lt Col John H Glenn Jr first American to orbit the earth who already has demonstrated popular appeal in his first bid for public office Filing for the Republican nomination was Congressman at large Robert Taft Jr former state representative and grandson of President William Howard Taft Secretary of State Ted W Brown who received the petitions previously filed his own with his own office for the Republican nomination.
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Stephen M. Young
John H. Glenn Jr
Robert Taft Jr
William Howard Taft
Ted W. Brown
Akron man among early Democratic senator nominees
William Hotchkiss of Akron, an unemployed electronics technician, enters the race for the Democratic senatorial nomination. Raymond W. Beringer of Toledo, who failed in 1962, plans to file before the Wednesday 4 pm deadline after delaying to correct a petition technicality last week.
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William Hotchkiss
Akron
Raymond W. Beringer
Toledo
Beringer
Plane Flames On Takeoff Kills Ten In Florida Crash
A South Central Airline twin engine Beechcraft crashed after takeoff from Gainesville, en route from Ocala to Jacksonville, killing ten aboard. Witnesses described the plane rising briefly, one engine failing, then turning and hitting the runway before bursting into flames. Federal officials confirmed ten aboard the Flight 510 disaster. South Central serves Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas with eight Beechcraft twins.
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Ocala
Jacksonville
D. M. Carroll
Gine
Federal Aviation Administration
Miami
South Central
Florida
Georgia
Carolinas
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