Cyprus Embassy Bombing Sparks U S Evacuation
An emergency airlift began removing hundreds of American women and children from Cyprus as anti American violence continued. The U S Embassy in Nicosia was bombed injuring a Marine guard and two cars owned by U S government employees were set ablaze. Ambassador Wilkins ordered a voluntary evacuation to Beirut questioning Greek Cypriot police ability to maintain order. Archbishop Makarios condemned the attack as the work of criminals and rejected a NATO peace force under U N authority. The incident underscored U S and Britain efforts to mediate and deter Soviet influence amid Greek Turkish clashes on the island.
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Washington
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France Declines Cyprus Peace Force Overture
Paris AP reports France will not join the proposed Cyprus peace keeping force. The cabinet spokesman cited the 1959 Zurich statute as the legal basis, noting France did not participate in drafting the Zurich agreement and thus does not feel involved. Maurice Couve de Murville delivered the update after a cabinet session with President De Gaulle.
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Notasulga Bars Negroes, Shorter Admits None
In Notasulga Alabama mayor James Rea used a new fire and safety ordinance to bar six Negro students from Notasulga High School despite a federal desegregation order. Six other Negro students were admitted to nearby Shorter High School under federal supervision. A photographer was forcibly removed from a bus and injured. Federal agents guarded Notasulga while Shorter pupils entered without armed presence.
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Notasulga High School
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Novasulga
Tuskegee
Vernon Merritt Jr
Notasulga High
Shorter
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al Lingo
FBI
Department of Justice
Highway Patrol
Cleveland School Board agrees to integrate 800 Negro pupils
Civil rights protests push Cleveland to integrate 800 Negro pupils into predominantly white schools. Pupils transported daily from a crowded Negro district to East Side schools. plan includes ending transportation as a policy once feasible. United Freedom Movement suspends protests for a meeting to review the plan amid week of demonstrations and clashes.
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East Side
United Freedom Movement
Civil Rights Confederation
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Oswald Widow Faces Rifle Evidence Identification
Marina Oswald, 22, is to identify the Dallas sniper rifle today among a long list of physical exhibits in the Kennedy assassination case. Chief Justice Earl Warren said the Italian-made Carbine and other items from the Oswald home will be presented as part of the ongoing interrogation and exhibit process. The rifle is believed linked to the Kennedy slaying and the near-miss on Edwin Walker last April.
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John F. Kennedy
Earl Warren
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Warren
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Texas
John B. Connally
Edwin A. Walker
Rights Bill Nears Last Big Hurdle
Washington AP reports one final challenge remains to approve a robust public accommodations clause in the civil rights bill. The section would bar discrimination in hotels, motels, restaurants, theaters, and other places open to the public, seen as the bill’s heart by Negro leaders. House action saw Southern attempts defeated as Democrats and Republicans united.
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Washington
Meader Amendment Backs Interstate Public Accommodations
Rep George Meader s Michigan proposes an amendment to cover only hotels motels eating places and gasoline stations on interstate highways as the public accommodations section advances in the bill. House leaders expect faster consideration and foresee two remaining battles over racial discrimination in employment and federally funded programs.
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George Meaders-Mich
Hoffa Linked To Jury Tampering, Partin Testifies
In Chattanooga, Edward Partin testified that James Hoffa discussed plans to influence jurors in Hoffa's conspiracy trial. Partin, a Baton Rouge Teamsters officer, said Hoffa asked him to stay nearby and possibly talk to several jurors. The remark marked the first link between Hoffa and alleged jury tampering in the third week of the trial.
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Tenn
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Edward Grady Partin
Baton Rouge
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Blizzard Paralyzes Five Southwest States
A blizzard swept across eastern New Mexico, southeastern Colorado, southwestern Kansas, and the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, isolating towns and paralyzing traffic. Snowfall 6 to 25 inches, with drifts up to 10 feet. Four deaths in New Mexico and three in southeast Texas reported. National Guard mobilized in Amarillo.
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Kansas
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John B. Connally
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Texas Panhandle
Senate Faces Another Battle Over Tax Cut Bill
Senate Democrats push to pass an $11.6 billion tax cut amid tight votes on repealing a 10 percent excise tax on jewelry watches and luggage. Close defeats mark GOP efforts to repeal dividend credits and expand college education tax breaks as debate continues in Washington.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Treasury
Abraham E. Ribicoff
D-Conn
Moscow opposition to Cyprus NATO peace force
Moscow radio condemned the NATO plan to send a peace force to Cyprus calling it a move to turn the island into a base for aggressive designs for thermonuclear war. The broadcast warned it would jeopardize peace in the eastern Mediterranean and security in Europe.
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Moscow Radio Today
NATO
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Europe
Italy and Soviet Union sign two year cultural accord
Rome Italy and the Soviet Union signed a two year cultural agreement allowing exchanges of university professors and performances by La Scala and Bolshoi troupes.
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Italy
Soviet Union
la Scala
Secretary Typing Boss’s Name First
A new secretary makes her first keystroke by typing her boss’s name, setting a formal tone for office workflow and records. The act signals hierarchy and prompts initial administrative routines in the workplace.
Watch Out Beatlemania Heads for New York
London AP reports a British group with fringe and loud singing, the Beatles, head to New York amid massive teen hysteria. The foursome John Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison and Ringo Starr top British charts, headline Ed Sullivan three weeks, and perform at Carnegie Hall.
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Ringo Starr
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Scandinavia
Paris
America
Ed Sullivan
Carnegie Hall
Johnson asks Congress to curb deceptive packaging and disclose financing costs
President Johnson urged new laws to ban deceptive packaging and require full disclosure of interest rates on installment purchases. He endorsed nine bills and proposed federal experts help low income families budget. He urged agencies to adapt the Agricultural Extension Service model to cities and to boost consumer education in schools and regional conferences to improve information.
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Johnson
Congress
Agricultural Extension Service
Ite
Consumer Interests
Johnson urges truth in packaging and expanded safety laws
Johnson pushes legislation to ensure consumer access to information for product choices. He urges truth in lending disclosure of total interest and APR, cosmetics safety proof, expanded federal inspection of foods drugs cosmetics, nationwide meat and poultry inspection, subpoena power in FDA hearings, hazard warnings on labels, pre-certification of pesticides, and FTC authority to issue temporary cease and desist orders to curb unfair practices.
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Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Weather shifts as low moves north off Louisiana coast
A low pressure system pushes northward off the Louisiana coast bringing increasing cloudiness tonight and likely rain tomorrow. Yesterday's high reached 46 while today's low fell to 19, shaping a cooler, unsettled forecast.
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