Indictments Sealed in Rights Murders at Philadelphia
Federal grand jury returned indictments in the Philadelphia and Dahmer civil rights killings. Details remain secret until arrests are made. Names and numbers of those indicted withheld by order of U S District Judge Harold Cox as proceedings continue.
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Jackson, Miss
Philadelphia
Miss
Vernon Dahmer
U.S
Harold Cox
Dahmer
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
Whste
New York
James E. Chaney
Neshoba County
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lawrence Rainey
Cecil Price
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Federal
Grand
White Knights
Ku Klux Klan
Sam H. Bowers
FBI
The
Chuckle Wife to Marriage Counsel or There, That’s My Side
A brief exchange unfolds as Chuckle Wife presents her side to a marriage counselor. The fragment hints at a dispute resolution attempt and a humorous deflection as she summarizes her perspective.
Claim To Czar's Millions Denied By Hamburg Court
The Hamburg court denied Anastasia or Anna Anderson’s appeal over her claimed identity as a Romanoff duchess and the right to a $5 million fortune. The ruling, after three years of testimony, also found Princess Barbara’s challenge that Anderson was a Polish peasant named Franziska Schanzkowska unproven. The court noted it cannot yet offer a detailed opinion.
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Landwehr Canal
Berlin
Hamburg
Mrs. Anderson
Barbara Duchess of Mecklenburg
Anderson
Franziska Schanzkowski
Barbara
Gustav Petersen
Bombing blamed for Negro man’s death in Natchez
In Natchez Mississippi an investigation into a fatal bombing of a truck cab led to a $25 reward offered by the city for the arrest of suspects. The victim Wharnest Jackson a father of six, was driving the truck when the blast occurred. Police described the motive as racial hatred and the incident as a white supremacist act.
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Wharnest Jackson
Metcalfe
Jackson
Natchez
Explosion in Natchez recalls 1965 NAACP leader blast
Police believe a bomb blast under the On The Inside truck killed Jackson near Natchez city center about 10 pm. Mayor Nosser said a $25,000 reward was offered for any arrest. The incident echoes a 1965 shooting of NAACP Natchez president George Metcalfe and follows months of racial tension in Natchez, with leaders reacting in shock.
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George Metcalfe
Natchez
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Metcalfe
Armstrong Tire and Rubber Co
Metcalfe and
Jackown
Jackson
NAACP
John J. Nosser
Robinson
Time-Life Publisher Luce Dies
Time-Life publisher Luce dies as a major media figure in 20th century journalism. The report notes Luce's leadership at Time and Life magazines and outlines his influence on American publishing and editorial direction.
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Time-Life
Luce
Gasoline price hike cut by major oil firm
Government pressure appears to ease price increases as Continental Oil Co yields, trimming its earlier hike. Interior says pennies boost could total $750 million annually. Humble Oil and other majors stay firm. Continentals' revised schedule lowers wagon price by 0.2 cent and suggests a 0.3 cent retail cut.
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Washington
Continental Oil Co
Department of the Interior
Continental
Panies
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Esso
Charles F. Luce
Luce
Soviet Fleet Sinks Off Denmark as Fishermen Dead or Missing
A Soviet fishing factory ship sank in a storm off Denmark near the Skagerrak Strait. Twenty-seven crew were rescued by another Soviet vessel, but it is unclear how many survived. The stricken ship, likely the 2450-ton Tukan from Kaliningrad, sent an SOS around 3 a.m. rescue ships searched waters 15 miles off the Jutland coast where bodies were seen.
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Hanstholm
Denmark
Denmen
Kaliningrad
Skagerrak Strait
Jutland
Germans Rescued From Fire-Wracked Caldas Off Cape Charles
Twenty-two surviving crew members from the German freighter Caldas headed for port as the Coast Guard kept watch on the burning ship about 80 miles northeast of Cape Charles. One body remained aboard the vessel while sixteen crewmen rescued by the Liberian tanker Somerset Trader were later transferred to the Atlantic Heritage. The master and five crewmen stayed to fight the blaze, then abandoned ship in a lifeboat and were rescued by the Coast Guard patrol vessel Kiwanda.
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Cape Charles
Caldas
Coast Guard
Here
Atlantic
Atlantic Heritage
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Oakville
Conn
Mattie Darling
Detroit
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Sne
Ted
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Czar
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Bank of England
Nicholas II
Natchez, Miss
City Today
J. T. Robinson
Ann Landers
Dr. Crane
SCC
Women's
Phoenix
Ariz
Citizens Committee
House
House Armed Services Committee
Armed Services Committee
Johnson
Capitol Hill
Henry Ford II
Milan
Italy
Erka Skok Laria
Ford
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