Beaten Professor Dies at Georgia Tech in Atlanta Murder Wave
Dr. William Knox Pursley 32 an associate physics professor at Georgia Tech died from injuries after a street assault in downtown Atlanta. Police say two youths chased him near his Peachtree Street apartment about 1 30 a.m. Friday. The city’s fourth homicide in 12 days involved a 25 year old clerical worker killed in a loan company office with robbery as motive and a 19 year old Negro in custody for Miss Joy McCord’s stabbing.
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Knowland Sees Defeat For Jury Trial Clause
Senator Knowland expressed confidence that supporters of the civil rights bill can defeat efforts to provide jury trials for voting rights protections. He warned the fight over Part 3, expanding attorney general enforcement, will be close with many opposing or seeking a substitute. A Senate AP poll shows 40 favor limiting enforcement to voting rights, 24 oppose.
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Knowland
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Associated Press
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Russell
D-Ga
Dixie Forces
Civil rights poll results on scope of voting rights bill
AP Poll results show support for limiting enforcement to voting rights from 30 Democrats and 10 Republicans, with 8 Democrats and 16 Republicans opposing. Several named senators are listed, including Kefauver, Goldwater, and Knowland, with some participants choosing not to be named.
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Blackwood’s Wife Loses Her Passport in Hong Kong
Donald J. Blackwood, expelled American, postponed return as Korean consulate holds wife June Shook Rhee’s passport. Blackwood, 24, Cincinnati, entered Red China via Macao with wife and 8 month old son Robert. State Dept said they will arrive in Seattle Monday night.
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Seattle
Science Tutors Meet In Athens
Fifty high school science teachers from 10 states attend Ohio University for six weeks of training in geology chemistry physics and astronomy under a joint NSF program. Also on campus are 30 business men and military officials from 12 states for an Executive Development Program offering four weeks of intensive management training.
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Ohio
Ohio University
Institute For Teachers of the Physical Sciences
Ohio U
National Science Foundation
Science Foundation
Blood ties circle sponsors blood aid drive
MILWAUKEE A women's circle at a local church decided to sponsor a worthwhile project. It was suggested they help a family with two sick children needing frequent blood transfusions. The eight women in the circle then volunteered to donate blood their husbands. The men have begun making their contributions.
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Milwaukee
Chesty Gal Is Busted From Nudists' Colony
Evelyn West a Denver nightclub stripper known as The Girl With the 50 000 Treasure Chest loses Midwest Sunbathing Assn membership. At Sycamore Hollow near Lawrence about 150 adult nudists from 15 states held meetings and operations despite a Colorado boycott while Bob Garrison and Maria Park dispute her status and the club deems her an exhibitionist.
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Colorado
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Maria Park
Newton
Midwest
Judge Puts Restrainer On Pickets At Latonia Refinery
Kenton Circuit Court Judge Orie Ware issued a temporary injunction curbing picketing at Standard Oil Co Ohio's Latonia Refinery. The order bans unreasonable demonstrations and interference with plant entry or exit and stops intimidation of workers after a Friday morning protest near the gates. Plant manager Ray Elo was reportedly struck by a picket during the incident.
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Covington
Orie Ware
Kenton
Latonia
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Ray Elo
Clinton Trial Verdict Hinges on Bible Belt Beliefs
Defense lawyers in the Clinton segregation case express cautious confidence as the all white U S District Court jury prepares to hear final arguments. The trial centers on courthouse concerns about jurors who may be influenced by Bible Belt conscience vs personal views on integration.
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Knoxville
Tenn
U. S. District Court
G. W. Williams
Baltimore
Paul Turner
Clinton, Tenn
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Cook
John Kasper
Washington, D. C
Vladivostok Bay Sealed By Russians
Moscow reports the Council for Ministers sealed Vladivostok Bay to foreign ships and planes by designating its waters as internal Russian waters from the Tumen Ula to Cape Povorotny. Only a segment near Nakhodka remains accessible. the move frames Vladivostok as a Russian lake amid its role as a Pacific port, naval base, and wartime supply hub.
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Ula
Cape Povorotny
Soviet Union
Sea of Japan
Nakhodka
Vladivostok
Amur Bay
Golden Horn Bay
Great Bay
Pacific
Ohio Legion Critical of High Court
In Cincinnati delegates at the annual American Legion convention approved resolutions criticizing recent U S Supreme Court rulings they say threaten national security. They urged Congress to defend American heritage from criminals and treasonable groups and called for review of treaties on overseas troops to prevent foreign jurisdiction and inhuman punishment, citing the case involving Army private William Girard and a Japanese woman’s death.
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Ohio
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U. S. Supreme Court
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Congress
Legionnaires
U. S
Supreme Court
Japan
William Girard
Ohio University Sets Third Pre-College Conferences
Ohio University will hold a twoday pre-college conference series from July 22 to August 9 to reach about 1,800 incoming students. The program offers tests and counseling plus information on university living traditions and routines and is open to attending parents. Applications are due two days before the session.
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Athens
Ohio
Ohio University
Gaige Ib. Paulsen
University College
Paulsen
Clock Watcher in Guthrie Center Collects 160 Antique Clocks
Charles C. Kennedy, 71, a former barbershop inspector, resides in Guthrie Center Iowa with a collection of more than 160 antique clocks all kept in running order.
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Iowa
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