Bloody Violence Ends Selma March as Troopers Clash
In Selma Alabama a 50 mile march to the state capital ended in violent clashes with state police. Troopers with night sticks tear gas and rifles drove back about 450 marchers injuring around 40. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr plans another march Tuesday with a federal injunction to protect voting rights.
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Ala
Alabama
Montgomery
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Atlanta
James Bevel
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Wallace
Browns Chapel
A.M.E
School Integration Plan Unveiled by New York Board of Education
The New York City Board of Education released a $28 million plan to increase public school integration without compulsory busing. The 5-3-4 structure would shift over 32,000 students, reduce elementary years to five, keep middle schools at three and high schools at four, amid ongoing protests.
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Ray Kohn
New York
City Board of Education
Calvin E. Gross
James E. Allen Jr
Gross
Marines Take Seaborne and Airborne Pickup at Da Nang Air Base
U S Marines land by sea and air to bolster Da Nang air base against Viet Cong threat. About 3,500 Marines expected by Tuesday night including a helicopter squadron. Troops ashore face heavy surf delaying tank and artillery movement while antiaircraft batteries at Da Nang are manned.
Cubans splatter Soviet Embassy. extra police guard ordered
Five anti Castro Cubans splattered black liquid on the Soviet Embassy in Washington prompting added police protection. The protesters were arrested and jailed overnight charged with interfering with a foreign government as U S diplomats noted previous Moscow embassy protests.
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Carl P. Leubsdorf
Washington
Prise
U.S
Moscow
Cuba
New York
Theo
Report Finds No Compulsory Busing or School Pairings
The report did not propose compulsory busing of white children to heavily Negro schools. It also did not recommend any new elementary school pairings or reworked high school zoning.
Sanity Hearing Seen For Oswald Assassin
Dallas judge to determine Ruby sanity under Texas Court of Criminal Appeals order. Hearing could set March 22 jury trial on mental state. Ruby, 34, was condemned to death for Oswald killing in Dallas City Hall basement, November 24, 1963.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Joe B. Brown
Ruby
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Oswald
Kennedy
Brown
Defense Council
Dist. Atty
Henry Wade
Exits Replace Miles as Distance Measure Narrates Change
A brief note observes how the advent of highways and turnoffs reshapes travel notions. It contrasts old mile-based distance with new exit-based navigation, reflecting broader shifts in transportation culture and driving habits.
Deep South Battles Unseasonable Cold Wave
The Associated Press reports unseasonably cold air hitting the deep South with light snow in central Georgia and frost in northern Florida. Rain and snow dampen the Southeast as Florida’s peninsula endures thunder squalls and high winds that damage homes and snap utility lines.
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Associated Press
Deep South
Georgia
Florida
Tampa
Weather clears but turns colder tonight then warms tomorrow
Forecast calls for a chilly night with lows in the 30s. Tomorrow will see temperatures rising into the 40s after a high of 39 yesterday and a low of 35 today.
Chilean President Frei Looks to Push Reform After Majority Win
In Santiago, Eduardo Frei’s Christian Democrats win a clear majority in the Chamber of Deputies with 79 seats, paving the way for sweeping social and economic reforms. The Senate remains without a majority, but prospects for reform passage improve as the new parliament is to be sworn in May.
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Santiago
Chile
Eduardo Frei
Christian Democratic Party
Frei
Christian Democrats
Chamber of Deputies
Nies
Senate
American Marines Found Not Guilty
At Subic Bay two Marines Lance Cpl. James B. Thomas and Cpl. Jesse A. Edwards were acquitted by a general court martial of negligent homicide in the Dec. 13 shooting of Filipino Gonza lo Villedo near the base magazine while on sentry duty. A ballistics expert cited ricocheting bullet fragments as the likely cause.
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Manila
Subic Bay Naval Base
James B. Thomas
Martins Ferry
Ohio
Jesse A. Edwards
Sebastopol
Calif
Gonzalo Villedo
Naval Base Magazine
J.C. Larry D. Cole
Marshall
Mich
Clark Air Base
Thomas
Edwards
Villedo
Villed
Arabs Disturbed By West German Offer To Israel
Cairo reports say 13 Arab states met in urgent Arab League session to condemn West Germany for offering to establish diplomatic relations with Israel. Iraq recalled its Bonn ambassador and warned of decisive action. other Arab outlets warned of possible severed ties but doubt persisted that all would act.
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Cairo
Arab League
West Germany
Israel
Iraq
Bonn
Naiji Taleb
Rusk Says Marines Will Fire Back in Vietnam
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said on Face the Nation that U S Marines in Da Nang would respond if fired upon as their mission centers on securing the Da Nang air base. He stressed the Marines are there at Saigon's request and not to engage in pacification operations. He urged Allied support and tied negotiations to North Viet Nam pulling back.
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Don Carson Washington
Dean Rusk
South Viet Nam
Rusk
da Nang Air Base
CBS
de Nang
da Nang
Saigon
North Viet Nam
America
Europe
U.S
Southeast Asia
Cleveland
Labour Left Attacks U S Marine Landing in Vietnam
In London leaders of Britain’s Labour left and the Communist faction denounced the South Vietnam landings as a deliberate escalation. Kenni Zilliacus, head of a bloc in the House of Commons, urged Prime Minister Harold Wilson to end support for American Vietnam policy, calling the move straight international aggression.
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London
Britain
Labor Party
U.S
South Viet Nam
Kenni Zilliacus
House of Commons
Harold Wilson
Viet Nam
Zilliacus
L Unita Critics US Vietnam Landing Escalation
L Unita front page editorial says the landing exasperates the Indo Chinese crisis and condemns direct intervention in South Viet Nam. North Viet Nam protests to ICc in Hanoi accusing the U S buildup of violating the 1954 Geneva Armistice. Red China denounces Marines arrival via New China News Agency as proof of US policy bankruptcy.
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Communist Party
L’unita
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
International Control Commission
Hanoi
U.S
Geneva
Red China
New China News Agency
Heavy fighting in Binh Dinh Province Killings Reported
In Binh Dinh province near Saigon heavy fighting began before dawn. At least 33 government troops were killed and 57 Viet Cong bodies were found on the field along with a substantial amount of enemy equipment captured.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Binh Dinh Province
Marines strengthen base after landings near North Viet Nam
Seaborne Marines moved to an air base as two casualties occurred during landings. A chest injury from a crush incident and a captain with a broken leg were reported but expected to recover. A sniper hit a C130 wing during approach but landed safely. Viet Cong offered no interference as two Vietnamese battalions deployed to counter any attack.
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North Viet Nam
Marines Respond to Viet Nam Clash near Da Nang
Brig. Gen. Frederick Joseph Karch commands the 9th Marine Expeditionary Force reporting the Communists overran a regional forces platoon three miles south of the Da Nang runway. Four government soldiers were killed and several weapons were lost. Karch says troops are relieved to be taking action after months in the South China Sea and will operate defensively with patrols in their assigned zone.
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da Nang
Frederick Joseph Karch
Carmi
9Th Marine Expeditionary Force
Karch
South China Sea
Ohioan urges break with Indonesians
Washington AP William B Harsha R Ohio urges a break in diplomatic relations with Indonesia calling any relations an exercise in futility.
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Ohioan
Washington
William B. Harsha
Ohio
Indonesia
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Okinawa
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