Third Man Arrested In Racial Bombings
A third white man, John W. Hall of Gardendale, was charged with illegal possession of dynamite after investigators found 133 sticks of dynamite in a wooded area near North Birmingham. Chambliss and Cagle faced similar charges and Bond was posted. Shuttlesworth condemned the probe as inadequate while MLK Jr. awaited next steps. Presidential advisors planned more talks with leaders.
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Birmingham
Ala
John W. Hall
Gardendale
Robert E. Chambliss
Chambliss
Charles Cagle
Col
al Lingo
State Highway Patrol
Fred Shuttlesworth
Alabama Christian Movement For Human Rights
Shuttlesworth
FBI
Martin Luther King Jr
Kenneth C. Royall
Earl Blaik
John Hall
Robert Chambliss
Kennedy won't hold news conference this week
President Kennedy will not hold a news conference this week. His last meeting with newsmen was September 12.
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Washington
Kennedy
Desegregation Vote Fails in Cambridge Maryland
Cambridge residents vote down a town charter amendment to open all public accommodations to Black patrons. The equal public accommodations measure loses 1 994 to 1 720 amid a white ward turnout of 76 percent and a boycott urged by Gloria Richardson.
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Cambridge, Md
Calvin W. Paonteray
Cambridge
Awdry Thompson
Gloria Richardson
Cambridge Non-Violent Action Committee
2Nd Ward
UN Debates Congo Force Funding as Western States Balk
United Nations budget talks focus on a 19.2 million request to maintain a 5,350-strong Congo peacekeeping force through June. Western delegates press for fair shares, resisting higher relief provisions for poorer nations as several states plead poverty and seek reduced assessments.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
Congo
General Assembly
U Thant
Special Assembly
Belgium
South Africa
United States
Dominican Republic Faces Bankruptcy Warned by Leaders
Dominican Republic leaders warn the country will be bankrupt within months without U S and regional recognition of the post coup regime. Officials cite aid cuts, unemployment near 30 percent, tourism decline, and a drain from military and police costs. Dr Warren Bilker urges an investment incentive law to revive the economy.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
United States
Juan Bosch
U.S
Warren Bilker
University of Notre Dame
Trujillo
Bosch
Young Runaway Couple Seeks Independent Life After Elopement
Virgil Corder reports in Des Moines that John Paul Jones Jr. 18 and Mary Lee Davis 15 eloped from Philadelphia, married privately at St. Pauls Episcopal Church, then returned to life apart from their families. Jones works as an encyclopedia salesman earning 85 dollars a month while planning college tuition with his own funds.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Grace of
Monaco
John Paul Jones Jr
Mary Lee Davis
Jones
Mary Lee
Philadelphia
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
John
Byrd Signals Tax Cut Hearings Amid Civil Rights Delay
Senate Finance Committee chair Byrd may open hearings next week on Kennedy tax cut plan but final action likely slips to next year. Leaders plan to take up civil rights first, risking a southern filibuster and delaying the tax measure even if hearings start. Douglas criticizes the delay.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd
Senate Finance Committee
Kennedy
Senate
Byrd
Virginia
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Paul Douglas
Dill
Dirksen Says Tax Bill Delayed. Civil Rights Focused First
Senate Republican leader Dirksen warned the tax measure won’t reach the floor before Christmas as about 75 amendments are expected. He called the Finance Committee vote a crushing defeat for the administration and said it could spell the death of the President's tax program. Humphrey said civil rights outranked the tax cut, noting Democratic leaders prioritized rights action after meeting with the President.
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Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
Finance Committee
Dirksen
House
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
Wealthy if we wed the year after a vacation
A witty riff on how people feel rich strategically after vacation, comparing lingering glow to wedlock with the year. The quip playfully suggests prosperity fades as routines resume.
Ben Bella Faces Mutineers as Algerian Tension Rises
Berber mutineers man gun crews on Algerian mountain ridges vowing to defy President Ahmed Ben Bella. FLN will form vigilante committees to defend the revolution. government troops seal Kabylie as mutiny deepens. Ben Bella appeals for peace amid land nationalizations and foreign aid reassurances.
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Algiers
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Bella
Ben Alla
Ievery
Kabylie
Mohane Cui Hedy
Gromyko and Rusk Plan Private East West Talks
At U.N. headquarters in New York Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko meet privately for the only U S Soviet session in current discussions. Rusk aims to raise Cuba troop presence and potential accords from trade to space cooperation.
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United Nations
N.Y
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.N
Rusk
Washington-Moscow
Cuba
Lord Home
Gromyko
Valachi Corrects Testimony on Stamford Doyle Alias
Joseph Valachi told senators he erred in naming gangster Girolamo Santuccio as living in Stamford Connecticut. He corrected that Santuccio actually resides in Hartford with Lt. John Roach stating he knew a Hartford Doyle for about ten years. The session revisited 1930s gang violence and killings linked to Valachi’s testimony.
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Washington
Joseph Valachi
Girolamo Santuccio
Bobby Doyle
Underworld
Stamford
Conn
Santuccio
Hartford
Valachi
Abraham Ribicoff
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Star of Today
Robert Doyle
Ribbott
Stamford Doyle
John Roach
Hartford Doyle
Genovese
Salvatore “Lucky
Luciano
New York
Giuseppe Masseria
Coney Island
N.Y
Italy
Masseria
Valachi details La Cosa Nostra initiation and crime probe
The witness describes an oath ritual for La Cosa Nostra including a knife pledge and blood, while Sen. McClellan aims hearings at nationwide organized crime with Valachi as a key witness. Prosecutors expect police corroboration and name Genovese and Luciano in gang wars.
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Crime
la Cosa Nostra
Joan L. McClellan
Dee Ark
Senate Investigations
Valachi
Jerome Adlermay
Subcommittee
New York
Queens
Nassau
Suffolk
Vito Genovese
Genovese
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Dr. Crane
Louis G. Panos
Philip Savage
Tri State
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Cambbridge
NAACP
J. Millard Tawes
Marylad
Wrong Doyle
Mafia Hood
France
Joe Valachi
Family Tree
Crime Syndicate
Joe McGowan JR
Provisional Government
Jose Antonio Bonilla Atiles
Virgil Corder
Tion
By Carl P. Leubsdorf
Douglas
By Andrew Borowiec
Hadj Ben Alla
Front of National Liberation
FLN
Algeri
Groymko
Germany
Centra Europe
Berlin
Asay
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