Bombings Hit Negro Attorney Shores Home Again
Arthur D. Shores, Birmingham's leading Black lawyer, says his brick home was bombed for a second time in two weeks with no threats detected. Police fired into the crowd as the blast injured a man, while Shores and his family endured damage and fear. He notes his faith in courts as the path to progress.
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Birmingham
Ala
Arthur D. Shores
Shores
Leo Williams
John L. Coley
Arthur Shores
Long U.S. Involvement Seen in South Vietnam War
Washington reports that turbulence in South Viet Nam has led key U.S. military leaders to revise estimates for a longer war and greater American involvement. Past three year victory forecasts now appear optimistic as Buddhist troubles persist and Saigon politics grow unstable. Secretary of the Army Cyrus Vance plans a Pacific tour including South Viet Nam to inspect military affairs and brief Defense Secretary McNamara on impressions.
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Washington
South Viet Nam
South
Viet Nam
Saigon
Cyrus Vance
Pentagon
Vance
Ngo Dinh Diem
U.S
Ori
Hawaii
Okinawa
Korea
Formosa
Japan
U.S Army
Defense
Robert S. MacNamara
McNamara
Adm
Harry D. Felt
Pacific
Earle G. Wheeler
Army
Arrest Aids Chan Song Politically
Seoul reports the arrest of ex-Premier Yo-Chan Song, a Korean War hero, boosting his political stock. The Liberal Democratic party nominated him for president while other parties accuse the regime of intimidating opponents. Song, treated for high blood pressure at Yonsei University hospital, faces a contested Oct 15 election.
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Seoul
South Korea
Yo-Chan Song
Song
Mapo
Liberal Democratic Party
Chung Hee Park
Liberal Democrats
Parks Democratic Republican Party
New Coalition
Park
Washington
State Department
Yonsei University Hospital
High Speed Blamed In Auto Accident
In Batavia Ohio northeast Clermont County a high speed crash on a rural road Wednesday night killed Marshall Roudebush Jr. 21 of Williamsburg. The AP report notes excessive speed as the implied cause.
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Batavia, Ohio
Clermont County
Marshall Roudebush Jr
Williamsburg
Cohn claims revenge after perjury and obstruction indictment
Roy M. Cohen anti Communist investigator for McCarthy says he is the target of personal revenge after a federal grand jury indicted him and Murray Gottesman on 10 counts for conspiring to derail indictments in a 1959 stock swindle case. He pledges to deny charges in court and expose alleged political vendetta. The case ties to a $5 million fraud scheme involving unregistered stock in United Dye and Chemical Corp and links to the Army McCarthy hearings era.
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New York
Roy M. Cohen
Joseph R. McCarthy
Cohn
Manhattan
Murray F. Gottesman
United Dye and Chemical Corp
Gottesman
Grand Jury
Morgenthau
Wednesay
Fire Destroys Hackney's Restaurant in Atlantic City
A wind driven blaze destroyed Hackney's Restaurant a landmark on the Atlantic City boardwalk near Absecon Inlet. Owner Ralph Hackney estimated the loss at 1 million dollars. The three story building housed the Sea Food House and the fire started in the kitchen deep fryer. No injuries were reported as residents were evacuated and firemen confined the fire to the restaurant.
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Atlantic City
Hackney
Ralph Hackney
Seafood House
Absecon Inlet
Harry Dozer
Cooper Sees GOP Backing For Treaty
Senator John Sherman Cooper forecasts no more than five Republican votes against ratification of the limited nuclear test ban treaty. He will support the pact, hoping it reduces tensions and leads to further steps toward peace. Democratic Leader Mansfield aims for a two thirds vote after debate.
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Washington
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Senate
Cooper
Mike Mansfield
Dirksen
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pressman Gets Post In Relations Work
Harry L. McCormick the 30 year old president of Cleveland Newspaper Printing Pressmen's Union No 5 was named to a staff post in industrial relations with Forest City Publishing Co publishers of the Cleveland Plain Dealer He resigned from the union at a Wednesday night meeting.
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Cleveland (Ap
Harry L. McCormick
Cleveland
Printing Pressmen's Union No. 5
Forest City Publishing Co
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Center Street Riots in Birmingham Describe Night of Firefight
A vivid report from Center Street Birmingham describes a night of gunfire and clashes between police and crowds of Negro residents. An explosion shook attorney Arthur D. Shores’s home as officers fired into streets while civilians sought cover.
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Birmingham
Alan
Center Street
Princess Alexandra Released After Sleep Aid Incident
Alexandra of Greece and former Yugoslav queen was discharged from Venice hospital after a near fatal overdose of sleeping pills. The 42 year old, hospitalized in a deep coma Sunday night, reportedly took 16 pills and left four notes in English, contents undisclosed.
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Venice
Italy
Alexandra
Greece
Yugoslavia
Poli
Chuckle Advice: Don’t Echo the Boss If Denied
A humorous nugget urges workers to push back when a supervisor says no. It suggests dignity and independence, encouraging thoughtful disagreement rather than blind compliance.
Nationwide alert for rapist in Fayette area
WAUSEON Ohio AP a nationwide alert was issued for a man sought in the rape of a 19 year old Bryan telephone operator in Fulton County. The victim said she was driving on Ohio 20 toward Fayette when a car signaled with flashing lights and a man with a gun approached before the assault. She was not visibly injured.
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Theresia Davis
Tucson
Ariz
Theresia
Wauseon, Ohio
Bryan
Fulton County
Fayette
Jon Ohio 20
Fof
Shooting Probed After Lincoln Heights Double Incident
Cincinnati AP reports a gunfight in Lincoln Heights left Frank Faulk 72 dead and Otis Dean seriously wounded after both men exchanged shotgun blasts Wednesday night. Police continue to investigate the suburban shooting.
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Cincinnati
Lincoln Heights
Frank Faulk
Otis Dean
Faulk
Dean
Integration Delay To Be Court Issue
Four hours before desegregation of Birmingham schools, Gov. George Wallace announced the city Board of Education would close West End Ramsay and Graymont temporarily and join a bid to stay the federal order. The move followed a deadly riot, injuries, and a bombed home, prompting National Guard readiness and wider desegregation tensions nationwide.
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Birmingham
Ala
George Wallace
City Board of Education
Wallace
Montgomery
City Board of Education of
West End
Ramsay
Graymont
Theo Wright
Charleston
N.C
Charleston High
Rivers High
Raleigh
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Englewood
Malverne
N. Y
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