Solon Sees Tight Vote On Civil Rights Bill Provisions
Senate discussions centered on keeping or striking Part 3 of the House bill which broadens attorney general powers for civil rights enforcement including school desegregation. Sen Knowland noted a very close vote on amending to remove Part 3 while some favor a softer substitute. An AP survey showed 40 supporters and 24 opponents of limiting enforcement to voting rights.
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Four Die in Mississippi Train Car Crash
Four persons were killed at a gravel road crossing three miles south of Clarksdale Mississippi when a T Illinois Central passenger train struck a car. The driver identified as Clinton Cain 31 of Joliet Illinois died along with a woman and two young girls. The collision dragged the car about a third of a mile and split it. The crossing lacked warning signals and officers investigated as the train was en route from Greenville to Memphis.
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Petition Seeks Gravel's Ouster
In Bernice Louisiana a recall petition targets National Committeeman Camille Gravel Jr with the aim of forcing a special central committee meeting to discharge him and elect a replacement Democrat. Vice chairman Jett M Talbot said he signed the petition while declining to reveal signer counts.
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Camille Gravel Jr
Democratic Central Committee
Jett M. Talbot
Rufus Hayes
Gravel
Louisiana Democratic Party
Talbot
Miss United States Crown Restored After Second Marriage
A raven haired 18 year old beauty Mary Leona Gage Ennis admitted her 1953 Oklahoma marriage to airman Edward Thacker was a sham one day marriage and was later annulled. She said she will tell the truth from now on and was reunited with husband Sgt Gene Norris Ennis and her 2 year old son Nathan David after a press conference in Baltimore.
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Mary Leona Gage Ennis
United States
Thacker
Leona
Long Beach
Calif
Sgt
Gene Norris Ennis
Nathan David
Pipes No 1 Finaled With Gas Distillate
The Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Pipes No 1 well in Ouachita parish was finaled with an estimated 10 to 12 million cu ft of gas on a 1964 choke. Gas and water rushed into the burning pit at 7,300 psi. the well lies in section 33, township 18 north, range 1 east in the Wildcat field, 15 miles west of Monroe.
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Golson
Cadeville
Cotton Valley
Ruston
Louisiana
Guachita
Bearded Jet Pilots Finish 434 Mile Raft Voyage to New Orleans
Nine airmen from Greenville AFB Mississippi completed a seven day Mississippi River voyage aboard a raft built from telephone poles and oil drums. They celebrated with champagne and shared jokes about climbing a mountain next. No injuries were reported and the crew kept watch while on board.
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Six Stabbed In Mixed Brawling at Gloucester Tavern
Six people were stabbed in a tavern melee between white and Black patrons in Gloucester New Jersey. Police from three towns used nightsticks and fired in the air to disperse about 80 participants. Eight arrested for disorderly conduct and one man charged with assault and battery.
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Miss Universe Title Remains With Underage Contestant
Glayds Zender of Peru keeps the Miss Universe crown after officials decide she is under 18 despite rules requiring entrants aged 18 to 28. Lawrence Collins Jr. announced the decision following telephonic talks with Peru's ambassador and consul general, amid a hotel room confrontation and age discrepancies in her application.
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Washington
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Los Angeles
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Washington, D.C
Clinton Case Goes To Jury Next Tuesday
Clinton segregation trial moves toward a federal court jury in Knoxville after final arguments begin Monday. Defense contends court power over antiviolence orders challenges states rights while jurors face questions on free speech and assembly amid the Clinton racial unrest.
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Motorist Killed In Auto Crash Near Pollock
Marvin Sharp 22 of Rhinehart La died when his car left the road struck an embankment and rebounded to the shoulder near Pollock State police identified him. Bobby Phillips 19 also of Rhinehart was with him and was booked for negligent homicide and driving without a license.
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Thunderstorms Forecast Across Twin Cities and Arkansas
Scattered thundershowers are expected today and tomorrow in the Twin Cities area and parts of Arkansas. Selman Field reached a high of 91 degrees yesterday with a 72 degree low. Rainfall yesterday totaled 0.01 inch.
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Dr. William Knox Pursley Dies After Attack in Clever Ga
Dr. William Knox Pursley a Georgia Tech physics professor from Clever Georgia died early yesterday after an attack by two youths near his home. Authorities are seeking the assailants.
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Clever
8. C
Georgia Tech
Beating Kills Georgia Tech Physics Prof
Atlanta police fight three killings in two weeks after the beating death of Dr. William Knox Pursley a 32 year old optics professor at Georgia Tech He died at Crawford Long Hospital about 25 hours after the attack and investigators pursue robbery as a possible motive with autopsy planned.
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Georgia Tech
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William Knox Pursley
Clover, S. C
Crawford Long Hospital
Fulton County Coroner's Office
Cameron disaster toll and losses from Hurricane Audrey
Sheriff Henry Reid reports 328 bodies recovered and 190 missing in Cameron area with broader Louisiana and Texas fatalities. Louisiana crop losses reach 26 million dollars and insured property losses total 11 million from 50 000 claims. Damage includes 600 buildings destroyed and oil rigs offshore, with livestock losses over 2 million dollars.
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Henry Reid
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Cameron Parish
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Coroner probes new Sheppard confession in Florida
Cuyahoga County Coroner Samuel R. Gerber plans to fly to Florida to question Donald Wedler who claims to have killed Marilyn Sheppard. Gerber seeks state representation for the lie detector test on Dr. Samuel Sheppard in Columbus, set for next week.
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Ohio
Cuyahoga County
Samuel R. Gerber
Samuel H. Sheppard
Florida
Marilyn Sheppard
Gerber
Sam
Deland
Fla
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Marilyn
Bay Village
Cleveland
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Wedler
Wedler Locates Spot He Tossed Murder Weapon
Donald Wedler, in a two hour interview with Erle Stanley Gardner, said he disposed of the murder weapon a short distance from the water after bludgeoning Marilyn Sheppard in 1954. He claims the pipe is still not found and described pawning bloodied clothes at a Tampa tavern.
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