Ten Die In Florida Air Crash and Viet Attack
Ten persons die in a Florida air crash while U.S. officer Maj. Gen. Charles J. Timmes visits Kontum to honor Spec. 4 Gale D. Flinn, who killed Viet Cong attackers in an early morning grenade assault on a U.S. compound.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Charles J. Timmes
Military Advisory Assistance Command
Viet Nam
Kontum
Gale D. Flinn
Fowler
Kan
Timmes
Flinn
New York Pupil Boycott Disrupts Start of Semester
In New York the pupil boycott demanding total racial integration disrupted the new semester in the nation’s largest public school system. Organizers claimed up to about 235,000 participants across 165 schools with 2,000 police on duty and 6,000 in reserve. Donovan called it mostly a fizzle while Rustin hailed it as 95 percent effective in heavily minority schools.
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New York
James B. Donovan
Board of Education
Bayard Rustin
City Hall
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Scientists Check Tapes For Cause Of Ranger Failure
Pasadena scientists study coded tapes to determine why Ranger 6 crashed into the moon with its cameras failed. The 66 hour flight ended at 1 24 a.m. Sunday as cameras did not function. Officials aim to learn by Feb 28 and proceed with Ranger 7.
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Pasadena
Calif
Moon
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
U.S
Ranger 6
Ranger
In Secret Panel Questions Mrs Oswald
The Warren Commission began a secret interrogation of Marina Oswald in Washington. The 22 year old widow of Lee Harvey Oswald was brought to the commission offices to discuss movements and activities of the slain assassin who killed President Kennedy in Dallas on November 22.
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Marina Oswald
Secret Service
Washington National
Washington
Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Dallas
Tex
Oswald
Commission
Earl Warren
Special Commission
Warren
KRLD
Lee
Marguerite Oswald
J.D. Tippitt
Texas
John B. Connally
Twin City Chit Chat notes college and public events
The article lists M Fred Martinez named business manager of the Current Sauce at Northwestern State College and outlines plans for the spring semester and a fiftieth anniversary edition. It also notes the Monroe City School Board meeting, ALSAC drive volunteers, and mentions Mrs Oswald's appearance before the Warren Commission with background on Kennedy assassination coverage.
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M. Fred Martinez
Melvin Martinez
Hinkle Drive
West Monroe
Northwestern State College
Naalehu Named Southernmost Town in Four States
The World Almanac identifies Naalehu, located on Hawaii Island, as the southernmost town in the four states. This designation highlights Naalehu’s geographic position relative to other border towns in the region.
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Four States
Naalehu
Island of
Hawaii
Anti-Red Drive Snags Viet System Easy For Coup
In South Vietnam leaders lounged at Saigon clubs as military operations against Communists surged with little impact. Gen. Minh and the toppled Diem-era strongman walked Saigon’s main street to show no hard feelings, while U S officials warned of ongoing instability and continued American support for anti Communists amid wavering public opinion.
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Malcolm W. Browne
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Duong van Minh
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Ngo Dinh Diem
U. S
America
Pre-Trial Hearing in Suit Against Registrar Held
Attorneys for the Civil Rights Division and defendants Mae Lucky Ouachita Parish registrar and Citizens Council members agreed to stipulations for a discrimination trial. The pre-trial conference occurred in Judge Dawkins Jr.’s office. Trial expected to begin Monday and run at least ten days. The case centers on 5558 voters purged since 1956, with no action cited on 10543 white removals.
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Civil Rights Division
Department of Justice
Mae Lucky
Ouachita Parish
Harry Kron
Albin P. Lassiter
William M. Shaw
Robert Kostelka
Frank M. Dunbaugh III
Alexander Ross
Peter Korican
Fingerprint Expert Testifies in Beckwith Case
A fingerprint examiner testified that he found one of Byron De La Beckwith's fingerprints on a telescopic sight mounted on the rifle linked to the Medgar Evers slaying in Jackson Mississippi. Captain Ralph Hargrove described the rifle's handling and examination after its discovery at the scene.
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Jackson, Miss
Byron de la Beckwith
Beckwith
Greenwood
Miss
Medgar Evers
Ralph Hargrove
Jackson
War Crimes Suspect Peters Hangs Self in Bonn Jail
Ewald Peters, security chief for Chancellor Erhard, killed himself in his Bonn jail cell using a bed sheet. He faced suspected war crimes related to mass killings of Jews in the Soviet Union during World War II and had helped arrange Erhard’s travels to Texas, London, and Rome.
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Dortmund
Germany
Ewald Peters
Ludwig Erhard
Peters
Erhard
Johnson
Texas
London
Rome
Bonn
Soviet Union
Hans Krueger
Poland
Krueger
Central War Crimes Office
Ludwigsburg
Groundhog Predicts Extended Winter Weather Forecast
The groundhog reportedly saw a shadow and foresees several weeks more of winter. The forecast aligns with a colder trend, predicting rain tonight and tomorrow, with February well below normal. Easterly winds shift to northeast tonight. Highs near 56 to 60 today, with tonight’s low around 35 to 59 and Tuesday’s high 52 to 56.
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Weather Bureau
Delta
Parenthood appears hereditary says new institute study
A prominent institute reports that parenthood may be inherited suggesting that people whose parents did not have children are unlikely to become parents. The finding underlines genetics as a factor in family planning and reproduction trends.
Bloody Weekend Toll in Louisiana Fatalities Reach Seventeen
Louisiana mourns a bloody weekend with at least 17 dead, including Maude Wilma Yeager and George D. Rice in a two-vehicle crash near Ferriday. Robin Yeager remains in critical condition in Ferriday after a collision that killed his wife and a Montrery man. Farm leaders meet in Ouachita to discuss legislative priorities, including cotton policy, with about 200 expected attendees and a barbecue at the Frances Hotel. Funeral plans for Rice set for Monterey. survivors include Rice family members and four brothers.
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Louisiana
Robin James Yeager
Vicksburg
Miss
Concordia Parish Hospital
Ferriday
Maude Wilma Yeager
George D. Rice
Rice
State Department of Public Works
Ouachita Farm Bureau
Frances Hotel
Quachita Farm Bureau
Elmer Nelson
Yeager
U. S. 84
Here
Fort Polk
Mr. Rice
Monterey
D. L. Rice
Samuel Morris Rice
Cincinnati
Ohio
Shelton and
Shelby Rice
Fort Bliss
Tex
Mark Rice
Senate votes to strike tax cut bill and cap gains relief
AP reports the Senate approved a measure to remove the House tax cut bill and strike the capital gains rate reduction for assets held over two years by a 56 to 25 vote. Also from AP Moscow orders Reuters chief Peter Johnson to leave the Soviet Union over alleged grassing of life. In California two teens surfboarding near Huntington Beach were saved by a fishing boat after high winds. Nixon urges firm stance on neutralizing Southeast Asia as a policy. Dick Gregory and a United Presbyterian Church official picket a Forrest County Mississippi courthouse ongoing protests.
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Washington
Senate
Moscow
Peter Johnson
Reuters
Soviet Union
Hattiesburg
Miss
Dick Gregory
United Presbyterian Church of the USA
Forrest County
Plane Bursts Into Flames After Takeoff
A South Central Airlines twin-engine passenger plane crashed and burned after takeoff from Gainesville. All aboard were believed dead. Witnesses said the left engine failed at about 200 feet, causing the plane to roll and plunge near the runway. Firefighters and witnesses reported intense heat hindering rescue efforts. Flight 510 originated in Ocala and was bound for Jacksonville.
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Gainesville
Fla
South Central Airlines
Goldwater Breaks With Johnson In Harsh Campaign Charge
In Minneapolis Goldwater labeled U S policy in South Vietnam and the Panama Canal as failing and indecisive. He accused the Johnson administration of fumbling freedom worldwide, part of a heavy campaign schedule in Minnesota before a St Paul rally and college appearance.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Barry Goldwater
South Viet Nam
Panama Canal
Arizona
Goldwater
Minnesota
St. Paul
Johnson
MaCalester College
Near College Room Decorated Study Space For Rent
Partial classified note shows two names Baker and Gerald advertising a newly decorated room near college. Rent listed as $45 per month. Contact FA 43-4629.
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Corer Baker
Gerald
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John H. Glenn Jr
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Presidential Commission
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Monroe City
Supt
van Dodom
James Rainwater
Groundhog
James D. Graugnard
Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
Bulletins
Los Angeles
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David Steele
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Huntington Beach
Misenheimer
N.C
Richard M. Nixon
United States
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