Wallace charges Kennedy with brink of civil warfare
Washington AP Governor George C Wallace of Alabama told the Senate Commerce Committee that President Kennedy is pushing the nation toward civil strife by appeasing negro civil rights demonstrations He accused Communist influence in the integration movement and said sponsors of the public accommodations bill tacitly approve street demonstrations he called mob violence The hearing, part of Kennedy civil rights program, drew sharp challenges from committee members and referenced Birmingham riots and Dr Martin Luther King page 5-A.
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George C. Wallace
Alabama
Senate Commerce Committee
Kennedy
Washington
Wallace
Congress
Commerce Committee
Senate
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Birmingham
King’s
Martin Luther King
Rockefeller Challenges Barry's Bid for 1964 GOP Nomination
New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller accuses Barry Goldwater of pursuing a conservative Southern Western strategy that would lose Northern states and threaten the Republican Party. Rockefeller says the party cannot embrace extremism and racism. Goldwater allies portray the move as a political war, while Senator Carl Curtis defends Goldwater and rejects sectarian labeling.
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Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
New York
Goldwater
Rockefeller
Democratic
Wen
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Campers Flee Violence From North Carolina Camp
Nearly 70 youths and counselors fled a North Carolina camp violence, reaching Camp Midvale in New Jersey by three buses amid a raid at Summerlane Camp near Rosman. Sheriff McCall cited enraged locals reacting to reports of free love nudity and integration as a motive. The Herald of Freedom in Staten Island published camp activity, while camp director Rev. George Von Hilsheimer blamed hoodlums pro integration for the shootings and arson.
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Ringwood
N.J
Blue Ridge Mountains
North Carolina
Camp Midvale
Summerlane Camp
Rosman
N.C
C.R. McCall
Saten Island
N.Y
the Herald of Freedom
Sino-Soviet Talks Enter Final Day
Moscow reports indicate the Sino-Soviet ideological talks neared a possible final session with a declared split deepened by Soviet attacks on Chinese communism. Diplomats say no peace is possible until Khrushchev and leaders are ousted, and a noncommittal communique is the likely outcome.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Peking
China
Nikita Khrushchev
Pravda
Communist Party
Moscow A Ban Talks Open On Cheerful Note
Special envoys from President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan opened in the Kremlin a conference with Soviet Premier Khrushchev for a limited treaty banning nuclear weapons tests. Harriman and Hailsham led the talks with nine Americans and Britons on one side and five Soviets, including Gromyko and Tsarapkin, on the other.
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Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Khrushchev
Kremlin
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Britain
Lord Hailsham
Gromyko
Semyon Tsarapkin
Geneva
Hailsham
Harriman
Foy D. Kohler
Humphrey Trevelyan
Bomb Shatters Memphis Telephone Booth
A homemade bomb shattered a Memphis telephone booth and cracked nearby store windows. Police found an unexploded bomb nearby, lit but with a fuse that went out. Assistant Police Chief Henry Lux said the device was a small can filled with gunpowder and that no leads on the bomber or motive exist.
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Memphis
Asst
Henry Lux
Lux
Royal Arch supper invites Masons and families at West Monroe
West Monroe Chapter No. 93 Royal Arch Masons hosts a covered dish supper at 7 p.m. in the West Monroe Masonic Temple. All Master Masons and their families plus Eastern Star members and families are invited. A. J. Lewis, grand high priest, will be the guest and speaker.
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West Monroe
Royal Arch Masons
West Monroe Masonic Temple
Eastern Star
A. J. Lewis
Community honors Rev. Jordan Schell with July reception
Friends of Rev. Jordan Schell chaplain at St. Francis Hospital and superior at St. Paschal's West Monroe host a reception July 16 at 7 30 p.m. at the West Monroe Knights of Columbus hall on Crosley Street N 12. He leaves the Twin Cities this week for duties at St. Francis Retreat House in Mayslake Illinois. Hosts are Confraternity of Christian Mothers of St. Paschal's and Knights of Columbus Council No 3642.
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St. Francis Hospital
St. Paschal's Catholic Church
West Monroe
Knights of Columbus
Crosley Street
N. 12
Father Jordan
Twin Cities
St. Francis
Mayslake
Illinois
Confraternity of
Christian Mothers of
Second man dies after lung transplant at Presbyterian
AP report notes the 44 year old patient, the second person to receive a new lung, died at Presbyterian University Hospital from heart failure due to shock and blood pressure changes. Identity was not released. MOSCOW AP Bernard Lovell says Russia lacks a telescope rivaling Jodrell Bank.
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Pittsburgh
Presbyterian University Hospital
Moscow
Bernard Lovell
Britain
Jodrell Bank
Nyerere Compared to Washington and Jefferson on Visit
President Julius K. Nyerere of Tanganyika arrived for a two day official visit and was likened by President Kennedy to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson for playing a role comparable to them. In Baton Rouge, about 2,000 Louisiana youths began arriving at LSU for the 49th annual 4 H Short Course.
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Washington
Julius K. Nyerere
Tanganyika
Kennedy
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Louisiana State University
Interstate krebiozen distribution declared illegal
Washington reports that the FDA spokes man announced today that interstate distribution of the controversial drug krebiozen is illegal. The statement underscores federal action to curb the spread of the drug amid safety concerns and regulatory scrutiny.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Philadelphia Editors Cleared of Contempt Charges
Pennsylvania Supreme Court freed two Philadelphia newspaper executives from contempt, nullifying fines and prison terms for refusing to disclose grand jury source information tied to stories on alleged City Hall wrongdoing.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court Today
Union Announces Crossett Strike In Effect Today
The Pulp and Sulphite Workers Union Local 739, 9% strong, will walk out at 2 p.m. at Georgia Pacific Crossett flake board mill with pickets to follow at 3 p.m. The local voted 55 to 33 for the strike as contractors and nonunion workers at the mill are affected. The dispute centers on rate differentials. GP offered a 3.5% wage increase, though the main issues remain unresolved.
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Crossett, Ark
Pulp and Sulphite Workers Union
Georgia-Pacific Corp
Crossett Division
International
Georgia Pacific
R. P. Meredith
Meredith
GP Management
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Bob Evans
Beauties Suffer Heat as Miss Universe Pageant Opens
In Miami Beach fierce heat and humidity disrupted the Miss Universe opener with eight contestants fainting or nearly fainting. Doctors recommended outdoor events be halted. Several contestants received medical care, while Miss Florida wore a Navy suit with a portable air conditioner. Judging proceeds with Miss U S A Tuesday and finals Saturday on CBS.
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Sherine Ibrahim
Brazil
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Iceland
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Indiana
Vickie Little
Scotland
Grace Taylor
Nicaragua
Leda Sanchez
Belgium
Irene Godin
Wisconsin
Lynn Korchanoff
Florida
Linda Egland
Miss Egland
U.S.A
Hit and Run Killer Acquittal Sparks Bronx Outcry
Five died and a gravely injured survivor followed a crash on the Henry Hudson Parkway in the Bronx on May 19. Gareth Martinis, 23, son of Judge Joseph A. Martinis, was acquitted July 1 of drunken driving and leaving the scene after a five-minute trial. Public anger and editorials questioned impartiality as families, officials, and readers demanded fair justice amid rapid verdicts and conflicting testimony.
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S AP
Henry Hudson Parkway
Bronx
Gareth Martinis
Criminal Court
Joseph A. Martinis
Martinis
Young Martinis
New York Times
Charles A. Buckley
Yonkers
New
Partly Cloudy Skies Due Across Ark La Miss
The weather man forecasts partly cloudy skies and scattered thundershowers today and Tuesday across the Ark La Miss region. Expect little temperature change with highs of 88 to 92 and lows of 72 to 76, with southerly winds 5 to 15 mph. Rain Sunday totals about .05 inches, with a high near 90 and overnight low around 78.
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Ark-La- Miss
Chuckle about a doctor's harsh diagnosis humor
The joke shifts to a patient quipping that a doctor claims he has a persecution complex. The punchline hinges on the doctor “hating me,” turning a clinical label into playful self-deprecation.
Tawes to meet Cambridge officials over race tensions
Gov J Millard Tawes invited Cambridge Maryland officials, a racially scarred city of 12200, to Annapolis to discuss hardships under militia law after six white residents were wounded in violence last week. The request follows a military clampdown prompted by ongoing strife and calls for swift state action to ease tensions.
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Cambridge
J. Millard Tawes
Annapolis
Tawes
Voter registrar convicted in contempt case in New Orleans
In New Orleans the federal court of appeals convicted Theron C. Lynch of Hattiesburg Mississippi of civil contempt for disobeying a 5th Circuit injunction against discrimination in voter applications. Criminal contempt judgment was deferred pending a Supreme Court decision on jury trials.
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Federal Court of Appeals
Theron C. Lyndh
Hattiesburg
Miss
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Mississippi
Ross Barnett
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Lynch
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Dum-dum Bullets Named for Dum-Dum Factory Origin
The term dum-dum bullets traces to a cartridge factory in the town of Dum-Dum near Calcutta, India, where the practice and naming began. Britannica notes the origin tied to early British military contracts and the enhanced stopping power attributed to the bullets.
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Dum-Dum
Calcutta
India
Three Men Held On Assault Charges In Napoleanville
In Napoleonville Assumption Parish Sheriff Murray Landry said three Gretna men Joseph Glaviana 21 Donaldsonville Randall Caskey 22 and Frank Solar 40 were held on rape and kidnapping charges after three young women aged 18 to 21 reported they were kidnapped and raped early Sunday. The men denied the charges. The women identified the suspects in a lineup.
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Napoleonville
Assumption Parish
Murray Landry
Joseph Glaviana
Donaldsonville
Randall Caskey
Frank Solar
Gretna
Landry
Clergy Led Negro Demonstrators Detained in Brooklyn
About 50 demonstrators, including roughly 20 ministers, were taken in custody at a Brooklyn construction site for blocking work at the Downstate Medical Center. Police questioned many, with some to be charged with disorderly conduct as other anti discrimination protests flared in the city. Reverend Gardner C. Taylor and leaders from the Empire State Baptist Convention were among the clergy present.
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NEW York
Brooklyn
Gardner C. Taylor
The
Protestant Council of New York
Empire State Baptist Convention
Hydrofoil Opens New Commuter Route to NYC
New York AP report describes the maiden voyage of the Albatross hydrofoil from Port Washington to Wall Street, its crash fire rescue by passengers including Samuel Goldwyn and Robert Lehman, Dowd falling overboard but saved, and plans for 35 vessels in major regions with monthly fares around 100 dollars.
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Long Island
New York City
Long Island Sound
Samuel Goldwyn
Robert Lehman
Ira E. Dowd
American Hydrofoil Lines
Albatross
Port Washington
Wall Street
Financial District
Goldwyns
Lehman
Dowd
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Philadelphia
Great Lakes Area
Florida-Caribbean
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