Federal Judges Asked To Forbid Arrest Of Riders
The NAACP filed a class action with three federal judges seeking protection for Freedom Riders from arrest as they test desegregation laws in the South. The petition targets unconstitutional state segregation rules in terminals and seeks relief against officials and transit lines cited in Jackson Mississippi.
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Jackson, Miss
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Federal District Court
NAACP
Congress of Racial Equality
Constance Baker Motley
Thurgood Marshall
New York
R. Jess Brown
Jackson
Vicksburg
Miss
Sidney Mize
U. S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Elbert P. Tuttle
Sankel Bailey
Joseph Bradwater
Burnett L. Jacob
Voters to Choose 4th District Judge Today in Ouachita Morehouse
In the Ouachita and Morehouse Parish 4th Judicial District Primary voters head to polls today from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. with Democratic candidates Albin P. Lassiter and Mack E. Barham seeking to succeed late District Judge David I. Garrett Sr. Barham touts 12 years as Bastrop city judge and calls for fearless impartial justice while Lassiter emphasizes experience.
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4Th Judicial District
David I. Garrett Sr
Albin P. Lassiter
Monroe
Bastrop
Mack E. Barham
Ouachita
Morehouse Parish
Morehouse
Barham
No Yielding On Schools In Virginia
Prince Edward County in Virginia keeps public schools closed for a third year after a 1959 shutdown over integration. The county budget funds $285,000 for private school tuition grants for white students while Negro children have no schools since 1958-59. A U.S. suit seeks reopening. DOJ may intervene as coplaintiff. Tax credits for private white-school donors remain challenged.
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Farmville
Prince Edward County
County Board of Supervisors
U.S. District Court
Richmond
U.S. Department of Justice
Coplaintiff
Alabama Riders Lose Court Bid
Federal Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. refused to set aside the restraining order against the Freedom Rides. CORE and allied groups argued for lifting the order while the city attorney prepared for an injunction hearing Monday. The Justice Department filed a brief opposing the limits on the rides and seeking relief from supporting the order.
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Montgomery
Ala
Friday
Freedom Rides
U. 5S
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Justice Department
Johnson
Cotton Forum to Meet Today in Monroe at Frances Hotel
A called Cotton Forum meeting under state Chambers of Commerce auspices is set for today in Monroe. Frances Hotel hosts the gathering, per Bobby Odom assistant Chamber Manager in Monroe.
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Cotton Forum
State Chambers of Commerce
Monroe
Frances Hotel
Bobby Odom
West Monroe Chamber Manager Eugene Smith Returns From Vacation
Eugene Smith, manager of the West Monroe Chamber of Commerce, is expected to resume duties after a restful vacation. He had taken time off to recharge, and his return is anticipated to bring renewed leadership to local business initiatives.
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West Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Eugene Smith
Avants Declines East Baton Rouge School Superintendent Bid
Mack Avants, state education recruitment head, declines interest in the East Baton Rouge Parish superintendent post after being proposed by Winston McVea and four Gov. Davis appointees. The board plans to name a replacement June 22 amid desegregation court orders and prior ouster of Supt. Lloyd Funchess.
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Winston McVea
Avants
Supt
Lloyd V. Funchess
McVea
Jimmie H. Davis
Orleans Parish
East Baton Rouge Parish
Funchess
Moon mission cost to Americans estimated at 250 dollars each
The State Department science adviser Dr Walter Whitman estimated that sending an American to the moon and returning him alive within a decade would cost 250 per person in the nation. He noted Americans already invest about 60 annually in science and urged more science news coverage as the public expects.
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Washington
Kennedy
State Department
Walter Whitman
Whitman
Sci
Goldwater Attacks Kennedy on Policy Of Confusion
Senator Barry Goldwater charges President Kennedy with a policy of confusion and crisis governance in the cold war. He calls for a clear presidential statement of objectives and a prioritized plan, citing recent moves from Vienna to Laos Cuba and beyond.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
U.S
Goldwater
Kennedy
Vienna
Khrushchev
Laos
Cuba
Dual Office Bills Are Held Valid
Louisiana Attorney General rules four new bills allowing lawmakers to serve on boards without pay are valid. Gov. Davis had questioned conflicts with dual office holding, but AG says the measures remove profit concerns while keeping lawmakers unpaid per diem ban.
Rainy Showers Hit Downtown and Collegetown
The weather yesterday brought heavy rain in downtown and Collegetown while other areas saw little if any. High temperatures reached 96 with a 76 low. The weekend forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warm with scattered showers, 86 to 90 degrees.
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Collegetown
U.S. Allies Split In U N Angola Vote
The United States broke with Britain France and other Western allies to back a U N Security Council resolution urging Portugal to reform Angola and allow a subcommittee probe. The 9 0 vote with two abstentions included the Soviet Union. Portugal opposed.
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U.S
U.N
Angola
United Nations, N.Y
United States
North Atlantic
U.N. Security Council
Portugal
Kennedy
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Chile
China
Ecuador
Turkey
Ceylon
Liberia
United Arab Republic
General Assembly
Vasco Vieira Garin
Garin
Yugoslavia
Council
Tractors Group To Fly To Cuba
The Tractors for Freedom Committee announced it will fly to Havana Monday to discuss trading tractors for Cuban prisoners. The committee assumes Fidel Castro will agree to receive the technicians, although no response had been received to a cable sent last night.
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Detroit
Tractors For Freedom
Priey
Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro
Texas Tower Disaster Colonels To Face Air Force Trial
A court martial is ordered for Col. William M. Banks over the Texas tower radar collapse that killed 28 sailors off the New Jersey coast on January 15. The charge accuses him of derelict duty, failing to stay informed, while two other officers face no cross charges.
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Washington
William M. Banks
Texas
New Jersey
Atlantic Ocean
Banks
Boston
Air Force
Air Defense
Robert M. Lee
William R.sheppard
Reginald L. Stark
Lee
Unions oppose use of funds for freedom rides in Louisiana
Thirteen AFL-CIO locals in northeast Louisiana condemned using union funds to promote freedom rides. The Building Construction Trades Council of Monroe and vicinity announced the resolution, signed by Charles R. Anding and L L McMillan, opposing any union support for freedom riders or similar subversive groups.
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AFL - Cio
Louisiana
Charles R. Anding
L. L. McMillan
Building Construction Trades Council of
Monroe and
Vicinity
Freedom Riders
Afl-Cio
Walter Reuther
James Carey
Freedom Hiders
Alabama
Dixie Points
Trades Council
Jersey City teacher leaves 700000 to tiny church
The New Jersey appellate court ruled Edna K. Denver's will valid though eccentric and penurious. The 89 year old disinherited her nephew William D. Beattie claiming a family feud. The court noted old age does not negate testamentary capacity.
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Trenton
N. J
Jersey City
Appellate Division of
Superior Court
Edna K. Denver
William D. Beattie
Oradell
Denver
Beattie
Miss Denver
Shrub Oak
Hackensack Cemetery
Two State Tornado Toll Escalates With Destruction
A Kentucky tornado killed a 9 year old girl and injured scores as it struck Ravenna Irvine Bellpoint and Columbia with million dollar damages. Nearby near Baltimore Maryland high winds flattened eight homes and damaged 36 more as 30 houses suffered extensive damage at a suburban development.
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Baltimore
Kentucky
Ravenna
Irvine
Bellpoint
Columbia
Valerie Hope Collins
Newport
Estill
W. M. Noland
U S Plane Missing With Eight On Board
A U S Air Force C133 turboprop cargo plane carrying 47 000 pounds of cargo disappeared en route from Tachikawa near Tokyo to Travis Air Force Base California with eight crew aboard. Search forces from the United States and Japan responded as fog and storm conditions were noted but not deemed severe. The air force listed the aircraft missing at 7 45 a m after last contact 16 minutes after takeoff.
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Tokyo
U. S. Air Force
Midway Island
Japanese Maritime Safety Board
Pacific
Tachikawa
Air Force
Maritime Board
Japan
Central Meteorological Agency
Travis Air Force Base
California
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Virginia
Leona Gage
U.S.A
Waits
Los Angeles
Nicholas Covacevich
Ence
Science Service
National Science Foundation
Congress
Space Agency
GOP
JFK
United Press International
Freedom Rider
Church
THE
Associated Press
News-Star—World
West
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