Freedom Riders To Transfer To Parchman Prison
Hinds County Sheriff J R Gilroy secured authority to transfer overcrowded Freedom Riders from Jackson jail to the 16 000 acre Parchman State Penitentiary 150 miles away. A county board order cites jail overcrowding and statutory housing needs. Transfers follow convictions of more segregation testers bringing total to 96 with fines or bonds posted by 26 others.
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Jackson
Miss
Hinds County
J. R. Gilroy
Freedom Riders
Diane Nash
Nashville
Tenn
Nashville Student Non-Violent Movement
Montgomery
Ala
Board of Supervisors
Parchman
Brooklyn Bishop Sentenced to Sing Sing for Fraud
Pierce Johnson, 61, pastor of the Ideal Spiritualistic Independent Church of Faith of America in Brooklyn, was sentenced to 5 to 7 years at Sing Sing for attempted bribery. Authorities described lavish living with two $12,000 Cadillacs and past morals charges.
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New York
Brooklyn
Church of Faith of America
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Pierce Johnson
Kings County
Samuel
Meeting Called To Name School Boss
A six man majority of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board scheduled an emergency meeting for 9:30 a.m. to discuss selecting a new superintendent after ousting Dr. Lloyd V. Funchess. The group, four governor appointees and two elected members, met privately amid legal questions and considered Lloyd Lindsey for the post.
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Lloyd V. Funchess
No Publicity To Precede Further Rides
More Freedom Rides into Alabama are promised this week after a federal judge refused to extend a temporary restraining order. A spokesman for a sponsoring group said the rides into Montgomery would proceed, continuing activity in the city.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Government reports rise in employment in heavy industry May
The Labor Department said May brought stronger hours and payroll gains in heavy industry, led by autos and steel. The average factory week rose from 39.3 to 39.6 hours, with nonfarm payrolls up 50 000 to 52.5 million and durable goods adding 150 000 jobs while unemployment fell to 4.77 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Ray Larson
New Frontier Approved By Liberal Republicans In Senate
Senate passage 64 to 25 of a 6.14 billion housing bill aids Kennedy New Frontiers program. Mansfield credits liberal Republicans for pivotal votes and notes a shifting GOP-Southern Democrat coalition in both chambers while House action remains uncertain. Dirksen cites independence of GOP liberals as a factor in coalition fractures.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Congress
Kennedy
House
Eisenhower
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Free Red Cross life saving classes offered at Swayze Natatorium
Free Red Cross lifesaving courses begin Saturday at Swayze Natatorium from 2 to 4 pm. Junior class covers ages 12 to 15 or grades 7 to 10. senior class for 16 plus or grades 11 and up. Jack Blanks will teach. A free home care of the sick and injured course will follow. call FA 3-5141 for details.
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Red Cross
Swayze Natatorium
Jack Blanks
The
Actors Sought Tryouts for Northeast College Show
Tryouts scheduled Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Strauss Playhouse on Lamy Lane for a Northeast College children’s theater production.
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Strauss Playhouse
Lamy Lane
Northeast College
First Line of Defense Egg Smellers School Opens
Twenty recruits begin training in Kansas City to detect spoiled batches of frozen eggs in markets. Alfred Barnard of the FDA notes the nose remains the main defense with chemical tests supporting it.
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Kansas City
Egg Smellers Corps
America
Alfred Barnard
Pure Food and Drug Administration
Barnard
Kennedy Cancels Mayors Speech for Back Recovery
President Kennedy canceled a luncheon speech at the U S Conference of Mayors in Washington to aid back recovery. White House secretary Pierre Salinger said the pause shows no condition worsening and that crutches will be shed soon. Vice President Johnson will substitute, delivering Kennedy’s planned thoughts in an impromptu address.
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Washington
Kennedy
Pierre Salinger
White House
Salinger
U.S. Conference of Mayors
House
Sam Rayburn
Dtex
Rayburn
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Conference of Mayors
Missing NSA clerk found at track quits job
William H. Covington, a National Security Agency clerk, was found at a Delaware Park race track four days after he vanished. He resigned for personal reasons, with no charges filed. he had four days missing and five years of NSA service. A Pentagon spokesman said he was not under arrest and that no Communist defection was suspected.
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Washington
William H. Covington
National Security Agency
Pentagon
Covington
Super Secret
Defense Department
Delaware Park
Wilmington
Charles Town
W.va
Arlington
NSA
Bernon F. Mitchell
William H. Martin
Soviet Union
Moscow
Mexicans Held In Drug Operations In New Orleans
Two more Mexican men Bernardo Garza 36 and Arnulfo Valle 30 from Matamoros Mexico were arrested in a federal narcotics roundup spanning Louisiana Texas and Mexico. Agents said 14 people have been arrested since May 18 and $24800 in marijuana was seized bringing the total to over $33000.
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New Orleans
UPI
Louisiana
Texas
Mexico
Bernardo Garza
Arnulfo Valle
Matamoros
Housing Bill Cleared by Senate in 64 to 25 Vote
The Senate approved a 6.14 billion housing bill by a strong 64 to 25 margin. Support came from 52 Democrats and 12 Republicans. 17 Republicans and 8 Southern Democrats opposed. The measure aims to place urban renewal public housing farm housing college dormitories and veterans housing on a long term basis. Albert Rains will manage the bill in the House.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
House
House Rules Committee
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Congress
Sparkman
Albert Rains
House Banking Committee
Stripper Granted Colonelcy Then Stripped of Commission
Juanita Jean Hodges known as April Flowers was granted a Kentucky Colonelcy after a Lexington courtroom appearance but the honor was withdrawn hours later. The commission followed a recommendation from official sources and involved a witness in the George Ratterman case. Ratterman claimed he was framed in a Newport hotel room arrest last May.
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Frankfort
UPI
Order of Kentucky Colonels
George Ratterman
Juanita Jean Hodges
April Flowers
Lexington
Ratterman
Campbell County
Newport
Miss Hodges
Kentucky Commission
Wilson W. Wyatt
Henry H. Carter
Carter
Soviet demands deepen doubt on test ban talks in Geneva
The Soviet Union urged a three man veto board or transfer of negotiations to the general arms talks. The United States and Britain rejected both, saying they would not allow a veto over control machinery. Tsarapkin signaled no ultimatum, but warned talks could merge with broader disarmament talks if Western partners refuse the Soviet proposal.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
West
Ihe
United States
Britain
Washington
London
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Tsarapkin
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
St. Michael Wright
Rainfall Forecast Extends Across Northeast Louisiana
New rainfall is forecast for northeast Louisiana through Wednesday with scattered thundershowers in warm weather. Highs near 90 and lows around 68 to 69, as Selman Field reports only a trace and areas east of Monroe record good rain.
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Louisiana
Selman Field
Monroe
Princess Grace Visits Irish Hospital on Royal Tour
In Dublin crowds greeted Princess Grace of Monaco and Prince Rainier amid a large security presence. They toured the Drogheda hospital run by the Medical Missionaries of Mary and viewed a recreation wing funded by Catholic donors. The visit follows a tumultuous welcome the previous night that left 12 hospitalized and over 100 treated for injuries.
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Dublin
Grace
Monaco
Prince Rainier
Medical Missionaries of Mary
Drogheda
Europe
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Boston
Irish Republic
Prince
O'Connell Street
Eisenhower urges air cover for Cuban invasion efforts
Former president Dwight D. Eisenhower warns no invasion can succeed without air power if facing opposing defense. He also says the United States should set a date to resume nuclear testing and comments on Kennedy and Castro related debates during a Cincinnati visit with thousands in attendance.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Kennedy
United States
White House
Lunken
Americans arrive for tractor prisoner exchange with Castro government
Four U S technical experts land in Havana greeted by mid level officials including Major Crespo and Enrique Cabre as Castro travels to Oriente Province. They press for a 500 tractors for 1 200 prisoners deal amid Logan Act questions from a local protester at Miami airport.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Luis Crespo
Institute of Agrarian Reform
Enrique Cabre
Institute
Fernando Otero
Osvaldo Corticos
Havana Riviera
Castro
Oriente
Miami
U.S
Miami International
Douglas R. Voorhees
Cuba
Voorhees
Dade County
Kennedy
Government Now Pays Medical Aid for Elderly in Ouachita Parish
Ouachita Parish welfare director Joseph Worley says 4236 aged residents can benefit from new federal matching funds for medical care. The act allows direct payments to doctors druggists and hospitals for Old Age Assistance recipients, expanding beyond prior limited state funded allotments.
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Ouachita Parish
Louisiana
Joseph 8. Worley
Congress
Worley
McCLENDON, WM Redecorated Rooms. Close in
Classified note states WM McClendon redecorated two rooms and paid bills. Mentions FA 3.5175 as a closing figure.
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McClendon, WM
Nice
Close In
McClendon, Wat
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