Philadelphia clash drives shootings amid Mississippi march
In Philadelphia Mississippi, highway patrols sealed a Negro neighborhood after gunfire between Negro and white factions wounded a white man. Civil rights leaders debated peaceful action while MLK led a Mississippi march contingent toward Yazoo City.
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Philadelphia
Miss
Bruce Latimer
Stanley Stuart
Freedom Democratic Party
FBI
Latimer
Gibson Eakes
Eakes
Yazoo City
Martin Luther King
King
Neshoba County
James Chaney
Andy Goodman
Mickey Schwerner
Navy Pilot Downs Communist MIG
A U S Navy pilot in a jet crippled by enemy fire and low fuel shot down a Communist MIG17 over North Viet Nam. Four F8 Crusaders and four MIG17s tangled northwest of Hanoi. one Crusader and a reconnaissance plane were lost. Ground action near the central highlands left 144 enemy dead as U S troops clashed with a Communist battalion. Premier Ky eased a brief Saigon block on the Buddhist Institute, while monk Thick Quang continued a 15 day fast in a hospital.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Tanmled
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Tri Quang
Hue
Hancock
U.S
French To Test H Bomb In 1968
Washington based UPI reports France plans a first hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific in 1968. A preliminary trigger test program starts late this month or early next at Moruroa Atoll. France may be behind China in weapon development.
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Washington
UPI
Pacific
United Press International
Moruroa Atoll
South Seas
Tahiti
China
Louisiana Heart Association meeting plans in New Orleans
Mrs Jody Bergeron of Monroe will attend a state meeting of the Louisiana Heart Association nursing committee on Saturday June 25 in New Orleans. She serves as northeast Louisiana area team captain and Miss Val Artz from the Heart Disease Control Section U S Public Health Service in Washington will speak to the group.
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Jody Bergeron
Monroe
Louisiana Heart Association
New Orleans
Bergeron
Louisiana
Val Artz
Heart Disease Control
Division of Chronic Diseases
U. S. Public Health Department
Washington, D. C
Riots In Pompano Beach End After Police Move In
In Pompano Beach Florida hundreds of Black residents rioted injuring four officers and looting three homes. Police cleared streets with billy clubs and tear gas as 24 were arrested and a white store owner faced assault charges. The disturbance followed an alleged incident involving a 10-year-old boy.
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Pompano Beach
Fila
Negro District
Miami
Arthur M. Marks
Hammondville Road
Highway Patrol
Sheriff’s Office
Fort Lauderdale
President Signs No Bail Release Bill To Aid Poor
President Johnson signed a no bail release bill for poor defendants awaiting federal trial. He framed the law as eliminating cruelty and valuing individuals over money, noting it does not mandate release for all arrests nor bar detention of dangerous suspects in capital cases.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Partly Cloudy Skies Persist Over Monroe Area
The Monroe area may see partly cloudy skies through Thursday with widely scattered afternoon thundershowers. No major temperature changes expected with easterly winds 5 to 15 mph. Highs 84 to 90, lows 66 to 72. Twin Cities reached partly cloudy 92 today and a 65 low this morning.
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Monroe
Former Aide Tells Probers Of Dodd Trip
James P. Boyd Jr., Dodd's former administrative assistant, testified to the Senate Ethics Committee that Senator Thomas J. Dodd traveled to Germany in April 1964 after Julius Klein urged him to help Klein's firm. Boyd said Dodd stayed at Klein's Essex House suite and had Klein's influence cited to German officials.
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Washington
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut Democrat
Germany
Julius Klein
James P. Boyd Jr
Dodd
Senate Ethics Committee
Klein
Boyd
Essex House
New York City
Congressional
Chicago
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Committee
David Martin
Martin
Senate
Congress
West Germany
United States
Marjorie Carpenter
Soviet says troop pullout not precondition for nuclear pact
Moscow reports the Soviet government denies insisting on U S troop withdrawal from Vietnam as a precondition for halting the spread of nuclear weapons. It cites the official Pravda on the matter, denying such American requirements were ever made.
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Moscow
U.S
Viet Nam
Kzvestia
Wallace Alleges Faith Is Broken By Wallace Speaks to Louisiana Legislature
Alabama Governor George C. Wallace attacked the U S Supreme Court during a joint session of the Louisiana Legislature. He decried rulings as shifting law and warned that the Constitution is becoming whatever the Court says. He condemned federal overreach and urged faith in local self government. Mrs Wallace, a strong candidate in Alabama, backed her husband’s stance and pledged to continue his policies. The Wallaces attended a Lakeshore banquet after the session with state officials present.
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Milo Dakin
News-Star
Baton Rouge
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Louisiana
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Wallace
Wallaces
Lakeshore Convention Center
Capitol
John J. McKeithen
United Supreme Court
New Tools Sought To Combat Crime
Washington AP experts gather 500 educators industry and law enforcement officials for a two day national symposium on science and criminal justice The goal is to identify new tools and techniques to improve crime control The event is cosponsored by Attorney General Katzenbach the National Crime Commission the Justice Department and the Office of Science and Technology It will discuss city area design crime prevention via housing and urban development officials computer use in law enforcement alarms and prison security
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Washington
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
State Department
National Crime Commission
Katzenbach
Commission
Justice Department
President's Office of Science and Technology
Ence
National Security Industrial Association
Defense Department
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Administration of Justice
Solon States Law Changes Are Favored
Washington UPI shows draft chief Hershey defending the current Selective Service system during House hearings. He warned that lottery would deter students from entering critical fields like doctors and teachers while Congress debates lowering peacetime draft age and reforming deferment criteria.
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Washington
UPI
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
House Armed Services Committee
Armed Services
Congress
Rep. L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
Armed Services Committee
Rivers
Selective Service
Eve’s Choice Silences Finish After Fig Leaf Trials
A whimsical aside notes Eve testing several fig leaves before choosing the first practical cover. The brief quips play on temptation and practicality with light humor.
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Maynard King
Freedom Democrat
Jim Letherer
Selma
Ala
Letherer
Saginaw
Mich
Mississippi
James H. Meredith
Meredith
New York
Canton
Highway 51
Hernando
Cecil Price
Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner
Louise
Selective Service System
Twin Cities
Charles Lose
Mobile
Pleiku
Lose
la Drang Valley
Florida
Probers
Solon States
News-Star—World
Kenmore
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