Search for Civil Rights Workers Stirs Rural Mississippi
In Philadelphia Mississippi a crowd gathers as sailors join the search for Andrew Goodman Michael Schwerner and James Chaney. Residents express hostility to reporters and worry about the danger and politics surrounding the case while a farmer hopes for a safe recovery and condemns the killings.
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Andrew Goodman
Michael Schwerner
New York
James Chaney
Meridian
Red
Neshoba County
Castro
Paul Johnson
Washington
Sheriff Defiant Toward Civil Rights Workers in Mississippi
Jackson County Sheriff Cecil Byrd dismissed civil rights workers as invaders from the North in Pascagoula Mississippi. He cited two white youths held for 12 hours in Moss Point before release and noted Mississippi remains segregated while asserting law enforcement serves all citizens. Byrd said the courthouse is open for Negro registration and listed deputies in his office.
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Pascagoula
Miss
Cecil Byrd
Jackson County
Mississippi
North
Byrd
Moss Point
Ronald Ridenour
Venice
Calif
Howard Kirschenbaum
Long Beach
N.Y
Kirschenbaum
New York
Ridenour
Jackson
Passman Aid Influence In Foreign Aid Questioned
Washington AP reports the House will decide next week if Rep. Otto Passman retains control over foreign aid funds after two defeats in efforts to cut the foreign aid bill by 519 million dollars. President Johnson and Rep. George H Mahon oppose major cuts, while Passman faces a tough challenge to his leadership as the authorization bill moves to the House floor.
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Washington
House
Otto E. Passman
Louisiana
Passman
President Johnson
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
Appropriations Committee
Mahon
Clarence Cannon
D-Mo
Subcommittee
Johnson
Goldwater to Visit Germany and Austria Later This Year
STUTTGART Germany UPI Senator Barry Goldwater and his wife will tour Germany and Austria soon after the Republican convention regardless of his presidential nomination status announced today.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Barry Goldwater
Austria
Peach Festival Pageant Finals Set in Ruston Tonight
The Louisiana Peach Festival finals take place at Howard Auditorium on the Louisiana Tech campus with 24 contestants. A downtown Ruston parade starts at 3 p.m. Lynn Baughman, 18, is crowned Queen Dixie Gem XIV after winning the swimsuit division, with Fern Renee Halford and Pat Hogg as first and second runners up. Louisiana Tech students and local sponsors fund the pageant, emceed by Joe Sheppard. Lundy Cavendar leads the Ruston Chamber of Commerce as festival president.
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Ruston
Howard Auditorium
Louisiana Tech
Holiday Inn
Lynn Baughman
Stein Baughman
Farmerville
Baughman
The
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Fern Renee Halford
John Halford
Vivian
Miss Halford
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Pat Hogg
Curtis Hogg
Jonesboro
Miss Hogg
Jackson Parish
Jaycees
Joe Sheppard
Lundy Cavendar
Bus overturns in California injures many. three dead
A chartered bus carrying 32 passengers from Los Angeles overturned on Highway 99 north of Madera California. At least three people were killed and all remaining riders appeared injured. The bus, chartered by a Chinese drum and bugle corps from Los Angeles, was en route to a Sacramento convention.
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Madera
Calif
Los Angeles
Here
Highway Patrol
Madera County Hospital
Sacramento
Oil Industry Harassment Cited In Talk
SHREVEPORT Special Political harassment is the oil industry s biggest problem senior executive job G Pew told International Oil Scouts at their 41st annual convention here today said that problems of the oil industry stem from the increasing inroads of government controls in our business He pointed to the preposterous situation of about a 50 per cent tax on an essential product gasoline as compared to a 10 per cent tax on luxuries He declared that the overall tax load local state and national is a real problem Pew termed the effects of a Federal regulation on the industry as smothering and challenged oil scouts to lead the way in gaining public understanding as a solution
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Shreveport
G. Pew
International Oil Scouts
Pew
Sun
Philadelphia
Real Estate Transfers in Ouachita Parish Clerk Records
Real estate transfers detail sales and mortgage assumptions in Ouachita Parish. William H Wharton to Henry H Strickland Jr for 192.50 cash plus mortgage 7800. William H Hogan to Ethel Mottefux for 20 of blnck 1 Sun Valley Estates for 897. Breard Jr et al to F Riley Williams sums 22500. Torrance Succession to Bert Lee property in D A Breard addition for 8742.03 cash and mortgage 23757.97. Elmer Covin to Courtney Hamilton Smith Lot 88 Forsythe Park for 1000 cash mortgage 11600. Better Homes Realty Co to Berry Burkhalter lot 4 block 5 Roosevelt Heights for 10500. Malone to Mae Cummings Lot 6 Unit 6 Trelevant Subdivision for 16000. Federal Housing Commissioner to Willis Watson Lot 118 Unit 1 Parkview Subdivision for 11300. Mrs Scogin Colbert et al to Jennings Wilkins Lot 1 Square 3 Pargoud Place First Addition for 22500. Canino to Browder Lot 2 Forbito Estate section 42 township 18 north range 4 east for 4200.
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Ouachita Parish
William H. Wharton
Henry H. Strickland, Jr
Westwood Heights
West Monroe
William H. Hogan
Ethel Lee
F Riley Willams
Savare
D. A
Courtney Hamilton Smith
Forsythe Park
Eash
Better Homes Realty Co
Monroe, Inc
Berry Denson Burkhalter Et Ux
Ciock
Roosevelts Heights
Francis ©. Malone
Mae A Cummings
Trelevant Subdivision
Federal Housing Commissioner
Willis Earl Watson
Parkview
Ruby Scogin Colbert
Jennings H. Wilkins
Pargoud Place
Josephine Canino
Mary Forbito Browder
Forbito
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Ouachita River
Doc Adams
John Fowleman
Tom Fulton
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Fulton
Hig
Tom
Altheimer & Baer, Inc
DeSjard
Dee Welers
LEBCO
ZeeBee
Dupont
Remington
Desiard Monroe, la
Peach Festival
Fedppers
Bedders
Chrysler
Chrysler Motors Corporation
Hatten
Imperial
Plymouth
Monroe, la
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