Freedom Rider’s petition rejected by federal judge in Jackson
Federal Judge Sidney Mize overruled Elizabeth Wyckoff’s bid to go direct to federal court for release. Wyckoff 45 year old New York writer was convicted of breach of peace for attempting to desegregate a Jackson bus depot on June 2 and fined 200 dollars, with work in lieu of payment. The state backs keeping segrega tion laws, while Wyckoff argued time to exhaust state remedies was insufficient. Jackson city attorney argued breach of peace is vital for law and order.
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Jackson
Miss
Sidney Mize
Freedom Rider
Congress
Elizabeth Wyckoff
New York
William M. Kunstler
Miss Wyckoff
Mississippi
Old Reliable Redstone Ends Military Test Run at Cape
Redstone, America's first big ballistic missile and satellite booster, completed its final military test after eight years with a successful 200 mile range hit. Only three more Redstones remain to be fired from Cape Canaveral as modified rockets for future manned suborbital flights.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Redstone
America
Atlantic
Army
Cape
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Shepard
Florida
Navy
Observation Island
Fact Finders To Hold Meet Today In New York
A three member fact finding board meets in New York to speed a report on the 12 day maritime strike for President Kennedy under the Taft Hartley law. Kennedy invoked the law claiming national security concerns while union leaders react with skepticism and warn a cooling off period may not end the strike.
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New York
Ennedy
Kennedy
Plan for More Freedom Rides Leads Jackson Strategy Meeting
In Jackson Mississippi leaders of Freedom Riders plan further challenges to segregation in Southern public transport terminals. City Judge James Spencer sentenced 23 riders to four months in jail and $200 fines, raising the total jailed to 163. A 34 year old Monroe man Winnifred Mask III died in a high speed crash near Park Avenue. Mask, an Ouachita Parish and LSU graduate, was president of Monroe Electric. Bernard Lee of Atlanta said the committee will continue rides as planned while examining legal aspects. Spenser disposed of all pending cases against riders in Jackson.
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Jackson, Miss
Freedom Riders
James Spencer
State Penitentiary
Freedom Rider Coordinating Committee
Jackson
Monroe
Winnifred
Winn) Mask III
Park Avenue
Mask
Point Dr
St. Francis Hospital
Mulhearn Funeral Home of
Riverview Cemetery
Ouachita Parish High School
Louisiana State University
Covenant Presbyterian Church of
First Baptist Church of
West Monroe
Monroe Elec
Bernard Lee
Atlanta
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Lee
Wyatt T. Walker
Gordon Carey
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Diane Nash
Nashville
Spencer
Illinois Central Railroad
Trailways
Robert W. Mason
Los Angeles
Birth of Sheri Lynn Dye in West Monroe
Mr and Mrs Eddie Dye announce the birth of their daughter Sheri Lynn on June 24 at St Francis Hospital. Paternal grandparents are E G Dye and Marie Young. Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs A H Lolley of West Monroe. Delivery of a city map for West Monroe approved with minor changes. delivery expected in a few weeks. West Monroe Boys Club directors will meet tonight.
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Eddie Dye
Sheri Lynn
St. Francis Hospital
E. G. Dye
Marie Young
A. H. Lolley
West Monroe
West Monroe Boys’ Club
Dr Samuel Sheppard Not Cancer Victim
In Columbus Ohio UPI reports Dr Samuel Sheppard the convicted wife killer did not have cancer. He underwent weekend tests for a chest lump and was told the results were negative by State Corrections Commissioner Maury Koblentz.
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Columbus
Ohio
UPI
Samuel Sheppard
Sheppard
Marilyn
Maury Koblentz
Fidel Castro says prisoners return to Cuba as talks fail
Cuban government radio reported the prisoner delegation from Fidel Castro would fly back to Havana today, claiming the mission failed. Immigration officials denied any immediate return plans, while Castro accused the Tractors for Freedom Committee of seeking to cheat Cuba and suggested farm equipment as barter if no agreement is reached.
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Key West
Fla
Fidel Castro
Havana
Cuba
Tractors For Freedom Committee
Castro
John Hooker Jr
Hooker
Associated Press
Governors Take Up School Finance At Policy Conference
At the 58th annual governors conference in Honolulu, leaders debated Kennedy administration school aid. Secretary Ribicoff challenged states rights critics while James Quigley read his remarks. Raymond Moley criticized the program as politically rooted and tax dependent. The session preceded a state dinner with Vice President Johnson.
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Honolulu
Raymond Moley
Newsweek Magazine
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Heiress seeks millions for aid to poor nations from Zurich couple
In Zurich the former Gamble Benedict and her husband plan to invest a $30 million Remington typewriter windfall in underdeveloped countries once she turns 21 next January. They live on a $2,500 monthly allowance in the Dolzer Grand Hotel with their 3 month old son and seek international banking options.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Gamble Benedict
Andrei Porumbeanu
Gamble
Katherine Benedict
Gheorghi Mihai
Porumbeanu
Anti-Castro Troop Training Reported in Miami
The Miami Herald reports resumed training of anti Castro forces in Miami. Ex Marine Jerry Patrick, 6 foot 7, heads about 100 men from a boarding house HQ and he directs parachute drills at an abandoned airfield drawing neighbor attention.
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Miami
API
Miami Herald
Fidel Castro
Jerry Patrick
Herald
Patrick
Today’s Chuckle in Home Garden Humor
A light column jokes about home gardening centered on puns and gardening mishaps. The piece playfully notes how daily hoe work becomes a humorous routine.
Berlin Crisis First Problem Of Gen. Taylor
Gen Maxwell D. Taylor is recalled to active duty to serve as President Kennedy's military adviser and staff officer. His first tasks include reviewing plans to address Khrushchev's Berlin crisis and keeping military and intelligence matters within his purview.
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Washington
Berlin
Maxwell D. Taylor
Kennedy
White House
Taylor
Khrushchev
Berln
Lincoln Center
Socialite Jumps To Death After Reciting Troubles
Joan S. Robertson a 34 year old Greenwich Conn mother of four and wife of a NYC investment counselor sat on a six story roof for over an hour in PORT CHESTER N Y as firemen a priest and a policeman urged her to come down She spoke of hospital stays during the past year and finally leaped to a courtyard below She was pronounced dead at the scene
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Port Chester
N.Y
Joan S. Robertson
Greenwich
Vincent Romanello
Coast Guard Joins Search For Missing Men Near New Orleans
In a multiagency effort, the Coast Guard planned a helicopter search of American Bay and the Mississippi River for two men missing since Sunday night. George Page, 65, and Melvin Nickerson, 34, both of Algiers, disappeared after a fishing trip toward American Bay near Port Sulphur, about 30 miles south of New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Coast Guard
American Bay
Mississippi River
Plaquemines Parish
George Page
Melvin Nickerson
Algiers
Port Sulphur
Moisant Airport Ends Segregation Policy in New Orleans
A federal suit challenges Moisant International Airport over a non-discrimination clause. Manager E Neil Wannen says the terminal will serve Negroes in the coffee shop though the International Room remains segregated. The airport had confined Black patrons to a small snack bar before the policy shift.
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New Orleans
UPS
Moisant International
E. Neil Wannen
Justice Department
Wannen
Interstate Hosts
Living Costs Dip Inspires Poet To Cheerful Offering
Washington AP report shows the consumer price index fell one tenth of a percent in May due to lower meat and grocery costs. Deputy Commissioner Myers notes pay adjustments follow index changes, with about 23,000 workers facing one cent hourly cuts and about 123,000 seeing two to three cent increases.
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Washington
Labor Department
Robert J. Myers
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Myers
Partly Cloudy Two Day Forecast for Northeast Louisiana
Weathermen predict partly cloudy skies in northeast Louisiana through Wednesday with little temperature change. Highest near 89 and low around 64 today and tomorrow. Yesterday’s high was 84, fell to 66, with no rain recorded at Selman Field by FAA weather officials.
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Louisiana
FAA
Selman Field
Welcome Home Ike Gives Swinging Welcome Party in Hershey
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower appears relaxed at a money raising affair in Hershey with Richard Nixon. He signs autographs freely and sings with a chorus lampooning Kennedy while Negro waiters line up to greet him. Tickets totaled 109.50 with 100 going to the GOP. He criticizes Kennedy’s school and farm programs.
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Hershey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
White House
Secret Service
Richard M. Nixon
Kennedy
Ike
Kuwait Seeks Arab League Status Amid Iraq Tensions
Kuwait declares a state of emergency amid Iraq's bid to annex the oil rich sheikdom. The army is stationed on the border to deter any invasion as Kuwait seeks Arab League membership to gain equal footing in regional councils.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Kuwait
Iraq
Abdel Aziz Hassan
Cairo
Arab League
Middle East
League
Dardiri Ismail
Abdel Khaled Hassana
Kuwait-Iraq
Kennedy Social Security Bill Passes Senate 90 to 0
The Senate approved President Kennedy's Social Security increase 90 to 0, with a promise to revisit a medical care plan for the aged later. The measure allows retirement at 62, raises the minimum benefit to 40 dollars, boosts widow's benefits by 10 percent, and adds 160,000 people to beneficiaries. A House Senate conference will reconcile differences.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
House- Senate
House
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Clinton P. Anderson
Dn.m
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