Berlin subway crash injures 130 in West Berlin
Berlin officials report a subway train plowed into the rear of another, injuring 130 with no deaths. It marks the worst subway accident since 1908 when 17 were killed and 21 injured. A second item notes FBI agents diverted from a bank robbery seminar to Kansas City to pursue a $6,700 holdup at Guaranty State Bank, where a young man with a pistol demanded cash and fled.
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Kansas City
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Overland Park
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GOP Labels Poverty Film Shameful
Republican senators condemn CBS film It's What's Happening Baby as immoral and degrading praising the antipoverty program while defending the show's teen audience aims. Office of Economic Opportunity spokesman Holmes Brown defends the program noting no government money funded it and CBS donated airtime.
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Holmes Brown
Office of Economic Opportunity
Sargent Shriver
Brown
CBS
D Zone: The Most Dangerous Jungle in Viet Nam
US Vietnamese and Australian troops conduct their first joint combat operation in D Zone, a roughly 100 by 60 mile jungle belt north of Saigon. The area, feared for its dense rain forest and insurgent activity, has hosted training and raids but seen garrisons abandoned after brief incursions.
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South Viet Nam
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South China Sea
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Sensible Electricity Topic at West Monroe Kiwanis Luncheon
West Monroe Kiwanis Club will host a luncheon at Highland Park Country Club with a talk on sensible electricity use. Louis Gruber, chairman of the house committee, will present a film titled Electric Power and Common Sense.
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West Monroe
Congressmen deny police brutality in Jackson protests
Rep John Bell Williams of Mississippi rebutted allegations of police brutality against Jackson demonstrators saying there were no excessive force instances and blaming agitators for inciting riots during a state legislature meeting. He cited Maggie Lee Gordon as a fought back aggressor who injured a police officer, requiring four officers to subdue her.
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John Bell Williams
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Desegregation Suit Hearing Set for July 27 in Monroe
U S District Judge Ben C Dawkins Jr set July 27 for a hearing in Monroe on a desegregation suit against Jackson Parish public schools filed June 2 by two Black families. Defendants Jackson Parish Superintendent J D Koontz and Board President Dr A A Meredith argued lack of jurisdiction and exhaustion of administrative remedies. They claim segregation was voluntary and that the Supreme Court did not require mandatory integration.
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Ben C. Dawkins Jr
Monroe
Jackson Parish
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J. D. Koontz
A. A. Meredith
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Federal Clerk of Court
Shreveport
Congo Celebrates Fifth Anniversary Amid Economic Struggles
Leopoldville reports Congo marked its fifth birthday with political celebrations and a marching army while the economy remains weak. Despite vast mineral wealth and hydroelectric potential, security issues, rebellions, and heavy military spending drive fiscal strain and salary costs noted by experts.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Congo
Africa
Cracker Balls Across U S Spark Health Warnings
Authorities nationwide crackdown on cracker balls tiny explosive pellets mistaken for candy. Nine children injured and at least one death blamed on bites. Massachusetts inspectors seized 450 boxes under hazardous labeling act as Fourth of July tension grows.
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New York
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Massachusetts
Republican Fund Seekers May Shake Some Trees
The Republican National Committee named C Langorne Washburn acting director of the national finance committee under Gen Lucius D Clay. Clay and N C C sought to unify fund raising with Sen Thruston Morton and Rep Bob Wilson aiding later cooperation. House committee budget is $900,000. Senate $400,000. Dirksen dinner helped raise funds.
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Republican National Committee
Lucius D. Clay
C. Langorne Washburn
National Finance Committee
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Clay
Ray C. Bliss
Bliss
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Thruston _B. Morton
Kentucky
Bob Wilson
California
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