Civil rights march leads to Alabama Capitol stand
More than 15 000 marchers led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. move toward Montgomery's Capitol with Army escort and national figures including Ralph Bunche and Roy Wilkins. King and Coretta march amid guards, helicopters, and a looming bus boycott suit in Selma.
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Montgomery
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
Alabama
King
Coretta
Ralph J. Bunche
United Nations
Bunche
Selma
Dallas
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Ralph D. Abernathy
John Lewis
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
F. D. Reese
D. H. Lackey
White Capitol
Confederacy
Iity
George C. Wallace
Space Twins Kin Hold Reunion at Cape Kennedy
Virgil Grissom and John Young returned to Cape Kennedy aboard carrier Intrepid after three-orbit mission aboard the Molly Brown. They were greeted by families and fellow astronauts and began extensive medical checks and debriefings.
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Virgil Grissom
Dennis Grissom
Cape Kennedy
Fla
John W. Young
Virgil I. Grissom
Intrepid
Air Force
Anchors Aweigh
Donald K. Slayton
Grissom
Young
Bioastronautics
Cape
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
North Atlantic Avenue
Gemini News Center
Red China ready to send troops to Vietnam war
Peking declared it is ready to send men and arms to aid South Vietnam against U S forces if the Viet Cong request help. It added it will provide material aid and that troops could join with the South Vietnamese if needed. A London report cites experts viewing the statement as brinkmanship and unlikely without U S ground forces.
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Tokyo
Red
China
U.S
South Viet Nam
Peking
Hong Kong
Viet Nam
John Foster Dulles
United States
London
Chou En-Lai
Red China
Soviet Union
Weekly
Journal of Opinion
New Statesman
Chou
K.S. Karol
Johnson
James Parkerson to chair workshop at Southern Speech meet
James Parkerson of North east Louisiana State College will participate April 4 to 9 in the Southern Speech Association convention at Durham North Carolina and will chair a workshop panel.
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James Parkerson
Northeast Louisiana State College
Southern Speech Association
Durham
N. C
Nazi Search Extended For Five Years
West Germany’s Bundestag votes 344 to 96 to extend the Nazi murderers search to Jan 1 1970 with 20-year murder statute rules adjusted. Bill moves to Bundesrat for April 9 discussion and faces possible changes before final approval.
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Bonn
Germany
Bundestag
West Berlin
Socialist Party
Ludwig Erhard
Christian Democrats
Free Democrats
West Germany
Big Hassle Raised At Vote Hearing
Senator Eastland pressed whether the right to vote bill was designed to exclude Texas, asking Attorney General Katzenbach about perceived “big hassles” in the bill. Katzenbach testified there was no Texas exclusion, noting the bill would mainly affect six Southern states and targets literacy tests used to discriminate against Negro voters.
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Washington
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Texas
Johnson
Eastland
Senate Judiciary Committee
Nicholas Katzenbach
Katzenbach
Congress
House
Aflcio
George Meany
Senate
Louisiana Voter Registration Declines in February
February voter rolls show a drop to 1,190,250 from 1,195,395 with 86.3 percent white and 13.7 percent Negro voters. Democrats total 1,167,349 to Republicans 17,542. illiterates 20,572 white and 13,277 colored. Parish by parish totals for Ouachita, Caldwell, Catahoula, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, Tensas, Union, West Carroll, La Salle, Winn, and West Feliciana listed with white and colored counts. West Feliciana remains periodic registration. others are permanent.
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Louisiana
Board of Registration
Ouachita
Caldwell
Catahoula
East Carroll
Franklin
Jackson
Lincoln
Madison
Morehouse
Richland
Tensas
Union
West Carroll
la Salle Parish
Winn
West Feliciana Parish
Papal Commission In Rome Drafts Birth Control Policy
In secrecy a Vatican commission of about forty members from several nations meets at the Spanish College in Rome to study birth control including the pill. The group remains divided into three camps on banning, restricted use, or liberal use tied to the rhythm method. Pope Paul VI ordered the study while reaffirming existing church teaching. The Vatican Council also reviews the issue.
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Rome
Paul VI
Vatican
Spanish College
Aurelian Way
Pope Paul
Commission
Italy
Paul
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Brooklyn youth knife attack ends in fatal street melee
In Brooklyn amid a Brooklyn street contest between two teens a melee drew about 19 youths. Perry Peterson 16 Black died from a knife wound to the abdomen. Joseph Cannizzaro 17 white and Joseph Huber 17 white were injured or under arrest. Harry Johnson 16 Black was charged.
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New York
Brooklyn
Perry Peterson
Joseph Huber
Peterson
Joseph Cannizzaro
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Harry Johnson
Cannizzaro
Vaughn Bernard
Chris Dugan
Arthur Szabowicz
Bernard
Dugan
Szabowicz
Little Weather Relief Is Seen
Forecasters say no relief from the unseasonably cold weather is in sight with the outlook through Saturday showing considerable cloudiness and continued chill. Temperatures stay cold into next week with rainfall expected early next week. Today and tonight expect cloudy skies with occasional showers and thundershowers. Tonight and Friday will be colder, lows 32 to 40, after a high of 48 to 58 this afternoon. Friday high 40 to 48. Northerly winds 8 to 18 mph. Wednesday high 67 and overnight low 39. Rainfall measured .15 inch.
German Pistol Sells At Sotheby's For 14000 Dollars
London AP reports a 31 inch Dresden made pistol from 1610 sold at Sotheby's for 14000 dollars, the highest price for any firearm at auction. D B wheel-lock pistol with D H initials in a heart bought by Bowater Antiques of London from Dr Dagobert D Runes New York, almost new condition. Total 41 firearms from the Runes collection fetched 65046.40 dollars. third sale part set for October.
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London
Dresden
Germany
Sotheby’s
D. H
Dagobert D. Runes
New York City
Philosophical Library
New York
Delegate-at-large at convention means he didn’t take his wife
A lighthearted note explains that a delegate-at-large simply indicates the person did not accompany his wife to the convention, implying no deeper implication about status or significance. The remark underscores a casual, humorous take on political naming conventions.
Armed men loot Red Carpet near Biloxi casino
In Gulfport Mississippi armed white men raided the Red Carpet casino near Biloxi escaping with over 10 000 in cash. Deputy Nello Battaya was disarmed and robbed at gunpoint while another deputy and dogs tracked the thieves. Six men were later arrested in New Orleans on fugitive warrants. names include Robert Ransonet Charles Acevedo Joseph Lacaze Francis Giardina German Alonzo and Carroll Gates.
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Gulfport
Miss
Biloxi
Harrison County
Edward McDonnell
Red Carpet
West Beach
New Orleans
Nello Battaya
Battaya
McDonnell
Switzer
Harrison County Sheriff’s Office. They Were Identified As: Robert T. Ransonet
Wisteria
Charles Acevedo
Race Track Rd
Joseph Lacaze
Clay
Francis Giardina
German Alonzo
Carroll Gates
First nuclear lighthouse beacon opens in Baltimore in 1964
The World Almanac notes the Baltimore Lighthouse on Chesapeake Bay inaugurated May 20 1964 as the first nuclear powered beacon designed to run unattended for ten years.
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Baltimore Lighthouse
Chesapeake Bay
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Molly Brown
Customs Bureau
Red Chinese
Customs Service
Civil Service
Twin City
Bundesrat
Federal Republic
Rainer Barzel
The
PAPAL
Lamar Switzer
Plan Spring
News-Star World
Farmall
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