Mass Trial Set For Negroes After Mississippi March
In McComb Mississippi police untangled details of a mass demonstration involving 118 Negroes and one white man and prepared for trials in city and youth courts. Judge Brumfield will try 19 demonstrators over 18 and Judge Simmons will hear 100 youths aged 13 to 19.
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Robert Brumfield
Hansford L. Simmons
R. S. Simpson
McComb City
Brenda Travis
Issac Lewis
McComb
Miss Travis
Lewis
Knight Nixon Story Takes New Twist
Los Angeles AP reports a new twist in the 1962 California gubernatorial race. Robert Finch accuses former Nixon campaign head Goodwin Knight of trying to influence Nixon to stay out of the race by offering a 1964 presidential delegation. Knight claims Nixon emissary sought to lure him with political appointments. Nixon and J. Howard Edgerton denied the charges.
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Los Angeles
California
Robert Finch
Richard M. Nixon
Goodwin J. Knight
Nixon
Knight
Finch
Nixson
J. Howard Edgerton
Edgerton
Georgia Town Split By Odd Ball Election
In Auburn Georgia 374 residents vote in two parallel elections for mayor and town clerks in one Town Hall with separate boxes. R. H. Burel and John Chesser each win 49 votes amid a dispute over law enforcement and who qualifies as legal town clerk Sara Ann Tullis is replaced by Jack B. Wages with a court ruling pending.
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Auburn
Getem
North Georgia
R. H. Burel
John Chesser
Chesser
Burel
Superior Court
Richard B. Russell III
Sara Ann Tullis
Jack B. Wages
Mayors Honor Ouachita Sheriff Bailey Grant for Tornado Aid
Mayors O L Tait of Jonesboro Ed Askew of Hodge and Luther Hanna of North Hodge sign a joint resolution praising Ouachita Parish Sheriff Bailey Grant for timely aid after the September 12 tornado. The note says the help arrived without being asked.
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Ouachita Parish
Bailey Grant
Jackson Parish
O. L. Tait
Jonesboro
Ed Askew
Hodge
Luther Hanna
North Hodge
U.S. Backs Soviet Plan for Temporary UN Leader
United States reportedly agrees with reservations to Soviet demand that the Security Council nominate the next UN secretary-general with Burma's U Thant seen as a likely interim choice. The U.S. proposal involves a veto-free General Assembly selection to avoid a Soviet veto and unlock deadlock.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
U. N
U Thant
Burma
U. S
World Organization
Security Council
Dag Hammarskjold
U.S
I-nation Security Council
General Assembly
Philosopher decries grown adults acting childish at Duke symposium
Johns Hopkins philosopher Dr. George B. Boas denounces adults striving for childish charm despite aging. He argues adults cling to childish entertainments and express unacknowledged rage while biology progresses. He frames a global view of childhood as a unified “commonwealth of children” needing elder support for world peace.
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Durham
N.C
Johns Hopkins
Duke University Lympsium
George B. Boas
Dr. Boas
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Parish Grand Jury Has Heavy Docket
Ouachita parish grand jury begins its fall session with a large docket planned by District Attorney Albin P Lassiter. The 12 member panel will review all cases from the district attorney and may investigate other matters and assess conditions at local facilities including the parish jail courthouse Green Oaks Juvenile Detention Home Charity Hospital and Louisiana Training Institute.
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Ouachita Parish
Grand Jury
Albin P. Lassiter
S. J. Monroe
Wesley S. Shafto, Sr
J. A. Shipp
T. C. Standifer
M. D. Tarver
Allen Wright
Dutchmen Receive Harsh Prison Terms in Soviet Spy Case
A Soviet military court sentenced Louw de Jager and Evert Reydon to 13 years each for spying. De Jager, 25, denounced Communism and claimed to be a poor loser, while Reydon, 30, admitted spying on Soviet ports for five years and asked for clemency due to his Holland family. The sentence splits into six years in prison and seven in a labor camp. The two-day trial drew Western reporters and ended with De Jager’s controversial statement through an interpreter.
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Kiev
U.S.S.R
Soviet Union
Louw de Jager
de Jager
Evert Reydon
Reydon
Holland
Solon predicts parleys to be disappointing
Washington AP Senator Schoeppel predicts Kennedy's 10 city conference tour next month will meet strong public skepticism. He says cabinet teams will hear voters voice opposition to proposals, urging reliance on elected representatives. Meetings begin November 7 in Chicago and nine other cities to discuss employment youth senior citizens and city needs.
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Washington
Andrew F. Schoeppel
R-Kan
Kennedy
Schoeppel
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
House
House Members What They Think About These Programs,”’ Schoeppel
Chicago
St. Louis
Houston
Nashville
Detroit
Cleveland
New York
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Pierre Salinger
White House
6th Fleet Cure For Insomnia In Mediterranean
Louisville AP reports on the 6th Fleet readiness in the Mediterranean highlighting deterrence against Russia. It notes its atomic capacity from Marines to bombers and missiles with a striking radius exceeding 1 000 miles threatening Soviet centers and Moscow.
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6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Louisville
Russia
Kremlin
Army
Navy
Soviet Union
Moscow
Middle East
Comic Arrested For Obscenity In San Francisco
Police arrested comedian Lenny Bruce in San Francisco on two misdemeanor counts for lewd language at a public performance. He was booked, fingerprinted, posted $200 bail, and returned to the Jazz Workshop for his 1 a.m. act after the North Beach show. Patrolman James Ryan attended the act.
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San Francisco
Lenny Bruce
Bruce
North Beach
James Ryan
Cool Weather Forecast Continues for Northeast Louisiana
The New Orleans Weather Bureau forecasts continued cool, fair weather in Northeast Louisiana through tomorrow. Daytime highs should reach 75 to 80 degrees with nightly lows of 48 to 53, and Saturday is expected to bring clear to partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures.
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Louisiana
New Orleans
Reds Tie World Series Behind Jay Four-Hitter
Cincinnati pitcher Joey Jay held the Yankees to four hits as the Reds won 6-2 to even the World Series at 1-1. Erio Chacon and Eddie Kasko opened the fifth with singles while Elston Howard's passed ball produced the go ahead run. The third game is set for Saturday in Cincinnati.
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NEW York
Cincinnati
Joey Jay
Yankees
Erio Chacon
Eddie Kasko
Elston Howard
Tense Berlin flare as Communist police fire across wall
The Second Berlin incident reports Communist police tossing rocks across the wall and a Red officer firing a single shot at West Berlin police. No injuries. Earlier, East German police wounded in a border crossfire. Mayor Brandt weighs reinforcing West Berlin police amid diplomatic strain.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Bernauerstrasse
West
East Berlin
Theather
Willy Brandt
Vopos
Fant Cites Individual Importance by Shreveport Mayor
Shreveport Mayor Clyde Fant urged the value of the individual in government during a joint civic club luncheon at the Virginia Hotel. He arrived from Shreveport at Selman Field and declined a Berlin trip due to prior commitments, stressing he never breaks a commitment in his political career.
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Shreveport
Clyde Fant
Association of Municipal Officials
Civic Club
Virginia Hotel
O Fant
Fant
Selman Field
Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
W. L. Howard
SAMO
U. S. Conference of Mayors
Berlin
Germany
Samo Group
Rayburn Aide Reports Incurable Cancer Diagnosis
An aide to Sam Rayburn said an examination found incurable cancer with surgery ruled out as there is nothing that can be done. Dr. Robert F. Short conducted a Thursday biopsy at Baylor Hospital and a formal bulletin was to be issued later.
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Dallas
Sam Rayburn
Robert F. Short
Baylor Hospital
Polish Girl Testifies on Blackmail Ties to Polish Secret Police
Ursula Discher testified that former American diplomat Irvin C. Searbeck faced blackmail by Polish security officers after he was caught with her in bed. She said policed offered money and that the agents named Zbigniew and George were involved. Discher recounted Searbeck’s escape plan aided by a West German friend sending a fake telegram about her dying brother.
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Washington
Ursula Discher
Irvin C. Searbeck
Searbeck
Warsaw
Scarbeck
Zbigniew and
George
The
U.B
Poland
Frankfurt
Red China Sells Gold To Pay For Grain Purchases
Washington AP reports Peiping bought 5.89 million metric tons of grain for 1961 delivery and plans more in 1962. To pay, China is selling gold in the London market. Major suppliers include Canada and Australia. Main purchases: wheat, some flour from France, rice from Burma.
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Red China
Washington
China
Peiping
London
Canada
Australia
France
Burma
West Germany
Argentina
Ceylon
Albania
Cuba
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