Murder Trial Recessed For 24 Hours In Alabama Case
A 24 hour recess was granted in the murder trial of Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr. in Hayneville to seek a ruling on juror exclusions. Attorney General Richmond Flowers sought delay after the judge refused to dismiss 11 jurors who had expressed bias against civil rights workers. The case concerns the slaying of Viola Liuzzo, a Detroit civil rights participant, during the Selma to Montgomery march.
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Hayneville
Ala
Richmond Flowers
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
T. Worth Thagard
Flowers
Alabama Supreme Court
Montgomery
Supreme Court
Arthur J. Haines
Birmingham
Hanes Lid Wilkins
Wilkins
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Detroit
Hanes
Collins
Alabama
United States
Washington
Katzenbach
U.S
Brown
Local Officials Plan to Skip Compliance Meeting
Juachita Parish School Board Superintendent Milton C Hall says Louisiana superintendents will not attend a Washington meeting with the U S Office of Education on a compliance agreement. Federal officials say absence signals failure to sign and could endanger about 70000 in funds per parish and district losses.
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Washington
U. S. Office of Education
Milton C. Hall
Juachita Parish
Louisiana
Hall
Mon City
Desert Camel Health From Salt Brackish Water Risks
A Natural History Magazine note explains how camels endure desert travel with brackish or salt water when fresh is unavailable. It discusses potential health effects and adaptations that allow survival in harsh, water-scarce conditions.
Hearing Set on 27 Louisiana School Boards Desegregation
A Washington hearing will consider stripping federal funds from 27 Louisiana school districts that failed to comply with the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Neither the state education department nor the boards plan to attend, risking loss of funds beyond school lunch programs and affecting grants from the 1965 act.
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Baton Rouge
UPS
Washington, D.C
Louisiana
Office
U.S. Education Com
Hmussivuncs
Ltaancis Neppel
State Education Department
Avoyelles
Bienville
Caldwell
Cameron
Catahoula
Concordia
DeSoto
East Carroll
Franklin
Grant
Lafourche
LaSalle
Lincoln
Morehouse
Ouachita
Plaquemines
Red River
Richland
Sabine
St. Bernard
St. James
Tensas
Union
Vermilion
Webster
West Carroll
Winn
James D. Prescott
Louisiana School Boards Association
Congress
Keppel
John Gardner
Health, Education and Welfare
Waiting boats line grows as Cuban exodus continues
In Key West a 16 refugees arrive by 25 foot motorboat and a 1930s era flotilla of 170 boats waits to export dissatisfied Cubans. Coast Guard cutters Cape Shoalwater and Diligence bring in more refugees while families reunite and fears of conscription to Vietnam spark further crossings.
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Key West
Fla
Cuba
Havana
Jaggio
Florida
U.S. Coast Guard
Cape Shoalwater
Coast Guard
Cay Sal
Miami
Florida Straits
Cifuentes
Camarioca
Varadero
Felix Valle Gonzalez
Juan Gerardo
Marathon
Florida Keys
Jose Gerardo
Diligence
U.S
Aron Receives Captain’s Bars at Ft Gordon Hospital
Carl W. Aron son of Mr and Mrs S David Aron of Monroe received captain’s bars in a ceremony at Ft Gordon Army Hospital Georgia He serves as a pharmacy officer and is a Neville High School and University of Mississippi graduate He earlier promoted to first lieutenant while stationed on Okinawa sharing the same NCOIC at the hospital pharmacy.
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Carl W. Aron
S. David Aron
Park Ave
Monroe
Ft. Gordon Army Hospital
Georgia
Capt. Aron
Capt
Aron
Neville High School
University of Mississippi
Okinawa
Hoover Says Reds Exploit U.S. Groups
FBI Director J Ed gar Hoover warned that Communists are exploiting student demonstrations over Vietnam and the Dominican Republic. He said the party instructs members to cooperate with protest groups to weaken the government and is expanding into more open activity during 1965.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
U.S
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Hoover
Communist Party
U.S.A
United States
Ku Klux Klan
Hungarian Envoy Seeks Asylum After Disappearance in London
A Hungarian diplomat, Laszlo Szabo, 42, missing from his London apartment since Saturday, has requested political asylum in the United States and left Britain. Scotland Yard searches are ongoing while Szabo’s wife and daughter remain in London and embassy officials monitor the case.
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London
Foreign Office
United States
Britain
Laszlo Szabo
Szabo
Scotland Yard
U.S
Tiny Geiger counters aid cancer treatment hope
Columbia University surgeons report the creation of tiny paper clip sized tissue isotope monitors that embed in tumors to track phosphorus tracer decay. The method aims to rapidly predict treatment response, tested in 14 operable cancer cases, and could enable earlier combined therapies. A Duke University doctor also details a new technique to locate lung emboli using heated serum albumin particles labeled with radioactive material.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Columbia University
Congress of the
American College of Surgeons
Richard L. White
Frederic P. Herter
White
Brooklyn, N.Y
FON Corp
Duke University
David C. Sabiston Jr
State Highway Board Sees Contractors Air Complaints in Baton Rouge
James W. Moore leads a Baton Rouge session with road contractors to hear recommendations and complaints. The afternoon meeting precedes the regular bid letting, noted as the largest in department history with 42 contracts totaling about 350 miles of road work.
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James W. Moore
State Highway Board
Baton Rouge
Highway Department
Moore
Mississippi River Bridge Authority
Twin Cities Weather Outlook Mild With Sunshine
Partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures prevail in the Twin City area with no rain expected. Highs will reach 80 to 84 today and Wednesday, lows 60 to 64. Monroe Selman Field saw a Monday high of 86 and a 53 degree low with no rain. Sunshine near 60 percent is anticipated, and winds will be variable to easterly at 5 to 15 mph.
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Twin City
FAA
Selman Field
Monroe
Twin Cities
Klan Chief Balks At Solons' Probe
Imperial Wizard Robert Shelton refused to produce records subpoenaed in the House Un American Activities Committee hearings into the Ku Klux Klan citing constitutional protections. Witness Donald Appell testified the Klan has spread fear across the South and that some law enforcement officers may be infiltrated.
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Robert Shelton
The
United Klans of America
House Un-American Activities
Mittee
Washington
Shelton
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Georgia
Invisible Empire
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Lester Chalmers
Edwin E. Willis
D-La
Donald T. Appell
South
Appell
Dla
Cong Defections Rise as Viet Cong Defect in South
In Saigon a Vietnamese military spokesman said Viet Cong defections to the South Vietnamese government are increasing in small armed units. During the past week 373 Viet Cong personnel defected, taking with them a light machine gun 66 other weapons and 55 grenades.
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Saigon
UPI
Thousands seek blind date with Army Air Force cadets
Col. Jack Reilly, Daley aide in charge of the Soldier Field dinner dance for the Army Air Force game, received 5,000 applications from women for 2,000 cadets. Many letters reveal politics, fashion, and ambitions, with debuts and dilettantes among applicants.
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Chicago
Jack Reilly
Reilly
Richard J. Daley
Soldier Field
Army
Air Force
Col. Reilly
Daley
Santo Domingo sees renewed fighting as troops fire on snipers
In Santo Domingo a man was killed and two wounded as Dominican troops clashed with rebel partisans in the dock district. President Garcia-Godoy ordered troop reductions and halted civilian arms permits while dispatching battalions to seize weapons and police the capital.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Hector Garcia-Godoy
Ozama Fortress
Constitution Plaza
Humberto Trifillo
Francisco Caamano Deno
Garcia-Godoy
Monarch Flees Burundi Palace as Rebels Attack
In Burundi insurgents seized the palace in Bujumbura as King Mwambutsa IV fled toward the Congo. Premier Leopold Biha was wounded while fleeing the palace, two soldiers were killed, and Belgian Sabena suspended its Nairobi to Bujumbura flight.
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Brussels
Belgium
Burundi
Congo
Mwambutsa IV
Bujumbura
Leopold Biha
Biha
Sabena
Today's Chuckle
An old-timer recalls a time when people relaxed on Sundays rather than Mondays, a quip about changing social rhythms and work culture.
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