Supreme Court Tosses Walker Libel Victory Against AP
The Supreme Court voided a $500,000 libel ruling won by former Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker against The Associated Press. Nine justices adopted separate opinions to affirm that AP reporters acted with proper care in covering Walker's role during University of Mississippi campus riots in 1962. Justice John M. Harlan concluded Walker, a nonofficial public figure, could not prove damages for a falsehood unless showing extreme publisher malice. The decision did not alter New York Times standards.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Edwin A. Walker
Associated Press
Walker
Fort Worth
Tex
John M. Harlan
University of Mississippi
Oxford
Gen. Walker
Mississippi
James Meredith
Harlan
Savell
Atlanta
New York Times
Fifteen Morris Firms Donate To Downtown Plan Drive
Fifteen Morris businesses contributed toward a $3 183 goal in the first week of a downtown planning program campaign. The Downtown Planning Committee praised the response as very encouraging. Contributions seed the project funded two-thirds by a federal grant and one-third by city and committee.
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Morris
Morris Planning Commission
Wilson Chevrolet
Donica Veading
Robshon Agency
Foster Ford
Johnson Glass
Alvin Narvick
Chamlin and Associates
Dunn and Hayes Law Firm
William Spellisg
Arthur Hall
Newport Hotel
Raymon Forre
Carp‘s Inc
R. H. Beckwith
Carl L. Gardner
Farewell Sermon for Bowden as He Is Transferred
The Rev. Lloyd M. Bowden, six years at Immaculate Conception, is reassigned to St. Rose Church in Kankakee and named dean of the Kankakee Grundy Deanery. He will report next Sunday after giving his farewell sermon this past Sunday. Rev. James Kinzig is assigned to Immaculate Conception immediately.
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Lloyd M. Bowden
Immaculate Conception Church
St. Rose Church
Kankakee
Kankakee-Grundy
Bowden
James Kinzig
Romeo Blanchette
Joliet
Final Registration for Free Red Cross Swim Lessons
Final registration runs 9 to 11 a m Friday Saturday and Monday at the pool. Lessons begin June 20. For information call Miss Katie Hutchins at 942 2409.
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Red Cross
Katie Hutchins
Five day forecast notes warm midweek with showers
The forecast covers Tuesday through Saturday with normal highs of 78 to 83 and lows of 58 to 62. Expect one half to one inch of precipitation mainly Tuesday to Thursday with scattered thunderstorms. Tonight odds of thunderstorms and a low around 68.
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Collins
Morris
Rampage by 400 Black residents in Tampa wounds and fires
A 400 person mob in two Tampa slums attacked whites, looted stores, and set buildings ablaze after a Black youth was struck by a patrolman. At least a dozen hurt including 10 whites. a deputy sheriff died of an apparent heart attack. Police used tear gas and guards monitored the scene. The unrest followed a burglary chase near Nebraska Avenue and Twiggs Street.
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Tampa
Fla
A.H. Wainwright
Nebraska Ave
Twiggs St
Robert Gilder
NAACP
Carl DeWitt
Joyce
DeWitt
Gilder
Claude Kirk
National Guard
Illinois August draft call tops 1714 in state
Springfield AP reports the August draft call in Illinois totals 1 714 men the highest since last November. The August quota exceeds July by 444 and compares with November at 2 189, with the state Selective Service headquarters issuing the figures.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Selective Service
Airman R Fox Injured in One Car Crash
Grundy County sheriff reports five weekend traffic accidents with one injury. Airman Ronald Fox 19 on leave was slightly hurt when a front tire blew on the Gardner blacktop near Illinois 47 and his car struck a tree. He was treated at Morris Hospital and released. His car was towed.
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Grundy County
Hexdall
Fox
Morris Hospital
Hansen Wrecker
Illinois
Sis
Morris
Devyy Thndall
Carmichael Arrest Triggers Gun Battle in Alabama Riot
In Prattville a gun battle erupted after Stokely Carmichael was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge. National Guardsmen and police, aided by a nightlong vigil, removed about 30 Negroes from a house, found ammunition, and treated several officers for minor injuries. Carmichael remained jailed as bond was set.
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Prattville
Ala
Stokely Carmichael
National
Phillip Wood
Wood
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Carmichael
Obie Thompson
SNCC
James Loftus
County Court of Records
National Guard
Kenneth Hill
Hill
Prattville General Hospital
Thompson
Court upholds $460000 libel verdict in Wallace Butts case
The supreme court today affirmed a $460000 libel judgment won by Wallace Butts former athletic director at University of Coorla against Curtis Publishing Co The ruling preserves the award against the publisher for defamatory content.
Mark Wix Selected for AFS Abroad Summer Program
Morris Community High School student Mark Wix has been chosen for the AFS Americans Abroad Summer Program. He will travel from Chicago to New York aboard the SS Ryndam, spend nine weeks with hosts in Gladbeck Germany, tour Bremen, and return to New York in September. He hopes to enter the diplomatic corps after his education.
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Germany
MCHS
Mark Wix
The
American Field Service
Herald
Morris Community High School
Milford Wix
W. North St
AFS
Morris Afs
Mark
New York
Morris
Chicago
Ryndam
Europe
India
Middle East
Africa
Rotterdam
Hans Buschek
Gladbeck
Gladbecks
Cologne
Buschek
Gerd
Essen
Ruhr
North Sea
Bremen
U. S
Diplomatic Corps
Canada
Tom Lois
Cheri Bernstein
Lois Jones
Man Drowns In Dresden Lake Saturday
Albert Jones 42 of Robbins died in 12 feet of water at Dresden Acres Lake near Coal City during a fishing trip with Ben Norfleet. Norfleet found Jones missing about 2 hours after they began fishing and alerted emergency services. The body was recovered around 4 am. Jones left a wife and eight children.
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Dresden Acres Lake
Coal City
Grundy County
W. Clark Davis
Albert Jones
Ridgeway Ave
Robbins
Davis
Jones
Ben Norfleet
Norfleet
Davis Funeral Home
Miller-Major
Ones
U N Council Bans Troop Movements Amid Middle East Tensions
The UN Security Council urged Israel and Syria to stop forward troop moves and withdraw units beyond cease fire lines. Israel claimed tank moves stayed behind lines as observers confirmed activity. Ben Gurion urged reclaiming areas including parts of Jerusalem.
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Elath
Gulf of Aqaba
Egypt
Gulf
Middle East
Sharm el Sheikh
Strait of Tiran
Jordan
Syria
Israel
U.N. Security Council
U.N
David Ben- Gurion
Jerusalem
Court Upholds Dr. King Conviction in 1963 Birmingham Mayhem
The Supreme Court by a 5-4 vote affirms contempt convictions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and seven other ministers for defying a Birmingham Alabama permit denial and state court injunctions to stop civil rights protests on Good Friday and Easter Sunday 1963. Justice Stewart writes for the majority defending due process and rule of law over street action.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Martin Luther King Jr
Birmingham
Ala
Potter Stewart
Earl Warren
William O. Douglas
William J. Brennan Jr
Abe Fortas
Stewart
Alabama
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Glenn Johnson
Ken Iverson
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Benson Pontiac
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Liberty Sts
Florida
Joel Atkins
Winter Haven
Clearwater
Martin Chambers
James R. Calvert
Calvert
R. Fox
Dresden Lake
U.N. Council
Levi Eshkol
Eshkol
Sea of Galilee
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