Malcolm X warns Selma nonviolence may break down
In Selma hundreds of Negro students heard Malcolm X predict the civil rights campaign could abandon its nonviolent image. His visit delayed registration marches as Perry County saw renewed demonstrations and about 200 arrests. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. remained jailed, Coretta Scott King and Rosa Abernathy visited, while nearly 800 demonstrators swelled Selma Marion arrests. 500 plus jailed, exact totals unclear.
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Alabama
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Atlanta
Ralph Abernathy
King
Marion
Here
Thomaston
Johnson backs Hoover birthplace park plan at White House
President Johnson reportedly supports establishing a national park at Herbert Hoover birthplace and burial site in West Branch Iowa. Iowa Governor Harold E Hughes and Des Moines publisher Gardner Cowles said Johnson pledged to back the project in all legally possible ways during a White House visit Wednesday.
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Hoover Park
Washington
Johnson
Herbert Hoover
West Branch
Iowa
Harold E. Hughes
Des Moines
Gardner Cowles
White House
Maeer
State bill boards control measure proposed along interstate highways
In Des Moines Sen Peter Hansen and five others introduced a bill to place billboard control under state authority and require payment to owners for advertising rights. Hansen cited a potential $17 million federal road fund bonus for Iowa if enacted, with prior attempts failing. The article also notes a joint session invitation to American Legion national commander Donald E. Johnson for Feb 15.
Rites Held For Hancher At Iowa City
Virgil M. Hancher, president emeritus of the University of Iowa, buried in Oakland Cemetery after services at Trinity Episcopal Church Iowa City. The Rt Rev Gordon V Smith officiated with assisting bishops in a funeral for the Iowa City figure who died of a heart attack in New Delhi India last Saturday.
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Virgil M. Haneher
University of Iowa
Trinity Episcopal
Churei
Gordon V. Smith
Des Moines
Episcopal
Iowa
Hancher
New Delhi
India
Oakland
Smith
Robert E. Holzhammer
Frederick W. Putnam
Oklahoma
Ilowa City
LBJ Backs Rights, Surplus Sale, and UN Talks
President Johnson urged unity to protect voting rights for all citizens amid Alabama registration concerns. He urged Congress to grant him authority on surplus farm commodity sales to the United Arab Republic. He expressed cautious optimism about a potential Soviet visit and noted he would review De Gaulle’s five power UN conference ideas after a fuller report.
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Johnson
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Senate
Soviet Union
Charles de Gaulle
Red China
United Nations
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de Gaulle
Five Power Talks Suggested by De Gaulle
Paris AP Charles de Gaulle proposed a five power conference including Communist China to review the UN charter and consider a new world monetary system not tied to the dollar or pound. He urged Geneva as the meeting site with the USSR Britain France the United States and China as participants.
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Charles de Gaulle
China
United Nations
France
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Britain
United States
U.N. Security Counsell
Commission OKs Road Projects in Ames
AMES RP The Town Highway Commission considered mostly farm to market roads at its letting Wednesday when it approved $6,098,765 in construction projects. About $500,000 of it was for interstate and primary road construction.
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AMES
Town Highway Commission
Aleutian Quake Hits Alaska Islands No Casualties
An Alaska Aleutian Islands quake struck at 12:06 am EST, centering near Amehitka Shemya area. No casualties or major damage were reported though warnings of tidal waves spread, with evacuations in some coastal zones and aftershocks continuing for hours.
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Hawaii
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Alaska
Alaska Defense Command
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Shemya Island Air Station
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Shemya Land
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Aleutians
Crescent City
Calif
San Francisco
Washington Counties
Civil Defense
Olympia
Wide Areas Still Feel Cold Wave Across U S Plains to Atlantic
The Associated Press reports a deep freeze across the central and northern Plains to the Atlantic. Subzero highs persist in Wisconsin to Montana with Chicago under seven straight days below zero. Snow and wind affect New York and Washington areas. Watertown schools closed. 2,000 Marines begin winter exercises near Watertown.
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Wisconsin
Montana
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Minn
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Great Lakes
Texas
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Johnson Hopes for Soviet Visit in 1965
Johnson, newly on record as hopeful of visiting the Soviet Union this year, has initial backing from many senators, Democrats and Republicans. He hinted Wednesday night that such a journey already is tentative in the works and expressed hope that Soviet leaders will visit the United States in 1965. Some senators say the trip could ease East-West tensions and deserve approval. Others say it would do no harm.
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Washington
Johnson
Soviet Union
United States
Heir to Fortune Found Dead in Suspected Suicide
Eu gene Francis McDonald III, heir to a Zenith Radio Corp. fortune, was found dead in Tucson on Wednesday night with wrists slashed and a .22 caliber bullet wound to the head. Police said it appeared McDonald killed himself.
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Tucson
Ariz
Eugene Francis McDonald III
Zenith Radio Corp
McDonald
Johnson Urges Continued Farm Price Support and Parity
Johnson told Congress that farm price support programs should be continued and improved. He cited 30 years of New Deal programs aiding commercial agriculture and noted nearly a billion dollars in annual net farm income gains over four years. He argued consumer benefits from farm progress, outlined parity of opportunity for rural Americans, and urged extending price supports to sustain income and reduce government costs.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
America
Jenkins Ignores Subpoena In Baker Probe
Washington AP Jenkins former Johnson aide did not appear before the Senate Rules Committee for questioning in the Bobby Baker probe. His lawyer and a treating psychiatrist asked the closed session to excuse him from testifying. The case involves a local insurance agent Reynolds and $1,208 worth of advertising on a Johnson family controlled Austin station tied to a $100,000 life policy.
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Washington
Walter Jenkins
Johnson
Senate Rules Committee
Bobby Baker
Jenkins
Pey [Ten Ford
Leon Yodelson
White House
House Weighing Death Penalty Des Moines Debate Over Abolition
Des Moines AP report on a Thursday House debate over abolishing the death penalty. Lawmakers considered replacing death with life terms for first degree murder and kidnapping for ransom. An amendment to keep life imprisonment only was adopted.
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Des Moines
Charles Korn
D-Logan
House
Rep
Carroll Redfern
D-Donnellson
Donald Doyle
Sioux City
Doyle
Bundy Says U S to Seek Red Defeat in Viet Nam
SAIGON AP Bundy arrives for a three day fact finding mission as Johnson pledges US resolve to defeat the Viet Cong. Buddhist groups threaten new antigovernment demos next week amid lunar New Year lull and unclear fate of Gustav Hertz missing public administration chief. Weather partly cloudy with warming trend and southerly winds tonight and Friday.
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McGeorge Bundy
Bundy
Johnson
Viet Nam
Gustav Hertz
U.S
Hertz
Leesburg
Aid Mission
Snowfall Forecasts Heavy in Larium Michigan Streets
County highway engineer John Jackson projects snowfall reaching 300 inches before May in Larium Michigan, signaling severe winter conditions for local streets and transportation planning.
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Larium
Mich
John Jackson
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