Integrationists Held in Baltimore Demonstration
In Woodlawn Maryland police arrested over 100 people including 23 clergymen during a privately owned amusement park protest against integration. About 6,000 white patrons watched as demonstrators knelt and sang We Shall Overcome.
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Baltimore
Woodlawn
Price
Gwynn Jak
Maryland
Gwyn Falls
Israel Goldman, Cochairman
Maryland Commission’ On
Wav
Baltimore County
David Andrews
Morgan State College
Gwynn Oak
Andrews
Holiday highway toll hits new grim record
The Nation mourns a record Fourth of July weekend toll with 358 confirmed traffic deaths, plus 113 drownings in boating and other related fatalities. Safety experts blame excessive speed, failure to yield, centerline violations, and drinking and driving. The AP tally notes multiple fatal crashes across states, including two Iowa incidents that added to the holiday’s deadly list.
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Associated Press
Focal Times
National Safety Council
Howard Pyle
Associated’ Press
Iowa
Donald Postma
Sioux County
Hudson
St. D
Big Sioux River
Donald
Rock Valley
Postma
Sioux Center
Evelyn Mikelson
Plane Crash at Willow Grove Picnic Kills Seven
A pilotless Navy jet crashed into a Willow Grove Pa picnic area during a sudden rainstorm. Seven people died including four children. Pilot escaped uninjured. 17 plus of 125 injured. Victims named include Jennie Klein 38 and family, Jeanne Arnold 40, Judy Arnold 1, Emanuel Millon Fine 7, Catoline Hershfield 10, and Captain John W. Butler 30.
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Mae
Willow Grove
Abington Memorial Hospital
Jennie Klein
Daugher
Sandra
Harvey Klein
Jeanne Arnold
Judy ‘Arnold
Emanuel Millon Fine
Catoline Hershfield
Philadelphia
John W. Butler
Being Springs
Marina
Willow Grove Naval
Air Station 18 Miles North Of Philadelphia Pilot FJ Fury Malfunction
Navy spokesmen said the cause of the FJ Fury malfunction near the Air Station remained unknown with initial indications pointing to the electrical system. Capt. Albert Waldman pledged a large investigation, while the airfield’s end sits 300 feet from Green Hill Day Camp where picnickers gathered for their annual reunion, tied to the Roseman Cousins Club and Weiner Family Circle.
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Philadelphia
Navy
Albert Waldman
Green Hill
Seither
Roseman
Weiner
United States freezes assets of Cuba and citizens
The United States froze all Cuban assets within its reach and blocked unlicensed financial or commercial transactions by Americans with Cuba. The move classifies Cuba with China and North Korea under stricter rules than the Soviet Union, with refugee funds not affected unless tied to the Castro government.
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Washington
United States
Inday
Fidel Castro
Cuba
China
North Korea
Four Held on Armed Robbery Charges After Hot Chase
Four suspects, identified as Jerry Parsons and Layce Parsons of Kansas City Kansas, Henry Hartman, and Florence Slezak of Kansas City, were held on $25,000 bond after a Sunday gunpoint robbery spree across Clarke Warren and Lucas counties. A high-speed chase involved highway patrol, deputies, and multiple vehicle exchanges ending with the station wagon crash and the four’s surrender.
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Des
Moines
Chase
Jerry Parsons
Kansas City
Ais
Layce
Kan
Henry Hartman
Florence Slezak
Kai “Ee
Henry
Tadianola
Lucas County
Wayne Swanson
Lucas
Swanson
Chariton Cand
Vernon White
Alvin le ‘Madsen
Urbandale
Red, Haw ‘State Park
Chariton
Parsons Held After Kansas City Gunfight Arrest
Parsons 27 of Kansas City Missouri is photographed after fingerprinting following arrest in connection with an armed robbery gun battle in Sandoy. Parsons and another man with two women were held on charges by local officers.
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Jarry’ Parsons
Kansas City
Sandoy
Southern
Awa
Parsons
Khrushchev Meets Spaak Amid East West Tension Showdown
Moscow reports Khrushchev conferred with Belgian Foreign Minister Paul Henri Spaak near Kiev to ease East West tensions as he avoids overt contact with Chinese premier and the Soviet Chinese split talk. Tass notes the meeting as a continuation of 1282 discussions and highlights Western observers barred from the villa. Chen Yi warned of a potential split between the giants, while stressing unity is desired by Chinese and Soviet peoples and socialist nations.
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Moscow
Khyushchev
Kiev
Paul+ Henri Spaak
Belgium
Jehrusaghev
NATO
Moscos
Tass
Khrushchev
Germany
West Berlin
Presidium
Nikolai Pordgorny
Ihe
Valerian Zorin
Ede
Boris
Chen Yi
Peking
Ottumwa Man Drowns After Boat Tip In River
Ottumwa fisherman Roy Kinman reported Sunday night that Art Gardner, 67, of near Ottumwa fell from a small rowboat when it tipped after Gardner stood to lean. Kinman, downstream without a paddle, could not reach him. Gardner’s body was recovered about 10 am today.
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Ottumwa
Des Moines
Roy Kineman
Art. Gardner
Otumwa
Sinman
Gardner
Kinman
Kennedy Wirtz Discuss Plan Ahead of Rail Talks
President Kennedy and Secretary Wirtz conferred as Congress considers new laws to avert a nationwide rail walkout set for Thursday. If talks fail, a compulsory arbitration scheme or government seizure could be proposed. Union and railroad negotiators clash over job cuts and a 40 000 firemen reduction amid threats of a nationwide strike and massive railway disruption.
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White House
Sigis
Congress
James J. Reynolds
Union
Washington
Kennedy
Svith
W. Willard Wirt
Witz
Oritiula
Veerman
Wits
Wirtz
Nin
Wivuz
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainsmen
Order of
Railway Conductors and Frekemen
Switchmen's Union of North America
Association of AmericanRailroads
Thatcher Glass Plant Resumes Production After Wildcat Sitdown
Production at the Thatcher Glass Manufacturing Company's Plastic Packaging Division in Muscatine has resumed after a brief wildcat strike ended at noon Sunday. Workers returned as the three shifts were back to work following the unauthorized stoppage in the plastic tube department.
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Thatcher Glass Manufacturing Company
Plastic Packaging
Muscatine
Wildcat
T He
Pnnny Av Company
Fasl
Aggressive Role Mapped For NAACP Youth Leaders
The NAACP plans a revamped youth role in the integration fight. Wilkins, secretary, says youth leaders are intelligent militant and capable of direct action under national supervision at the 1961 convention in St Paul.
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Chicago
Mississipi Buther
NAACP
St. Paul
Mey
Park-Upon Drumm Farm Proposed Park Plan
The county board will hear George A Balzer's request for special land permits to convert the Drumm farm east of Muscatine into a private recreation area near Montpelier and Fulton townships. The plan includes a lake, cottages, camps, picnic spaces, a beach and food buildings with access from highway 61. Most farmland remains for agriculture. A separate item notes an 8 year old Mason City cat that woke the Raymond family, saving them from a kitchen fire that damaged the home.
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Montpelier
Fulton
County Board of Supervisors
George A. Balzer
Davenport
Balzer
Muscetine
County Zoning Commission
J. R. Dougherty
Jacob Drumm
Highway 61
Montpelier Township
Highway &L
Muscaline
Drumm
Mason City
John Raymond
Raymonds
Sre. Departmentera
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Lea
Leonard
Clarke
Warren and
Lieas Comes
Robert Byers
Elins Plaza
Ogaede
Byers
Warren
Couns
Shelill
Barl Henry
Monroe
Lucas County Line
Heaps
Saveral
Lucas’ County
Charlton
Pol County
Patrolman
Ohn
Mr. K. Snubs
Thatcher Glass
Boy
Wilkins
Wilkingrgaids
Charleston
James
Meredith
Upon Drumm
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