Elderly Resident Dies After City Traffic Crash
Tommy Olin Phillips, 78, a retired city employee, died at Medical Center Hospital after being struck by a northbound car turning onto First Street at Crane. The incident occurred near First and Crane as Phillips crossed the street. Police noted he did not regain consciousness. no charges filed yet. Funeral arrangements were pending at Hubbard-Kelly.
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Crane
Stephen Davis
Washington Lane
Hubbard - Kelly Funeral Home
Alabama
Karnes City
Alice Haynes
Odessa
Brownwood
Ector County
Astronauts Borman And Lovell Ready To Go On Two Week Trip
Gemini 7 crew Frank Borman and James Lovell say they are ready for a two week spaceflight set to launch Saturday afternoon weather permitting. They will test rendezvous techniques with Gemini 6 pilots Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford as part of a national effort to advance manned spaceflight and approach the moon.
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Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
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Gorge EE. Mueller
U.S
William Schneider
Klansmen Convicted In Liuzzo Slaying
Three Ku Klux Klansmen were found guilty by an all white federal jury in Montgomery Alabama of conspiring to violate Viola Liuzzo civil rights during the Selma to Montgomery march. They received ten year sentences from U S District Judge Frank M Johnson Jr. The verdict followed a deadlocked state court process and marks a second straight white jury verdict in a major racial case. Defendants Collie Wilkins Eugene Thomas and William Eaton faced the 1870 civil rights conspiracy statute for actions linked to Liuzzo s death on U S 80 near Selma. An appeal was announced by attorney Art Hanes.
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UPI
Ku Klux Johnson
T. Klansmen
H. Kirby
Detroit
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Alabama
U.S
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Johnson
Collie Leroy Wilkins
Eugene Thomas
William O. Eaton
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Wilkins
Thomas
Eaton
Liuzzo
Atty
Art Hanes
Birmingham
Alon
Britain Seizes Rhodesia Bank Amid Rebel Crisis
London reports Britain has taken control of the Reserve Bank of Rhodesia under an order in council, gaining access to about 28 million dollars with potential control of the rest as part of efforts to end Ian Smith’s Rhodesian government. The move follows African bloc demands and a push to avert broader regional conflict.
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Ethiopia
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OAU
Kenneth Kaunda
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Africa
Bank Robber Killer Sentenced To Death
Duane Earl Pope was condemned to death by a federal court jury for three killings during a June bank robbery in Big Springs Nebraska. U.S. District Judge Robert Van Pelt set the electric chair date for next March 3. Pope faced murder and bank robbery charges after a trial that began November 1 and ended with more than 14 hours of deliberation.
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Kansas
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Neb
Nebraska
Charles Starkweather
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Robert B. Crosby
Stanton Negro Suit Denied in Federal Court
U S District Judge D W Suttles ruled against former Stanton teachers Belvin Steward and his wife, both Negroes, in a racial discrimination suit over non renewal during school consolidation. The opinion found no direct evidence of wrongful motive and said consolidation occurred without discrimination against white or Negro teachers. The NAACP funds the legal costs and a possible appeal to the Supreme Court remains undecided.
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Stanton
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San Antonio
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U. S. Supreme Court
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Houston
Berry
NAACP
New York
Odessa American
Suttles
January Draft Call Set At 38,280 For 1954 Military
The Defense Department announced a January draft of 38,280 men including 8,980 for the Marine Corps, down from December's 40,200 but the highest monthly total since 1953 during the Korean War. Army draft stands at 29,300. voluntary enlistments ease pressure on the system as total force targets top 3 million. The Navy cut its draft earlier, and the Marine Corps accelerate inductions next year.
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Viet Cong bombing kills Americans in Saigon
In Saigon, Viet Cong terrorists blast a Western military billet near the Metropole, killing 10 and wounding 114 including many Vietnamese, with initial reports noting two Americans dead and 52 wounded. Vietnamese police report eight Vietnamese killed and 62 wounded. a second bomb attempt was thwarted by locals, and U.S. officials condemn the attack as targeting civilians.
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David S. King
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Navy
Joseph L. Thompson
Corpus Christi
Tex
Thompson
Mike Mansfield
Senate
Marine helicopter crash near Da Nang kills marines and Vietnamese
A Marine UH34D helicopter crashed in flames on a troop transport mission about 27 miles south of Da Nang killing four American Marines and nine Vietnamese soldiers feared dead. In separate action, a Navy Skyraider was shot down by anti aircraft fire, with a pilot killed. Ground fighting in South Vietnam dropped to a low point as B52 strikes targeted the Chu Pong area near the Cambodian border.
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