Mississippi Congressmen Face Seat Controversy in 1965
Washington move by Rep. William Fitts Ryan and 16 Democrats seeks to bar Mississippi's five House members from seating pending election contest outcomes driven by voter discrimination claims raised by the Mississippi Freedom Party. Acknowledging Jan 4 oath, the plan aims to keep Mississippi unrepresented until the dispute is resolved.
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Washington
UPI
Mississippi
House
Congress
William Fitts Ryan
Dn.y
Mississippi Freedom Party
Ryan
John W. McCormack
Gregorys Turkey Aid and Challenge in Mississippi
In Jackson and ten Mississippi cities Gregory and Drew Pearson backed an $80,000 turkey drive to aid poor residents. About 12 000 birds were largely given out Wednesday as crowds waited, while a remaining truck faced delays due to mechanical issues. Gregory offered 10 000 dollars to the Ruleville white Citizens Council if they passed a lie detector test.
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Jackson, Miss
UPI
Dick Gregory
Gregory
Drew Pearson
Jackson
Ruleville
Citizens Council
Rights Worker Marries Negro Despite Ban
Denver based white civil rights activist John Perdew, 22, married Amanda Bowen, 19, of Americus, Georgia, in a ceremony led by Rev. R. Williams at Denver's Inner City Protestant Parish. The Harvard student plans to return to Georgia after holidays despite the state law barring interracial marriages. About 30 guests attended as Perdew, son of education professor Philip W. Perdew, commented on expected future opposition.
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Denver
UPI
Georgia
John Perdew
Amanda Bowen
Americus
R. Williams
Perdew
Harvard University
South
Philip W. Perdew
Denver University
Cattle shipment to Italy canceled after disease found
In Tampico Mexico a scheduled shipment of 2500 head of Mexican Hereford and zebu cattle for Italy was halted when more than half were found suffering from an infectious disease. The UPI report notes the cancellation pending further checks.
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Tampico
Mexico
Prison arts boom as Koestler fund fuels jail talent
British inmates win prizes in Koestler Award Scheme profits from writing painting and music with 1960s prize pool. Dartmoor Wakefield Parkhurst inmates produce bestsellers poems and model works including a Victorian merry go round crafted from matchsticks and a Parkhurst paper penman who penned a crucifixion tale.
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Budapest
Vienna
Koestler
Comintern
Vranico
Jim Smith
Smith
Wakefield Cathedral
Don Robson
Dartmoor
Robson
Parkhurst
Wakefield
London
Biracial Christmas at Church in Dixie
RIPLEY Miss AP There will be biracial Christmas services Friday in the shell of a new church rising from the ashes of a burning caused by racial anger The Carpenters for Christmas group led by Oberlin College students plans two Christmas Day services though the roof may be unfinished The Antioch Baptist Church burned after a Mississippi Freedom Democratic rally six miles east of Ripley work progresses with five or six students likely to return later to finish brick work The service will be open to all races and is seen as untroubled by racial tensions
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Ripley
Miss
Paul F. Schmidt
Oberlin
Ohio
Carpenters For
Antioch Baptist Church
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Mississippi
Schmidt
Robber Serving Life Vanishes From Ellis Unit
A fry cook serving life for robbery disappeared Wednesday night from the Ellis unit in Huntsville. Bloodhounds failed to locate 42 year old Talmadge Howard of Harris County, with authorities suspecting a yard area hideout near the prison.
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Huntsville
State
Ellis
Here
Talmadge Howard
Harris County
C. L. McAdams
Howard
Jonty
McAdams
Pilgrims Flock to Holy Shrines in Jerusalem
Pilgrims from around the world, including 4,500 Israeli Christians mostly Arabs, joined foreign visitors at Jerusalem’s holy sites despite Wednesday Arab Israeli gun battles. Christmas sermons aired on Israeli radio as churches planned midnight masses and evening services. In Bethlehem, troops and police managed crowds at the Church of the Nativity amid fire safety precautions. The grotto remains lined with asbestos curtains installed after the 1869 fire.
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Jerusalem
UPI
Old Jerusalem
Holy City
Israel
Jaffa
Bethlehem
Church of the Nativity
Christ’s Birthplace
Two Smiling Youths Tell Murder, Crime
In Savannah UPI reports two hitchhikers confessed to killing textile executive Billy A. Copeland and stealing his car to fuel a five state crime spree across Georgia Tennessee Kentucky West Virginia and North Carolina They boasted of shooting a Marine sergeant in Huntington W V and described bludgeoning Copeland to death in a rural shack Copeland a Lafayette Ga father of four was found bound and dead near Rome after being driven off by the pair The suspects are Roy Dale Chatterton and Woodrow Whitman both in their early twenties
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Savannah
UPI
L A
Georgia
Tennessee
Kentucky
West Virginia
North Carolina
Rine
Huntington
W.va
Roy Dale Chatterton
Woodrow Whitman
Billy A. Copeland
Barwick Mills
Copeland
Rome
Lafayette
Berry College
Johnsons Hang Yule Stockings in Texas Ranch Home
Johnsons hang stockings marked Daddy Mother Lynda and Luci while a balsam eight-foot tree sparkles in the President’s library. Mrs. Johnson did most of the decorating and the family plans to open gifts tonight then again Friday morning. They will attend Christmas services at St Barnabas in Fredericksburg and host 27 kinfolk last year. The First Family spent Christmas at the ranch with holiday duties and cattle work.
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Johnson City
Tex
Lynda
Luci
Johnson
Fredericksburg
Johnsons
Pendarnales River
Ammo Plant Contract Awards to Day & Zimmerman Inc
The Army awarded Day & Zimmerman Inc of Philadelphia a 5,989,548 contract to manufacture ammunition at the Lone Star plant near Texarkana Texas.
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Washington
Day & Zimmerman, Inc
Philadelphia
Lone Star
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