Supreme Court OKs federal use in slayings rights case
The Supreme Court unanimously approved federal prosecution of three officers and 14 others in the 1964 slaying of three civil rights workers near Philadelphia Mississippi. Justice Fortas led the Mississippi ruling while Justice Stewart outlined the Penn case seeking interstate travel rights and intent to infringe federal rights. Four separate opinions and partial dissents followed.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Miss
Abe Forlas
Hugo J. Black
Forlas
Mississippi
High Tribunal
Lemuel Penn
Washington, DC
Georgia
Potter Stewart
Penn
Stewart
Ku Klux Klan
John M. Harlan
William J. Brennan
Earl Warren
William C. Douglas
Brennan
Tom C. Clark
Truck driver saves public as rig flips on hill
Russell Johnson of Newark New Jersey risked his life Saturday when his tractor trailer rolled downhill on a steep grade in That Smarts Pennsylvania. He braked to prevent a major crash, flipping the rig onto its side and suffering scalp lacerations and body injuries. Police commended his bravery and fined him $50 plus costs for exceeding road weight limits.
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UPI
Russell Johnson
Newark
N.J
Johnson
Five Die On State Highways In Wisconsin Toll Rise
Five weekend deaths in separate highway crashes raise Wisconsin 1966 fatalities to 178, up from 192 a year earlier. Lars Anderson, 20, of Brodhead died in Monroe after a two car crash on Highway 1181. Frederick McKeon, 43, of Des Plaines, illinois, fatally injured on Highway 100 in Franklin. Harold Dell, 28, a physics instructor at the Manitowoc University Center, died in a two car crash on Highway 141 near Abrams. Ralph H. Gabrilska, 36, of Oshkosh, killed on Highway 21 east of Omro. Debra Oellrich, 4, of Hager City died from injuries sustained Friday.
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Associated Press
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Lars Anderson
Brodhead
Monroe
Frederick McKeon
Des Plaines
Franklin
Harold Dell
Manitowoc University Center
Highway 141
Abrams
Oconto County
Ralph H. Gabrilska
Oshkosh
Omra
Debra Oellrich
Hager City
Pierce County
Air Wisconsin Increases Fare To $19 For One-Way
Air Wisconsin raises its one way fare from Appleton to Chicago by $3 to $19 effective April 1, boosting total cost against alternative routes. The article compares North Central and local limousine options from Oshkosh area, noting door to door service and varying pickup destinations.
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Appleton
Chicago
North Central
Winnebago County
Oshkosh
Neenah
Menasha
Gutagamie County
Blinking Light Sightings Spread Across Great Lakes Region
Reports of blinking lights extend from southern Michigan into Ohio and Wisconsin, with about 100 miles north in Michigan's thumb area. Swamp gas theory proposed by Northwestern University physicist Dr. J Allen Hynek, Air Force consultant, named as possible explanation. Ohio officer R D Landversicht photographed a light near Wright Patterson AFB. Blue Book officials note such reports follow Michigan incidents. A Sylvania firefighter told a Toledo radio station of four objects seen, details continued on page 12.
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Ohio
Wisconsin
Thumb
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Green Bay
Wis
Toledo
Dayton
Northwestern University
J. Allen Hynek
Air Force
Ohio Highway
R. D. Landversicht
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Wright Patterson
Project Blue Book
Hector Juintanifla
Blue Book
Kidnapping News: Teen Taken From Fla. Home During Night Hold Up
A short, stocky gunman invaded the home of wealthy contractor Aaron Goldman in Miami, Florida, tied and gagged the parents, and abducted their 18 year old son Daniel on his birthday. He demanded 25 000 dollars with a 6 am Tuesday deadline and threatened the boy’s life if not paid. Neighbors alerted police as the kidnapper fled with the youth. The Goldmans do not know if the ransom will be paid and the intruder said he would contact them tonight.
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Miama
Fla
Aaron Goldman
Daniel
Goldman
Dog Bite Victim Receives Rabies Shots In San Diego
Maj. David L. Mead a 39-year-old Vietnam veteran was bitten by a collie while rescuing children. After two dangerous antirabies injections he shows no serious illness and has a good chance of surviving though his epilepsy could be aggravated. The dog remains at large for observation.
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San Diego
Calif
David L. Mead
Mead
Mighty air attack blasts Viet Cong mine plant near Saigon
U S Air Force bombers dropped 100000 pounds of explosives on mangrove swamps 18 miles southeast of Saigon near the river approaches as Marines sweep toward the capital. An Air Force spokesman said a jungle mine factory hidden among 40 foot high mangroves was obliterated. The raid was described as the most awesome and devastating sight he had seen. Additional strikes hit Tay Ninh Province near the Cambodian border and radar aided high altitude missions over North Viet Nam.
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South Viet Nam
Air Force
Guam
Tay Ninh
National Liberation Front
Peace Rallies Mild in State
Anti war demonstrations across the country were mild in Wisconsin with 1500 UW students gathering on Bascom Hill in Madison to hear Yale professor Staughton Lynd describe a peace movement to end the Vietnam War. In Milwaukee 53 women in black banners observed a 50 minute silent vigil while La Crosse and Kenosha saw scattered protests.
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Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
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Kenosha
Bascom Hill
Staughton Lynd
Hanoi
State Department
Viet Nam
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Lynch
Pro Westerner Sunay Elected Turkey's Fifth President
Gen Cevdet Sunay a former career officer and four star general was elected fifth president of the Turkish Republic. He succeeds Ce mal Gursel who is in a coma after strokes. Sunay, a moderate pro Western figure, resigned his military uniform. 461 of 532 deputies and senators voted for him at a joint assembly and senate session.
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Cevdet Sunay
Cemal Gursel
Sunay
Turkey
Assembly
Senate
Gandhi Arrives for White House Talks With Johnson
India Prime Minister Indira Gandhi meets President Johnson at the White House to discuss peace, Pakistan relations, and India’s economic and social challenges. She calls for closer understanding among nations and emphasizes enduring friendship between India and the United States.
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Johnson
India
Indira Gandhi
United States
White House
Williamsburg
Fourteen Klansmen Charged in Fatal Fire Slaying
FBI agents arrested 14 Mississippi Ku Klux Klan members over a firebombing that killed Vernon Dahmer, a Black civil rights worker, in Hattiesburg on January 10. The group, linked to the White Knights of Mississippi, face civil rights violation charges. Sam Holloway Bowers Jr. remains at large.
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Miss
API
FBI
Mississippi
Houston
Tex
Sam Holloway Bowers Jr
Mississippi Klan
Laurel
Vernon S. Dahmer
Dahmer
J. Edgar Hoover
White Knights
Ku Klux Klan
Bowers
Gripe-In Planned by California State College Students
In Long Beach California the Associated Students plan a gripe-in for March 9 staged against peers who did not voice grievances through sit-ins teach-ins or other demonstrations at California State College Long Beach UPI reports.
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Long Beach
Calif
UPI
Associated Students of California State College
LA Times reports two seats for U S Brack meet
The Los Angeles Times special events department said it received an order for two seats on the American side of the field for next July's U S Brack meet in the Coliseum.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Los Angeles Times Special Events Department
Coliseum
Wisconsin Man Is Electrocuted
Roy Bakken a 39 year old man from Westby was electrocuted Saturday in Austin Minnesota while repairing blizzard damaged power lines in Mower County. He touched a high voltage line while checking a loose insulator and died. He was a father of five.
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Wisconsin
Roy Bakken
Westby
Mower County
Bakken
State's Young Dems Call for Cease Fire
Wisconsin's Young Democrats urged a multilateral cease fire in Vietnam at their state convention. A substitute resolution backed by Oshkosh delegates urged fastest possible talks with the National Liberation Front, while opposed by Rep. Zablocki who warned against recognizing the NLF. He supported escalation to protect troops and warned against taking over land as peace goal. David Carley addressed the gathering, criticizing Humphrey and urging support from delegates alongside Lt. Gov. Lucey and others. Demonstrations pro and anti Johnson occurred, and UW student Conrad Goodkind was re elected state chairman.
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Wisconsin
Young Democrats
Viet Nam
Oshkosh
Platform
United States
National Liberation Front
South Viet Nam
Zablockl
Clement J. Zablocki
D-Wis
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NLF
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Hubert Humphrey
Henry Reuss
Lynn Stalbaum
John Race
Manitowoc Hotel
Conrad Goodkind
University of Wisconsin
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