Broader Civil Disobedience Threat Emerges From Selma Meet
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr warns broader civil disobedience in Selma Alabama if Negro civil rights demands are not met. He calls to intensify voter drive actions, possibly risking jailings and night marches as he travels to Atlanta and plans return to Selma. He també cites Sheriff Clark as a hurdle to progress and notes slow voter registration in Dallas County. In McComb Mississippi witnesses say racial tension has eased after white leaders oppose violence, with 600 white businessmen signing a statement following bombing arrests.
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Selma
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Dallas County
Atlanta
Alabama
Robert W. Brumfield
McComb
Pearl Bailey Leaves Hospital After Heart Strain Recovery
Pearl Bailey, 46, exited Mt Sinai Hospital after over two weeks of treatment for exhaustion. Doctors said no permanent heart damage, she needs convalescence at home in the San Fernando Valley and could return to nightclub work next month if all goes well.
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Hollywood
Pearl Bailey
Miss Bailey
Mt. Sinai Hospital
San Fernando Valley
May Oust Moses From Fair Post
The New York Times reports Robert Moses may be moved from his World’s Fair presidency to an honorary post and a new chief operating officer may be named. Discussions at state and city levels aim to reshape the fair’s image for the 1965 season beginning in April.
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New York
Robert Moses
New York Times
McNamara Outlines Possibilities Of Nuclear Exchange With Reds
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara testified that a massive Soviet nuclear attack would likely hit American cities alongside military targets. He warned Red China could eventually field medium to long range missiles, with thermonuclear warheads, posing a long term threat. He described casualty ranges and timing effects on U.S. retaliatory forces and noted limited effectiveness of bombers if urban attacks are delayed.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Congress
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
House
Armed Services Committee
McNamara
Red China
Premature Quadruplets Die After Born Tuesday
In Ventura California three boys and a girl born Tuesday to Mrs J Gary Gwilliam and her husband a Ventura County deputy district attorney died within hours. Doctors cited immaturity rather than prematurity as the cause, saying the quadruplets’ physiological development could not sustain life.
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Ventura
Calif
J. Gary Gwilliam
Ranger 8 Turns Toward Moon For Descent Mission
Ranger 8 program at Jet Propulsion Laboratory reports a successful midcourse maneuver to alter course toward Mare Tranquillitatis. The camera craft will crash on the moon in about 13 minutes of final flight, aiming for the east central area while capturing over 4000 images.
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Pasadena
Calif
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Ranger
Ranger 8
Ranger 7
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Woman Flyer Believed Killed in Equatorial Round-the-World Flight
Los Angelesborne report says Joan Merriam Smith 28 and co pilot Trixie Schubert 42 died in a small plane crash in the San Gabriel Mountains after taking off from Long Beach while pursuing the equatorial route around the world. Smith, husband of the missing flyer, expects official confirmation after coroner's review. The affair followed Smith and Jerrie Mack's earlier efforts toward the first woman to circle the globe, with Smith claiming the longer equatorial route victory.
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Los Angeles
San Gabriel Mountains
Joan Merriam Smith
Trixie Ann Schubert
Joan
Long Beach
Cmdr
Marvin
Jack) Smith Jr
Smith
Endurance
Long Beach Harbor
Jerrie Mack
Columbus
Ohio
Mrs. Mack
Amelia Earhart
International and domestic efforts to curb drain on dollars
In Indonesia a Communist led mob stormed the U S Consulate in Medan, tore down the flag, and forced police to clear the library. In Washington President Johnson convened 370 top businessmen to urge voluntary limits on lending and investing abroad to reduce the gold-dollar drain, while threatening legislative action if needed. The meeting followed a major tax cut announcement and highlighted the balance of payments crisis as Johnson pressed for restraint in Europe, Canada, and Japan.
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Indonesia
U.S
Medan
Sumatra
Theodore Heavner
Washington
Johnson
Europe
White House
National Industrial Conference Board
NICB
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Canada
Japan
Congress
Snow slide at Granduc mines may kill 40 to 50
A Royal Canadian Air Force report says 40 to 50 men may have died in a snow and ice slide at the Granduc mines 800 miles north of Vancouver. A Pacific Western plane relayed word that the slide on the Leluc glacier collapsed on the mining camp. Authorities including the army RCMP and provincial officials were alerted. The Granduc project near Stewart BC plans road and tunnel work to access an ore body with copper content.
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Vancouver
B. C
Granduc
Royal Canadian Air Force
RCAF
Pacific Western Airlines
Leluc
Army
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Stewart
Portland Canal
Granduc Mines
Tide Lake
Pontiff calls for peace at global conference in New York
Pope Paul VI urged nations to forge friendship and reject armed conflict amid a grave international crisis. The gathering, sponsored by the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, included Linus Pauling who warned that a nuclear age war could annihilate millions and threaten human survival. The pope hoped the convocation would translate talks into action for world peace.
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New York
Paul VI
John XXIII
Center For the Study of Democratic
Linus Pauling
Pope Paul
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Spaceman to Have Writ TM Operation
Houston surgeon to operate on astronaut M. Scott Carpenter to remove a bone spur from his left wrist in a scheduled procedure. The operation aims to relieve a medical issue hindering flight duties. Carpenter, a noted space figure, remains under careful supervision.
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Houston
Tex
M. Scott Carpenter
Possible Additional Members Sought in Statue of Liberty Plot
New York police, the FBI, and the RCMP seek possible co conspirators in the thwarted plan to detonate the Statue of Liberty Washington Monument and Liberty Bell. Police report undercover officer Raymond Wood helped uncover the hazardous material scheme. four suspects including Michelle Duclos are charged.
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New York
FBI
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Washington Monument
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Philadelphia
Chicago
Baltimore
Toronto
Montreal
Raymond Wood
Canada
Michelle Duclos
Michael J. Murphy
Wood
Scond
Cave-in Delays Effort to Reach Drowning Victim
In Dolgeville New York a cave in hampered the rescue attempt for 23-year-old James Mitchell trapped in a water-filled cave. Jagged rock blocked two shaft holes and damaged two drill bits hindering progress as workers drill through 32 feet of limestone ceiling above the body.
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Dolgeville
N.Y
James Mitchell
North Viet Nam accuses U S commando boats of shelling village
North Viet Nam charged that four South Vietnamese commando boats shelled Quyhn Lap commune in Nghe An Province at 1230 hours. Two raiding boats were damaged by North Vietnamese patrol craft. Hanoi Radio said local armed forces answered with fire. U S spokesman in Saigon declined comment.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
United States
Quynh Lap
Nghe An
Ha van Lau
International Armistice Commission
Hanoi
Hanoi Radio
Democratic Republic of
Viet Nam
Quyhn Lap
Quynh Lau
U.S
Adlai Predicts U.N. Will Avoid Dues Showdown
Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson said the U.N. General Assembly would dodge a U.S. Soviet confrontation and adjourn this afternoon for a September recess. Albania and Red China's ally pressed for votes on voting rules and agenda, risking a clash over Soviet dues delays tied to Congo and Middle East operations.
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United Nations, N.Y
Adlai E. Stevenson
U.N. General Assembly
U.S
Albania
China
United Nations
Assembly
Stevenson
Alex Quaison- Lackey
Ghana
Halim Budo
Budo
Red China
Quaison-Lackey
Moscow
Peking
Soviet Union
U.N
Congo
Middle
Actress Patricia Neal Suffers Two Strokes
Hollywood AP Patricia Neal 39, Oscar winner, is in critical condition at UCLA Medical Center after two strokes. MGM said she suffered the first stroke at home after filming a scene for Seven Women directed by John Ford, and a second stroke occurred at the hospital.
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Hollywood
Patricia Neal
Ucla Medical Center
MGM
John Ford
Dry cleaner recovers clothes but loses gun to thief
Dallas, AP reports laundryman Frank Alexander saw a man steal an armload of clothes from his truck. He chased the thief with his pistol, but in the fight the man escaped with the gun while Alexander kept the clothes.
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Dallas
Tex
Frank Alexander
Alexander
Man Indicted For Syracuse Slaying In 78-Year-Old Shot
Joseph P. Rinaldi, 23, of Syracuse, indicted for first degree murder and first degree manslaughter in the death of Elmer Hill, 78, at a downtown tavern. Hill died Jan. 31 from pneumonia caused by complications from a chest wound after being shot three times Dec. 31 through a tavern door. police say bullets were not aimed at him.
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Syracuse
Joseph P. Rinaldi
Rinaldi
Elmer Hill
Hill
Rinaldo
McNamara Warns South Vietnam Stakes Are High
In a prepared statement for a closed House Armed Services Committee session, Secretary McNamara says the South Vietnamese situation is grave but not hopeless. He argues U.S. outcomes there will determine broader Southeast Asian and global Communist expansion and asserts there is no alternative but continued support.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
South Viet Nam
McNamara
Southeast Asia
United States
U S to Keep Strikes on North Vietnam
President Johnson signaled continued U S air strikes against North Vietnamese targets without waiting for South Vietnamese provocation. He described ongoing aggression by the Communists and justified U S actions as necessary to defend freedom. The aim is to show Communist leaders that North Vietnam cannot continue to plan invasions.
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President Johnson
National Industrial Conference Board
Viet Nam
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Dirksen
Gerald R. Ford
R-Mich
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Long
Gale W. McGee
D-Wyo
Red China
Southeast Asia
McGee
West Berlin
Germany
Korea
Cuba
Washington
United States
North Viet Nam
U.S
North
Notables Bid Farewell to Nat King Cole at Private Funeral
Notables of entertainment attend Nat King Cole’s private funeral at St James Episcopal Church. The 45 year old singer and pianist died Monday from cancer with eulogies by Jack Benny and George Jessel. Burial follows at Forest Lawn Glendale. Honorary pallbearers include Gov. Edmund G. Brown and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy among other entertainers.
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Los Angeles
Nat King Cole
St. James Episcopal Church
Jack Benny
George Jessel
Samuel D’amico
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Glendale
California
Edmund G. Brown
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
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George S. McGovern
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Adlai
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