NAACP Says Its Survival at Risk Over Picketing Suit
The NAACP warned the Supreme Court that an $85,793 Georgia picketing verdict threatens its survival and the civil rights movement. It cited multiple increasingly likely damage suits since the decision, including a $100,000 claim in Virginia and another of $100,000 in Philadelphia, tied to local branch activities.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Supreme Court
Georgia
NAACP
High Court
National Association
Savannah
William O. Douglas
Virginia
Philadelphia
UNM students burn Mirage yearbook in protest
In Albuquerque New Mexico AP reports several University of New Mexico students staged a protest by burning the Mirage the school year book. The act drew attention to campus dissent and followed other demonstrations across the country.
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Albuquerque, N. M
University of New Mexico
The
Mirage
Auto Industry Explains May Car Sales Mixed Signals
DETROIT AP The auto industry debated May sales results with optimism and caution. May 11 totals reached 242 407 cars, about 50 000 above early May but behind last year by roughly 3 000 units for the same 10 day period. General Motors Ford Chrysler and American Motors all beat their opening 10 day May 1966 marks while 1965 comparisons lagged. Dealers report 1.6 million cars in inventory as production targets around 800 000 for May loom, with expectations of a strong completion of the model year cleanup. Ford cited safety publicity as a factor in the annual decline and Henry Ford forecast 9 million 1966 auto sales.
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Detroit
General Motors
Ford
Chryseler
American
Motors
Bree Ture
Automo
Tive
Henry Ford
Short Boy and Long Short Cause Denver Power Interruption
In Denver a 19 minute outage disrupted a city area when a boy threw an electric iron cord into Harrison station causing a short. A company spokesman said a witness saw the act and did not identify the boy.
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Denver
Colo
Guesis
Harrison Station
Cabbies Talk To Their Horses in Central Park
New York AP describes Susanna Davy and Toni Rhoades driving hansom cabs in Central Park. Both women chat with horses, earning 50 percent of fares from trips ranging five to seven dollars. Rhoades, Barnard freshman, joined after showing love for horses. Davy, 20, from northern England, has seven months’ experience.
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New York
Susanna Davy
Toni Rhoades
Central Park
Miss Rhoades
A Barnard
Fred Birkner
Birkner
England
Susanna
Debt Ceiling Move May Harm Treasury Forecasts
Washington experts warn a $330 billion debt ceiling raises financial risk for the next fiscal year. House Ways and Means votes to lower the limit to $330s, while Treasury seeks $332 billion to keep headroom for contingencies.
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Treasury Department
House
Ways and Means
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Treasury
House Committee
Senate
House Committee On Internal Revenue
Joint Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Slayings tied by foreign pistol in Columbus trio
A .25 caliber pistol linked the murders of rocket scientist Loren Bollinger and two filling station attendants, Scowden and Quesenberry, in Columbus Ohio. Police believe one killer fired execution style shots, with ballistics identifying the same weapon for all three.
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Columbus, Ohio
Tom Sawyer
Loren E. Bollinger
Chester Joseph Scoweden
Columbus
Claude Quesenberry
West
Jefferson
Scowden
Quesenberrry
Bollinger
Ohio
State Capitol
Scowden and
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