Funeral Train Carries Eisenhower to Abilene After Mexico Blast
A large funeral train bearing President Eisenhower’s coffin moves toward Abilene after a Mexico blast. The journey includes stops at Cincinnati and Huntington with Mrs Eisenhower and family aboard. Nixon attends the Washington service as mourners line tracks nationwide.
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Mexico
Eisenhower
C&o
Cincinnati
Union Terminal
Edgar Eisenhower
Plains
Whules
Huntington
W. Va
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
White House
Dock Unions Defy Court Order to Halt Boycott
Longshore clerks and foremen defied a federal court order by refusing to handle containers on a Sea-Land vessel at the Port of Long Beach. PMA cites contract violations as ILWU members press a boycott amid a widening dispute affecting ports from the Canadian border to San Diego.
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Long Beach
Condainer
Los Angeles
Robert Peckham
U.S. District Court
San Francisco
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
Sal Kagel
Pacific Maritime Assa
Kagel
Pacific Maritime Association
ILWU
PMA
Ilwu Marine Clerks Union
San Diego
National Labor Relations Board
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Peckham
Eisenhower
ILWA
Federal Judge Rules Draft Act Is Unconstitutional
In Boston a federal judge ruled the Selective Service Act of 1967 unconstitutional for denying non religious conscientious objector exemptions. Judge Charles Wyzanski Jr granted judgment for John H. Sisson of Lincoln, who was convicted for refusal to submit to induction. The decision cites discrimination against atheists and agnostics and those whose moral beliefs motivate draft objections.
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Boston
Charles & Wyzanski Jr
John H. Sission
Bossot
Lincoln
Sisson
Ion
Vietnam
Wyzenski
President Nixon to spend Easter in Florida after Eisenhower burial
President Nixon will fly to Florida for Easter vacation following services for former President Eisenhower. The Nixon family plans to stay at their Key Biscayne retreat and return to Washington late Sunday night after the religious holiday weekend.
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Abilene
Nixon
Florida
Eisenhower
Washington
Key Biscayne
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