Ex Marine Becomes Focus in Evers Slaying Case
Byron De La Beckwith, 42, a Mississippi fertilizer salesman with segregationist ties, is jailed on murder charges in Medgar Evers's slaying and faces a federal civil rights hearing. Fingerprint ties Beckwith to the rifle. state authorities pursue murder while federal officials press civil rights conspiracy charges.
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Pope Paul VI pledges no interference in other states
Vatican City reported Pope Paul VI promised the Holy See will not intervene in temporal powers as he outlined a peace vision built on truth justice love and liberty in an audience with Vatican diplomats from about 50 nations. He noted U.S. relations are indirect and praised the diplomatic presence while hinting at gratitude for US attendance at Pope John XXIII’s funeral.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Minister Says Were Tired Of Fooling Around
The Rev Edward Abram pastor of Central Baptist Beckley and NAACP Raleigh County VP told The Register that Negroes will persist in the fight for employment after a Freedom Rally at Welcome Baptist Church He named stores for unfair hiring and urged a conference with incoming Mayor John Wesley Smith and the Beckley Chamber of Commerce before Friday He urged firm unwavering civil rights action saying there can be no compromise and urging Beckley to push for first class citizenship and freedom for all citizens.
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Beckley
Raleigh County
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Register
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Acme
NAACP
John Wesley Smith
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Atlantic City Emerges as Likely Democratic Convention Site
Democratic leaders meet to pick a venue for the 1964 convention with Atlantic City favored over Chicago and San Francisco. San Francisco has won the GOP convention at the Cow Palace on July 13 1964. Proposals include a bid of 625000 plus free hall and lodging to defray costs. Governor Hughes hosts Democratic leaders in Washington and Atlantic City events to win support.
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Ocean Resort
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International Inn
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Weather Sunny And Warm Beckley And Vicinity
Sunny and warm this afternoon with a high in the low 80s. Clear and mild tonight with a low 55 to 60. Tuesday stays sunny and warm. Temperatures show highs near 87 and lows around 63 in the south, 81 and 56 in the north, with scattered showers possible Thursday or Friday. River conditions Greenbrier normal and clear. Lake normal and clear with 1.5 gates open. Gauge at Hinton 1.9 ft.
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West Virginia
Accidents Kill 4 Over Weekend
United Press International reports four deaths over the weekend in West Virginia including two highway fatalities in Benwood and Pineville, an elderly Monongalia County resident smothered by CO fumes, and a Bluefield hospital fatality from a June 6 wreck. Police identified victims Edward Hillberry and Mae Hillberry, James Tilley, Andonia Silvestri, and Emma Shanen among others.
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Kenneth Hawks
Grundy
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Oceana
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Hawks
Pineville
Tiley
Pinevile
Earl Laxton
Andonia Silvestri
Mercer County
Jess Attill
Sophia
Emma Shahen
Granville
Morsontown
William
John Richard Moore
Special City Council Meeting Called Monday
Mayor-elect J W Smith announced a special City Council meeting for Monday July 1 at 8 p m to make appointments for city recorder city attorney city police judge street commissioner city engineer and police chief He also said policy change statements for the new administration will likely be made at the first regular council meeting after the new officials take office on July 1 The first regular council meeting next month is set for July 9
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Smith
Osteopath Faces 8 New Charges in Profumo Case
London reports eight new charges against Dr. Stephen Ward the society osteopath linked to the Profumo affair. Prosecutors said details would be released later and noted charges do not involve security violations. Ward already faces counts over living off earnings of prostitutes.
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Britain
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Christine Keeler
London
UPI
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Prince Philip
Daily Mirror
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U.S
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George Wigg
Labor Party
House of Commons
James Burge
Kennedy urges broad peace corps push for 1960s
President Kennedy appealed in Bonn to dozens of free nations to join the United States in creating a peace corps as part of a wide international effort in the 1960s for peace. He said the world faces a moral crisis with prosperity in the West and poverty elsewhere. He met with Chancellor Adenauer in a cordial session and discussed a nuclear test ban, NATO forces, and East German concerns as crowds cheered.
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Germany
UPI
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United States
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U.S
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Adenauer
NATO
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East Germany
Dean Rusk
Villa Hammerschmidt
Heinrich Luebke
Luebke
Wahn
Cologne
Schaumburg
Rhine River
Reasons For Trip Becoming Clearer
President Kennedy presses a European swing as part of a peace strategy to ease East West tensions. He aims to reassure allies, calm fears of a US bargain, and reinforce long term military and moral commitments from West Germany as a launchpad for his tour.
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UPI
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Death Stalks Family in Wisconsin
Marilyn Butson, 20, died of head injuries after a horse bolted and struck a car. She was the third Butson child to die within 18 months following sister Diane, 8, who fell from a hayloft in June, and brother Melvin who died in a December 1961 traffic accident.
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Plattsville
Wis
UPI
Marilyn Butson
Purl Butson
Diane
Melvin
Hoffa weighs tax angles before trucking wage talks
James R. Hoffa, head of the Teamsters, says he will consider tax implications before demanding wage increases this fall as trucking drivers move into higher tax brackets. He notes the possibility of favoring fringe benefits if tax cuts reduce the tax bite, and cites a $3.03 minimum wage for truck drivers with potential overtime earnings.
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UPI
Feamsters
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Hoffa
Teamsters’ Central States Pension Fund
Teamsters
IRS Set To Issue Final Rules On Deductions
Washington based IRS plans final expense account regulations to define what taxpayers may deduct for business entertaining and travel under the 1962 law to curb lavish personal spending as business expenses. The first record-keeping portion was issued earlier. the second batch on deductibility is due to be published Tuesday.
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