Steps That Led To Mrs Liuzzo Death Retraced
Al Kuettner revisits the Selma to Montgomery march coverage tracing events that culminated in the 1965 slaying of Viola Gregg Liuzzo, a Detroit Teamsters union worker aiding civil rights demonstrators. The piece notes federal charges, local investigations, and broader implications for voter registration efforts led by King’s movement.
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Viola Liuzzo
Selma
Montgomery
Ala
al Kuettner
Liuzzo
UPI
Lowndesboro
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Detroit Teamsters
Alabama
Martin Luther King Jr
Birmingham
Union Station
Jimmie Lee Jackson
Marion
Reed
Boston
King
Washington
Southern Christian Leadership Conference Executive Committee
Congress
Johnson
SCLC
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNICK
White House
St. Jude’s Catholic Institute
Charles L. Weltner
Georgia
Detroit
Weltner
Klan
Indiana
New Jer
South
Ku Klux Klan Reemerges in Uproar over Bigoted Hooded Legacy
A UPI dispatch outlines the Klan’s origins from Reconstruction to its current revival in the South. It recalls 1871 killings and intimidation, Forrest’s 1869 dissolution order, and federal enforcement acts, framing a century of terror amid civil rights upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ku Klux Klan
Johnson
Nicholas C. Chriss
Atlanta
UPI
William Coleman
Winston County
Robert Wagner
New Orleans
Jackson
KKK
Tennessee
South
Shiloh
Klan
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Forest
Forrest
Congress
Ulysses S. Grant Grant
Three Soviet Trawlers Lost In Alaska Waters
Washington US Coast Guard failed to locate three Soviet trawlers missing off the Aleutian Islands after the Russians requested search help. Coast Guard Commandant Adm E J Roland testified to Congress that Soviet information was insufficient and no wreckage was found. A Soviet officer later relayed that one survivor existed, the first hint of the fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Coast Guard
Alaskan
Adm
E. J. Roland
House
Appropriations Committee
Aleutian Islands
Roland
Johnson approves NATO assignment and NORAD leadership
President Johnson approves Rear Adm. Alfred G. Ward as the U.S. representative on the NATO military and standing group. He also names Gen. Dean C. Strother as commander of the North American Air Defense Command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OKAYS
Washington
UPI
Johnson
Alfred G. Ward
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Dean C. Strother
Foahier
North American Air Defense Command
United States urges restraint amid Cyprus tensions
A UPI report states the Department calls on Greek and Turkish Cypriots to show utmost restraint as tensions rise on the island. A department spokesman says Washington backs UN efforts to calm the situation and find a solution to the Cyprus problem.
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Ashington
UPI
Cyprus
United States
United Nations
Ort
Almanac highlights for March 30, 1965
Facts from the Almanac note Birth of Vincent van Gogh in 1853 and major events on March 30 include Alaska’s 1867 purchase for 7.2 million dollars, the 15th Amendment adoption in 1870, Texas readmission, and Russian troops invading Austria during World War II… plus a Lincoln quote on democracy.
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United Press International
Mars
Jupiter
Mercury
Vincent van Gogh
U.S
Alaska
Russia
United States
Texas
Union
Austria
Death notices and funeral announcements list local passings
Robert Burlage Kidwell 61 of Mt Tabor funeral Wednesday at 2 pm Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Albert Ostrander officiating burial Kidwell Cemetery at Table Rock Arrangements by Caffee Funeral Home Samuel H Bridge 81 of 209 Wickham Ave requiem high mass Tuesday 10 30 am at St Francis De Sales Catholic Church entombment Sunset Mausoleum donations Heart Fund Massing George Adam Massing Sr 68 of 110 Beverly Street died Sunday funeral Tuesday March 3 at 2 pm Melton Mortuary Chapel burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Melton Mortuary Millard M Francis age likely of Beckley funeral 2 pm Tuesday at St Luke Church of God Booker Street bishops D E Smith and W R Parnell burial Greenwood Memorial Park Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Sherman K Booker 23 months son of Kenneth Booker Rand funeral 1 pm Wednesday Ritchie and Johnson Chapel Rev W M Jones and Rev W L Brown burial Greenwood Memorial Park Allie Williams 75 Beckley body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel funeral 2 pm Tuesday Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel burial Blue Ridge Cemetery Nettie Clay age % Fairdale body at Rose Cards of Thanks expressions of gratitude for kindness during bereavement Vera Johnson Ridley Davidson Steve Uzelac thanks to Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel Rev Elias Armistead and friends and neighbors Monuments Sears Monument Co Beckley 253-6480 after 6 252-2554
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Kidwell Kidwell
Robert Burlage
Mt. Tabor
Caffee Funeral Home
Albert Ostrander
Massing
George Adam, Sr
Beverly Street
Melton Mortuary
Kenneth L. Swank
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Francis Francis
Millard M
Beckley
St. Luke Church of God
Booker Street
D. E. Smith
W. R. Parnell
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor, Inc
Booker Booker
Sherman K
Kenneth Booker
Rand
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
W. M. Jones
W. L. Brown
Greenwood Memorial Ark
Williams Williams
Allie
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Hayward Lough
Blue Ridge Cemetery
Lost Beagle in Mabscott Reward Offered
Lost male beagle black and white, 18 inches, in Mabscott. Reward offered for information leading to recovery. Contact 253-5298. Also note calls to 253-3321 for theft of newspapers from roadside bundles.
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Mabscott
Maxwell Hill
D. Honaker
Neola
Robert Martin
Richmond
C. G. Tolbert
Rt. 2
Beckley
Robert L. Amick
Beckley Newspapers
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Lowndes
Hayneville
James Bevel
Gov
George Wallace
Bevel
Pettus
Alabama National Guard
Dallas County
James Reed
Hawaii
Big Swamp
Dexter Avenue
Jefferson Davis
Confederate States of America
Wallace
Davis
H. D. Lackey
Housing Authority
City OF
Mount Hope
West Virginia
City Hall
Hooded Society of
Bigots
Pulaski
Tenn
Night Hawks
Yahoo
Kuklos
Kuml
Ku Kluxan
the Almanac
Abraham Lincoln
Motorcycle Sales & Service
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Clay Clay
Nettie
Fairdale
Tlorists
City Ave
Vera Johnson
C. E Walker
Ray Franklin
S&s. J. Ldéily
Carl D. Lilly
Grace Lilly
Ridley Davidson
Steve Uzelac
Dial
Sears Monument Co
Harper Rd
Kyle Davis
Old Excles Road
Bluefield Monument Co
Bluefield
Virginia
Floor Sander & Edger
Mary Carter Paints
S. Kanawha St. Ph
Southern Institute of Graphic Arts
Nashville
P.O
Bair
Perry
Wickham Avenue
H. V. Waybright
America
H & R Block, Inc
Main St
Halstead
Ashworth Firestone
Wright
Airport
Prince
Kurfees
Lumber Co
Bob Cernato
Bob Burns
Rural Acres
Todd’s Grocery and Hardware
Beaver
James Kershner
Call Sam G. Foley
Lowell Foley
Delmar
Heber St
Damon
Leon’s Quick Service Cleaners
Fayette
IBM
Sparks Radio & TV
Prince St. Ph
John W. Eye CO
W. Neville St
Frank Crook
Lawn Mower & Engine Service
Copeland’s
North Beckley
Fisher’s Flowers Refrigerator Repairs
W. Neville St. Ph
Willey Brothers
Hinton
W. Va
Jack Roop
Lewis Chevrolet
Jan Campbell Music Co
M.E.B
Margit Bragg Phyllis Pallares
Raleigh Insurance Agency
Tuddle House Drive Inn
el Chico
Whitney
Hartford
Connecticut
Hall Chevrolet, Inc
Sophia, Ww. A
Raleigh
Wyoming
Fetter
Stansbury Street
March
Automation Corporation
Automation Division
P. O
Roanoke
Temple Street
C. Ray Furrow
Beckley Maytag
Maytag
Neville St
S&h
Sophia Builders
W. Vo
Avon Mer
Bostick Avenue
Electrolux
Man
City Cab CO
Black & Yellow Cab
John Radford
Old White Star Lot
F.H.A
Quality Lumber & Supply CO
City Avenue
Summersville
FORD
Chevrolet
Plymouth
Radio
Grady
Whitlock
Poss
Lomi
Beckley Post-Herald
Raleigh Register
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