Martial Law Declared as Freedom Riders Face Arrest in Alabama
In Montgomery 1500 Black residents seeking refuge in a church were escorted home by federal marshals as martial law was proclaimed. National Guard troops and police kept order while Rev. Martin Luther King Jr led a public address calling for integration. King criticized Patterson’s handling and a large mob faced tear gas and hoses. Freedom riders planned surrender to county authorities on charges tied to a court injunction.
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Alabama
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Martin Luther King Jr
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Patterson
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Freedom Riders
Birmingham
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More Marshals Sent to Montgomery Riot Flashpoint
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy announced 200 additional federal marshals would be sent to Montgomery Alabama due to ongoing racial violence. The move followed a night of clashes as National Guardsmen escorted about 1 500 Negro demonstrators at a church rally amid tear gas and mob jeers outside federal and local police presence.
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Washington
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Montgomery
Ala
National
Double Killing Probed In Scarbro Home
State police continue inquiry into the deaths of elderly Dr Arch Wingrove 84 and housekeeper Georgia Broyles 76 found shot in his Scarbro home. Coroner notes single small caliber bullet causing Wingrove’s wound. No sign of struggle or motive. autopsy details released. no weapon linked to the deaths.
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Oak Hill
RNS
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Arch H. Wingroves
Georgia Broyles
Fayette County
Zane Summerfield
W. F. Wiant
Dr. Wingrove
Murchisons Win Control of Alleghany in Proxy Battle
Texas brothers John D. and Clint W. Murchison wrested control of Alleghany Corp from Al lan P. Kirby as proxy ballots were tallied in Baltimore. A likely margin exceeded 500,000 shares with the meeting reconvening Tuesday to announce the result. Alleghany holds New York Central and Investors Diversified Services, with total voting stock around 9.84 million shares.
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UPI
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Texas
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Allan P. Kirby
Baltimore
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Murchisons
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Clint W
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New York Central
Minneapolis
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Kirby Group
Murchison Camp
Weather Forecast Says Cool, Showers Into Weekend
Cloudy with lows in the upper 40s tonight and a cool Tuesday. Occasional rain mainly south, temperatures about 4 degrees below normal. Continued cool through Wednesday, warming by Saturday with more showers. River Greenbrier normal and clear. Lake normal and muddy with 3 gates open. gauge 2.7 ft.
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Ig Sah Cats
Oak Hill
Ccaeocadcara
President Kennedy Returns From Virginia Amid Alabama Crisis
President Kennedy flew back to Washington from Middleburg Virginia to handle growing Alabama race unrest. He spoke by phone with Attorney General Robert F Kennedy who provided a full report on Montgomery and the federal marshals enforcing order. The president, welcomed by Soviet editors, immediately resumed work upon landing.
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Atty
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UPI
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Middleburg
Montgomery
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Beds Violating Ceasefire Threatens Geneva Walkout
The United States demands stronger assurances that pro Communist rebels in Laos are honoring the cease fire before submitting its detailed peace plan to the 14 nation Geneva conference. Ambassador Harriman insists on adherence and warns of a possible American walkout as talks resume after a weekend recess.
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Geneva
UPI
United States
Laos
W. Averell Harriman
Pathet Lao
Notable Marriages and Public Figures Mentioned in Briefs
The dispatch notes Doris Day's father William Kappelhoff, 62, marrying a Cincinnati tavern manager who is African American, his third marriage. Miami Whiteside funeral for a lawyer who shot himself after federal acquittal. North Carolina Governor Sanford courting Pittsburgh industrialists to expand into the southern market. Premier Ben-Gurion set for Ottawa trip and talks with Kennedy. Diane Varsi weds Michael Hausman in San Francisco, her third marriage. Cardinal Spellman donates 5000 to aid Cuban prisoners' tractor program. Chico Marx hospitalized in Hollywood. Jeff Chandler listed as slightly improved but critical. Nigerian Prime Minister Balewa mentioned.
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Cincinnati
Miss Day
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Miami
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Whiteside
Washington
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Pittsburgh
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Israel
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Hollywood
San Francisco
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New York
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Fidel Castro
Leonard
Chico) Marx
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Junta Bans All Political and Social Organizations
The new Korean military regime bans all political parties and social groups, bars strikes, and dissolves the national assembly under martial law. Academic and relief groups must register with the Military Supreme Council by May 31, while efforts to unite with North Korea by force are rejected.
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Seoul, Korea
UPI
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North Korea
Military Supreme Council
National Assembly
United Nations Command
UNC
Opposition To Protestant Merger Looms
William J. Monahan reports from Buffalo that the United Presbyterian Assembly will vote on a unity study plan amid growing opposition to a proposed merger among four major Protestant denominations. If approved, the plan would invite the Episcopal Church and the United Church of Christ to join in exploring a union with the Methodist Church, forming a large 18.5 million member church.
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William J. Monahan
Buffalo
N.Y
UPI
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173Rd General Assembly
United Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Action
Methodist Church
Protestant Episcopal Church United Church of Christ
Presbyterian Church
Episcopal General Convention
Detroit
Vice President Johnson in Greece Ends World Tour Phase
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson wrapped up an informal talks with Premier Constantin Karamanlis in Athens marking the end of his 28,500 mile world tour. He planned a Bermuda stop for rest and to draft a report for President Kennedy during the 11 hour flight home.
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Greece
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
Constantin Karamanlis
Johnson
Kennedy
Bermuda
Washington
Karamanlis
Johnston
America
Coronet Praises Comstock and West Virginia Hillbilly
Coronet Magazine lauds Jim Comstock and Bronson Mc Clung for founding the News Leader and West Virginia Hillbilly. The profiles note their offbeat but influential satire and community work including hospital funds and the Richwood Past 80 Party while urging self reliance among unemployed West Virginians.
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New York
Richwood
West Virginia
Nicholas County
News Leader
Comstock
West
Coronet
Negotiators Fly To Washington For Cuban Prisoner Swap
Ten Cuban prisoners from the Bay of Pigs left Miami for Washington to negotiate a swap for 1,200 fellow captives. Organizers seek 500 tractors and bulldozers with spare parts, aided by a fundraising drive led by the United Auto Workers and Eleanor Roosevelt allies.
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Francis L. McCarthy
Miami
UPI
Washington
Fidel Castro
Jose Miro Cardona
Cuban Revolutionary Council
Miro Cardona
The
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Pris
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Walter Reuther
Detroit
Reuther
Eleanor Roosevelt
Milton Eisenhower
Blast rocks powder plant in West Virginia and Maryland
An explosion at the Alleghany Ballistics Laboratory near Pinto West Virginia operated by the U S Navy and Hercules Powder Company injured workers but caused no confirmed fatalities. The blast damaged two buildings and occurred shortly after 8 AM EDT in the solid propellant powder region, with no involvement of Polaris facilities.
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Cumberland, Md
Navy
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E.P. Loflin
Bureau of Naval Weapons
D. H. Little
Tarheel Jaycee Ball Raided by Buncombe Sheriff
Asheville NC UPI report says North Carolina Junior Chamber of Commerce protested a Saturday night raid by Buncombe County Sheriff deputies who confiscated over 100 bottles of liquor and arrested twelve Jaycees at the inaugural ball. The Jaycees claim conventions in Asheville allow private liquor carried to rented halls and had earlier protested open gambling, urging enforcement of state criminal statutes.
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Asheville
N. C
UPI
North Carolina
Jaycees
Buncombe County
LeMay Nominated as Air Force Chief of Staff
President Kennedy nominated Gen Curtis E LeMay to replace Gen Thomas D White as Air Force chief of staff He has been vice chief of staff since July 1957 Gen Frederick H Smith Jr will become vice chief and command in Europe Wiesbaden Germany Changeover set for June 30 with White retiring
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UPI
Curtis E. LeMay
Kennedy
Thomas D. White
Air Force
LeMay
Frederick H. Smith Jr
American Air Forces
Europe
4Th Allied Tactical Air Force
Wiesbaden
Germany
Air Force Command
White
N and W rejects NYC merger proposal
Roanoke Va UPI Norfolk and Western Railway rejected an offer from the New York Central System to undertake preliminary studies of a merger. N W president Saun ders told Central president Perlman that joining the N W Nickel Plate Wabash System would be on a second choice basis. The Central has pursued mergers with other lines. N W has asked the ICC for permission to merge with Nickel Plate and Wabash and to lease the Sandusky line.
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Roanoke
UPI
Norfolk and Western Railway
New York Central System
N&w
Stuart T. Saunders
Central
Alfred E. Perlman
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sandusky
Jaycees Elect New Officers at West Virginia convention
William S. Heggmann of Elkins was elected president of the West Virginia Jaycees at the annual convention in Martinsburg. Seven regional vice presidents were chosen, with Bluefield named for the 1962 convention site and Charleston for 1963 and 1964. Other honors went to chapters in Wheeling, New Martinsville, Huntington, Fairmont, and Wheeling for various civic and youth programs.
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Martinsburg
UPI
William S. Heggmann
Elkins
West Virginia
Adrian Morrison
Parkersburg
George Saunders
Huntington
Bluefield
Charleston
Three Soviet Cosmonauts Said Sacrificed
Chicago report summarizes Robert G Brown of the National Telemetering Conference saying three Soviet cosmonauts may have burned up or been crippled in space flights months before Yuri Gagarin. He cites a fourth cosmonaut possibly orbiting before Gagarin and contends U S space science lags behind the USSR in boosters and vehicle instrumentation.
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Chicago
UPS
Yuri Gagarin
Robert G. Brown
Gagarin
Brown
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American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Institute of the Aerospace Sciences
The
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Instrument Society of America
United States Space Science
U.S.S.R
Court Orders DuPont To Sell GMC Stock
The Supreme Court ruled 4 to 3 that Du Pont must divest its 63 million General Motors shares. The decision favors the Justice Department, which argued only full divestiture ends Du Pont’s improper ties to GM. Justices Clark and Harlan did not participate.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
E. J
Brooklyn man in wreck after curve failure near Fayetteville
Alexander Thomas Burt, 24, of Brooklyn, walked away from a demolished automobile after failing to negotiate a curve on the southern approach to Fayetteville early Sunday. Deputies reported tire chains and a spare tire found far from the trunk, a sheet of stamps in a tree, and a car that tore a pole, hydrant, and guardrail before overturning. Burt was found climbing the embankment with injuries, later treated at Beckley Veterans Hospital and released.
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Alexander Thomas Burt
Brooklyn
Fayetteville
Ernal Saunders
Burt
Oak Hill Hospital
Beckley Veterans Hospital
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