Apartment Blast Kills 28 in LaSalle Heights
A massive explosion wrecked a suburban LaSalle apartment block injuring more than 50 and leaving about 100 feared missing. The blast at St Clement and Bergevin streets destroyed the U shaped building as residents evacuated and a temporary morgue was set up at the LaSalle arena. Authorities continue search for victims amid widespread damage to surrounding homes.
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Montreal
LaSalle
LaSalle Arena
St. Clement and
Bergevin Streets
Gunman Robs New Mexico Port of Entry on US 66
A gunman robbed the New Mexico port of entry at the Arizona border on US 66 of 8790 dollars after striking and tying state employee Ruben Castillo at about 2 a.m. He left a note promising reopening at 6 a.m. and accessed the floor safe, a metal box, and the cash register.
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Gallup (Ap
New Mexico
Arizona
Ruben Castillo
Castillo
Girl Injured In Collision Near Roswell
Lana Payne a Roswell High sophomore was injured in a two car crash at Lea and McGaffey during the noon hour today. She is daughter of Lt Col and Mrs Joe W Payne who reside on Walker Air Force Base.
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Lana Payne
Roswell High School
Lea and
McGaffey
Miss Payne
Joe W. Payne
Walker Air Force Base
White Paper Favored By Senators
Senators generally endorsed the State Department white paper on South Viet Nam, while Kosygin and Red China denounced the document as biased. Kosygin called it a black book of American acts and Pekiig accused it of pretexting new attacks on North Viet Nam. The 14,000 word report cited Communist efforts to conquer South Viet Nam as directed by North Viet Nam and noted an accelerated pace of aggression.
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Washington
Alexei N. Kosygin
Red China
State Department
South Viet Nam
Kosygin
Leipzig
Department
Pekiig
U.S
North Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Johnson
Sit
British Communist Party
Communist Parties of
China
North Korea
Japan
Indonesia
Albania
Romania
King urges peace talks after Malcolm X funeral
In Harlem and across the nation King calls for a peace conference between Malcolm X followers and Elijah Muhammad's Black Muslims after the Harlem funeral. Police report two arrests in Malcolm X slaying as investigators seek five suspects, with Muhammad insisting he is not in danger.
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New York
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr
Malcolm
Elijah Muhammad
O’ King
Harlem
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Victory Baptist Church
Los Angeles
Chicago
Manhattan
Convention Ends Police Guard Elijah Muhammad Security Tight
Chicago police kept four guards at Elijah Muhammad's 19 room South Side home and protected Ismal Mosque No. 2 after the Black Muslim convention ended without incident. Authorities weighed future protection plans amid fears following Malcolm X's February 21 assassination.
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Chicago
Elijah Muhammad
Malcolm X
Muham
Muhammad
Strike Vote Planned by New York Printers Union
Bertram Powers of Local 6 ITU says the printers will hold a strike vote next Sunday as negotiations with the Publishers Association reach a deadlock. The ITU contract expires at midnight March 30, following a 114 day earlier strike.
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NEW York (Ap
Printers’ Union
New York City
Bertram Powers
International Typographical Union
ITU
The
Publishers Association
Powers
Roswell Federal Building Plans Sent to GSA
Architect Hugh Rowland announced that Roswell’s four story federal building plans, valued at 1.4 million dollars and spanning about 65 000 square feet, were sent to the General Services Administration in Washington for printing and bid distribution. Bids open mid April in Denver with construction likely ten days later. The building will be located between Fifth and Sixth Streets on Richardson and will consolidate all Roswell federal agencies.
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Roswell
Federal Building
General Services Administration
Washington
Hugh Rowland
Denver
Rowland
Fifth
Sixth Streets
Richardson
Funeral Traffic Is Reported Dead In Juarez Protest
Juarez taxi drivers protest competition from a funeral home after a mortuary bought a bus to haul mourners to the cemetery. Union secretary Arturo Avila Fierro told the traffic department that taxi business in this field is dead.
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Juarez
Mexico
Juarez Taxi Driver’s Union
Arturo Avila Fierro
Fierro
Strike Begins at Major Can Plants Over Pay and Issues
News capsules report a nationwide strike now underway at 70 plants operated by two large can companies after failed wage and related dispute talks. Other items note Sen Stennis urging Congress to decide Army Reserve transfers, Ray C Bliss meeting with Eisenhower, and a Supreme Court ruling on state movie censorship requiring prompt judicial review.
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New York
Washington
Supreme Court
White Applicants Waitning Scores of Negroes Attempt Registration
In Selma Alabama scores of Negroes queued to register as voters but found about 50 white applicants ahead in line. Similar drives were planned in Hale Lowndes Marengo Perry and Wilcox counties on the first registration day of the month. Priority numbers were issued to over 2 000 on a waiting list. first called were those who missed February 15. A few white demonstrators from the American Nazi party were removed by police.
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Ala
Dallas County
Hale
Lowndes
Marengo
Perry
Wilcox Counties
Board of Registrars
New Cardinal Faces Revolt In Britain
London AP reports John Heenan the new cardinal and Archbishop of Westminster confront a clergy revolt over Roman Catholic views on birth control. Heenan defends the church teaching opposing birth control beyond natural methods as God’s law.
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London
Britain
John Heenan
Westminster
Frank Roberts
Bombay
Search
Heenan
Pro Soviet Leaders Meet in Moscow to Discuss Unity
Secret talks in Moscow gather 17 foreign Communist parties with Mikhail Suslov as central figure. Pravda lists 47 delegates from 18 parties including Argentina and India. many parties including China and North Korea boycott.
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Kremlin
Soviet Communist Party Presidium
Mikhail Suslov
Tion
Central Committee
Communist Party
Pravda
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Finland
France
East Germany
West Germany
Hungary
India
Italy
Mongolia
Poland
Syria
Soviet Union
Gigantic Salt Mine Ghost City Deep Beneath Detroit
An underground salt mine by International Salt Mine Co. spans 50 miles of roads beneath Detroit with a windless 57 degree climate and 56 percent humidity. Miners and officials number under 100. trains rumble overhead and shifts ride 10-ton skips to the surface in 70 seconds as vast caverns, pillars, and underground facilities create a surreal city beneath Melvindale and Dearborn.
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Detroit
Mich
Motor City
International Salt Mine Co
Melvindale
Dearborn
Khanh Arrives For Roman Visit
Lt General Nguyen Khanh former South Vietnamese strongman arrived in Rome from Hong Kong with heavy police escort. He planned a brief stay before traveling to New York and made no comment on Communist threats to protest in the Italian capital.
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Rome
Nguyen Khanh
South Viet Nam
Hong Kong
New York
Khanh
B57 Air Strikes Halted After Friendly Fire Error
In the Mekong Delta area south of Saigon B57s and Skyraiders paused air strikes after an error killed four South Vietnamese soldiers and wounded 15. Ground advisers noted three minute calloff times amid continued ground sea air offensive with heavy mortar fire and mined terrain.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Mekong
U.S
Delta
High Court Refuses Estes Case Reconsideration
The Supreme Court declined to revisit its Jan. 18 ruling denying review of Billie Sol Estes federal conspiracy and mail fraud conviction. Estes remains jailed after the decision, with bail opposition citing alleged flight risk to Brazil. The court will hear a Texas trial camera appeal separate from the federal case.
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Supreme Court
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
U.S. Circuit Court
New Orleans
Hugo L. Black
Texas
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