Federal Judge Refuses To Order Alabama Reports
A federal judge in Montgomery refused to compel state officials to produce investigation reports on racial troubles in Alabama. The dispute affected Civil Rights Division efforts to permit a Selma to Montgomery protest. doctors testified to injuries from police actions during a Sunday march.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
FBI
John Doar
Doar
U.S. Dist
Frank M. Johnson Jr
William B. Dinkins
Edward Maddox Jr
Selma
U.S. Planes Hit Viet Cong as Army Chief Ends Visit
Gen. Harold K. Johnson, ending a week in South Viet Nam, said American aid can help defeat the Viet Cong. U.S. and South Vietnamese jets launched strikes from Da Nang as Johnson returned to Washington. Four B57 jets hit Viet Cong concentrations in Phu Yen Province.
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U.S
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Harold K. Johnson
U.S. Army
da Nang
Johnson
North
Viet Nam
California
Phu Yen
Tokyo
U. S
North Viet Nam
Cha Lo
Quang Binh
Voting Rights Rally Urges Johnson Visit to Selma
Four thousand churchmen from nationwide faith groups urged President Johnson to visit Selma Alabama and press for a strong voting rights bill. They prepared a delegation to the White House and Congress to prevent further violence, while three religious groups launched a fund drive for marchers families including Reed.
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Washington
Johnson
Selma
Ala
South
Lutheran Church of the Reformation
Commission On Religion and Race of the
National Council of Churches
White House
Congress
James J. Reed
John Wesley Lord
Freedom
Lord
Reed
Unitarian Universalist Church
Fails Quits Corporation Commission for Chamber Role
State Corporation Commissioner G Y Fails resigns to become executive vice president of the Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce. The resignation is to take effect Monday, with a starting salary of 14000 at the chamber while he earns 10000 from the state post. Gov. Jack Campbell would appoint a successor to serve until the 1966 general election.
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Fails
Chamber
Commission
Jack Campbell
Merle Tucker Seeks New GOP Chairman Post
Merle Tucker of Gallup announced his bid for state Republican chairman after an unsuccessful bid for governor last year. He argued the party needs choice and cited his experience as a qualification. Ralph Underwood of Albuquerque also seeks the post and has criticized Tucker. Tucker said personal commitments nearly caused him to forego the opportunity.
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Gallup
Merle Tucker
Republican
Tucker
Republican Central Committee
Ralph Underwood
Albuquerque
Underwood
No Date Set for Laverne Hopper Arraignment
Laverne Hopper 21 of Dexter is jailed after a fatal shooting of her brother in law Charles Clements 24. The arrest followed a 7 pm call to 711 South Missouri where Hopper surrendered a .22 caliber revolver. Clements died at St Marys Hospital. Police say Clements planned to leave his wife with their three children. Hopper says she shot him after he warned he would take his oldest son. No arraignment date has been set.
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Laverne Hopper
Dexter
Charles Clements
S. Missour
Miss Hopper
S. Missouri
Roswell
Clements
St. Mary’s Hospital
Josephine Clements
Repeal Of Auto Tax Sought
The automobile industry plans to seek outright repeal of the 10 percent excise tax on new cars in a midyear reduction. Industry leaders study forming an industrywide committee in Washington to back legislation similar to a Griffiths bill from a month ago.
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Washington
R AP
Martha Griffiths
D-Mich
Joint Military City Housing Program Opens in Roswell
Roswell launches a housing access program for incoming Salinas Kansas Air Force personnel. Captain Art Aviles of Walker AFB urges FHA lease with six to eight month option to buy. A central housing listing bureau will be created by the Chamber of Commerce and Roswell Realtors. Aviles foresees KC135 and TAC arrivals by late May, with over 300 officers and 700 airmen expected.
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Roswell
Salinas
Kansas
Air Force
Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee
Aviles
John Owens
Civil rights leaders predict Johnson action on Alabama rights
Washington AP reports civil rights leaders predict President Johnson will decide soon how to protect demonstrators' rights in Alabama after a two hour White House meeting with Johnson.
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Washington
National Capital
White House
Johnson
Alabama
Memorial March for Slain Minister Fizzles in Selma
Rain soaked Selma sees nearly 100 Negroes blocked by police and undecided on marching as Mayor Smitherman bans the memorial demonstration for slain minister James Reeb. Negotiations with federal official LeRoy Collins fail while Montgomery presses a court bid to block interference with the Selma to Montgomery march. President Johnson orders a jet to bring the slain minister’s widow and father from Birmingham.
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Selma
Ala
Alabama
Smitherman
LeRoy Collins
Federal Community Relations Service
Collins
Ton
Birmingham
Reeb
Montgomery
Johnson
New Trial Denied for Roswell Stabbing Defendant Calhoun
A writ requesting a new trial for Elmo Lorenzo Calhoun, formerly of Roswell, was denied by District Judge George L. Reese. Calhoun pled guilty to the December 7 1962 fatal stabbing of his wife Beverly Jean Calhoun and received a one to ten year state prison sentence. He previously served 90 days for a wife beating and had been examined at a state hospital in Las Vegas before changing his plea.
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Elmo Lorenzo Calhoun
Roswell
George L. Reese
Calhoun
Beverly Jean Calhoun
Glover Packing Company
Chaves
Charles Driscoll
Albuquerque
Calhoun A
State Hospital
Las Vegas
Santa Fe
Estimated Health Plan Cost to Be $2.3 Billion
The proposed health care plan is estimated at 2.3 billion with about 600 million charged to the regular budget. It combines Johnson proposals with Byrnes and Republican ideas and would create a payroll tax funded hospitalization segment. The plan includes a voluntary major medical insurance financed by a $3 monthly Social Security contribution with government matching, plus income tax recouping for higher earners.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Johnson
Wisconsin
John W. Byrnes
Treasury
UC Faculty Members Call Meet
Berkeley faculty hurriedly called a meeting to decide their stance on the resignations of President Clark Kerr and acting Chancellor Martin Meyerson. Regents chair Edward W. Carter announced a special session to address campus unrest and tighter control over student conduct amid the six month dispute at the 27000 student campus.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Clark Kerr
Martin Meyerson
University
University Board of Regents
Regents
Edward W. Carter
Carter
Kerr
Meyerson
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Smith
Lingo
Marion
George C. Wallace
Civil Rights Division
Justice Department
United States
Republic of Viet Nam
Dexter Ave
UPI Telephoto
Unitarian Universalist Association
Boston
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Atlanta, Ga
American Friends Service Committee
Philadelphia
Fails Quits Corporation Commission
GOP
Hollywood
Francis Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor
London
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
James Webb
New Mexico
Los Alamos
Terest
Joseph T. Smitherman
Randolph Glenn
Cleveland
Ohio
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Berlin Wall
James J. Reeb
Bos
Wilson Baker
Baker
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