From Grass Bed to Worse Mowling A Lake Wreaks Havoc
A half acre lawn project ends with a collapsed bridge and a 21 ton truck sinking into a ditch. Firefighters and cranes work to free the vehicle as concrete and debris flood the yard. The scene draws about 200 spectators and leaves the house without water. Damages run to $5,000 for the property and $25,000 for the truck. The trucking firm pushes for repairs. The family departs to a hotel.
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Wonder
Tle Ditch
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Michael
Layen
Oty
Negroes March on Capitol as Wallace Watches from Distance
In Montgomery Alabama a night march proceeded under heavy police protection after Gov. Wallace ordered National Guard. Wallace watched the scene from the Capitol portico as leaders Stokely Carmichael and H. Rap Brown spoke. Demonstrations began over arrests in Prattville and potential armed orders were feared by locals.
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UPI
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Capital
Thore
Wallace
Stokely Carmichael
H. Rap Brown
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
Prattville
Montgomery
Lurleen Wallace
National Guard
Nepres
En Williams
Richard Boone
Marlin
Luther King
Southern Christian Leadership = Conference
GSCLC
Montoomery
Two Bank Robbers Sought After Graysville Hold Up
Two heavily armed men robbed the Graysville First National Bank of Birmingham branch, escaping with 33052. The car used was found abandoned near Ashville. Main suspects include Jerry Lynn Young of Pontotoc Mississippi and William Joseph Webb of Gulfport Mississippi, both linked to prior crimes. FBI warns the suspects are armed and dangerous.
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UPI
Here
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George W. Hall
Birmingham
FBI
Ashville
Hall
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Lynn Young
Pontotoc
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William Joseph. Webb
Gulfport
Young
Wiliam Hanes
Federal Reserve Bank
Esmer
Harvie Wooley
Strick
Olive Hranch
Webb
Mississippi State Penitentiary Hospital
Parchmun
Roy K. Moore
Burglar Snatches Clothes and Jerry Mahoney Doll
Hollywood police say a burglar entered ventriloquist Paul Winchell’s dressing room and stole about 4000 dollars worth of clothes and a Jerry Mahoney doll. The eight teen inch doll wears a white sheet and wings and is linked to Winchell’s act.
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Ventriloquist
Paul Winchell
Cep
Jerry Mahoney
Winchell
Mariner 5 Maintains Course Amid Venus Mission
Mariner 5 steadies near Canopus after launch from Cape Kennedy. The Atlas Agena D craft aims to pass Venus within 42 600 miles with a midcourse correction planned. Soviet Venus 4 competes, reporting no progress.
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Mariner
Fis
Soviet Union
Moscow
Yones
Dmitry
Martynov
Sternberg Institute of Astronomy
Pravda
Ventus
Wight
Student Hurt at Edinburgh Castle Wall Incident
An American student studying radiation suffered serious injuries after slipping on a wall ledge at Edinburgh Castle. Police said Brook Barlingen, 82, died in a two car crash while another person was injured and taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
UPI
Mariner
Venus
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Joseph
Rosenblum
Nburgh Royal Tifirmary
City Youth Patrol helps quell Tampa riot after three nights
A crowd of about 400 gathered near Belmont Heights as rioting ended with police and volunteers including the City Youth Patrol in white hats breaking up the gathering. Dozens treated for riot injuries and more than 100 arrested over three nights. one deputy sheriff died of a heart attack during the events.
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Franklin Funeral Home
Chambers
Claude Kirk
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Mor Thant
Tampa General Hospital
Civil rights leaders pledge joined effort to fight discrimination
Nine civil rights organizations pledged resources for a Cleveland based summer program aiming to model coordinated anti discrimination efforts in housing education and jobs. They signed a unity statement at Suffern New York led by Dr Kenneth B Clark and figures including Martin Luther King Jr Roy Wilkins Whitney Young Jr and Floyd McKissick.
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UPI
Tion
Cleveland
Ohio
United States
Suffern
New York City
Kenneth B. Clark
Metropolitan Applied Research Center
Clevelandt
Clark
Marin Luther King, Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Roy W. Wilkins
National Association For Othe Advancement of Colored People
Whitney M. Young Jr
National Urban League
Floyd B. McKissick
Nationall
Congress of Racial Equality
Bayard Rustin
A. Philip Randolph Institute
Jack Greenberg
Naacp Legal Defense and
Dorothy Maight
National Council of Nepra Women
Senate Backing for Draft Bill Nears Final Passage
The Senate approved a compromise draft bill 72 to 23 as House action looms. The measure extends the Selective Service Act four years beyond June 30 and blocks the President from immediate lottery powers while preserving some authority to draft younger men first and retain deferments for students with good grades. Kennedy opposes the compromise as worse than current law, while Russell defends it as a manageable shift from existing rules.
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UPI
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House Armed Services
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S.C
Kennedy
Edward M. iKennedy
D-Mass
Richard B. Russell
Uga
Senate Armed Services Committee
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Aly
Witnesses See Big Bomber Fall Near Carrousel
In Carrouzel Tex witnesses saw a Cuban air force Hustler bomber crash near James Cook farm after exploding on impact. Capt. William R Bennett navigator was killed Maj Clinton R Brisendine pilot and Capt Gary M Ceechet survived after parachuting. Ground responders assisted survivors. Bennett's body lay near the wreckage.
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Tex
UPI
Gary Schepp
Combine
Quan Sun
Bunker Hill Air Force Base
Peru
Ind
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Panhandle
Burns Tk
Tallames
William R. Bennett
Lakeland
Clinton R. Brisendine
Dallas
Gary M. Ceechett
Telewin
J. A.C. Callbertton
Gage
Ghia
Indiana
Karmers
Cook
Wallace Johnson
Bennett
Plana
Cuban Women Training in Plants for Machinist Roles
Cuban women and girls, moving from typewriters to plants, will learn to operate machines as Havana Radio reported from Miami. The program aims to shift workers into technical roles and expand female labor in manufacturing.
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Fla
Havana Radio
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On Vacation Hart Stilwell Columns Return Date
Hart Stilwell, author of Texas Trails, is on vacation and will resume his column upon return. The hiatus pauses coverage until he comes back to write about his usual regional travel and Texas notes.
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Wrier
Texas Trails
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