Mississippi Governor Attacks Civil Rights Bill as Violation
Mississippi Governor Ross R. Barnett told the Senate Commerce Committee that President Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy threaten mob violence and tyranny of the majority if the civil rights bill passes. He warned the legislation could end constitutional government and unleash widespread racial violence.
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Washington
Mississippi
Ross R. Barnett
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate Commerce Committee
Barnett
Senate
Goy George ©. Wallace
Alabama
Donald Russell
South Carolina
Farris Bryant
Florida
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
Robert Bobbie Kennedy
America
Guardsmen To Return Home Sunday From Training
Snyder's National Guardsmen of the First Battalion 1531st Artillery return home Sunday. Battery B commanded by Capt Billy J Brown arrives Abilene around 10 a m after leaving North Fort Hood at 4 a m. The 15 day annual active duty training included a parade and equipment maintenance with the camp starting June 30.
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North Fort Hood
Snyder
1531St Artillery
Billy J. Brown
Abilene
Shelter Plan Approved for 11 Million Fallout Shelters
A House Armed Services subcommittee unanimously backs a Kennedy administration plan to fund $175 million for fallout shelters to reach 11 million more Americans within a year. The proposal would give incentives to public and nonprofit institutions to provide shelter space, though the panel plans to rewrite the bill before moving it to the full committee.
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Washington
House
Armed Services
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Armed Services Committee
Three Pittsburgh youths missing after mine search suspended
Federal mine officials halted the cave search for Bobby Abbott Danny O Kain and Billy Berk after rescue crews found no proof they were inside the abandoned Castle Shannon coal mine. Police and Bureau of Mines noted above ground possibilities and planned to resume if needed.
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Andrew Orr
Castle Shannon
T. J. McDonald
McDonald
Bobby Abbott
Pittsburgh
Mount Washington
Danny
O‘o'kain
Billy Berk
Baldwin
Robert Abbott
Abbott
Danny O’kain
Alex Brown
US Bureau of Mines
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Co
Judge Denounces Mob Action In Civil Rights Sit-Ins
In New York City a Criminal Court judge warned five white civil rights protesters that they cannot operate on a mob basis. The group sought to block trucks at a Lower East Side housing site while demanding more jobs for Negroes and Puerto Ricans in construction. The five were paroled for a hearing on disorderly conduct amid ongoing overnight sit-ins tied to a Joint Committee on Equal Opportunity campaign to pause over 2.5 billion dollars in projects until minority job goals are met.
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New York
Criminal Court
Irving J. Schreckinger
Lower East Side
Schreckinger
Manhattan
Nelson A Rockefeller
Robert F. Wagner
City Hall
Rockefeller
Maine
Wager
Paris
Joint Committee On Equal Opportunity
Generator Failure Tied to Willow Grove Plane Crash
A faulty generator contributed to a Sunday jet crash that killed seven at a Willow Grove Pennsylvania family picnic. Navy Capt. Waldman Jr said the generator failure hindered pilot control and ejection. An investigation board will finalize the full cause of the accident.
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Willow Grove
Navy
A C. Waldman Jr
Willow Grove Naval Air Station
Horsham Two
Naval Base
Waldman
Top Russian Defector Alarm Spurs British Intelligence Shakeup
A senior Soviet intelligence officer defected to the West and is held in Britain after CIA interrogation in Washington. Officials compare him to George Blake and warn his life is in danger. The defector provided details on Soviet espionage methods and networks in the West, prompting fears of a major reform of how intelligence is gathered.
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Poland
Richard Obacz
West Berlin
Tempelhof
Mary
Lestow
Kristopher
London
West
Britain
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington
Moscow
Oleg Penkovsky
Penkovsky
George Blake
Blake
Middle East
Europe
Vic Jammy Funeral Set for Mrs McClammy in Snyder
Rites for Mrs. Ola McClammy 80 of 2208 Ave 7 Snyder set for 2 pm Saturday at First Baptist Church with Rev. A B Lightfoot officiating. Burial at Snyder Cemetery under Bell Funeral Home. She died at Cogdell Memorial Hospital and leaves six daughters, one son, 13 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.
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First Methodist Church
Snyder
Johnnie Miron Waters
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Harry Vanderpool
First Methodist Church of
Albany
Robert Brown
Bolger
Petrolia
Tex
Scurry County
Lula Waters
Lillie Waters
Mary Olene Waters
Artesia
N. M
Zenith Waters
C. N. Haswell
Ola Maggie MecClammy
First Baptist Church
A. B. Lightfoot
Jack Dean
Northside Baptist Church
Snyder Cemetery
Bell Funeral Home
McClaminy
Marshfield
Funice
Lester McClamuny
Hico
Jack Green
Raymond Martin
Milton Mapes
Truett Summons
Glenn Huffman
Cone Merritt
W. RK. Melton
Guard Ordered To Cambridge Again
National Guard troops were ordered back into Cambridge Maryland after roving gunmen wounded six white people in a flare up of racial rioting. Gov Tawes aides said troops would restore order with enhanced restrictions and a ban on alcohol sales as 400 guardsmen prepared to patrol the city.
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Cambridge
National Guard
Odell M. Smith
J. Millard Tawes
Annapolis
Guy Tawes
Tawes
State Adjutant General
State Police
Milton A. Reckord
Ah Adjutant General
Maryland
Reckord
Negro Section
Frank D Tavadero
John Busta
Teamster Leader in Jersey Sentenced for Extortion
New Jersey Teamster leader Anthony Provenzano was sentenced to seven years in prison and fined $10,000 for extorting money from a trucking firm. Afterward, his attorney filed a notice of appeal to the Third Circuit. Judge Robert Shaw released Provenzano on $15,000 bail pending appeal and criticized his betrayal of the working man he represented.
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Newark, NJ
New Jersey
Anthony ‘Tony Proveenzano
Henry Singer
Brooklyn
N.Y
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Philadelphia
Robert Shaw
Provenzano
Shaw
Jud Armored Division Celebrates 23rd Birthday
FT HOOD AP reports the Jud Armored Division marks its 23rd birthday with a weekend celebration led by Maj Gen Ed Burba. A Saturday 9 am mounted review and attack exercise will showcase the division along with a large concentration of tactical vehicles at the two-division post.
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FT Hood
Armored Division
Edwin Burba
Weather digest for Texas regions shows warm trend
The report outlines clear to partly cloudy conditions across North Central Texas and Northeast Texas with highs near the 70s and 80s and scattered thundershowers. Northwest and South Central Texas expect warm weather with isolated late storms, while Southeast and Southwest Texas see cloudier skies and cooler rain chances.
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Snyder
Texas
Cody
Lew Lomgit
Tessas
Corth
Knob
East
Neve Coast
Loo
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Live Oak
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Klamath Falls
Ore
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George Meany
Afl-Cio
Willard Wirtz
Luther Hodges
Wirtz
James R. Reynolds
J. Waters
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Vic Jammy
OLA
Maggie
Lammy
Jersey
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