Four KKK Men Charged in Penn Slaying Murder Case
Four Ku Klux Klan members were identified in state warrants as suspects in the shotgun slaying of Lemuel Penn, an Army Reserve colonel. The men were jailed in Athens on federal civil rights charges and face potential penalties up to 10 years in prison or a $5,000 fine.
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Athens, Ga
FBI
Washington, D.C
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
U.S
Girrard Hawkins
Hawkins
James S. Lackey
Lemuel Penn
Herbert Guest
Cecil William Myers
Joseph Howard Sims
Athens
Penn
Ft. Benning
Lackey
Senate panel backs trillion dollar Appalachia aid plan
The Senate Public Works Committee approved the Appalachian Regional Development Act with 12 votes to 2. It adopts the House version, authorizing 1.077 billion dollars for a 2,350 mile road network across West Virginia and ten other states plus 500 miles of local roads. State funds would match at about 70-30 over five years.
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Washington
Senate Public Works Committee
Appalachian
West Virginia
Musmanno Petition Is Refused in Pennsylvania Case
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied Justice Michael A. Musmanno a reconsideration of its ruling invalidating wrong line votes in the April 28 primary. Abraham E. Freedman said he would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, and questioned the denial method in a letter to Harrisburg. The decision, signed per curiam, left Genevieve Blatt poised to win the Democratic Senate nomination, leading Musmanno by 513 votes but vulnerable if the disputed ballots are counted. The court gave Freedman 10 days to appeal, staying further state action.
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Philadelphia
State Supreme Court
Michael A. Musmanno
Abraham E. Freedman
Musmanno
U.S. Supreme Court
Freedman
Harrisburg
Genevieve Blatt
State High Court
John C. Bell Jr
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Antipoverty Bill Gives LBJ Major Conquest
The House approved Johnsons high priority antipoverty bill 228-190 in a late night vote, with final passage delayed to Saturday. The $947.5 million proposal funds education job training loans for low income groups and community antipoverty projects, amid amendments and political maneuvering.
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LBJ
Washington
House
Johnson
Senate
White House
GOP Leaders Scrap Pennsylvania State Platform Idea
The Republican State Executive Committee scrapped a proposed PA state platform to present party views, saying it could appear antagonistic to the national platform. Governor Scranton noted the plan was not meant to oppose the national line and outlined alternative ways to tell the state's story.
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Harrisburg
Republican State Executive Committee
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Clos
Wayne J. Hood
Barry Goldwater
William E. Miller
GOP
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Executive Mansion
Indiantown Gap
Goldwater Organization
Johnson Family Flies To Texas for Weekend at Ranch
President Johnson left Washington on a weekend trip to his Texas ranch aboard Jet Star with Mrs. Johnson and daughter Lynda. The group departed Andrews Air Force Base at 6 29 p.m. as Reedy said the plan is to read, review reports, and relax.
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Washington
Johnson
Texas
Lynda
Andrews Air Force Base
Austin
White House
George E. Reedy
United Nations debates Southeast Asia crisis on Tonkin clash
U N Security Council invites both North and South Viet Nam to participate in talks as Czechoslovakia and the United States trade charges over Gulf of Tonkin events. Hajek accuses U S of gunboat reprisals, Stevenson defends U S restraint and seeks peaceful resolution.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
South Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Czechoslovakia
United States
Gulf of Tonkin
Jiri Hajek
North Viet Nam
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Hajek
Hanoi
Peiping
Stevenson
Platon D. Morozov
Roger Seydoux
France
Somerset Wins Pedestrian Safety Citation Award
Somerset receives the Pedestrian Safety Citation from the American Automobile Association for its traffic safety efforts. Mayor William G. Barnhart accepted the award as the city reported no pedestrian fatalities from 1960 through 1963 and noted improved safety metrics despite minor injury increases.
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Somerset
American Automobile Association
William G. Barnhart
James L. Dunn
Uniontown Motor Club
AAA Club
Trian
Barnhart
Dunn
U.S
Seattle
Tacoma
Wash
Greenwich
Conn
Tshombe Faces Time Of Truth
Leopoldville reports Premier Tshombe and his government face a critical test as Communist-backed rebels threaten to sever the northeast from the capital. Rebels gain a foothold for further forays into the central Congo, challenging Tshombe’s stance on unity amid a fractured army and rising regional instability.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Moise Tshombe
National Reconciliation and Public Safety
Stanleyville
Popular Liberation Army
Congo
Kivu
Gaston Emile Soumialot
Antoine Gizenga
House Approves Anti Poverty Bill Amid Close Vote
Washington AP reports the House approved President Johnson's anti poverty bill by 225 to 197. Delegations from Pennsylvania split on party lines with Republicans Curtin Dague Goodling Johnson Kun kek Schneebels Schweiker Weaver Whalley voting for and Barrett Byrne Clark Dent Flood Green Holland Moorhead Morgan Nix Rhodes Rooney Toll opposing. Corbett Fulton McDade Milliken Saylor opposed as well.
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Washington
Premier declares emergency in South Viet Nam front line
Premier Nguyen Khanh imposes martial law and a nationwide mobilization. The decree bans strikes and demonstrations, imposes censorship, and authorizes harsh penalties for terrorists and saboteurs as U S and South Vietnamese forces stay alert along the North Viet Nam frontier. Khanh vows decisive weeks ahead and says he will join his troops.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Khanh
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
United States
North Viet Nam
Gulf of Tonkin
Viet Nam
Weather Forecast for Western Pennsylvania
Partly cloudy and cooler Saturday with possible thundershowers in the extreme east and south portions in the forenoon. Highs 73 to 79 north and 78 to 83 south. Saturday night fair and cooler with lows 48 to 54, 43 to 48 in some mountain valleys. Sunday.
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Pennsylvania
Congress Gives LBJ Smashing Confidence Vote
Both houses of Congress backed President Johnson in the Southeast Asia crisis with a 414 to 0 House vote and an 88 to 2 Senate endorsement. The dissent came from two Democrats Morse and Gruening, while Goldwater supported the action. The resolution grants Johnson authority to wage war to repel attacks and prevent further aggression. Powell voted present, Siler paired no, citing pacifist leanings and objection to fighting in Viet Nam.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
Southeast Asia
House
Senate
Sens
Wayne Morse
Oregon
U.S
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Gruening
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Gulf of Tonkin
Goldwater
Morse
United States
Gorge D. Aiken
R-Vt
Aiken
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
Eugene Siler
R-Ky
Siler
Viet Nam
Powell
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Sather
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Dmiss
Howard W. Smith
Dva
Gettysburg
Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hood
Truax
Truxa
Frank C. P. McGlinn
Viet
Security Council
Ike
Rep
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Eisenhower
Tshombe
Patrice Lumumba
Lumumba
Soumialot
Lunda
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