King Leads Civil Rights Marches Amid White Hostility in Chicago
More than 1,000 demonstrators, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., marched through Chicago's all white Southeast Side and suburban Evergreen Park under rain. Crowds hurled rocks and abuse while police arrested several white youths and protected the marchers.
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East Side
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Cook County
William H. Morris
Illinois State Police
James Bevel
Jesse Jackson
Greater East Side
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American Nazi Party
National States Rights Party
Ku Klux Klan
Connie Lynch
Waynoka
Okla
Evan Lewis
Akron
Ohio
National Knights of the
KKK
Evans
Marquette Park
Chicago Lawn
Lewis
Chi
State Aid For Sewage Plants Here
Checks totaling 4 281 272 77 were mailed to 496 municipalities and authorities as state grants for operating sewage treatment plants. In Somerset County four boroughs received payments: Somerset Meyersdale Rockwood Berlin each at 2 percent of their eligible costs.
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Charles L. Wilbur
Somerset County
Borough of
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Meyersdale
Rockwood
Berlin
Hlp
Wilbur
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania
South Africa weighs exit from United Nations
Die Beeld reports South Africa plans to leave the United Nations next month amid debate over Pretoria's administration of the South West Africa trust territory and international pressure over apartheid.
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South Africa
United Nations
Cape Town
Die Beeld
U.N. General Assembly
South-West Africa Trust Territory
League of Nations
World Organization
Medically Needy Help Paid in June for Somerset County
The State Department of Public Welfare reports 7 034 dollars paid in June for 344 medically needy Somerset residents not on public assistance. Inpatient hospital care totaled 29 662 dollars for 81 residents. Home nursing care cost 28 dollars for two people. County institutions cared for 67 patients with 920 dollars in payments and state facilities for the mentally ill were noted.
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Somerset
Harrisburg
State Department of Public Welfare
Rain Drenches Somerset Fair Queen Crowning
Miss Nancy Maust was named Queen of the Somerset County Fair as a downpour drenched participants and audience. The event featured a rain-soaked ceremony in which Emerson Suder presented the crown and bouquet, with D W Smith announcing an all-expenses paid tour to Washington and Harrisburg next June for the queen.
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Somerset County Fair
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Fairgrounds
Somerset County
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D. W. Smith
Somerset Rural Electric Cooperative
Washington, D. C
Harrisburg
R.E.C
Maust
Paula Werner
Maple Queen
Guy Maust
Somerset
R. D
Somerset Area High School
Samuels Corners
Susanne Barnett
Nancy Miller
Robert French
WVSC
Meyersdale
Shellenberger
Ecclesiastes
Shhelleberger
Warren E. Bates
Salisbury
W. A. Cassidy
First Methodist Church
Chitwood's Daredevils Open Week at Somerset County Fair
Somerset County Fair opens with Jose Chitwood's Auto Thrill Show at 8 p.m. daily attractions include Wirengards aerial act with fireworks, Big Top Circus on Children’s Day, Farmers Parade, FFA and 4-H contests, Horse Pull, Home Talent Show, and Saddle Horse Show. Robert French hosts all week with organ music by George I. Fisher.
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Jose Chitwood
Sweden
Big Top Circus
Sam the Chimp
Guy Gossing
Denmark
Somerset County Saddle Horse Association
Johnny King
Robert French
George I. Fisher
Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania Turns Warm
Variable cloudiness and heat across western Pennsylvania with humidity as a chance of thundershowers develops Monday afternoon into night. Highs reach the mid 80s. Tuesday sees partly cloudy skies and less humidity with showers ending.
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Pennsylvania
Lunar Orbiter 1 Achieves 75 Percent Success Outlook
NASA officials claim Lunar Orbiter 1 reached 75 percent success after lowering its perilune to 36 miles and returning blurred high resolution frames. The camera shutter trouble prevents full closeups of potential Apollo landing sites, prompting a redesign before the November launch of Lunar Orbiter 2.
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Pasadena
Calif
U.S. Space Agency
Moon
Clifford Nelson
Israel Taback
Lunar Orbiter
Taback
Apollo
Nelson
Floyd Thompson
Space Agency
Langley Research Center
Hampton
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
International relief campaign aids east Turkey quake victims
An international relief effort mobilized for eastern Turkey after Friday’s earthquake. Rescue teams burying up to 2,300 dead and aiding 2,300 injured across 149 villages as tremors continue. U.S., British, Tunisian, Israeli aid arrive. Red Cross groups coordinate relief amid ongoing aftershocks.
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Turkey
David Mazarella
Ankara
Anatolia
Istanbul
Varto
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