Rights March Site Monuments And Slums Mingle In Capital
Washington braces for a 100000 strong civil rights march to the Lincoln and Washington monuments amid stark contrasts of beauty and squalor. The city, ninth largest with 764000 residents, shows rising racial tension, crime, and housing discrimination, while Congress controls District affairs and funds. The march highlights national power and local limits in this capital built as a seat of government.
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Stanley Meister
Associated Press
Washington
Washington Monument
Capitol
White House
Lincoln Memorial
Jefferson Memorial
Parthenon
Greece
Virginia
Maryland
America
Congress
District of Columbia
Woman Rescued After 90 Foot Fall Into Mine Shaft
In Webb City Missouri on August 26 a 29 year old woman Mrs Margaret Hayes fell 90 feet into an abandoned mine shaft landing in deep water. She clung to timbered sides for over an hour until rescue by Joplin unit led by Bill Vaughn 35 and rope work. Hayes suffered only bruises and regained consciousness near the top. Fire chief Dan Abernathy estimated water depth at 200 feet.
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Webb City
Margaret Hayes
Bill Vaughn
Joplin
Ambulance Hits Sunday School Bus Injuring 27
Chicago August 26 AP twenty six children and one adult were injured when an ambulance responding to an emergency collided with a Sunday school bus. The ambulance struck the bus from the left rear and spun it around. Four children were hospitalized. the rest received first aid. Police ticketed the ambulance driver for speeding for conditions and running a red light.
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Chicago
Frederick
Martin
Burglar Loots Peoria IGA for About $2000
Police report a burglar stole about $2000 in cash from the Peoria area Foodliner IGA after smashing a glass door early Sunday. The loss was discovered by the store owner Robert Gilliland.
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Peoria
IGA
Robert Gilliand
Rights Fund Rally Fails at Polo Grounds Seekers Fall Short
New York August 26 AP A rally at the Polo Grounds to raise funds for Wednesday's civil rights march on Washington drew only about 2,002 attendees through turnstiles with 429 officials and newsmen via press gate. Organizer Edward L. Nelson of the New York Association of Elks said the event cost $40,000 and predicted 30,000 would attend. He blamed poor publicity and lack of door to door promotion for the small turnout and noted the march organizers offered only endorsement, not action, for the rally.
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New York
Polo Grounds
Washington
Edward L. Nelson
Nelson
New York Association of Elks
the Elks
Winchell Jr and 15 youths Held After Estate Altercation
Walter Winchell Jr. and 15 youths faced assault charges after a Saturday night clash at the columnist’s Scarsdale estate. Police said shots were not fired, injuries included cuts and bruises, with four treated at a hospital. Bail set at 1500 for Winchell and 1000 for each youth ahead of Tuesday hearing.
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Scarsdale
N. Y
Walter Winchell Jr
Walter Winchell
Here
Winchell
Greenburg
Conrad Reiman
Reiman
Michael ‘Gangemi
Police Brief in Herrin Fines for Reckless Driving
Charles Lingle age 21 of Cartertville pleaded guilty and was fined 25 dollars plus 8.90 costs Saturday by Police Magistrate Bar May on a ticket issued by Patrolman Jack Ingram for reckless driving.
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Herrin
Charles Lingle
Carterville
Bar May
Jack Ingram
Two Drivers Killed in Milford Head-On Crash
Milford authorities report two auto drivers killed in a head-on collision one mile south of Milford on Illinois road. Kenneth Rogers, 22, of Wellington, Illinois, and John Jones, 21, Milford, Illinois, were the victims. State police said the crash occurred early today.
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Milford
Kenneth “Rogers
Wellington
Ill
John. Jones
Jones
Illinois
Nightmares flare as captive's wife recalls fear in Michigan
Suzaie Voltz of Oak Park Illinois says she endures nights of nightmares and anxiety while her husband Captain Carletin Voltz a U S Army officer held by North Korean forces for 101 days. He and Captain Ben W Stutts were captured May 17 after their helicopter was shot down during a boundary marker inspection along Korea's demilitarized zone.
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Frankfort
Mich
Carletin
Voltz
U.S. Army
Suzaie
Oak Park
Ill
Ben W. Stutts
Ference
Ala
Korea
Demilitarized Zone
United Nations
Chang ‘Chung-hwani
North Korea
Coast Guard
B Ridge
Calif
George H. Cloud
U. N.tife
Vncil
Stutts
Crystal Lake
Washington
Soviet Tug Aids Vessel Off Cape Cod Fire
The Coast Guard received aid from the Soviet fishing fleet when the tug Salvoce helped battle a fire aboard the Gloucester fishing boat St. Nicholas about 90 miles off Cape Cod. A second boat fire occurred off Massachusetts coast and a third craft rolled over and sank near Martha’s Vineyard.
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Boston
Coast Guard
Cape Cod
Gloucester
St. Nicholas
Cape
Cod
Massachusetts
Martha's Vine Lyard
Antibiotics Growth Effect Studied by UN Delegates
Amherst Mass Aug 28 Biologist warns that some antibiotics may retard growth in humans and animals. Dr Edward G Pollock cites evidence of growth inhibition in plants and animals and urges careful study of long term high dose use including penicillin and streptomycin. He notes the possibility of growth retardation in children and adolescents and discusses Aureomycin chlortetracycline as a plant growth control example.
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Frank Carey
Associated Press
Amherst
Mass
Dr. Pollock
American Institute of Biological Science
University of Massachusets
Pollock
Loncerned
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Rights March
India
New Delhi
Brazil
Brasilia
Paris
London
Rome
Mexico City
Lincoln
Rights Fund
Panmunjom
Appratus
Holy Cross
Edward G. Pollock
San Fernando Valley State College
North
Southern Illinois
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