Keep At It Judge Tells Split Jurors
In Montgomery, jurors deadlocked on civil rights conspiracy charges against Ku Klux Klan members in the Vi ola Liuzzo killing. Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. urged continued deliberation citing witnesses and exhibits. Defendants are Collie Leroy Wilkins Eugene Thomas Eaton and William Orville Eaton.
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Montgomery
Ala
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
U.S
Collie Leroy Wilkins
Fairfield
Eugene Thomas
William Orville Eaton
Bessemer
Arthur J. Hanes
Birmingham
Hanes
Johnson
Liuzzo
Detroit
Natchez NAACP ends boycott with concessions
NAACP leaders in Natchez announce a three month boycott has concluded after 23 stores met demands for more job opportunities and 12 civil rights requests were accepted. Archie Jones had said 21 stores would exit the boycott. Charles Evers called the result a major civil rights gain.
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John Nosser
Natchez
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Charles Evers
Jackson
Evers
South
Archie Jones
Adams County
Jones
Astronauts Set for 14 Day Gemini 7 Flight
Cape Kennedy reports prepare Gemini 7 crewFrank Borman and James Lovell to launch Saturday for a 14 day flight as weather improves. NASA notes potential showers unlikely to disrupt liftoff while Gemini 6 aims to rendezvous with Gemini 7 in a nine to fifteen day window.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
Space
Space Agency
United States
Florida
NASA
Borman
Houston
Tex
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Christopher Kraft
Illinois master plan urges land buy for urban recreation
Recreation plan argues for rapid land purchases near cities to qualify for federal funds and curb urban sprawl. Gov. Kerner backs immediate action. plan assigns funding oversight to the Department of Conservation and calls for interagency coordination.
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Lodge
Otto Kerner
Department of Conservation
A. Heaton Underhill
Department of Interior
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Illinois
United States
Conservation Department
Department of Public Health
Public Aid
Agriculture
British Bush Aid To Zambia Arrives As Troop Talks Continue
Royal Air Force planes began landing in Lusaka as talks continued on stationing British ground troops in Rhodesia's northern neighbor. A Britannia transport and several Argosy freighters arrived, with Javelin fighters to land at Ndola later. Britain plans to reinforce Zambia's air defenses with four engine transports.
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Zambia
Rhodesia
Britannia
Lusaka
Royal Air Force
Kenya
Ndola
Kenneth Kaunda
Britain
RAF
Tax agents padlock Nazi office in Arlington Va
Internal Revenue Service padlocked the headquarters of George Lincoln Rockwell's American Nazi Party in Arlington Virginia to enforce back tax claims after a heated exchange with Rockwell. The building remained secured while authorities pursued tax matters.
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Washington
George Lincoln Rockwell
American Nazi Party
Arlington
Internal Revenue Service
Rockwell
Urban Recreation Plan Draws Fire From Planners in Illinois
Southern Illinois planners criticize a 184 page master plan for outdoor recreation that favors land purchases near urban areas over facility development. William Fromm questions five year goals and timeframes while Theodore Mikesell warns of negative Southern Illinois reception due to urban emphasis and gaps in open space land acquisition titles.
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Southern Illinois
Illinois
William Fromm
Greater Egypt
Department of Business and Economic Development
Theodore Mikesell
Southwestern Metropolitan Area Planning Commission
Monroe
St. Clair
Madison
Soviets Launch Luna 8 Aimed At Moon Soft Landing
The Soviet Union launches Luna 8 in a fourth moon attempt this year to achieve a soft landing and outpace the United States as Gemini 7 prepares to orbit Earth. Luna 8 weighs 3421.5 pounds, heavier than Luna 7, with landing expected around midnight Moscow time December 6.
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Soviet Union
United States
U.S
Earth
Moscow
Moon
Biggest nuclear test conducted underground at Nevada site
The Atomic Energy Commission reported the year’s largest underground nuclear test at the Nevada test site. The yield was described as intermediate, equaling 20,000 to 1,000,000 tons of TNT.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
AEC
Peace talks in Viet Nam still in doubt amid Soviet stance
The prospects for a multi nation peace offensive in Viet Nam dim as British Foreign Secretary Stewart says the Soviet Union does not open a door to settlement. Rusk and Johnson kept open the possibility of U S participation in a Southeast Asia conference. Stewart reiterated Moscow’s view that the Geneva framework is preferred.
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Viet Nam
Michael Stewart
Soviet Union
Dean Rusk
Johnson
United States
Southeast Asia
Stewart
Moscow
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Washington
Rusk Bushley
St. Louis
Hanoi
Britain
South
United Nations
Rusk
Cooler Fair Tonight and Saturday Preview
A cooler spell arrives tonight with overnight lows in the low to mid 30s. Saturday turns milder with daytime highs in the 50s and a pleasant overall weekend feel.
Jungle Searched Snipers Down Helicopter Near Da Nang
U.S. and Vietnamese forces pushed through South Viet Nam jungles as air strikes intensified. A Marine helicopter with four Americans and nine Vietnamese aboard was shot down south of Da Nang, all presumed dead. An Enterprise carrier air group flew 118 planes dropping 102 tons on Viet Cong targets, while a Skyraider from the Bon Homme Richard was reported missing after being struck over North Viet Nam. Defense Dept tallies put dead at 1,356, missing at 114, and wounded at 6,225 since Jan 1, 1961.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North
da Nang
Viet Nam
Dong Hoi
17Th Parallel Frontier
Enterprise
Big E
South
Washington
Defense Department
Churches Urge Phase Withdrawal of U S Troops From Viet Nam
The National Council of Churches General Board endorses a phased U S troop withdrawal from Viet Nam if replaced by an international peacekeeping force. The 93 to 10 vote with six abstentions urged stopping bombing to aid negotiations and called for U S bases to be withdrawn when replaceable. The board deferred a Red China UN admission proposal and prepared a companion message drafted by Eugene Carson Blake.
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National Council of Churches General Board
U.S
Viet Nam
Arthur Flemming
Eugene, Ore
North Viet Nam
United States
United Nations
St. Louis
Eugene Carson Blake
Philadelphia
United Presbyterian Church
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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Congress
Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission
Eisenhower
Kennedy
William Lodge
State Department of Conservation
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