Mississippi marchers start 70 mile trek to Jackson
Floyd McKissick leads about 175 marchers along U S 51 from Enid toward Grenada as they push toward Jackson. A mower and state troopers accompany the column while splinter groups urge voting, and King notes the aim to reach Jackson by June 26.
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Enid
Miss
Mississippi
Meredith
Grenada
Jackson
Floyd McKissick
U.S. 51
Mississippi Highway Department
Mckhissick
Highway 51
Delta
Jim Letherer
Saginaw, Mich
Selma
Martin Luther King Jr
Alabama
Montgomery
King
Ruby Sanity Trial Starts in Dallas
District Judge Louis Holland began impaneling a sanity trial jury for Jack Ruby amid defense objections. Spectators included Ruby’s sister Eva Grant and Marguerite Oswald, Lee Harvey Oswald’s mother, as motions argued rights violations and delay. If found insane, Ruby would be committed. if sane, the Court of Criminal Appeals may hear his appeal. Ruby, 55, was condemned to death for killing Oswald, identified by the Warren Commission as Kennedy’s assassin.
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Dallas
Tex
Louis Holland
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Eva Grant
Marguerite Oswald
Fort Worth
Lee Harvey Oswald
Court of Criminals Appeals
Oswald
Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
Suspect Held In Bow Attack Homicide In Harlem
Waslone Georges, 59, charged with homicide for shooting Florence Tolliver, 53, with a bow and arrow. Police say a three foot arrow was used from a 45 pound pull bow, found in Georges' Harlem apartment along with the weapon. Tolliver died from loss of blood after being found on a first floor landing and dying at Harlem Hospital.
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New York
Waslone Georges
Florence Tolliver
Georges
Harlem
Harlem Hospital
Brandeis Peace Literature Suppressed During Goldberg Speech
Ambassador Arthur Goldberg urged free expression at Brandeis University as campus antiwar literature was confiscated by campus and Waltham police. Students protested in silence during his remarks on Vietnam and the First Amendment as seniors refused to enter the amphitheater until literature was allowed.
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Waltham
Mass
Arthur J. Goldberg
Brandeis University
Viet Nam
Brandeis
Goldberg
Allen J. Zurkin
Bethesda
U. S
United Nations
David Finkle
Gary
Ind
Puerto Rico Voting Right Law Upheld
The Supreme Court upheld a provision of the 1965 federal voting rights law allowing Puerto Ricans to vote using Spanish literacy. It also ruled New York cannot enforce English literacy standards against sixth grade educated non English instruction residents. The decision 7-2 reverses a federal court ruling and involves New York City Puerto Rican residents and Brookyn couple John and Christine Morgan.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York State
U.S
Thurgood Marshall
New York
Congress
Robert F. Kennedy
Jacob K. Javits
William F. Ryan
Jacob H. Gilbert
New York Board of Elections
Justice Department
John P
Christine Morgan
Brooklyn
Klan Contempt Trial Delayed Toward September
Federal judge delays the contempt of Congress trial of Ku Klux Klan leader Robert M. Shelton to September 12 after his attorney says the case will need one to two weeks to try. If convicted, Shelton faces a fine of 100 to 1000 dollars and one month to one year in prison. The case is seen as a test for six other Klan leaders set for this fall.
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Washington
Robert M. Shelton
Matthew McGuire
U.S. District Court
Shelton
Lester V. Chalmers Jr
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Imperial Wizard
United Klans of America
Supreme Court strengthens rights of suspects in police questioning
The Supreme Court ruled police may not question a suspect alone or after he indicates he does not wish to be interrogated. Chief Justice Warren set new safeguards, requiring warnings, counsel, and voluntary waiver, applying after custodial detention. The decision overturns part of the Escobedo ruling and reverses several convictions while upholding key protections.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
John M. Harlan
Potter Stewart
Byron R. White
Tom C. Clark
Warren
Escobedo
Saigon Riots Shut Streets as Buddhists Rally and Police Strike
Riot police ring Saigon as Buddhist demonstrators led by monks converge on the center near the U S embassy and Gia Long Palace. Monks are arrested, tear gas fires, and youths are taken for induction while outside altars are removed. In air action, U S Navy pilots destroy a MIG and two U S planes are lost in new attacks as 101st Airborne troops engage North Vietnamese forces in the central highlands.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U. S
Gia Long Palace
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Hanoi
Haihpong
Cmdr
Hal L. Marr
Roseburg
Ore
Hancock
Haiphong
Marr
Mu Gia Pass
Dong Hoi
South Viet Nam
U.S
101St Airborne Division
Slide Toll 89 In Hong Kong
AP reports a catastrophic storm in Hong Kong killed at least 89 people. Rescue teams found 51 bodies, with 16 more buried and 22 missing. A 15 hour, 14 inch deluge triggered mudslides across the hilly island prompting mobilized police, firefighters, troops, and heavy equipment to clear debris and ferried supplies to Victoria Peak.
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Hong Kong
Victoria Peak
Weather outlook cooler with storms and sun
Rain and cooler thunderstorms likely tonight ending early Tuesday. Considerable cloudiness and a little cooler tonight with a low in the mid 60s. Partly sunny and warm Tuesday with highs in the low to mid 80s. Wednesday looks mostly sunny and warmer.
Optimism rises as U.S. builds up in Vietnam
Washington officials say escalating U.S. combat strength may speed a turning point against the Communists in South Vietnam. McNamara says 18,000 more troops in 45 days, boosting South Vietnam force to about 285,000 with year-end near 400,000.
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Washington
U.S
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Robert S. McNamara
Dean Rusk
Johnston
McNamara
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Westover
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N. Y
Ernesto A. Miranda
Phoenix
Ariz
Contempt of Congress
House Committee On UN
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