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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1964
Page
1
More than 200 state police escorted 30 civil rights demonstrators into the surf at St Augustine Beach in an attempt to breach racial barriers. Officers formed a protective ring around the protesters as segregationists jeered, spectators joined the clamor, and after a brief surf swim the demonstrators retreated under guard, with no arrests.
Philadelphia Mississippi June 29 AP roadblocks by Mississippi Highway Patrol and FBI questioned motorists about the disappearance of Michael Schwerner Andy Goodman and James Chaney. The roadblock northeast of Philadelphia near the burned station wagon yielded no useful information as authorities pursued sightings of two white men beside a similar wagon.
Westbound Burlington Zephyr derailed about five miles west of Haigler Nebraska on June 29. Officials reported the rear two cars remained upright and, so far as known, no one was hurt.
ACT protesters rally on Chicago South Side to condemn a ban on picketing at federal offices. Speakers include Gregory, Branche, Cambridge leaders, and Milton Galamison. Demonstrations linked to Gov Scranton’s Chicago visit amid calls for direct action on housing, education, and jobs.
New York stocks rose to fresh peaks with airlines electronics and farm implements leading gains while steels eased. Trading was heavy on American Telephone and Sperry Rand with IBM and Xerox advancing. Dow Jones 30 industrials up to 831.69 at noon.
Henry Cabot Lodge told reporters at Andrews that returning to back Gov. Scranton for the Republican nomination is a higher duty than remaining as ambassador to South Viet Nam. He said the Viet Nam situation is on the track, while the Republican party is not, and signaled efforts to enlist Ike’s support for Scranton. He plans talks, Press Club appearance, and calls as he heads to San Francisco for the Platform Committee.
New York June 29 AP A female long distance swimmer Britt Sullivan who left Coney Island Sunday to attempt an Atlantic crossing is missing off Fire Island. She was last seen near the Fire Island lighted buoy at 1 10 p.m. about five miles offshore with escort Marine Center.
Forty five House Republicans issued a statement of principles endorsing civil rights the United Nations and the Social Security system They said these aims would shape their campaigns and asked for inclusion in the Republican party platform The document places them in contrast with Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona the leading GOP presidential hopeful
A weather summary notes warm conditions persisting across southern Illinois with mainly cloudy skies and scattered thunderstorms in the afternoons and evenings. Nighttime lows range from the upper 60s to low 70s, with highs in the 90s expected again Tuesday.
London and Vientiane report that the United States Britain Canada and two Asian allies press for an immediate Laos cease fire and pullback of Pathet Lao forces from recent gains in north central Laos. They accuse North Vietnamese involvement and ask Geneva cochair Britain and the Soviet Union to seek full withdrawal from Lao territory. Communist forces mass near Neutralist Muong Soui as air forces clash in monsoon weather.
Two Air Force planes collided and crashed into the sea a few miles off Bermuda. Seven of the 24 men aboard were reported rescued within an hour. Initial reports named a Dc4 and a Strato cruiser, later clarified as C54s, each carrying 19 men aboard.
Pennsylvania Governor William W. Scranton urged Southern Republicans in Atlanta to end using states rights to divide the nation, saying the doctrine should not pit regions or races against each other while he campaigns to broaden support for his GOP presidential bid. He argued for federal responsibility alongside states’ rights and dismissed links to Goldwater as inaccurate.
A young secretary in San Andres Colombia was arrested and fined 500 pesos for appearing in a two piece bikini on a beach at the island resort off the north Colombian coast. An unidentified male admirer paid the fine by passing a hat in the crowd.
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