Pressure grows to solve slayings
Atlanta protests and national vigils press for progress in the 19 month string of killings of 21 black children. About 125 marchers, mostly black students, walked two miles from the state capital to Morehouse College in a silent demonstration using green inverted V ribbons. The march preludes a March 15 national rally with a walk-a-thon planned in Georgetown and Boston College.
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Morehouse College
Association of Christian Student Leaders
David Smith
ACSL
Georgetown
Boston College
Newark
Michael Ballone
Atlanta Braves
Baltimore
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Camille Bell
Yusef
Chattanooga
Tenn
Fidel Castro Shot Down U-2 Spy Plane, Aide Claims
Former Castro ally Carlos Franqui recounts in a near confrontation during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis that Castro seized a Soviet missile console and pressed a button to shoot down an American U-2 over Cuba. Pilot Maj. Rudolf Anderson was killed, the sole casualty of the crisis. Franqui’s forthcoming book notes Castro learned of the missiles’ withdrawal via an AP bulletin.
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New York
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro
Carlos Franqui
Pinar del Rio
Havana
U.S. Air Force
Rudolf Anderson
United States
Franqui
Castro Movement
Revelacion
Sierra Maestra
John F. Kennedy
Soviet Union
Fidel
Associated Press
Hope fades for 23 crewmen aboard Dae Rim
A South Korean freighter sank and burned off the Alaska coast. Coast Guard says 23 crewmen are missing and presumed dead after 26 aboard Dae Rim were forced into the frigid North Pacific. Only three survivors, one later died, were rescued. Russian salvage teams boarded the listing ship, no bodies found. The vessel towed toward Attu, with survivors en route to Shemya for air transport to Kodiak. Survival chances were deemed negligible in 37-degree water.
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Juneau
Alaska
Predannyy
Coast Guard
Morganthau
Attu
Shemya
Kodiak
Split vote conviction may be first in country
Key West Florida AP report says 19 defendants in the Big Pine 29 drug-smuggling trial were convicted by an 11-1 jury vote after a defense-prosecution agreement. Judge Lawrence King questioned the novelty, noting it may be a first in the United States. Defense lawyers plan appeals to avoid mistrial and retry. The four week trial cost about $1 million.
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Key West
Fla
U.S
Lawrence King
King
Makeshift transit fleet formed in Birmingham crash plan
In Birmingham Alabama a makeshift fleet of limousines taxis and church buses was assembled for commuters and 3700 children after the mass transit system shut down. Rides cost 50 cents each while the remaining 7 300 riders were left to rely on churches and neighbors for help.
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Birmingham
Ala
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