Rap Brown Warns FBI Agent Amid Hunger Strike
H Rap Brown, Negro militant leader and SNCC figure, vows to retaliate against FBI agents in New Orleans as he faces new charges. He walks out of court, threatens, and goes to jail while planning a hunger strike. bond set and travel restrictions ordered as prosecutors pursue firearms and incitement cases.
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Bill Crider
FBI
U.S
Brown
William Kuntsler
William
New York
H. Smith Jr
Fritz H. Wind
Welhorst
Jolatio
Lansing Mitchell
Negro Candidate Predicts Victory In Mississippi
Charles Evers predicts he will defeat six white opponents to become Mississippi's first Negro congressman since 1881. Odds against him are heavy in the special election next Tuesday. If no candidate gains a majority, the top two meet in a March 12 runoff for the 12-county southwest Mississippi seat.
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John Pearce Jackson
Miss
Charles Evers
Mississippi
Evers
John Hell Williams
Pavegnar
Fee
U.S
Charles H. Griffin
Williams
Ellis Bodron
Vicksburg
Hagan Thompson
Jackson
Thompson
Troy Watkins
Natchez
Joe N. Pigott
McComb
David L. Perkins
National Association For Tee Advancement of Colored People
Pentagon Seeks Shelters for U S Planes in Europe
The Pentagon urges Congress to authorize protective shelters for UA aircraft in Europe citing Egyptian losses in last June’s Arab-Israeli war. Secretary Harold Brown notes East European nations already build such shelters and reserves the air force could save aircraft in many scenarios. McNamara sought $174 million for 60 shelters for European bases.
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Congress
Europe
U.S
Harold Brown
Air Force
Middle East
United Arab Republic
Brown
Senate Armed Services Committee
Secretary of Defense
Robert 8. McNamara
Furopean
Seven Die In Ohio House Fire Near Powhatan Point
Ohio AP report: seven people perish in a small wooden home near Powhatan Point, including a mother and five children. Two survivors, father Clove and son Steve, escaped after leaping from a window. Fire Chief Wilbur Perry cited an overheated coal stove as the likely cause.
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Ohio
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Cleve Stonebreaker
Florence
Belva
Carie Mae
Paul
Cleve Jr
Becky Wolfe
Clove
Steve
Wilbur Perry
U S Bermuda Meet May Be Last On Island
Washington officials note the eighth British American parliamentary conference to be held in Bermuda may be the final such gathering on the island. Rep Wayne Hays says future sessions could move to avoid Bermuda branding criticism. eight Americans and Britons are slated to attend, though U S participation remains uncertain.
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Bermuda
Senate
House
Sunny Island
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Britain
Scott Lucas Dies Former Senate Democratic Leader at 76
ROCKY MOUNT N C Scott W Lucas once Senate Democratic leader until his 1950 defeat by Everett M Dirksen died early today after a cerebral hemorrhage He was 76 Lucas who backed New Deal and Fair Deal policies during 14 years in Congress was hospitalized after a stroke on a Florida bound train Doctors said he died at 551 PM local time at Park View Hospital following admission Wednesday night.
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N.C. Sap
Scott W. Lucas
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Harry S. Truman
Lacas
Congress
Laccas
Park View Hospital
Rufus Ratchford
Maff
543 Killed In Vietnam Last Week Reports High War Toll
Saigon AP reports the U.S. command tallies 543 Americans killed and 2,547 wounded in the Feb 11–17 period, raising overall U.S. casualties to 18,239 killed, 112,469 wounded, with 1,242 missing or captured. South Vietnamese losses cited separately, including 37,515 killed and 6,947 captured for the period Jan 30 to Feb 21.
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Saigon
U.S. Command
U.S
Ford II eyed for federal post in Johnson era
Reporters say Henry Ford II may be named to a federal job after a visit to LBJ Ranch as part of talk on the National Alliance of Businessmen aims to create 500000 jobs for hard core unemployed in city slums over three years. Ford heads the alliance and Ford's future role sparks speculation amid Johnson's Texas visit.
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Washington
National Alliance of
Lbj Ranch
Here
Sargent Shriver
Federal ‘Office of Economic Opportunity
Frank
Johnson
Lemon E. Knudsen
General Motors
Ford]. Motor Co
Arjay Miller
Ford 11
Miller
Viet
Korea
Texas
C&O Railway renews call for merger approval
New York AP. A relgion and to become more pewed call has been made for rom 2 assiliated earnings consolidated earnings in the merger of the Chesapeake and Ohio and Norfolk and Western railways. The plan seeks approval from the Interstate Commerce Commission. The affiliated C&O Baltimore and Ohio report notes earnings projections of 593 million or 6.02 a share versus 66.1 million and 7.61 a share in 1966. A Penn Central meeting is invited for Feb 25 at 1 30 p.m. in Hagerstown Maryland to discuss the merger and its survival amid Penn Central pressure.
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Chesapeake
C&o
BLO
Ohio
Norfolk and West
Em Railways
Interstate Com
Merce Commission
C&oq
Baltimore
New York Central
Ger
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Maryland
Northern Avenue
Penn-Central
Hagerstown
Enterprise Returns To War In Viet Nam Crisis
The nuclear powered aircraft carrier Enterprise, the world's biggest warship, returns to Vietnam duty after a Pueblo crisis driven diversion to Korean waters. It joins TiC onderoga and the Bon Homme Richard in the Gulf of Tonkin, 0, miles off North Vietnam, marking its third Vietnam tour with 100 planes aboard.
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Saigon
Enterprise
7Th Fleet
Ticonderoga
Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnam
Japan
United States
North Korea
Pueblo
Break Up Your Cold In One Hour
A dated ad claims quick relief from cold misery with 3 tablets at drug stores, offering a small refund if symptoms persist. It features marketing phrasing and casual product promises characteristic of early 20th century drugstore promotions.
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Swift
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