Anti Poverty Plan Claims Broad Progress in 1965
Sargent Shriver testifies before a Senate subcommittee detailing gains from the antipoverty program. He cites 3.1 million helped with a projection to 5.9 million, 102 Job Corps centers opening, 3,100 community action grants, 75,000 college students aided, 26,000 youths in neighborhood Youth Corps, 10,000 rural loans, 88,000 adults in work experiences, and 530,000 preschool enrollees in Head Start.
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Washington (Ap
Sargent Shriver
Johnson
Senate Labor Subcommittee
Revolt Crushed in Machala Ecuador by Small NCO Rebellion
Army units patrolled Machala in El Oro Province after a brief revolt by a small group of noncommissioned officers and soldiers. Rebels sought constitutional government a provisional civilian government new schools and hospital modernization per La Prensa correspondent in Guayaquil.
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Quito
Ecuador
Machala
el Oxo
Guayaquil
la Prensa
Art expert pours doubt on Fidel Castro treasure
An Italian government art expert says the so called treasure of Fidel Castro has no artistic value. A local dealer bought five freight cars of furniture and items Cuba sent to Europe for hard currency. Cuban exiles in Miami claim the shipment includes works seized from wealthy Cubans.
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Milan
Italy
Fidel Castro
Europe
Miami
London Justice of the Peace Targeted by Klan Threats
Police guard the home of Mrs Anne Evans a woman justice of the peace after three callers claimed to be Ku Klux Klan members and threatened her with crucifixion over her stance that Britain should have Negro policemen.
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London
Justice of the Peace
Anne Evans
Britain
Singer Marian Anderson Gives Farewell Philadelphia Concert
Marian Anderson, born in Philadelphia, bade farewell to the city with a free outdoor performance at Robin Hood Dell. About 36 000 people attended the Monday night concert in the amphitheatre.
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Philadelphia
Marian Anderson
Robin Hood Dell
Puryear Appointed Deputy Director at National Urban League
New York AP report says Nahlon T. Puryear was named deputy director of the National Urban League. Whit ney Young Jr. executive director announced the appointment in New York on Monday.
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New York
Nahlon T. Puryear
National Urban League
Whitney Young Jr
Encyclical on Dante Delayed at Vatican
Vatican sources said Pope Paul VI has postponed publication of an encyclical on Dante Alighieri until September. The document was expected this month to mark the 7th centenary of the poet's birth.
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Vatican City
Sourcss
Paul VI
Dante Alighieri
Paul
Stock market heads higher after four-day selloff
The New York stock market reversed course in brisk early trading led by gains in motors airlines and aircraft sectors that had been hit hard in Monday's selloff. The rally follows four straight days of losses on the exchange.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Stamp marks Salvation Army centennial in July
Keeping Up x With Thomasville notes a July 3 stamp release by the U S Post Office to honor the Salvation Army centennial, founded in 1865 by William Booth. Farnsworth says the issue features a Salvation Army couple beside the Flag. The piece mentions a Georgia lily sale and a high school football tie-in.
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U. S
Salvation Army
William Booth
Booth
Army
London
England
Set. S. M. Farnsworth
Local Post
Georgia
U S and Vietnamese Paratroops Hunt Viet Cong in Jungle
U S and Vietnamese forces joined in a jungle pursuit of Viet Cong 30 miles north of Saigon with about 800 Australian infantry entering late. Casualties were light, while U S Air Force strikes deep into North Vietnam targeted the Thu an Chau depot. A 173rd Airborne Brigade paratrooper was killed by a grenade as troops moved in.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
An Chau
173Rd Airborne Brigade
173Rd
Investigators Probe Cairo Murder After Mother Found Dead
The body of 38 year old Geraldine Singletary, Cairo mother of two, was found badly decomposed near a culvert on Georgia 179 north of Whigham. Autopsy pending at Archbold Memorial Hospital with robbery or kidnapping suspected. Police pursue tips as rain complicates evidence.
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ED Kelly
Mary Frances Donalson
Cairo
Fondren
Geraldine) Singletary
Ga. 179
Whigham
Grady County
Larry Howard
Atlanta
State Crime Laboratory
Thomasville
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Jimmy Hicks
Reporter First On Scene As Body Found On Rural Highway
I E Reporter Mary Francesa Donalson describes arriving minutes after a decomposed woman’s body was found on a lonely highway. Grady County Sheriff Jimmy Hicks, Coroner J L Clark Sr, and multiple law officers assisted as GBI FBI agents and state troopers converged on the muddy drainage area where the body lay beneath a blanket.
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J. Lauren Clark
Grady County
Jimmy Hicks
T-E
Mary Francesa Donalson
Gals and Boss Clash Over Uniforms at Savings And Loan
Beverly Hills officials of a savings and loan association order 65 women to wear uniforms starting August 9. Some employees give two weeks notice citing desire for individuality while the firm says uniforms clear a hodgepodge of costumes. Each woman will receive three suit sets blue black and checked with weekly rotation.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Savings and Loan Association
Kenneth F. Spencer
Association
Opinion Split Over Needed Marines in Viet Nam
In Da Nang South Viet Nam Marine officers debate if 16 500 Leathernecks are enough to defend bases and press the war. Gen Lewis W Walt urges more patrols especially at night while others say forces are stretched around Da Nang Phu Bai and Chu Lai and cannot patrol or guard positions continuously.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
Lewis W. Walt
Wallace M. Greene Jr
Marine Corps
Greene
Phu Bai
Chu Lai
No Big Love Affair Says Luci On Escort In New Orleans
Luci Baines Johnson calls the mystery escort who accompanied her in New Orleans just a friend and not a romance. Sidney Kaplan, 21, a University of Alabama student and former Senate page, escorted her from the airport and to a French Quarter hotel while Secret Service watched. Kaplan has attended several Washington parties for Luci, who was in the city to address the American Optometric Association’s women’s auxiliary.
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New Orleans
Senate
Luci Baines Johnson
Sidney Kaplan
University of Alabama
Luci
Kaplan
French Quarter
Victor Schiro
Secret Service
Optem Trist
Washington
American Optometric Association
Brunette
Five in Family Killed in Train Crash Near Jacksonville
A train collision at Impson Road crossing west of Jacksonville killed six people, including Ralph Davis a 43 year old father and his wife Mary along with four children. Also killed were their daughters Donna and Debbie, stepdaughter Betty Ann Bernard, and neighbor’s child Deborah Lynn Herrin. The girls ranged from 5 to 13 years old.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Ralph Davis
Mary
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Impson Road Crossing
Davis
Donna
Debbie
Betty Ann Bernard
Deborah Lynn Herrin
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