FDR Jr Sees New EEOC Post as Challenge and Opportunity
Washington AP Frank lin D Roosevelt Jr takes head of the new Equal Employment Opportunity Commission praising the role as a wonderful opportunity and a great challenge. He says the job could be a stepping stone toward possible political aims while aiming to advance the act’s fight against employment discrimination.
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Washington (Ap
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Equal Employment Opproyment Opportunity Commission
Johnson
New York
Roosevelt
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Commission
White House
Commerce Department
Senate
George E. Reedy
Jury Acquits Mother of 6 In Slay Case
In LaGrange Georgia a 28 year old mother of six was acquitted by a male jury in a brief trial for the shotgun slaying of her husband on April 1 The jurors deliberated 45 minutes and the defendant testified she would have discarded the loaded gun if she had known it was loaded The defense portrayed her as victim of ongoing abuse and urged mercy citing motherhood on trial with the case noting the husband Fred Cooper was found dead with a fatal wound
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Lagrange, Ga
Fred Cooper
Increase In Bank Deposit Boxes Signals Stronger Economy
A growing demand for safe deposit boxes reflects higher consumer wealth and more complex needs. Banks report boxes in virtually every branch, with estimates of over 15 million boxes nationwide and annual rents from about five dollars for small boxes.
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Richard L. Graves
New York
Safe Manufacturing Company
Humbert Fabbro
United States
U.S
Canada
Pilgrim Adventure colors Monday TV lineup
AP Television Radio writer Cynthia Lowry notes ABC presents The Pilgrim Adventure a realistic color portrayal of the Pilgrims hardships and journey to America. NBC offers Jonathan Winters final comedy special of the season and CBS honors composer Sibelius with a Finland centennial tribute. Also recommended Cloak of Mystery on NBC and Telephone Hour suspense series with Carol Lawrence Gordon MacRae and Leslie Uggams.
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Cynthia Lowry
New York
ABC
Holland
America
Cape Cod
Jonathan Winters
NBC
CBS
Jan Sibelius
Finland
Telephone Hour
Carol Lawrence
Gordon MacRae
Leslie Uggams
Won't contest election after primary loss in Savannah
A defeated Democratic House candidate, Bruce Greene, says he will not contest the Georgia primary won by Lionel Drew Jr. by 1,381 votes. Greene sought a grand jury probe into alleged election violations, including a poll worker handing out sheets near machines and possible NAACP outreach to Black voters, but will await formal action.
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Savannah
Democratic House
Bruce Greene
Chatham County Democratic Committee
Greene
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Lionel E. Drew Jr
Cancer victim Roy C. Marcus dies at 61 in Beverly Hills
Roy C. Marcus chairman of the Pennsylvania Life Insurance Co. died at his Beverly Hills home after more than a year of cancer illness. He bought the company in 1955 and moved its headquarters to Southern California in 1959.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Roy C. Marcus
Pennsylvania Life Insurance Co
Marcus
Pennsylvania Company
California
Poll Tax Ban Drive Faces Senate showdown
Senate leaders rely on a Kennedy antipoll tax amendment as a pivotal vote in the Negro voting rights bill debate. Kennedy claims 42 senators back the measure, while administration and Southern lawmakers challenge its constitutionality. Dr. King campaigns in Selma pressing for passage, as Mansfield contemplates limiting debate to advance the bill this week.
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Washington
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Johnson Down
Senate Gop
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
Selma
Ala
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Postal Service Tests Giant Steel Mail Containers
The United States Post Office experiments with oversized steel containers designed to be packed with mail and shipped across continents and oceans without handling the contents.
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United States Post Office
Young Ho Go Chevron
An energetic Chevron advertisement promotes livelier gasolines for modern cars. It highlights a head start to fun and friends when filling up at Standard stations and promises whisper quiet performance and better car care.
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Chevron
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