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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1965
Page
2
Stan Laurel, famed half of the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy, dies at 74. He wrote and directed many films, and the pair produced about 300 motion pictures over 30 years, winning box office success despite frequent clashes with authority.
In Selma Alabama protesters halted a late afternoon march to the courthouse despite police and troopers nearby. Martin Luther King Jr urged continued demonstrations and anticipated a new voting bill from Washington as he prepared to address voters and plan a return to Selma for Monday registration efforts.
Walter Jenkins former top aide to President Johnson submitted written answers to more than 25 questions from the Senate Rules Committee Bobby Baker investigation. He swore to them in the presence of Chairman B Everet Jordan. A closed committee meeting was planned for this morning and the Q A likely to be released today.
Rev. Rockefeller named Arthur J. Quinn a 50 year old banker and Norman Greenberg a 35 year old business executive to the Board of Visitors to Manhattan State Hospital. Both men reside in Manhattan.
After Malcolm X was killed, fears spread as a four story Harlem mosque at 116th Street and Lenox Avenue was largely destroyed by an early morning fire. Police connected the blaze to post assassination tensions and sought suspects linked to the Black Muslim movement.
Democrats in Albany pushed their first non-controversial bill Monday while Assembly Democrats rolled back liquor law changes from last year. A party chair led a package restoring minimum liquor price controls and distance rules for package stores as Republicans considered truancy and lawlessness in public demonstrations. Thomas Mackell sponsored a measure to let New York City voters redraw council districts for the 197? city election, changing the council from its current 35 seats.
Black Muslims formed their own security detail to augment police protection for Elijah Muhammad. Officials reported a tight security net around the 68 year old leader and extra squads guarding several south side properties to prevent retaliation or violence.
Brief private services will be held for Felix Frankfurter the gadfly Supreme Court justice who died Monday after a long life of public involvement. There will be no public services and no burial details announced by the Supreme Court press office.
A 15 year old Troy boy allegedly took his mother's auto without permission and was involved in a collision at Pinewoods and Central Avenues yesterday afternoon. Dets Arnold Will and William Lewis arrested him. he was released to his parents for Family Court appearance. Patrolmen Fitzpatrick and Peddie reported the crash with David Sibley, 18, of 180 Hudson Ave Green Island.
Comedian Jackie Mason filed a 3 million dollar libel slander suit against Ed Sullivan and his TV producers over last October 18 gestures on the Ed Sullivan show.
A federal grand jury indicted three men and a woman for conspiracy in shipping mislabeled horse meat from South Kearney New Jersey to Merkel Inc in Jamaica Queens. Defendants include Charles Anselmo a loan shark and associate of a noted soybean scandal figure. Herman Jukofsky a former Merkel plant manager. Michael Stamovicz and Madeline Bullard.
The council backed a proposed bill limiting self defense against unlawful arrest and opposing confessions made without counsel or a judge. They argued police investigations rely on confessions when witnesses are absent, while stressing current law already restricts admissible statements. Leaders at the press conference included Richard H. Kuh and George A. Murphy, with Flanagan also present.
An epidemic in Alleppey district Kerala state has killed 123 people, officials announced yesterday. Authorities urged precautions as the outbreak affected the southwest coast region.
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