Whites and Negroes mingle amid civil rights turmoil in Selma
In Selma Alabama civil rights tensions rise after three killings in six weeks led to church desegregation and a plea for protection of a Negro witness. King announced a planned economic boycott of Alabama goods and Klan leaders sought a meeting with President Johnson while four Klansmen were arrested in a separate murder case.
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Selma
Als
Alabama
Johnson
Viola
Gregg Linzao
Detroit
George C. Wallace
Linzac
Ala
Martin” Luther King Jr
James Bevel
Hosea Williams
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Wallace
Leroy Moton
Lowndes
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Y. Frank Mathews
Ien Yeaiymes
San Francisco
Martin Luther King Jr
America
Georgia
White House Condolences From Humphrey To Linseed Family
Vice President Hubert Humphrey extended condolences from the White House to the Linseed family in Detroit for Mrs Viola Gregg Liusxo who was killed by an assassin on a highway in Alabama Thursday night. He visited the Detroit home of husband Anthony Linseed, 51, and spoke briefly with relatives and friends. Teamsters official Chuck O Brien said Humphrey delivered a personal message from the President and First Lady along with his own words of sympathy.
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Detroit
Hubert Humphrey
White House
Mra
Viola Gregg Liusxo
Alabama
Humphrey
Linzaoe
Presticat
Troy Tax Status May Yield Benefit for City Finances
For the first time in its fiscal history Troy rises to No 2 among the state's highest tax cities and could gain a benefit. The ranking considers a city's financial practices and taxable property per capita places Troy among the five lowest cities in the state for property tax burden per person.
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Bob Fusco
Troy
Tax Base Shrunken as City Ranks Among 62 in State
The commission report shows Troy's per capita assessable property at 2,498 dollars, fifth lowest among 62 cities outside New York City. Salamanca is the poorest at 2,164. Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer, Glens Falls, and Saratoga Springs have higher values. Former Lt. Gov. Moore notes the long-standing problem and recalls 1943 discussions with Mayor LaGuardia on Troy’s fiscal pressures.
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Commission On State, Local Affairs
New York City
Cohoes
Watervliet
Troy
Lackawanna
Albany
Schenectady
Rensselaer
Glens Falls
Saratoga Springs
Mechanicville
Salamanca
Frank C Moore
Governor's Commission
Moore
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Fiorello LaGuardia
Sixth Fleet Halts Cyprus-Bound Ship
The U.S. Sixth Fleet reportedly intercepted a Greek freighter carrying Soviet antiaircraft missiles from Egypt to Cyprus and forced it back to Egypt. Cyprus tensions rise as Greek Cypriots and Turkish forces engage, with casualties reported among Greek and Turkish Cypriots in Ambelikou village amid ongoing fighting.
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Nicosia
U. S
Egypt
Cyprus
Tharros
Pentagon
Washington
Italy
United States
Hcd
Makarios
Russia
Greece
Turkey
Atlanitic Alliance
Ambelikou
Father Kills Family Then Himself in Huntsville
Joseph C. Delashmitt Jr an employee of a major space city engineering firm killed his wife Joan 31 and children John 6 Joy 3 then shot himself. He phone claimed shooting his family but later told a telephone operator who he was and where he was revealing the deed. The family died at a Huntsville Hospital and the man’s body was found with a pistol nearby.
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Huntaville
Ala
Joseph C. Delashmitt Jr
Agunon
A. G. Osborne
Delashmitt
Joan
John
Hunteville
Joy
Brown Engineering Company
Eddie Warner
Joseph W. Stillweh
Seagrave
Stilwell
Burma
Mer
Jag
Ure
U. S
Grace
Nettie
Gotham Hails Astros Today
New York AP astronauts Virgil Grissom and John W Young will be welcomed with a ticker tape parade up the Canyon of Heroes on lower Broadway. The pair, making the first two man orbital flight last Tuesday, are due at La Guardia Airport at 10 30 a m with their families.
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New York
Virgil Grissom
John W. Young
Broadway
Duke Reaches Spain as New U.S. Ambassador Arrives
Angier Bridle Duke arrived in Algeciras aboard the Atlantic to take the U.S. ambassador post in Spain. He said he will work to strengthen ties between the United States and Spain, succeeding Robert F. Woodward.
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Algeciras
Spain
U.S
Angier
Duke
United States
Robert F. Woodward
Atlantic
Laotians Report Phoumi Forces Seize Thakhek City
Reports from Vientiane say Phoumi Nosavat supporters seized Thakhek on the Laos Thailand border amid rumors he would return from exile in Thailand. Traffic was halted and border crossings closed as Laos’s army dismissed the event as minor, noting capacity to crush any revolt if it grows.
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Vientiane
Laos
Phoumi Nosavat
Thakhek
Thailand
Here
Mekong
Phoumi
Hig
Ees
Bangkok
Pathet Lao
Nakhon Phenom
Mekong River
Blaze destroys excursion pier at Palisades Interstate Park
AP reports a fire destroyed the middle pier at Palisades Interstate Park used by Hudson River excursion boats. origin of the blaze is not known. The damaged pier was one of three along the excursion-boat complex on the river.
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Bear Mountains
Palisades Interstate Park
Marine pilot killed as Viet Cong ambushes helicopter
In Da Nang area, Viet Cong gunned a U S Marine Corps Ha4 helicopter. The pilot Capt William Reynolds died after crashing and being struck by a rotor blade while fleeing wreckage. Four passengers survived. Elsewhere air strikes targeted Viet Cong positions while coast patrols expanded. In central highlands a minefield wounded 74 people and killed 14 Vietnamese at a U S Special Forces camp.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U. S. Marine Corps
da Nang
North Viet Nam
Pentagon
Washington
William D. . Reynolds
Helén
Senta
Ana
Callin
U. S
Tth
Highlands
Taylor Bears Optimism Into Confabs
Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor returned for a week of consultations with a feeling that things are turning for the better in Vietnam. He will meet President Johnson and other officials in a periodic review of the U.S. effort to stem the Communist drive in South Vietnam. Henry Cabot Lodge, Taylor’s predecessor, predicted gains as districts around Saigon have pacified hamlets and villagers report Viet Cong activity to authorities. Lodge warned air strikes against North Vietnam should continue to press Hanoi to abandon its campaign.
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Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
Viet Nam
Taylor
Saigon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Saigon Post
Johnson
Lodge
NBC
South Viet Nam
U. S
North Viet Nam
Pet Bear Mauls London
A 20 month old child, Christopher Shean, was killed yesterday when mauled by a Himalayan mountain bear kept by his father in the family's suburban backyard. Authorities described the incident as a fatal domestic animal attack.
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London
Christopher Shean
Burma Surgeon Dr Gordon Seagrave Dies at 68 in Rangoon
Dr Gordon Seagrave famed Burma surgeon died at Nambkam Hospital near Rangoon at age 68. He led a 280 bed jungle hospital, aided Gen Stillwell’s troops, and wrote My Hospital in the Hills. Survived by two sons Sterling and John.
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Rangoon
Burma
Gordon Seagrave
Nambkam Hospital
U.S
Sterling
John
Seagrave
Jungle
Rangown
Communit
China
A. S. Seagrave
China pledges aid to Viet Cong and resists USSR arms through
Communist China declared it would use all efforts to send arms and war supplies to the Viet Cong in South Viet Nam and would send troops if needed, in a letter from Foreign Minister Chen Yi. Beijing also refused to allow Soviet arms shipments through China or over its territory to North Viet Nam, not permitting antiaircraft missiles via China, according to Communist sources.
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Tokyo
China
South
Viet Nam
Chen Yi
Xuan. Thuy
Moscow
Soviet Union
Chile Quake Triggers Massive Reservoir Flood in Village
A powerful earthquake near Santiago, Chile, caused a 100 feet high mud and water flood from the Disputada Las Condes reservoir, washing away a mining village of 400 people within minutes. Dozens of towns north and south reported destruction as rescuers searched by night and urged relatives to avoid the deadly mud.
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Santiago
Chile
Nada
Pate
Thase
Disputada Las Condes Company
Lorig
el Cobre
Aconcagua
Valparaiso
Coquimbo
el. Cobre
Aixmile
Carlos Munchel
Six Die in Rural Eastford House Fire
A pre dawn fire in Eastford killed six people including Norah Colburn 20 and Theresa Lowey 23 along with their children Peggy Ann 5 and Michael six months and Kevin 9 Shawn names appear in police reports with Russell Colburn 28 the sole survivor who rushed back to investigate after hearing a noise and smelling smoke the blaze engulfed the house frightening investigators.
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Eastford
Come
Hwe
Norah Colburn
Kevin
Shawn
Colburn
Oliter
Theresa Lowey
Peggy Ann
Michael
Russell
Princess Victoria Mary dies of heart attack at Harewood House
Princess Victoria Mary, the Princess Royal and eldest daughter of King George V, died at Harewood House near Leeds after a heart attack. Widely respected for charity work with the Red Cross and Girl Scouts, she was 67 and had long lived in Yorkshire after a life of public service amid royal duties. Her son, the Earl of Harewood, announced she died peacefully. her last official act was attending a Swedish royal funeral in Stockholm.
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Leeds
England
Brit Elizabeth
Britain
Sjies
Harewood House
George V
Yorkshire
London
Earl of Harewood
Red Cross
Girl Scouts
Princess Victoria
Alexandre Alice Mary
Karl - Narewoud
Hfe
Mary
Princes Royal
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