NAACP Registered 1100 New Voters Here in Arizona
Tucson NAACP registered about 1100 new Negro voters for the recent general election. About 8700 Negroes were registered in Pima County with 87 percent voting. The group cited door canvasses, poll watchers, drivers, a voters guide, and church and Youth Council activity as key efforts. Goldwater was a common topic in Negro households.
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Tucson
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Macea- Wells
NAACP
Young Democrats of
Greater
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Pima County
Wells
Goldwater
Arizona
Youth Council
Jet Bomber Crash Kills Four At Pease AFB
A B47 jet bomber faltered on takeoff from Pease Air Force Base and crashed into snow covered woodland two miles from the runway. All four crewmen were killed: Maj Daniel J. Campion Jr. aged 34, Capt Truman A. Burch 28, Maj John R. North 30, and Capt Bennie Ward Forrester 27. The bomber from the 351st Bomb Squadron of the 100th Bombardment Wing. Temperature near zero during crash. $2 million aircraft.
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Newington
N.H
Pease Air Force Base
Woodland
Daniel J. Campion Jr
Portsmouth
Daniel J. Campion
Flushing
N.Y
Truman A. Burch
John R. North
West Brattleboro
Bennie Ward Forrester
Oscar VY. Forrester
Louise C. Mullen
Memphis
Tenn
Pease
Szero
100Th Bombardment Wing
Wallace Wall Jr
TV Lights Said To Shield Ruby
Des Moines Iowa police officials attributed the fatal shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald to television lights that blinded guards. Deputy Chief Newton T Fisher said officers guarding Oswald did not see Jack Ruby kill Oswald two days after Kennedy's murder. He noted that bright TV coverage influenced the events and suggested motorcade routes for celebrity appearances be reconsidered.
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Des Moines
Towa
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Dallas
Newton T. Fisher
Fisher
Iowa Sheriffs Association
Kennedy
Oswald
Cuban Refugees Latest Thing In Wetbacks Haste
Miami reports a new refugee wave as Cubans fly to Mexico then cross the Rio Grande by boat or wade in. Carlos Estevez says hundreds are crossing weekly, with U. S. entry as refugees amid the looming end of the Mexican farm labor program.
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Miami
Fla
U.s.-Mexico
Rio Grande
Mexico
Havana
Carlos Estevez
Cuba
Mexico City
U. S
United States
Estevez
Spain
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Wordstow
Parnelli Jones
E. Broadway
EL Con Shopping Center
Cecil Gaver
Speedway
Hoover
Dial-A-Matic
Alah
Grafton
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