NAACP Sets Segregation Target Date 1965
Atlantic City N J delegates at the NAACP 46th annual convention adopt a January 1 1965 deadline for the end of second class citizenship. The plan calls for federal and state fair employment laws abolition of the poll tax and swift enforcement of school desegregation ruling plus removal of housing discrimination.
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Atlantic City
N. J
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Abraham Lincoln
Supreme Court
Parachute Delivery of 100 Chicks Reaches Idaho Ranch
Jim Larkin made an unusual emergency delivery to Francis Zen Miller ranch in MCALL Idaho dropping 100 baby chicks by parachute to reach the isolated site. The stunt underscores a remote supply challenge and a remarkable air drop to a rural operation.
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Mcall
Idaho
Jim Larkin
Francis Zenmiller Ranch
Adlai Jr and Louisville Girl Married Saturday
Adlai E Stevenson Jr and Nancy Lewis Anderson wed in a quiet Saturday ceremony at the bride’s parents’ home overlooking the Ohio River. The bride, a Smith College graduate, wore ivory satin with rose point lace and carried a gardenia bouquet. The groom will continue studies at Harvard in Cambridge after a brief reception and a honeymoon to Canada.
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Louisville
Nancy Lewis Anderson
Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr
Ohio River
Warwick Anderson
Adlai E. Stevenson
Borden Stevenson
Chicago
Smith College
Peter H. Pleune
Highland Presbyterian Church
Fort Inox
Korea
Canada
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Fleet-Foot Hits Twice In East Waco Theft Burglary
Police linked two crimes in East Waco to a single fleet-footed man. Sanford Owens reported a pickpocket stole his billfold containing $2 and ID at Jimmy's Barbecue on Clifton Street around 3 p.m. Mrs. Zadia Hackworth saw a man exit her home with a radio as she confronted him. Both victims described the same suspect.
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East Waco
Sanford Owens
Coolidge
Jimmy
Clifton Street
Owen
Zadia Hackworth
Boat Stolen From Pier At Lacy Point
W E Bates of 2007 South Seventh Street reports to Chief Deputy Sheriff Abe Sanders that his 12 foot boat with a redwood bottom and pine top, painted dull gray, has disappeared from a pier at Lacy Point on Lake Waco.
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W. E. Bates
South Seventh Street
Abe Sanders
Lacy Point
Lake
Waco
Snowbanks and Golden Years in Alaska and Beyond
Reader letters show retirees seeking a low cost move with warmth, work and recognition. Florida and California attract many retirees but happiness hinges on friendly people, purpose and personal fit found in communities from Minnesota to Alaska.
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Alaska
Florida
California
Connecticut
Minnesota
Long Beach
Calif
New Jersey
Largo
Chamber of Commerce
Charley
Paradise
Girl Witnesses Fatal Throat Slashing in Dallas Home
A 45 year old woman was killed by a man who slashed her throat at her Dallas home on Saturday. A 9 year old girl witnessed the attack, police said, as investigators probed the motive and the suspect’s whereabouts.
Cop's Son Dies In Holdup At New Orleans
In New Orleans on a quiet early morning, Rodney Gares, 20, the son of a police sergeant, amid a confrontation with Joe Almerico, 52, owner of the Manhattan Club on Canal Street, was fatally shot after Gares allegedly accosted Almerico near his home. Almerico, wounded, returned fire and fled to a neighbor’s doorway where he and the three companions exchanged gunfire. Ten bullet holes marked the two houses used as a backstop before the trio fled in a dark sedan. Paraphernalia of the crime scene showed a brutal end to a night club dispute.
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New Orleans
Rodney Gares
Joe Almerico
Manhattan
Canal Street
Gares
Almerico
Gates
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Adlai E. Stevenson Jr
NAACP
Adlai Jr
Thomas Collins
Nome
United States
Dallas
Waco, Texi
O’byrne Cox
Cox
Martina Comstock Reynolds
Maurice Tucker
Pam
Jet-Aire
Wright
Dearborn Cooler
Packard
Cage
H.p
Franklin
Aspen Mets
Velves
Flente
Cop
Westinghouse
Westinghouse Electric
Giant Freezer
Freudn Foods
Westinghouse Frost-Free
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