Judge Drops Charges Against One Of 21 Slaving Suspects
In Biloxi Mississippi UPI report says U S commissioner dismissed charges against James Edward Jordan 38 of Gulfport in slaving case of three civil rights workers. 19 others had charges dropped. federal grand jury will consider indictments on all 21.
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Justice Department
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Washington
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Neshoba County
Lawrence Rainey
Cecil Price
Henry Rask
Atlanta
Miss Carter
Philadelphia
Rask
Horace Doyle Barnette
Barnette
Robert Owen
Owen
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Mississippi
Martin Luther King Jr
Oslo
Norway
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Spaak Defends Congo Action At UN Amid African Criticism
Belgium’s Foreign Minister Paul Henri Spaak told the United Nations Security Council that African states opposing Belgian and American intervention in the Congo seek to drive a wedge between Africa and Europe. He accused African ministers of injecting racism into the debate, defended the Stanleyville rescue, and noted his Paris NATO meeting this weekend. Spaak’s remarks halted a planned African filibuster as he spoke early in the session.
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Neo
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United States
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Weather View from United Press International Iowa
A cooler night east with a colder trend west and north central by Saturday. Lows tonight in the 20s. highs Saturday near 30 to 40s southeast. Sunday outlook colder with rain or snow likely.
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Two nuns killed as 42 whites rescued in Congo
Mercenary-led troops rescue 42 white survivors from rebel-held Congo Territory near Isangi and Yangambi, while authorities report the killing of two nuns, including an American Sister Marie Antoinette. Bodies were cast into the Congo River.
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Yangambi
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Wamba
William McChesney
Storms pelt nation with floods and wrecks across states
A broad storm system drenched Iowa to Ohio and the Deep South, triggering evacuations in Alexandria Louisiana as levee breaks sent water over low points. Fatal crashes near Midway Kentucky and a multi car pileup near Derry New Hampshire added to storm tolls. Cold and snow were forecast in Utah Nevada, while Maine recorded notable low temperatures.
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Parks to head Iowa State University as 11th president
Dr W Robert Parks 49 will become the 11th president of Iowa State University Ames succeeding James Hilton on July 1 1965 The State Board of Regents voted unanimously Parks a former dean and vice president for academic affairs will be paid 30000 annually He was recommended after a yearlong search by the Presidential Selection Committee which screened about 140 nominees Hilton became ISU president in 1953 and will retire.
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America
Iowa State
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Iowa State University
State of
Iowa
Advent service at Immanuel Lutheran Church Washington
Special Advent worship titled Even So Lord Jesus, Quickly Come will be held at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Washington on Sunday December 13 at 10 am. The choir will present a 13th century organum with polyphonic harmonization arranged and composed by Carol Preus. Four high school boys will narrate and June Sheperd will be the organist. The public is invited.
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Immanuel Lutheran Church
Washington
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June Sheperd
Centaur Moon Rocket Reaches Near Orbit In Practice
The Atlas Centaur moon rocket reached a near perfect parking orbit of about 102 to 105 miles, using its own guidance for the first time. A secondary engine restart in space failed, delaying a higher orbit. the test supports next year’s lunar lander plans and the Surveyor payload prototype.
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UPI
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Surveyor
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Space Agency
Mariner-4 Mars Flyby Set for July Rendezvous
Scientists at JPL say Mariner-4 will pass Mars at about 5,400 miles, capturing 22 television photos during a July 14 flyby after a 325 million mile, 72 month journey. The event aims to reveal Martian canals clues though life remains unresolved. Images will be relayed to Earth as Mariner-4 zips past at 9,000 to 6,000 miles distant.
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UPI
Mars
America
Mariner- 4
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
Red Planet
Earth
Martian
Mariner-4
U.S. Pledges More Aid to South Viet Nam
The United States promised increased military and economic aid to South Viet Nam and affirmed full support for Prime Minister Tran Van Huong’s government. The pledge followed Buddhist demands to oust Huong as fighting intensified, while Lt. Gen. Nguyen Khanh was fired on and unharmed after an air strip ambush. Communist forces intensified elsewhere, destroying U.S. supplied armor and inflicting government casualties as Taylor's Washington visit shaped policy.
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UPI
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Tran van Huong
Huong
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Khanh
Nguyen Lau Vien
Phu Quoc
Vien
Defense Ministry
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