Dixie Governors Back Unanimity Rule In Civil Rights Fight
Southern governors approved a unanimity rule at the Southern Governors Conference, boosting Wallace's veto power over civil rights resolutions. Eleven votes favored the change, with Wallace supporting it to block measures he dislikes. The move followed protests at the Greenbrier Hotel and ahead of anticipated Washington marches.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Donald Russell
South Carolina
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Ross Barnett
Mississippi
Resolutions Committee
Elbert N. Carvel
Delaware
Carl Sanders
Georgia
John B. Connally
Texas
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Greenbrier
Barnett
Kennedy
Washington
Butts Wins $3 Million Libel Award Against Post
Federal jury grants Wally Butts $3,060,000 in a libel suit against the Saturday Evening Post over a March 23 story alleging involvement in a football game fix. The verdict includes $60,000 general damages and $3 million punitive damages against Curtis Publishing Co. The decision followed about eight hours of deliberation in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Wally Butts
Saturday Evening Post
Post
University of Georgia
Frank Graham Jr
Butts
Curtis Publishing Co
Blanchard River Conservancy District Proposed
Charles Loader was elected Monday night as chairman of a new committee to establish a Blanchard River Conservancy District spanning six counties Hancock Allen Hardin Putnam Seneca and Wyandot. The effort advances with regional support and county involvement.
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Findlay
Ohio
Charles Loader
Hancock Soil and Water Conservation District
Blanchard River Conservancy
Hancock
al Ien
Hardin
Putnam
Seneca
Wyandot
Names Linked to Britain's Great Train Robbery
Scotland Yard published 19 wanted suspects in connection with the Glasgow to London train robbery. Detectives seek inside information sources and plan concerts of warrants. The gang escaped with 7.2 million dollars in British currency after a major manhunt.
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London
Scotland Yard
Britain
Ben
McClellan Quizzes Gangland Figure
New York Daily News reports Sen John L McClellan interviewed gangland informer Joseph Valachi at Fort Monmouth New Jersey. The interview prepares for public hearings on syndicated crime and Valachi is expected to testify.
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NEW York (Ap
New York Daily News
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Investigation Committee
Joseph Valachi
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
McClellan
Valachi
13th Birthday Homer Hits Boy and Moves Mom at Game
Ronald Lyonnaise celebrated his 13th birthday by hitting a home run in a Little League tournament. The ball sailed into the left field bleachers and struck his mother on the left wrist in a glancing blow.
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New Bedford
Mass
Ronald Lyonnaise
Ronald
U S Personal Income Rate Reaches Record High
Washington reports July personal income at an annual rate of 464.3 billion dollars, a record and 1.7 billion above June and 21 billion above July 1962. Dividends slipped slightly, factory payrolls held, and seasonally adjusted employment and hours stayed steady for the sector.
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Washington
Commerce Department
New Rail Talks Slated Today Amid Strike Threat
Washington AP reports union and railroad attorneys meeting to finalize a combined arbitration negotiation plan for work rules. The four year dispute centers on diesel locomotive fireman jobs and delay in new rules that could fire 32 000 workers, with a nationwide strike planned when rules take effect August 29.
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Washington
W. Willard Wirtz
Teller Fears Pact May Mean War
Dr. Edward Teller told Senate hearings the limited test ban treaty is not a step for peace but a step away from safety and perhaps toward war. The UC physicist warned of rapid, unpredictable nuclear development and said the U.S. would lose knowledge vital to missile defense under the ban.
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Washington
Edward Teller
University of California
Tell
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Armed Services and Atomic Energy Committees
Thomas S. Power
Strategic Air Command
Senate
Armed Services Committee
Curtis E. LeMay
Air Force
Foreign Relations Committee
Teller
United States
Unidentified 40-foot jellylike object sighted at sea near Sandy Hook
Reports from Sandy Hook say a 40-foot jellylike mass undulated on the Atlantic surface resembling a sea serpent. Dr. Lionel Walford of the U S Fish and Wildlife Research Center calls it an invertebrate and cautions against calling it a sea serpent.
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Sandy Hook
N.J
Atlantic Ocean
Lionel A. Walford
US. Fish and Wildlife Research Center
Walford
Two former ministers jailed in Congo treasurer theft probe
In Brazzaville former cabinet ministers are under arrest as ex president Fulbert You Jou faces questioning amid a probe into missing millions of francs from the treasury.
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Brazzaville
Congo Republic
Fulbert You- Jou
Fallout hearings resume on nuclear test ban concerns
The Senate House Atomic Energy Committee resumes hearings on radioactive fallout with emphasis on dangers from possible violations of the limited test ban treaty. Rep. Melvin Price says there is no connection to other negotiations and that protection guides promised within a year will be pressed for by government radiation experts.
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Washington
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Melvin Price
D-Ill
Subcommittee On Research, Development and Radiation
Price
Tear Gas Used To Quell Demonstration In Plaquemine
State troopers used tear gas to break a 400 person march in Plaquemine Louisiana. Seventeen demonstrators were arrested and jailed in Donaldsonville after the protest near City Hall. James Farmer of the CORE helped map voter registration drives.
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Plaquemine
Louisiana
Donaldsonville
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Mississippi River
Baton Rouge
Farmer
Desire for Watch Dog To Cost Man Jail Time
Nicholas Marcus, 48, will serve two to five years in prison after stealing a watchdog from a suburban pound to satisfy his desire. Marcus was on probation for another burglary when the incident occurred.
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Denver
Nicholas Marcus
Marcus
Kennedy weighs West trip to study natural resources
President Kennedy considers a West swing to inspect natural resources and wilderness areas and gain political exposure before the 1964 campaign. The planned route could run from Grand Coulee Dam in the Northwest to Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona with ceremonies in October.
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Washington
Kennedy
West
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
White House
Interior Department
Grand Coulee Dam
Glen Canyon Dam
Atlanta
Georgia Tech
Power Firm Eyes River Generator Feasibility Study
The Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co requests permission from the Power Commission to study installing hydroelectric facilities at the Gallipolis locks and dam on the Ohio River. The plan aims for 40,000 kilowatts to serve its Ohio territory, with a two year preliminary permit.
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Washington
The
Power Commission
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio River
Gallipolis
Army Engineers
U N and Korean Officials Clash in Panmunjom Talks
At Panmunjom the U N and Communist members of the Korean Military Armistice Commission exchanged verbal blasts for over five hours. They agreed only on returning a captured officer to North Korea. General Cloud demanded the return of two American helicopter pilots but Maj. Gen. Chang Chung hwan refused to discuss that case.
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Panmunjom
Korea
U.N
Korean Military Armistice Commission
North Korea
U.S
George H. Cloud
Chang Chunghwan
Longevity Secret Told by 100 Year Old Mrs MerryMan
Mrs. Buchanan MerryMan of Washington D C, aunt of the Duchess of Windsor, celebrated her 100th birthday in Atlantic City saying a long life comes from learning to laugh at the world and at yourself.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Buchanan
Bessie) Merryman
Washington, D.C
Duchess of Windsor
Another Drop In U S Food Grains Seen
The Agriculture Department forecasts a further fall in the carryover of food grains for the 1963-64 marketing year. Total feed grain supply is put at 208 million tons, down 7 million from last year and 23 million below the 1960s record. The 1963 feed grain crop is about 147 million tons, up 4 million from 1962, but carryover drop remains 11 million tons lower due to higher production from corn and grain sorghum.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Cuban metal plant shelled by two boats
Cuban radio reported shelling of a metal processing plant in Pinar del Rio Province on Monday morning. The attack damaged tanks and pipes for oil and sulfuric acid as Havana denounced U S responsibility and called it the third pirate strike in 72 hours.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
Cuban Radio
Fidel Castro
Pinar del Rio
Havana
United States
Migrator Labor Needs Dip in Northwest Ohio
The Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation reports fewer migratory farm labor needs in northwest Ohio this season due to poorer crops. Labor services will urge workers to finish harvesting in Michigan and delay travel into Ohio until needed.
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Toledo, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Bureau
Farm Labor Services
Michigan
Khrushchev and Tito Embrace in Belgrade Warmth
Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrives in Belgrade and reunites with Yugoslav President Tito in a cordial welcome. They exchange hugs and praise Tito for his role in nuclear test ban efforts while China issues a denouncement and snubs Khrushchev. The meeting signals softened ties though strains with Washington and Europe endure.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Khrushchev
Tito
14 Inch Escape Hole Is Sought
Hazleton Pennsylvania AP residents and rescue crews drill toward three miners trapped 400 feet underground since last Tuesday. David Fellin 58 speaks to wife through a surface hole while Louis Bova separated by debris remains unheard. Officials hope to reach them with a 24 inch escape hole.
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Hazleton
David Fellin
Louis Bova
Bova
Pattersonville
Anna Fellin
Fellin
Steve Horan
Henry Throne
Horan
H.B. Charmbury
State Secretary of Mines
Charmbury
Throne
Cancer Patient Faces Double Murder Charges in Alabama
Troy Thornton, 40, of Littleville, is jailed on two counts of first degree murder after the slayings of Colbert County Sheriff Herman Cook and Littleville Police Chief Neal Pace. Thornton, said to be dying of cancer with an estimated six months to live, reportedly believed he had nothing to lose.
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Russellville
Ala
Troy Thornton
Littleville
Highway Patrol
Thornton
Colbert County
Herman Cook
Neal Pace
Ray Murray
Florida Fallout Shelter Collapse Shocks Ocala Neighborhood
An explosion Sunday attributed to leaking gas demolished an underground shelter and two rooms of the McLean home in Ocala Florida. Firemen reported the fallout shelter fell apart, sending debris around the area.
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Ocala
Fla
Ben McLean
Mclean
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