King shifts civil rights drive to registering voters in Selma
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. moves the campaign focus to registering Negro voters after an assault in the Hotel Albert lobby. Despite a large turnout at the courthouse, only 19 whites were registered as King plans another registration push with court action anticipated next week.
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Selma
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Dallas
Neegroes
Hotel Albert
Jimmy
Deere Robinson
Birmingham
National States Rights Party
Robinson
Knight
Wilson Baker
Public Safety
Robert Gay
Baker
Desegregation rally drew Rockwell and two Birmingham leaders
Sayings urged the desegregation drive to continue until Selma yielded. George Lincoln Rockwell, head of the American Nazi party, joined by Jerry Dutton and Robert Lloyd of Birmingham, were arrested with others after Rockwell was invited by King to speak at the rally.
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Selma
George Lincoln Rockwell
American Nazi Party
Jerry Dutton
Robert Lloyd
Birmingham
Rockwell
King
Bronze kettledrums traded as money on Alor Island
On the Indonesian island of Alor bronze kettledrums served as money. Some drums from Bronze Age makers fetch values from about 50 certs to 3500 dollars. The text also notes beliefs about the Ainu as possibly the first people in Japan and among the oldest on earth along with Australian natives.
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Alor
Japan
Australia
Earth
Estes is jailed after three-year fight in mail fraud case
Billie Sol Estes, described as the most gigantic promoter by a judge, was jailed in Abilene after the Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal of an 11 year sentence for mail fraud. The former West Texas promoter faced transfer to federal prison within weeks while his bankruptcy and fraud schemes involving ammonia tanks and mortgages were outlined in El Paso and Tyler trials.
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Abilene
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
Unson
U.S. Supreme Court
Estes
U.S
Black
West Texas
Moter
Church of Christ
Wall Street
Washington
Tyler
el Paso
Ted
Woah
Ing
Estes Associates
Dead Woman May Be From Richmond
A body found December 28 in Rockbridge County near Virginia Route 750 two miles north of Lexington may be a Richmond woman. Clothing bearing Richmond store labels suggests she may have reached the area, but the cause of death is not yet determined.
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Richmond
Rockbridge County
Va. 750
Lexington
Lacy Named To Marketing Committee On Apple Growers
Ben R. Lacy III of Front Royal is named to the grower processor relations committee of the American Apple Marketing Association. Other members include Howard Baker Ran somville E W Lins and Walter Wightman. The panel meets with apple processing firms to promote AAMA goals and stabilize prices after a large fall crop. Maryland Ohio Michigan Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia members praise AAMA for stabilizing apple prices and aiding processor grower cooperation.
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Ben R. Lacy III
Front Royal
American Apple Marketing Assny
Harold J. Hartley
AAMA
Chica
Can Farm Bureau Federation
State Farm Bureau
Apple Processing Companies
Howard Baker
Ransomville
N.Y
E.W. Lins
Hagerstown
Walte Wightman
Fenneville
Mich
Maryland
Ohio
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Association
Commit
Georgia Quickie Marriages Spur Debate Across States
Georgia handles many rapid weddings for out of state teens from Alabama Florida and Tennessee with one license blood test and ceremony for a single fee. Report says about 15000 such marriages yearly and over 300000 in six counties flows to probate officials labs and ministers.
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Atlanta
Alabama
Florida
Tennessee
Georgia
The
Atlanta Constitution
Thepeace
Three Convicted In Winchester Municipal Court
Three persons were convicted and ordered to pay fines in Winchester Municipal Court. Ray Louis McDonald of 935 Berryville Ave was fined $6.25 and 30 days for breaking arrest. Carl Randolph Stotler of Middletown paid $7.25 and six months for escape from an officer. Marshall Patton Adams of Gerrardstown West Virginia was fined $21.75 for speeding.
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Winchester Municipal Court
Ray Louis McDonald
Berryville
Ave
Carl Randolph Stotler
Middletown
Marshall Patton Adams
Rt. 1
Gerrardstown
W. Va
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