High Ranking North Vietnamese Prisoner Shown to Newsmen
A prisoner described as the war's highest ranking North Vietnamese officer was displayed today by Brig. Gen. Nguyen Chanh Thi. The captive, named Nguyen Phan, aged 38, allegedly trained in Peking and Moscow as a political commissar, was shown to reporters during an impromptu roadside display near Saigon.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen
Chanh Thi
First Army
Nguyen Phan
Peking
da Nang
Soviet Union
Per RE Pre Phan
S Sar
Negroes Kill White Youth on Subway in Brooklyn
A white youth, Andrew A. Mormile, 18, of Brooklyn, was stabbed to death on a northbound Independent line train in Brooklyn. Two young Negro men fled the scene after the attack around 11:30 p.m. at Nostrand Avenue. The motive remains unknown and investigators have not secured witnesses. Mormile’s wallet with about five dollars was found on the body.
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NEW York
Brooklyn
Nostrand Avenue
Transit Authority
Hoyt. Schermerhorn Station
Lester
White House picketing continues near Johnson amid protests
Civil rights demonstrators maintained around the clock picketing of the White House as protesters urged stronger federal action against violence and voting rights barriers. Police moved to clear sit ins along Pennsylvania Ave while Secret Service and officers kept order and arrested 36 people on disorderly conduct charges.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Pennsylvania Ave
Executive Mansion
Selma
Ald
Firemen and Enginemen Strike at Nickel Plate Route
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen struck most of the former Nickel Plate line of the Norfolk and Western system at 6 a.m. Pickets appeared at road crew points as about 500 workers walked off, affecting roughly 4,000 employees. The walkout followed management’s refusal to negotiate lodging for away from home points and liability insurance coverage.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Nickel Plate Railroad
Norfolk & Western Railway
P. J. Barnum
Blf&e
First Aid Student Uses Training on Stroke Victim
Mrs E D Mulvanity, fresh from a Red Cross First Aid course, applied her newly learned skills when she encountered a man having a stroke while driving. She used her class blanket to cover the victim until Rescue Squad arrived, aiding him before help could reach.
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E. D. Mulvanity
Red Cross
Mother and six children die in Reading fire
A mother Margaret Ambrose and six children Louis Christine Sophia Scott Michael David Keith died in a fast spreading Reading blaze at about 7 a.m. Paulette, seven, escaped. Police questioned the survivor to determine the cause as firemen fought the dense smoke and sparks that filled the home.
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Reading
Margaret Ambrose
Louis
Christine
Sophia
Scott Michael
David
Keither
Ambrose
Paulette
Dirksen Urges Unyielding Stand Against Russia
Senator Everett Dirksen urged a firm line against the Soviet Union saying the U S has retreated too long and must stand up on issues from East West trade to UN voting He cited past Soviet concessions as proof the U S can win in the cold war and pressed for resolve.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
United States
Russia
Dirksen
Jack Miller
Riowa
Midwest
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Soviet Union
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Miller
Illinois
Red China
Williams vows Selma to Montgomery march come hell or high water
Hosea Williams rallied weary Selma demonstrators urging a Selma to Montgomery march despite federal court actions. He spoke as NAACP lawyers seek a court order to bar state interference while protesters honor Rev. James Reeb and await Judge Frank M. Johnson’s ruling on the march.
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Selma
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
Montgomery
Tules
Hell
Williams
Acars
Att Unity
Moray
Johnson
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
J.hosea Williams
High Water
Bloodmobile Visit Seeks Appointments in Winchester
The Red Cross says more appointments are needed to meet this Tuesday quota for the Bloodmobile headed by the Winchester Lions Club. It will be at the Episcopal parish hall from 10 a.m. to 2 45 p.m. Call 662 5412 to book.
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Red Cross
Winchester Lions Club
Episcopal Parish
FBI Agent Defends Teargas Action in Selma Hearing
Four FBI agents testified at a federal hearing led by Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. over civil rights leaders’ bid to halt a Selma march. Agent James Barko said troopers were justified in teargassing marchers citing public safety concerns.
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Montgomery
Ala
FBI
Selma
Frank M. Johnson Jr
U.s.district Court
Mobile
Burke
Barko
Asst. U.S. Atty
John Doar
Virginia Delegate's Son Killed in Car Crash Near Bowling Green
Patrick McFarlan Manns sixteen, son of Delegate Paul W Manns of Bowling Green, and Joseph Pumphrey sixteen of Bowling Green, die in a crash of a sports car north of Bowling Green on Virginia 2. The older Manns brother Paul Jr. was critically injured in 1961 and has been in therapy using patterning to regain movement.
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Bowling Green
Patrick McFarlan Manns
Del
Paul W. Manns
Here
Young Manns
Paul W.manns Jri
Manns
Virginia
Virginia 2
Joseph Pum. Pphrey
Richmond
del. Manns
Funera
House of Delegates
Virginia Senate
Paul Jr
Patrick
Michael
Austin Healey
Paul Manns Jr
Caroline County High School
Auburn
Wallace in Washington to discuss Alabama racial crisis with Johnson
Governor George C. Wallace arrived in Washington seeking a White House meeting with President Johnson about Alabama racial demonstrations. An aide noted a noon appointment. Johnson told Wallace he would be available at any convenient time. Civil rights protests persisted in Selma while federal troop deployment was reported as uncertain. Reverend Hosea Williams said the planned march to Montgomery would proceed despite court actions.
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William S. Greer
King
Montgomery
James Reeb
Boston
Birmingham
Reeb
Selma
Williams
Frank M. Johnson
Washington
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Johnson
Wallace
Hunter Phillips
Phillips
White House
Ala
Pennsylvania Ave
Weather Outlook for Virginia Weekend
A high pressure system over the middle Mississippi valley will keep Virginia sunny and pleasant yet chilly through the weekend with cool mornings and light winds. No precipitation is expected as the region stays under dry, cool conditions.
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Richmond
Mississippi Valley
Virginia
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