Tipster Identity Question Stalls Civil Rights Murder Trial
In Meridian Mississippi defense lawyers fail to uncover the informant who led FBI to the bodies of slain civil rights workers in 1964. The 18 defendants including a Klan leader and local officials face conspiracy charges in U.S. District Court as the FBI continues its testimony about informants paid by the agency.
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Meridian
Miss
FBI
Neshoba
U.S. District Court
Justice Department
Neshoba County
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
New York City
James Chaney
Meridian Negro
Olen Burrage
Philadelphia
Johnson
East Mississippi
Burrage Farm
Jay Cochran Jr
Cochran
Amendment By Byrd Approved
Senate votes 74 to 15 to urge Johnson to seek United Nations economic sanctions against Hanoi. Byrd’s amendment frames U S action as Congress expresses sense that sanctions should be imposed for Vietnam casualties. Fulbright to press Rusk testimony on troop pledges and North Vietnam trade.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
J. W. Fulbright
D.ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dean Rusk
Fulbright
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Rusk
South Korea
Thailand
Philippines
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Saigon
United Nations
Hanoi
Harry F. Byrd Jr
D-Va
Congress
Byrd
United States
Committee On Relations Formed Here
Mayor William M. Battaile established a City Committee on Community Relations naming seven members plus a councilman as ex officio. He said the advisory group will focus on orderly city development and community matters requiring leadership and experience. First meeting scheduled for Oct. 24 at 7 30 p.m.
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William M. Battaile
H. M. Brooks
Wilson C. Dickson
William A. Lyons
Albert W. Loring
Robert F. Miller
William H. Pifer
Garfield W. Prather
Roy W. Bayliss, Jr
Battaile
Guevara Death Declares End to Bolivian Revolt
Bolivian General Alfredo Ovando Candia says Ernesto Che Guevara was killed in a near hand to hand clash in Vallegrande and that his death virtually finishes the guerrilla revolt. Military officials cite seven killed and ten remaining in Higueras area, with 29 guerrillas dead in seven months.
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Vallegrande
Bolivia
Ernesto Che Guevara
Fidel Castro
Alfredo Ovando Candia
Guevara
Che
Joaquin Zenteno Anaya
Higueras
la Paz
Ovando
Washington
Weather Quiet Over Virginia With Cool Clear Skies
A high pressure system moved into Virginia bringing clear skies and cool temperatures across the state. No precipitation or significant weather events reported.
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Richmond
Virginia
McNamara Holds Line on Haiphong Bombing Debate
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara reaffirmed that bombing Haiphong would not shorten the Vietnam War and would divert supplies via other routes. He testified that civilian leaders base targets on value, pilot risk, and avoiding direct conflict with China and the USSR. He rejected claims of a no-win policy and noted Soviet and Chinese aid to Hanoi.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Vietnam
U.S
Haiphong
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate
McNamara
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Haiphong Harbor
Red China
Soviet Union
Sen. Strom Thurmond
R S.C
Presidentohnson
North Vietnam
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Mortars Open Up Again on Marines
Long range Communist artillery and mortars pounded U.S. Marine positions south of the DMZ. Seven Marines were killed and 16 wounded at a bivouac near Quang Tri City. Other clashes reported across South Vietnam, including a North Vietnamese attack that killed seven Americans at an artillery camp.
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Saigon
U.S
Dmz
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Mekong
9Th Division
Phuoc Tuy
Hanoi-Haiphong
Quang Tin
Quang Ngai
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Turnip Weighs Eight Pounds Found in Winchester Garden
Town Crier warns residents to bring plants indoors as frost looms with temperatures in the low 30s expected in the mountains. Fifty years ago the first snow of the season fell on Winchester and Frederick County. Nona Shirley of Rt. 1 Winchester found a large eight pound turnip measuring 21 inches around in her garden.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Nona Shirley
Rt. 1
Winchester approves land subdivision ordinance
Winchester City Council unanimously adopts a comprehensive land subdivision ordinance to regulate plats, lot sizes, streets and public areas with required water and sewer access. The measure sets block lengths, street widths and project compliance, to be administered by building inspector James T. Swigert.
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Winchester
James T. Swigert
Historic plaque to mark Kurtz Home in Winchester Sunday
The Preservation of Historic Winchester plans a Sunday 3 p.m. service at 216 Loudoun Street to attach the first plaque marking a historic building. Built before 1860, properties in Winchester may be identified. The bronze plaque designed by Robert Kern bears the city seal and reads Historic Building Winchester.
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Winchester Parking Authority
Amherst St
Planning Commission
Thelma Bean
Donald Patton
S. Loudoun St
Montague Ave
The
Preservation of Historic Winchester, Inc
Kurtz
Loudoun St
Winchester
Robert Kern
City of
Stewart Bell, Jr
Garland Quarles
Virginia Lancers
C. Ridgely White
Historic
William Mote
Thieu Seeks Peace While Vows Unity and Reform
South Vietnam's President-elect Nguyen Van Thieu pledges peace negotiations and welcomes moves from any nation while urging stronger wartime effort. He vows social reform and anti corruption measures, and notes Buddhist unity efforts amid protests by Tri Quang followers.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Nguyen
van Thieu
North Vietnam
Thieu
Senate
Thich
Tri Quang
Vietnam Press
Pas
Nguyen Cao K
Survivors Sought After Panoceanic Faith Sinking
Searchers scoured the North Pacific for two life rafts as crewmen from the sunken Panoceanic Faith remained missing. Five men survived, at least twelve bodies recovered, and about two dozen still unaccounted for after the ship sank 870 miles southwest of Kodiak in a storm.
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Juneau
Alaska
North Pacific
Kodiak
Card of Thanks from Frederick Co Sportsmen
The group thanks Paul Luttrell Donald Baughman and others who signed petitions for more agents to sell hunting and fishing licenses in Frederick County. They urge action at the polls on November 7. Signed by Sportsmen of Frederick Co.
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Paul Luttrell
Donald Baughman
Frederick Co
Sportsmen of
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