Rail strike threat looms as talks continue and Wirtz asks delay
National railroad labor tension grows with negotiators seeking a deal and Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz urging a five day postponement of strike action. Agriculture officials estimate 1963 wheat at 1,084,095,000 bushels, slightly down from last year. Slugger Shirley MacLaine storms into a Hollywood columnist’s office, belts the writer, then exits. Prime Minister Harold Macmillan returns from Scotland to face Profumo scandal turmoil. Governor George Wallace goes to Tuscaloosa to bar two Negroes from the University of Alabama. Supreme Court agrees to hear reapportionment cases involving five states. NASA Relay I Satellite enables automatic cross-continental type setting for news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Willard Wirtz
Agriculture Department
Showdown Is Awaited in Alabama Crisis
The article reports tense events surrounding the University of Alabama including the legislature and university president. Justice Department officials say two Negro students Vivian Malone and James Hood will be permitted to enroll. Governor declares no race riot, claims adherence to the Constitution amid threatened tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Alabama
Justice Department
Vivian Malone
James A. Hood
Phere
Oxford
University of Mississippi
United States
Wallace vows to block integration at university door
Federal officials prepare to enforce school desegregation as Gov. Wallace resists admitting Black students in Alabama. Justice Department agents, U.S. attorneys, and National Guardsmen position around campus while Wallace plans to stand in the schoolhouse door, potentially prompting federal troop intervention. The President urges compliance with court orders to admit the students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Department
John Doar
Payton Norville
Macon Weaver
U.S
Nicholas Katzenbach
Wallace
Two Prospective Negro Students Describe Meeting Attendees
In Alabama at the University of Alabama the Crimson-White quotes students from a bi racial meeting with two prospective Black students. The girl is described as quiet and the boy as congenial by attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy Roberson
Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
Crimson - White
Test Ban Talks Slated by Kennedy Plan
President Kennedy announced that the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union will send high level negotiators to Moscow next month to begin a fresh push for a nuclear test ban treaty. Britain may seek a summit following the talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
Moscow
Harold Macmillan
Khrushchev
Lord Hailsham
Phoenix Man Held On Robbery Charge
The FBI announced the arrest of Ronald Hopwood, 24, of Phoenix, in the $26,000 First State Bank robbery in Oklahoma City. Hopwood is held in Phoenix on $25,000 bond. A federal warrant lists Billy Jones. he has not been arrested. Hopwood's companion Jane Parr is charged with receiving over $8,500 from the robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
FBI
Phoenix
Ariz
First State Bank of
Ronald Hopwood
Billy Jones
Jones
Hopwood
Jane Parris
Amarillo builder Hicks shoots self after standoff
Dewey Hicks killed himself with a .44 Magnum during a late night confrontation at a street corner after radioing police to clear the area. Witness Jim Palmer described a tense scene as Hicks waved a rifle and asked for a cigarette light. Hicks pulled the trigger twice with the weapon to his head, ending the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicks
Alexander
Jim Palmer
Anna
Palmer
Damrons
Kingston Road
Justice of the Peace
Cliff Roberts
Vacation retreat ownership in the United States discussed
It is estimated that about two million U.S. families own some form of vacation retreat or weekend home. The figure highlights the prevalence of second homes among American households and reflects broad patterns in leisure property ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Obituaries for Henry Dacus Dawson Liston Spinks and others
Henry Dacus Dacus age 65 of 3600 Northeast 21st dies. Rosary Tuesday at Blackourn-Shaw, Mass Wednesday at St. Lawrence Church. Burial at Liano. Vannie Dawson age 82 of 1617 Monroe dies. Services Tuesday Blackburn-Shaw Memorial, burial Liano. Lena Estelle Liston of 221 North Eastern dies. Relatives and services later. James L Spinks 55 Adrian Texas husband of Ning father of Lewis Sue and Jimmie, services 2 pm Tuesday at Adrian Baptist Church burial Memorial Park Vega.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dacus Henry Dacus
Northeast
21St
Susan
William L. Crew
Susie Dacus
Leo
Della
R. A. McCrory
Frank Allen
Blackourn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
St. Lawrence Catholic Church
Liano Dawson
Vannie Dawson
Monroe
Bill
Jimmie Hill
Jack Spinks
Orville Francis
Adrian Baptist Church
Burial Memorial Park Cemetery
Vega
Also Mentioned on This Page
News Digest
Shirley MacLaine
Hollywood
Harold Macmillian
Scotland
Profumo
Conservative Party
Nation
George Wallace
Supreme Court
United Press International
NASA
Alabama
Amarulos
Brillhart
Perryton
Texas
Marian
Richard Strong
Tom Pete Woodrow
Gene
Blanche Spence
Donna Price
Ethel Cutter
Luther
H. C
Adam
First Methodist Church
Ochiltree Cemetery
Hman
Henry Lehmen
Grey
Oklahoma
John Henry Richard Lee
Annabell
Henrietta
Olen Crow
John Lenman
Willie
Warner
Ted
Fritz
John Lemmen Jr
Kenneth Cudd
Lutheran Church
Storc
Red
Spon
Carver High School
Gadsden
James Hood
Clark College
Atlanta, Ga
Hood
China
W. Averell Harriman
John J. McCloy
William C. Foster
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Senate
League of Nations
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Dewey Hicks
Vouns Palmer
Salem Cigarettes
Boxwells
Amarillo Police Department
Randall County Sheriff's Office
Texas Highway Patrol
Potter County Court-at-Law
Randall County
Santty
Canyon
George McCarthy
Amarillo
E. F. Jordan
Briscoe
Mobeetie
Mobeetie High
James
Jack
3Rd and Hughes
Burgess Lumber Co
West Hills
Olsen Park
Crockett Street Lumber Co. Inc
Colorado
New Mexico
Bessie Ruth Haning
Carol
Dewey A. Hicks Jr
Olsen
Daily News
Dewey A. Hicks
Tordon
Mitchell Arthur Mitchell
Akron
Colo
Royal F Wertz
Phyllis Holtz
Erma Duncen
Mildred Kittleson
Leland Mitchell
Tom Mitchell
Origa
OmPany
Nat'l, Bank
Takata Eae
Eum
Gitte
Ota
Ec Tuu Ai Tyg
A.O.P
Schnel] Imbiss
West Berlin
Gorden
Mari
By Setwell
THE
HUB Clothiers
Polk
West 6Th
And
Sunset Center
Eney
Griggs
Deason
P.I.A
Insurance Agency
Amarillo, Pampa
Borger
Exery
Cook Paints
Plains Blvd
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!