National Shock Over Medgar Evers Slaying
Capital reels after the Mississippi Negro leader Medgar Evers is slain stirring national response. NASA ends Mercury program to focus on Project Gemini ahead of the Moon mission. Wallace relinquishes Alabama campus control to Kennedy and orders out state forces. House defeats expansion of low income areas program as Eisenhower critiques Kennedy era policy. Four Texas congressmen seek 200000 for Wellesville Reservoir project.
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Mississippi
Medgar W. Evers
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Wallace Hands Over UA Campus as Guard Leaves
Governor Wallace transfers control of the integrated University of Alabama to President Kennedy and orders state forces out. About 2,000 federalized National Guardsmen move into Tuscaloosa while Army units stay out of sight. Two Negro students Vivian Malone and James Hood attend classes amid cautious campus activity and mixed reactions.
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Wallace
Alabama
University of Alabama
Kennedy
Tuscaloosa, Alia
UPI
George C. Wallace
National Guard
Montgomery
Justice Department
Vivian Malone
Mobile
James A Hood
Gadsden—m
Miss Malone
Mary Burke Hall
Texans Press For Wallisville Reservoir 200000 Aid
Four Texas congressmen and former Gov. Price Daniel urged the House Public Works Appropriations Subcommittee to approve 200000 for planning the Wallisville Reservoir and Salt Water Barrier on the Trinity River. They sought 88367 million in Texas budgeted public works and 2 million across states, citing rice land protection and water supply needs.
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Texas
Price Daniel
House Public Works Appropriations Subcommittee
Wellesville Reservoir
Salt Water
Washington
UPI
House Public Works
Wallisville
Lone Star
Daniel
Chambers-Liberty County Navigation District
Lower Trinity Valley Association
Mid-Trinity Valley Association
Trinty Improvement Association
Trinity River
Reps
Albert Thomas
Jack Brooks
John Dowdy
Clark Thompson
Brooks
Texas Public Works
McGee Bend
Gulf Intercoastal Waterway
Houston
New Orleans
Dale Miller
The
Intercoastal Canal Association
Corps of Engineers
Louisiana
Italy to Buy Mexican Materials and Credit Heavy Equipment
Italy will purchase seven million pesos worth of sisal hemp and thistle wax annually starting in 1963, Domenico Chiaramello announced in Monterrey. Rome will also extend unlimited credit to Mexico for heavy equipment to boost industrial development.
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Monterrey
Mexap
Italy
Domenico Chiaramello
Mexico
JFK Bill Given Ax
Democrats bolted the party line and one was absent amid a vote on the JFK program two years after initial support. Florida Democrats who had previously backed the measure balked as Administration forces pressed for passage.
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Florida
Civil rights aid bill vetoed in House by Southern defection
The administration faced a surprising setback as 55 Southern representatives opposed passage of the civil rights aid bill. The bill would raise the program cost ceiling from 379.5 million to 403.5 million, a move supported by leaders despite a rough year for administration votes. GOP efforts to trim scope and funding were rejected amid the upset.
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Congress
House
GOP
Jail Escapee Sought After Donley County Breakout
Law officers chase Janes Latham 18 19 after he fled Donley County jail in Clarendon around 9 pm through a window. Suspect wore blue jeans and a short sleeve shirt with a visible left forearm scar.
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Pees
Janes Latham
Donley County
Clarendon
Latham
Microwave Planned Mexico City Link Extends to Guatemala
The Ministry of Communications says a microwave communications system extending from Mexico City to Guatemala should be completed by the end of next year.
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Mexico City
Guatemala
Ministry of Communications
Kennedy to visit Italy for 48 hours on June 30
White House press secretary Pierre Salinger said President Kennedy will arrive in Rome on June 30 for a 48 hour visit. Talks with Italian leaders are planned and a visit to Rome is expected though a Vatican conclave could alter plans. Salinger did not address Italy's government crisis or Moro's potential failure to form a new government before Kennedy's arrival.
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Italy
White House
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy
Salinger
Vatican
Christian Democrat
Aldo Moro
Senator attacks rights plan in prepared remarks
A Georgia senator criticizes a Kennedy federal end segregation proposal as creating special rights for Black people and violating property rights. He asserts Americans will not be easily frightened.
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Georgia
Kennedy
Russell Rejects Socialism Compared With Free Enterprise
Russell argues against socialism and communism, calling them discredited and states the key difference is property rights. He says Kennedy's equal access proposal leans toward communism and contrasts Marxist scarcity with the American system's abundance, defending legal rights and free enterprise.
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Russell
Medgar Evers murder and Cambridge shootings dominate pages
The southern caucus deplored the murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers while noting the incident mostly headlines. The Cambridge Maryland shootings involving white victims were buried deeper inside the newspaper pages.
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Medgar Evers
Cambridge
Statism Without Ideals
A fragmented quote discusses a nomic philosophy arguing that a country with many individual homeowners could not be conquered, implying resilience in home ownership. The remark reflects political theory on statism and national defense without clear attribution.
Cold War Strategy Book Praises Home Ownership Export
The author argues the United States should export its home ownership model to countries threatened by communism. He contends this approach offers a way to win the cold war and frames it as a missed opportunity for the U.S. to influence global governance.
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United States
Lubbock Furr's Strike Ends With Signed Contract
A labor dispute in Lubbock involving Furr's Inc and United Allied Workers AFL-CIO Local Unions 783 and 788 ended Wednesday with a contract. The strike, starting in December, affected Lubbock Packing Co and Furr's grocery, frozen foods and produce warehouses in Lubbock. Roy Furr, president of Furr's and Lubbock Packing Co, said the agreement matches the initial offer from Furr's.
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Lubbock
Furr’s, Inc
United Allied Workers Afl-Cio
Lubbock Packing Co
Furr’s
Roy Furr
Furr’s and Lubbock Packing Co
Davie R. Gatlin Dies. services set in Terrell
Davie R. Gatlin age 52 of 807 North Mirror died. He was father of Kathleen and Susan Jane and brother of Mrs. John Ward Mrs. Eadie Leach Mrs. M. Hunnicutt and Grady Gatlin. Body taken to Terrell Texas for Grove side service 2 p.m. Thursday at Terrell Cemetery.
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Gatlin Davie R. Gatlin
North Mirror
Kathleen
Susan Jane
John Ward
Eadie Leach
Hunnicutt
Grady Gatlin
Terrell Texas
Terrell Cemetery
Pineapple Fair Opens in Loma Bonita Mexico
A pineapple fair opens Tuesday in Loma Bonita with producers from Veracruz and Oaxaca attending. In Mexico City archaeologists find three more Teotihuacan buildings dating to the third century.
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Loma Bonita, Mex
Mexico
Veracruz
Oaxaca
Mexico City
Teotihuacan
Sugar crop values rise in 1962 report
The Agriculture Department estimates the 1962 sugar beet crop at 246.2 million dollars, excluding sugar control act payments, up 48.7 million from 1961. The 1962 sugar cane crop is valued at 89.4 million, versus 86.2 million the prior year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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