Supreme Court bans required Bible readings in public schools
The 8 to 1 decision declares mandatory Lord's Prayer or Bible readings for devotional purposes unconstitutional. Justice Clark states neutrality between church and state, while Justice Stewart dissents. The ruling could affect schools nationwide and prompts mixed reactions from Congress and church leaders.
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Tom C. Clark
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Potter Stewart
New York
Stewart
Congress
Oil and Gas Tax Hike Clears House Panel
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to impose roughly 50 million dollars yearly in new oil and gas taxes. The panel also backed tougher Kennedy dividend tax plans and a repeal of the 1954 tax grouping for large oil firms. Further action on Kennedy energy tax ideas was discussed as part of the broader tax reform program.
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Washington
UPI
House
Ways & Means Committee
Kennedy
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Dillon
Kenedy
Practice Bomb Destroys Farm House North Of Columbus
A test air force bomb struck a farm home near Columbus Indiana tearing a porch roof and floor, embedding in the ground. Nancy Frese a seminary student inside the house described a deafening blast and dense smoke before fleeing to the barn where her father worked. The incident involved a practice smoke marker type bomb trailing acrid fumes as authorities investigate.
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Columbus
Ind
UPI
Here
Nancy Frese
Cincinnati Bible Seminary
Miss Frese
James
Weather Outlook and Temperatures
The forecast shows a high near 80 today with a low in the 50s. Yesterday reached 80 with a low of 54. Sunset is at 8 17 p.m. and sunrise tomorrow at 5 17 a.m.
Secretary Queues for Commons Debate Seat
Susan Harris, 24, camped her bed in front of the House of Commons creating a queue of one for Monday's debate on the government sex scandal. She brought apples nuts and a tea flask to sustain the wait for one of 150 public gallery seats.
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London
Susan Harris
House of Commons
Miss Harris
Macmillan Wins Vote Amid Pressure Over Scandal
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan won a close 321-252 confidence vote in the House of Commons amid Conservative discontent over the Profumo Keeler scandal. Labour leader Harold Wilson led the attack, accusing Macmillan of dereliction of duty and secrecy while the party faces defections and pressure for leadership change.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
House of Commons
Labor Party
Harold Wilson
Britain
John Profumo
Profumo
Wilson
Collision on Broadway injures Sutton. damages tallied
Dowana Sutton of Gas City was injured in a Monday crash at Broadway and Ames Street when his car collided with a vehicle driven by Terry Mitchell of Greenville Ohio. Sutton suffered lacerations and shock and was taken to Community Hospital. Mitchell was uninjured. Damages totaled about 350 to Sutton’s car and 700 to Mitchell’s. A building at 2225 Broadway owned by Ron Ferguson also sustained front damage. State Police report Noble Stokes of Carmel lost control of his motorcycle at 12 40 p.m. and skidded 200 feet.
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Dowana Sutton
Gas City
Terryman Mitchell
Greenville
Ohio
Broadway
Ames St
Sutton
Mitchell
Ron Ferguson
Noble Stokes
Carmel
One Car Demolished In Two Car Crash Elwood
A two car crash in Elwood Monday wrecked one car and damaged the other. Involved were Mrs. Jennie Cress 21 of 1610 S E St and Theodore E Roller of Converse. Cress and her 20 month old daughter Tam mey were taken to Mercy Hospital. Roller cited for following too closely and no operator license.
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Elwood
Jennie Cress
S. E St
Theodore E. Roller
Converse
South J St
Cress
16Th St
Tammey
Mercy Hospital
York-Dunnichay
LeRoy Barnes
Roller
Chamber to discuss commercial belt plan at dinner meeting
Anderson officials will join chamber of commerce leaders at the Anderson Country Club for a 6 p.m. dinner meeting to hear a presentation on the proposed downtown commercial belt street system and other goals from the Chamber’s 5 Point Program for Progress. The event invites City Council members and Board of Works members to review downtown rehabilitation sewer annexation and streets.
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Anderson Chamber of Commerce
Anderson Country Club
Chamber
Business Men Tour Madison County Farms On Farm Tour
More than 200 Anderson area business and industrial leaders will join the seventh annual Farm Tour by the Madison County Farm Bureau and Anderson Chamber of Commerce. The morning includes visits to Paul Thurston’s Angus cattle and Shropshire sheep operation, a minimum tillage demo, and a 4-H display, followed by a turkey production and processing tour at Allen Turkey Farm with a luncheon at noon.
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Anderson
Madison County Farm Bureau
Anderson Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee
Allen Turkey Farm
County Rd. 1400
Madison County
Chamber
Farm Bureau
Allen Farm
Revenue board members drop out of 2 percent sales tax fight
Indiana Governor Welsh faces a split on the 2 per cent sales tax fight as two Revenue Board members abstain from appeals. Auditor Dorothy Gardner says she will cooperate with data supply, not direct decisions, while Robert Hughes and Gardners fellow Republicans weigh strategy amid a political flashpoint. A ruling on another phase of the case by Judge John L. Niblack is expected soon.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Welsh
Indiana Revenue Board
Dorothy Gardner
Robert Hughes
Revenue Board
John L. Niblack
Anderson College Indicts Western Slump in Henry Address
Dr Carl F H Henry warned that Western civilization slumped below its grand heights as Anderson College conferred degrees to 144 graduates. He urged a return to historic Christian views amid global division and unrest. Honorary degrees went to Charles Monroe Schultz Izler Solomon and Rev Harold Boyer for their contributions to culture and faith.
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Anderson College
Warner Auditorium
Robert Reardon
Izler Solomon
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Anderson Colleges
Reardon
Carl F. H. Henry
Christianity Today
Charles M. Schulz
Sebastopol
Calif
Peanuts
Harold Boyer
Springfield
General Ministerial Assembly
Church of God
Herald
Anderson
Liberal Arts
Charles Monroe Schultz
Indianapolis
Indiana
Local NAACP Plans Protest in Indiana Meeting
The Madison County NAACP discloses plans to file complaints of race discrimination with the Indiana Civil Rights Commission. A public meeting at Kings Crown Inn is set for 10:30 a.m. to discuss participation in the Chicago convention opening July 1 and support for NAACP efforts in Jackson Mississippi. A memorial service for Medgar Evers, killed in Jackson last week, is planned for next Sunday. Delegates named to the NAACP convention include John L. Washington Ruth Newsom George Satterwhite Frank Curtis Ruth Waughfield and Max Dawson.
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Madison County
NAACP
Indiana Civil Rights Commission
Kings Crown Inn
Chicago
Jackson
Miss
Medgar W. Evers
John L. Washington
Aaron Newsom
George A. Satterwhite
Frank Curtis
Ruth Waughfield
Max P. Dawson
Emancipation
Church Conclave Activates Plans for 74th International Convention
The Church of God opens its 74th International Convention with a global turnout and 15 to 18 hour daily agendas through next Sunday at Warner Auditorium and Park Place Church of God. Dr. Harold L. Phillips launches three daily services from 9:30 a.m. with sermons on the Holy Spirit and truth, plus evening films and morning worship, as General Ministers meet to set policy and missions programs.
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The
Church of God Here
Frederic C. Pingoun
Pasadena
Calif
Harold L. Phillips
Warner Auditorium
Phillips
Vital Christianity
Church of God
5Th St. Conventurn
Herschell D. Rice
Pomona
Frederic Pingoun
Anderson College
Elmer FE. Kardatzke
Wichita
Kan
General Ministerial Assembly
Park Place
Trinity
James Earl Massey
Detroit
Mich
GMA _ sessions
Harold Boyer
Springfield
Ohio
Women of the Church
National Woman's Missionary Society
AC School of Theology
Charles V. Weber
Nice Weather For Hoosiers Promised This Week
United Press International reports Indiana residents can expect sunny mild conditions as spring ends. Five day outlook shows temperatures about 2 to 6 degrees below normal in the north and 1 to 3 below in central and south regions with little rain, mainly toward week’s end. Highs reach the upper 70s to mid 80s through Tuesday and Wednesday with fair skies continuing.
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United Press International
Indiana
Infant Dies Of Suffocation At Home
An eight month old infant named Darrin suffocated at home after drifting between crib rails and entangling in bedclothes. The mother Mrs Thelma Stacy of 416 EF 4th St found him Monday. Fire department and emergency services arrived, but he was dead on arrival at St Johns Hospital.
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Thelma Stacy
Darrin
Fire Department
St. John's Hospital
Kennedy asks 243 religious leaders to form civil rights committee
President Kennedy meets with an interracial group of 243 religious leaders in the East Room and urges creation of a national bi racial committee to advance civil rights. He taps J Irwin Miller to head the panel and seeks smaller bodies to tackle jobs and welfare. White religious leaders should work with Negro counterparts due to lived experience with the problem.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy Monday
Capitol
J. Irwin Miller
Presi
Officials Discuss Metropolitan Plan for Township Schools
Anderson Township officials including the trustee and advisory board met last night to review a Metropolitan School District plan covering all township school areas except city schools. They authorized attorney J Bayne Burton to examine legal aspects and planned to reconvene next Monday at the trustee’s office.
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Anderson Township
J. Bayne Burton
Madison County School Reorganization Committee
Willis Winkler
Anderson
Dale Prough
AC Alumni Honor Leaders At Memorial Dinner
Anderson College alumni gathered Monday night at the Russell Olt Memorial Student Center for the annual dinner honoring Miss Archie Bolitho and other leaders. Portraits of six longtime faculty and staff were unveiled. Rev Arlo Newell led as master of ceremonies with President Robert H Reardon presiding. The portraits by J Anthony Wills honor Dr John Morrison Dr Adam W Miller and four deceased readers. County Road 800 will be closed east of the Madison Delaware County Rd after Monday for an indefinite period, announced Madison County Highway Supervisor William K Barker.
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Anderson College
Russell Olt Memorial
Archie Bolitho
Anderson
Cecil Hartselle
Arlo Newell
St. Louis
National Alumni Association
Robert H. Reardon
John A. Morrison
Church of God
J. Anthony Wills
Houston
Texas
Charles E. Wilson
Madison-Delaware County
Madison County
William K. Barker
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Presbyterian Church
Eugene Carson Blake
Uraes Oil
Youdger
Christine Keeler
Stephen Ward
Miss Keeler
Yevgeni Ivanov
Charles R. Hoffman
Commercial Belt
Tee
Chamber Roads Committee
Ralph Ferguson
Tomas Dillard
Mae Roberts
Herbert W. Atkinson
Lawrence Munsel
Jesse Huntzinger
Harry P. Blake
Roland Maine
Alice Rehm
Louis Eggman
Sharon S. Bell
Carl A Cottom
Board of Works
North Drive-In
Paul Thurston
Monroe Township
Pope John
St. Peter's Basilica
Vatican City
John XXIII
Catafalque
Bernini
Papal
Rome
GOP Revenue Board
Auditor’s Office
Henry
Hoosiers
Stacy
H. M. Faust
West 8Th St
Tony Mainard
W. 6Th St
Roy Stephens
Lennox St
Edward Busby
Rt. 6
Robert Collins
Park Ave
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