Wallace defies federal desegregation in Alabama crisis
Gov. George C. Wallace orders Tuskegee high school closed to resist a federal desegregation order. More than 100 Alabama troopers back the delay as 13 Negro students await enrollment, while Macon County schools reopen. Kennedy monitors crisis from Washington as local dispute persists.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
George C. Wallace
Churchill
Alabama
Wallace
Tuskegee
Macon County
Kennedy
Macon
Birmingham
Huntsville
Mobile
Justice Department
C. A. Pruitt
Macon County School Board
Pruitt
al Lingo
Lingo
Gadsden
A. Preston Hornsby
Hornsby
Hyannis Port
Mass
Rescue attempt ends for miner Louis Bova in Pennsylvania
In Sheppton Pennsylvania rescue leaders abandoned plans to lower a man into a 304 foot shaft to reach missing miner Louis Bova. Officials concluded the chamber was too dangerous after a television camera showed a confined space and no sign of life despite earlier taps.
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Sheppton
UPI
Louis Bova
H. Beecher Charmbury
Charmbury
Bova
Dave Fellin
Henry Throne
Pennsylvania
Fellin
Throne
Anderson College names three new faculty including a Jamaica born lyric soprano
Anderson College announces 1964-63 faculty additions led by Dr. Charles Bates and Mrs. Laura Murray with DeVon Helbling as assistant professor of music. Charles Lomberg becomes music department chair. Several faculty return from sabbaticals and leaves as Richard Young and others resume duties. Mrs. Murray, born in Kingston Jamaica, brings extensive concert and teaching credentials.
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Anderson College
Jamaica
England
United States
Robert H. Reardon
Charles O. Bates
Anderson
Laura Bernice Murray
Kingston Jamaica
DeVon Helbkling
Reardon
Charles Lomberg
John Carrington
U. S. Air Force
Europe
University of Maryland
Gertrude Wunsch
Denmark
Richard Young
Armed Forces
Malcolm Grossman
Ohio State University
Kenneth Cook
Indiana University Medical Foundation
Murray
Helbling
Anderson Public School
Bates
Ball State Teachers College
Ball State College
Church of God
Walnut St
Asbury College
Kletzing College
Elkhart
Ind
Goshen College
Hardin-Simmons University
Indiana University
University of Kentucky
South Meridian Church
Kansas
Kentucky
South Meridian Church of God
Kingston
Foster-Davis School of Music
London
Royal College of Music
University of Colorado
Clara Butts
Montego Bay
St. Mary-of-the- Woods
Terre Haute
Notre Dame
St. Mary’s College
South Bend
Charles ©. Bates
DeVon Helbling
Wilmore
M. Helbling
Labor Day highway toll hits new peak nationwide
United Press International reports Labor Day traffic deaths surged to a record high as the holiday period produced 505 fatalities by 12:30 a.m. EDT with California leading at 55 deaths and Texas, New York following. Three-car Texas crash cited as worst single incident, council warns of speed and fatigue.
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United Press International
Texas
Dayton
Tex
National Safety Council
California
New York
North Carolina
Michigan
Illinois
Georgia
Indiana
Florida
Ohio
South Crolina
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Maryland
Missouri
Minnesota
Safety Council
Council
Five more Indiana highway deaths lift Labor Day toll
The Associated Press reports Indiana saw five more traffic deaths on Monday, part of a Labor Day weekend toll reaching 21. Among the victims were Ben Zisook, 58, and his wife Mollie, in a two car crash near Michigan City. Cora Long, 2, in Kokomo. Delbert Fisher, 30, in Fort Wayne. and Dorothy Branstratter, 63, Huntington, with several injuries across multiple accidents.
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Associated Press
Indiana
Michigan City
Ben Zisook
Chicago
U. S. 20
Ind
Mollie
Zisook
Steven Hopkins
Joseph Watson
Cora Long
Kokomo
Burlington
Harold
Delores Long
Delbert Fisher
Fort Wayne
St. Joseph's Hospital
U. S. 24
William Moon
Huntington
Dorothy Branstratter
Huntington County Hospital
Kennedy urges Diem to win over South Viet Nam people
President Kennedy in a CBS interview warned the South Vietnamese regime must halt Buddhist repression to win popular support against communism. He said US aid continues but the war cannot be won without Vietnamese backing, calling actions against Buddhists unwise. He hoped Saigon would restore support as Congress debates tax cuts and unemployment targets.
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Hyannis Port
Mass
UPI
Kennedy
South
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh
Diem
United States
CBS
Ngo Dinh Diem
Saigon
White House
Congress
Local Race Driver Hurt in Figure 8 Race Crash
Phillip Bauman of 2125 Madison Ave Anderson was seriously injured in a Sun Valley Speedway Figure 8 race Saturday night. He was taken to St Johns Hospital after his car was struck broadside by another vehicle.
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Phillip Bauman
Madison Ave
Anderson
Sun Valley Speedway
St. John’s Hospital
Sky-Diving Quest Begins for Local Man
James Pherson recounts his plunge into sky diving from a half mile high with Rose City Sky-Divers Club in New Castle. He details training, packing, and nerves before his first jump as part of a multi-part Anderson Herald series.
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Anderson Herald
James Pherson
Central Ave
Clayton Nunn
Rose City
New Castle
Skeleton Found In Backyard Near Moonsville By Gillespie Family
Earl Gillespie unearthed bone fragments while excavating near a gravel bank behind his barn. Deputies Hedge and Stoops examined the site with Gillespie and his wife Ruby, noting humanlike skull and jawbone clues. Coroner Carmichael was to investigate the burial site the following day.
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Earl Gillespie
Rt. 2
Alexandria
Gillespie
Gillespies
Cecil Carmichael
Herald Pheto
Robert Hedge
Robert Stoops
Wayne Gillespie
Ruby
London Frankfurt BEA Plane Robbed of Gold
Thieves slit a mail bag on a BEA London to Frankfurt flight and stole nine 2.2 pound gold bars worth 12 500 dollars. Police said the theft occurred last Thursday and the shipper and destination were not disclosed. This marks a second BEA gold theft on the route within a year.
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Frankfurt
Germany
UPI
British European Airways
London
BEA
Beekeeper Reports theft of 45,000 bees in England
C. C. Chiperfield told police in Blodfield England that a thief took 45 000 bees from his farm. He warned the culprit to be careful or he would come across his hives and recognize them.
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Blodfield
England
C. C. Chiperfield
Beer Drinking Drag Racers Roil Indiana Rally
Boisterous beer drinking drag race fans near Indianapolis Raceway Park fought police using gasoline fires and bottles. 25 to 50 youths halted after 25 officers with dogs and billy clubs dispersed them over about 40 minutes. One arrest, 18 year old Malcolm Parsons of Columbus Ohio, on disorderly conduct charges.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Indianapolis Raceway Park
National
U. S. 136
Robert A. Miller
Thomas Underwood
Clermont
Malcolm Parsons
Columbus
Ohio
Merle Funk
Hendricks County
Japanese Localist Delegation to North Korea Celebration
A five man delegation from the Japanese Localist party was set to attend events in Pyongyang marking North Korea's 15th anniversary this week.
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Korea
Tokyo
North Korea
Pyongyang
State Fair Schedule for County Fair Day
The schedule lists events from 8 a.m. with Cheviot sheep judging to 12 noon and 7:30 p.m. Flat Saddle Horse Show. Berkshire and Spotted swine judging, Belgian Draft horses, Corriedale sheep judging, FFA demonstrations, Rooster Crowing Contest and multiple arena events at the Coliseum and Farmers Building.
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Coliseum
FFA
Madison County considers budget with tax levy rise
The Madison County Council meets at the courthouse to adopt the 1964 budget. It proposes total expenditures of 3,963,344 with a 1.11 per 100 tax levy, up 483,568 from 1963. General fund climbs to 1,574,111, a 251,074 increase, with a 19 cent levy rise.
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Madison County Council
County Highway Department
New Arrivals at Community Hospital
Newborns report a mix of boys and girls to local families. Keith Tharp of Chesterfield welcomes a boy. Donald Webb of Pendleton has a girl. John Stevens of 229 E Cross St. has a boy. Charles Brown of 1510 W Ninth St. has a boy. David Koon of Summitville welcomes a girl. Frank C. Johnson at 108 College Haven has a boy.
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Community Hospital
Keith Tharp
Chesterfield
Donald E. Webb
Pendleton
John W. Stevens
E. Cross St
Charles Brown
W. 9Th St
David Koon
Summitville
Frank C. Johnson
College Haven
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Bethany
Range Line Road
Cross Street
Highland School
New AC
S. Viet Nam
Tator
Walter Cronkite
Columbia Broadcasting System
Andersonian
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Pherson
Jim Pherson
Moonsville
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