Elkton Teen Drowns at Schwartz Gravel Pit
James A. Littlefield, 15, of Elkton, drowned Sunday night at the Schwartz gravel pit nine miles east of Austin. Nine other teens were at the site. rescue efforts failed after Littlefield vanished during a race into the water. Sheriff and fire crews recovered the body after a 60 foot search. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at St. John's Lutheran Church in Elkton.
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James A. Littlefield
Elkton
Schwartz
Austin
Littlefield
Dexter Township
Lee Littlefield
Randy Hemingway
Hemingway
Dick Walterman
George Bang
Austin Rt. 5
Walterman
Doyle Lindahl
Dale Rolfson
Jerald Brandau
Luther Bang
Austin Fire Department
Lindahl
Dan Miller
Robert Hardy
George Stahl
Adams
Judy Greenlee
Janice Erie
Dexter
Sharon Erie
Randy Spray
Caroline
Otto
David Pries
Sargeant
Bang
Donald
Anna Marie) Pederson
Donald G. Anderson
Frank Klaehn
Nellie Littlefield
Rochester
St. John’s Lutheran Church
E. O. Kunz
Adams Funeral Home
Minnesota
Douglas Preuss
West St. Paul
Mississippi River
Dakota County
Preuss
Lawmakers and Clerics Hear JFK Appeals on Civil Rights
Washington AP report notes Kennedy meets with lawmakers and religious leaders at the White House to push desegregation and voting rights while gauging Senate support for cloture on civil rights legislation. The plan includes legal steps to end discrimination in public and private sectors and strengthen school integration.
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JFK
Washington
White House
Kennedy
Congress
Capitol Hill
Hawaii
House
Senate
Associated Press
Dixie
Civil Rights Commission
Three Area Residents Die In Minnesota Weekend Crashes
Nine people lost their lives in Minnesota traffic accidents last weekend raising the 1963 toll to 290. In Steele County near Owatonna a head on crash killed David Sommer 22 Selmer Peterson 49 and Mrs. Peterson 43 as their vehicle caught fire. Larry Jensen 4 and Regina Jensen 1 were injured. Other deadly crashes included James Dagastino 21 in Forest Lake, Jane Hanenberg 16 in Byron, Bernard Cloud 38 and Selmer Engan 33 with Earl Engan 27 in Spring Grove, and Emil Teske 86 in Renville in separate late Friday to Friday night collisions.
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Minnesota
Owatonna
David Sommer
Ellendale
Minn
Selmer Peterson
New Richland
Peterson
Steele County
Petersons
Larry
Regina
Milton Jensen
Albert Lea
James Dagastino
Forest Lake
North St. Paul
Dean Larson
Lyle Stockdale
Janes Hanenberg
Byron
Olmstead
Hanenberg
Davis
Elvin H. Lostegaard
Kasson
Bernard Cloud
Ponsford
Selmer Engan
Earl
Spring Grove
Emil W. Teske
Renville
Knife River
Supreme Court Bars Florida Bible Readings in Schools
The Supreme Court vacated a Florida court ruling upholding daily Bible readings in Dade County public schools. The high court had earlier struck down Bible reading in Maryland and Pennsylvania.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Florida
Dade County
First Woman Cosmonaut Joins Russ Spaceman
The Soviet Union reports Valentina Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky in their first full day in orbit aboard Vostok 5 and Vostok 6. They traveled about three miles apart on their initial circuit and both ships show normal systems with ongoing physical training. Tereshkova saluted the United States as officials consider a space rendezvous and the mission’s gender comparison aim.
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Reinhold Ensz
Moscow
Soviet Union
Valentina Tereshkova
Valery Bykovsky
United States
Tass
Bykovsky
Miss Tereshkova
Tereshkova
U S Military Eyes Red Space Venture Spotlighted by Miss Tereshkova
U S military leaders monitor the Soviet Union space rendezvous proposal involving cosmonette Valentina Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky. The event raises questions on crew replacement, orbital inspections for nuclear arms, and potential satellite destruction in war. Public reaction cites women in space with muted concern from lawmakers and NASA.
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Barry Schweid
Washington
Soviet Union
Valentina Tereshkova
Valery Bykovsky
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Clinton P. Anderson
Senate Space Committee
New Mexico
Miss Tershkova
George P. Miller
Calif
House Science and Astronautics Committee
Senate
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
O. B. Lloyd Jr
United States
Evers Brother Takes Over Pledges to Work for Rights
Charles Evers, Medgar Evers's brother, assumes leadership of Mississippi civil rights efforts pledging to seek equality for all. The Jackson scene remains tense after a weekend of large demonstrations as churches faced segregation and Medgar Evers's murder probe continues with burial set for Arlington.
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Evers Brother
Jackson, Miss
Medgar W. Evers
Mississippi
Medgar Evers
Evers
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Propaganda Harvest as Reds Exploit U.S. Race Violence
AP report details how Communist media in China Cuba and the Soviet bloc weaponize U.S. racial turmoil to attack American democracy. It cites Pravda Izvestia Neues Deutschland and Tass quotes highlighting alleged hypocrisy and systemic racism.
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William L. Ryan
United States
China
Cuba
U.S
Africa
North Korea
Red
Birmingham
Ala
Pravda
Communist Party
U.S.S.R
Asia
Washington
Alabama
Neues Deutschland
East Germany
Kennedy
Europe
State GOP backs party designation at Minnesota convention
Minnesota Republicans voted to back legislator party designation, urged county committees to endorse GOP candidates for the legislature, and criticized Gov. Karl Rolvaag. Resolutions praised former Gov. Andersen and GOP leaders while pledging tax reform to cut real estate taxes and boost employment and growth. Andersen blamed the Highway 35 campaign for his election defeat.
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Alexandria
Karl Rolvaag
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
Rolvaag
Elmer L. Andersen
GOP
Stafford King
Val Bjornson
Walter Judd
Andersen
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First Baptist
First Christian
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