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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1963

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Pope John XXIII Weathered Crisis Amid Grave Illness

Vatican reports Pope John XXIII, age 81, faces grave condition from persistent hemorrhaging linked to gastric heteroplasia. Doctors seek to control bleeding as speculation on the growth continues while Amleto Cardinal Cicognani visits and the Pontiff speaks of a possible sacrifice for peace and the Ecumenical Council.

Vatican City John XXIII Vatican L’osservatore Amleto Cardinal Cicognani Vatican Press Office Cicognani Ecumenical Council Holy Church

Explosion Injures Vinton Teens. Sister Aids Fire

Vinton youths Les Laughridge and his sister Patricia, 17, were hurt in a porch area blast early Tuesday. Les, burned over most of his body, is in serious condition at University Hospitals Iowa City. Patricia is in fair condition in Vinton. Officials suspect gasoline can involvement. fire chief Louis Freeman and a marshal’s aide investigate as house damage remains slight.

Les Laughridge Iowa City Patricia Vinton Hospital Laughridge West Fourth Street R. O. Laughridge Louis Freeman Vinton

Postal Service Cut Seen Avoided by Fund Action

Senate House committee restored 40 million of 92 million trimmed from the Post Office budget. Senator Robertson said the extra funds should assure adequate postal service for the fiscal year. Postmaster General Day warned of possible Saturday mail delays and curtailment of mail window service without restoration. The conference settled on about 6 billion for the post office and treasury, with 4.5 billion for the post office.

Washington Senate House House Post Office Department Robertson D. Va Senate Day Post Office Treasury Departments Kennedy

Protestant Council Honors Kennedy with Distinguished Service Award

The Protestant Council of the City of New York will present its 1963 Distinguished Service Award to President Kennedy, the first non Protestant recipient. The award honors service to human rights and democratic freedoms.

New York Protestant Council of the City of Kennedy

Living Cost Stays At Its Record High

The cost of living remained unchanged in April at the record March level, per the Labor Department. The consumer price index stood at 106.2 percent of the 1957-59 average, marking a 1 percent rise from April 1962.

Washington Labor Department

Plane Destroys Wedding Gifts in Billerica Crash

Kenneth Johnson 19 dropped a light plane onto the Strom home in Billerica Mass destroying wedding presents for Donna Strom 22 who was to be married Saturday. Mrs Strom was knocked from a chair by the blast and escaped injury. Johnson fled with a cut chin. police reported the bride to be was shaken but not seriously hurt. Her husband had just left. The fire destroyed the marriage gifts and damaged part of the home.

Billerica Mass Kenneth Johnson George Strom Strom Johnson

Schools at Gary Shut By Walkout

Gary students walk out, closing multiple schools amid protest. Officials say classes halted as demonstrations unfold, with organizers demanding policy changes and district responses to the dispute. Schools affected include Gary area campuses.

Gary

Wild melee erupts at Jackson lunch counter violence

A clash at a Jackson variety store erupts as white youths assault demonstrators including both Black and white sit ins. The disturbance tops a day of civil unrest amid desegregation tensions, with police moving in to restore order.

Williams Allen Thompson

No Decree For School Integration

U S District Judge Seybourn Lynne declined to order Birmingham schools desegregated, saying good faith testing of officials is required. He refused injunctive relief, noting the Alabama pupil placement law must be tested for discrimination and that the case involves James Armstrong’s children and related suits.

Birmingham U.S Seybourn Lynne Lynne James Armstrong T. N. Nelson Fourth U. S. Circuit Court of ‘Appeals North Carolina Alabama U. S. Supreme Court Fifth Circuit

Kennedy to Host Governors Luncheons Across States

President Kennedy will begin a series of governor luncheons to discuss mutual federal state matters. Salinger said bipartisan invites will go to Democrats and Republicans with a similar set for mayors and city officials. Attending governors include Carvel, Kerner, Welsch, Rolvaag, Hughes, Clement, Hoff. Peabody and King may attend. Dempsey invited but unable.

Washington Kennedy Salinger Frank Clement Tennessee Phillip Hoff Vermont Endicott Peabody Massachusetts John King New Hampshire John Dempsey Connecticut

Unidentified Man Struck and Killed by Train Near Cedar Rapids

An unidentified man was struck and killed by a Des Moines bound North Western freight train near the Square D plant at 3700 Sixth Street Road SW around 12:45 Tuesday afternoon. Police were investigating at 2 p.m. Tuesday. He carried no identification.

Cedar Rapids North Western Square D Sixth Street Road

Debt Ceiling Hike Clears Senate Vote

In Washington the Senate approved a House bill to raise the temporary debt limit to 309 billion dollars, advancing the government finance plan amid fiscal pressure.

Washington UPI Senate

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