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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1963
Page
8
Miss Margaret Rankin, sixth grade teacher, steadies a Pittsburgh school bus after driver Leon Chwilka, 44, slumps from a brain hemorrhage. She quickly brings the bus to a halt, keeping 32 aboard calm as a truck driver assists to pull the vehicle to safety.
AP report from Pittsburgh where former Vice President Nixon says Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton has attributes of a strong darkhorse for the Republican presidential nomination. He notes Scranton’s experience and warns there is no clear front runner in 1964, listing Goldwater Rockefeller Romney as other possibilities. Nixon also comments on Cuban policy and northern racial issues.
Washington AP — A proposal that President Kennedy personally escort two Negro students to the University of Alabama drew little interest at the White House. Officials declined comment and offered silence amid surrounding discussions about enforcing federal court orders and civil rights unrest.
Harvard dismisses clinical psychology professor Richard Alpert for testing an experimental hallucinogenic drug on undergraduates without permission. Timely action by Harvard President Nathan Pusey ends Alpert’s Harvard College appointment June 30 amid ongoing controversy with Timothy Leary who was removed April 30.
Auto production by various manufacturers for the latest week and 1963 totals to date, compared with a year earlier, were reported by Automotive News Monday. A separate obituary notes Lynn, 53, died Sunday night at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital. she was Crosby's leading lady in the "Big Broadcast" and was formerly married to writer Benjamin Glazer.
Hollywood report says actress Sharon Lynn has died at age 53. Lynn, who once co starred with Bing Crosby and Laurel and Hardy, had a career in film and stage across several decades.
Leopoldville ends daytime activity ban with a curfew from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. as part of crime reduction measures in the Congo capital.
Framingham Mass Charity Murphy dies at Cushing hospital after Hope Murphy's death a year earlier. Faith Annie Faith McDonnell survives as youngest sister of the famed Faith Hope and Charity triplets born 1868 in North Brookfield. The trio once drew world notices from presidents royalty and church leaders.
The quote attributed to the triplets praises serenity in the present day and notes that tomorrow is merely another day. It links the phrase to Connie Mack of baseball fame with the Philadelphia Athletics.
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