Kennedy Asks Business Leaders to Address Civil Rights
President Kennedy invites about 75 national and Southern business executives to a White House meeting next Tuesday to discuss desegregation of public facilities. The talks aim to address employment access and equal services for minorities amid civil rights protests and court rulings.
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Washington
Kennedy
South
White House
Robert Kennedy
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Birmingham
University of Alabama
Hughes Names Barry Crawford To State Posts
Gov. Harold Hughes named Robert Barry of Danbury to the state highway commission and Corbin Crawford of Ainsworth to the state board for control. Both will serve in interim appointments starting July 1 and ending 30 days after the 1965 legislature convenes. Barry, 40, an automobile dealer, fills the Keir vacancy. Crawford, 50, a farmer, succeeds Conway.
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Des Moines
Harold Hughes
Robert Barry
Danbury
State Highway Commission
Corbin Crawford
Ainsworth
State Board For Control
Barry
Robert Keir
Spencer
Crawford
Walter I. Conway
Muscatine
Pope John XXIII Rally Amid Grave Condition
Vatican reports Pope John XXIII showed clear improvement after a night of rest but remained in grave condition. Communique notes he was never unconscious and his mind stayed clear while doctors planned evening checks after a 10 a.m. examination amid a six month crisis marked by a serious stomach hemorrhage and blood transfusion.
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Eugene Levin
Vatican City
John XXIII
Vatican
John
Decorah firm cancels expansion plans amid labor concerns
Deco Products of Decorah calls off a $40000 plant expansion citing growing concern over possible labor problems. The proposed addition to the diecasting department would have added 50 jobs to the non union plant currently employing 110.
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Decorah
Deco Products of
Sugar prices expected to return to normal levels
Undersecretary of Agriculture Charles Murphy testified that raw sugar prices should return to their normal six to seven cent range soon as supplies rise and demand stays steady. He noted no domestic shortage and cited a recent price rollback by refiners while predicting continued declines in raw prices.
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Washington (Ap
Charles Murphy
Senate Finance Committee
Murphy
U. S
Keiser & Co., Inc
Rusk Rejects Rockefeller Plan For European Nuclear Force
Secretary of State Rusk publicly rejected Governor Rockefeller’s proposal to aid a European nuclear force. He warned Western Europe and North America are indivisible and cast doubt on a forthcoming test ban summit. Rusk cited Soviet testing and outlined U.S. Haiti policy remarks and De Gaulle's status.
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Washington
Rusk
Rockefeller
U.S
Europe
North America
Russia
Havana
Haiti
de Gaulle
Kennedy
Macmillan
Khrushchev
Organize Group To Fight Shaff Plan In Iowa
Former State Senator Duane Dewel accepted temporary chairmanship of a movement to form a statewide citizens committee to oppose the Shaff reapportionment plan. A meeting is set for June 19 in Des Moines to organize the statewide group, with an open invitation to all citizens. Dewel has led editorial opposition in the Kossuth County Advance and was chosen by citizens from Mason City Waterloo and Cedar Rapids.
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Algona
Duane E. Dewel
Des Moines
Dewel
Iowa Senate
Mason City
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Kossuth County Advance
Thai king hears Japan orchestra play his seven compositions
Tokyo reports Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej listened as a Japanese orchestra performed seven of his own compositions during a Wednesday concert.
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Tokyo
UPI
Thailand
King Bhumibol Adulyadej
Esses
Creeds Join in Prayers for Pope John XXIII
Clergy from Protestant and Jewish groups across the United States express praise and pray for Pope John XXIII during his illness. Leaders from Albuquerque to Portland cite ecumenical unity and his broad religious influence as they join Catholics in prayer.
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New York
John XXIII
U. S
John
Charles Fish
Albuquerque
Pope John
Albert Plotkin
Phoenix
Maine
Maine Episcopal
George Arsenia
St. George
Harry Sky
Portland
U S Seeks Quick Release of Two Tuna Boats Held by Ecuador
Secretary Rusk phoned Ecuadorian Foreign Minister and sent officials to Quito to negotiate. Rep. Van Deerlin says an Ecuadorian gunboat fired near the Hornet during a custody move, with promises the boats would be taken to a port other than Manta. The United States protests possible violence and seeks immediate release under a mutual settlement.
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Washington
Rusk
Ecuador
U.S
Quito
Rep
van Deerlin
Dcalif
San Diego
Benjamin Peralta
Manta
U. Alexis Johnson
Eduardo Arosemena
State Department
U. S
Foreign Office
Federal judge voids federal suit for school integration in Huntsville
UPI reports District Judge H Hobart Grooms in Birmingham ruled the justice department had no authority to sue for desegregation near the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville Madison County Alabama. He dismissed the January action noting Congress repeatedly refused to authorize such suits.
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Birmingham
UPI
Justice Department
Huntsville
Madison County
Ala
H. Hobart Grooms
Redstone Arsenal
U.S
Grooms
Congress
U.S. Supreme Court
Ito
Memorial Day Services Set for Oak Hill Cemetery Ceremony
Cedar Rapids speakers include Dr. John J. Murray of Coe College and Mayor Bob Johnson. The parade begins at 10 a.m. from Sun Mart on Mt. Vernon Road SE and Twenty Fourth Street led by Safety Commissioner Frank Bush and an armed forces recruiting unit. VFW band Cedar Rapids Cadets Scarlet Angels Civil Air Patrol drill teams and various service units participate. Hawkeye Branch 216 Fleet Reserve Assn plans a 9 a.m. service on the Second Avenue bridge for U S Thresher crew members. Citizens invited to attend and bring flowers.
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Cedar Rapids
John J. Murray
Coe College
Bob Johnson
Oak Hill Cemetery
Sun Mart
Mt. Vernon Road
Twenty-fourth Street
Frank Bush
Armed Forces Recruiting Service
VFW Band
Cedar Rapids Cadets
Scarlet Angels
Civil Air Patrol
VFW
Legion Post No
Hawkeye Branch
Fleet Reserve Assn
Second Avenue Bridge
U.S. Thresher
Irony in Crash Aide as Woman Reaches Home
A lighthearted chronicle describes a woman arriving by car with a smashed front and recalling the courteous officer who offered city help, joking about removing telephone poles. The anecdote captures smalltown humor and a polite response to a mishap.
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