Kennedy plans Alabama trip amid Birmingham crisis
President Kennedy, who ordered federal troops to Birmingham, will fly to northern Alabama for the Tennessee Valley Authority jubilee events. He will visit Muscle Shoals and the cities of Tuscumbia Sheffield and Florence and respond to Governor Wallace's telegram. The White House said the reply will be public and Kennedy has not spoken with Wallace since the unrest began. He is consulting with Attorney General Kennedy by phone on Birmingham.
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Tuscumbia
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Florence
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Wallace
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King
Salinger
TVA
Kennedy moves to quell Birmingham unrest with federal troops
The advance contingent of Army riot control troops began arriving in Birmingham as President Kennedy planned a weekend visit. Attorney General Kennedy said the racial truce with white and Negro leaders should endure despite bombings and rioting injuring about 50 people. Military preparations were led by Maj. Gen. Creighton Abrams with federal troops to Maxwell Air Force Base and Fort McClellan.
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Robert ‘S. McNamara
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Maxwell Air Force Base
Dr. McClellan
White House
Cooper Set For Spins In Space
Cape Canaveral weather threatened Gordon Cooper's Mercury flight as NASA noted morning cloudiness could cover half the sky. Project Mercury aimed for a Tuesday launch between 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. if conditions improve.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Gordon Cooper
Project Mercury
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Pacific
Midway
Real issue in TFX fighter dispute obscured
Assistant Defense Secretary Arthur Sylvester said the central problem in the TFX debate was not contractor choice but replacing the old separate development programs with a single aircraft for both Air Force and Navy. He noted testimony and press coverage obscured this core issue amid the McNamara plan to curb wasteful duplication.
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Arthur Sylvester
Senate
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Pentagon
TFX
Robert S. McNamara
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National Association of Mutual Savings Banks
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Navy
Erie Angler Reaches 70 Pound Flathead State Record
Wes Whitworth of Erie hauled a 70 pound flathead from the Neosho River, breaking the state mark from 64 pounds. Weighing and measurement followed rules with witnesses, length 52 inches and girth 34 inches, using trotline and perch bait.
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Wes Whitworth
Neosho River
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Free Job Wanted Ads for Students Start Today
The Tribune begins a two week run of free Job Wanted ads for high school and Junior College students. Ads limited to 20 words include name age and address and must be placed in person or by letter. Employment seeking students and area employers may connect through the program.
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Kansas Votes In Congress
Washington report details Kansas members' voting on recent roll calls in Congress. Senate votes include Clark amendment to IRS funding rejected 29 to 57 with Carlson and Pearson voting against. Robertson motion to table Williams measure to cut 115 million from 6 billion Treasury-Post, adopted 60 to 23 with Pearson voting for. Carlson did not vote. House action to send 1.4 billion supplemental bill back to conference for eliminating a 65 thousand item for an International Peace Corps secretariat passed 207 to 190 with Avery Dole Ellsworth Shriver and Shubitz voting for and Skubitz not voting. Passage of a bill to tighten NSA personnel controls approved 340 to 40 with Avery Dole Ellsworth Shriver voting for. Skubitz did not vote.
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Treasury Post Office
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Pearson
Robertson
D-Va
Williams
R-Del
House
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R-Calif
International Peace Corps
Avery
Dole
Ellsworth
Shriver
Shubitz
National Security Agency
Skubitz
First Woman to Solo Across Pacific Arrives in Brisbane
Betty Miller, 37, the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific from California, received a civic reception in Brisbane. She plans to fly home as a passenger, gifting Norman Buchan a gold key and Brisbane citizens a silver platter. Miller will fly to Sydney on Tuesday and has not set a return date to the United States. Her twin-engine plane landed Sunday night, concluding a 13 day, 7100 mile journey.
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Australia
Betty Miller
Pacific
California
Aviatrix
Santa Monica
Calif
Norman Buchan
Sydney
United States
Plane crash near Cairo kills 31 on UAA twin engine flight
United Arab Airlines twin engine plane crashes after takeoff from Cairo bound for Alexandria. Witnesses report fire at about 2000 feet. Among the 31 dead were two Americans, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lion, with their home address not available.
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United Arab Airlines
Alexandria
U.S
Albert Lion
X Ray Unit Schedules Kansas Health Board Travel
The Kansas State Board of Health mobile chest X ray unit will visit St Paul today Galesburg tomorrow and Thayer Wednesday before a 12 day stay in Chanute. It will be at St Paul City Hall until 5 p.m. today at Galesburg High School tomorrow from 12 30 to 5 30 p.m. and at Thayer High School Wednesday from 12 30 to 5 30 p.m.
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Chanute
City Hall
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Thayer High School
Terry Bridges Top Winner for News Tip Prize
Terry Bridges son of Mr and Mrs John Bridges R 3 has been named last week's news tip winner and will receive the 3 award from The Tribune. A large number of tips were received and Bridges reported four baby rabbits adopted by a Mexican Chihuahua and his master four year old Charles Ingram grandson of the Bridges. The image of Charles the dog and rabbits appeared in last Friday's Tribune and was distributed to state papers by the Associated Press. The Tribune offers 3 weekly for best news tip from Chanute and the four county area. Tips can be phoned or brought to The Tribune and collectors call numbers HE 1-4100 HE 1-2972 or HE 1-0726.
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Charles Ingram
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Chanute
Traffic Fatalities Log For May 22 1963 Topeka AP
Kansas traffic death log reports 0 fatalities within 48 hours to 9 am Monday May 22, 1963. It compares to 152 deaths in May 1963 and 162 in the comparable 1962 period.
It Looks Like Rain Forecast for Crop Areas in Kansas
Forecaster predicts cooler nights with a few showers or thunderstorms, mainly southeastern Kansas. Rainfall totaled largely one half to over one inch in eastern and central parts, with Dodge City reaching 100 degrees the prior day. highs today expected 80 to 85, lows 30s to 50s.
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Inman
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Sedgwick
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Dodge City
Goodland
Chanute
Summer Band Plan For Sixth Graders At Royster
Band plan announced by Royster Junior High director Glenn Peak to create a summer band for sixth graders under City Recreation Commission sponsorship. Sessions run Tuesdays and Fridays from June 11 for six weeks, 4 to 5 pm, featuring two concerts. An adult and Senior High band is planned, with applications to be distributed later this week. More information from the recreation department.
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Glenn Peak
Royster
Peak
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Tribune Phone Contact Guidance
If you cannot reach your Tribune, contact your carrier for assistance. If the carrier cannot connect you, dial HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m. for further help communication services.
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Hundreds attend spring show at National Guard Armory
A standing room crowd filled the National Guard Armory for the final night of the Spring Farm and Home Show. The event featured the Cates Sisters and Jed Starkey, with $50 cash prizes awarded to seven winners and additional prizes during the day and Friday night. Twenty-three local merchants exhibited, paying booth fees to support the event run by the JayCees and Chamber of Commerce.
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JayCees and Chamber of Commerce
Cates
Jed Starkey
Fea
Cof
Jay- Cees
Eastern Kansas Odd Fellows Meeting Draws 300 Attendees
About 300 lodge and auxiliary members attended the annual eastern Kansas meeting of the encampment branch of the Odd Fellows. L. W. Compton of Springfield Missouri, general commanding of the Patriarchs Militant, spoke to the group at Murray Hill school with several grand lodge officers from Kansas and Missouri present.
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Odd Fellows
L. W. Compton
Springfield
Patriarchs
Odd Fellows of the World
Grand Lodge
Missouri
Murray Hill School
Locks Severed at North Santa Fe Bulk Plants
Police reported severed padlocks at the Standard Oil and Mobil bulk plants in the 700 block on North Santa Fe on Saturday afternoon with no losses. Two locks were cut at the Mobil plant and one at the Standard plant. A broken window was found at Washburn filling station, 701 N. Santa Fe, during a 2:45 a.m. patrol. officers credited a passing cruiser with scaring off the prowler and noted no entry or loss beyond window damage.
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Mobil
North Santa Fe
Standard
Washburn
N. Santa Fe
Prowler Escapes After Alley Chase Near South Central
A woman reported to police at 11:45 p.m. Saturday that her husband chased a prowler along South Central. Officers arrived to find the prowler gone, described as a young person wearing a white short sleeve T shirt. The noise from tampering with a screen alerted the couple.
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Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Causes Space Flight Banter
An intercepted note mockingly questions Astronaut Cooper about finding his ticket before boarding Faith 7. The cartoonish line suggests embarrassment for Cooper as viewers watch on TV while search through space suit pockets would take time.
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