Meredith Enrolls at Ole Miss as Oxford Riots Break Out
James H. Meredith, 29, the first Black student admitted to Ole Miss, registers under federal guard amid overnight violence in Oxford. National Guard and U.S. marshals confront rioters, 150 arrests, two dead, several wounded, chaos closes shops and floods courthouse square.
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Oxford
Miss
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Mississippi National Guard
Tupelo
Meredith
Ole Miss
Robert Ellis
Kennedy
Lyceum
Doric
South
Rlcreais
Ellis
Sterling Slappey
U.S. News and World Report
Thousands View Parade Climax of Chanute Fall Festival
Thousands watched the Chanute Fall Festival parade featuring 18 floats including a harvest corn load prize winners from Fairfield and a Rainbow for Girls entry. Bands from Chanute Erie Thayer Colony Galesburg Humboldt Midway Stark Altoona Moran Welda Kincaid St Patrick’s Parsons performed, with prizes from $5 to $25 and more than 100 units in the procession.
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Fairfield
The
Grange
Alcott
Del
Chanute
Huss of
Thayer
Glen Barnhart
Murray Hill
Order of Rainbow
Methodist Church
Chanute JayCees
Chanute High School
Erie
Colony
Galesburg
Humboldt
Midway
Joint Rural
Stark
Altoona
Moran
Welda
Kincaid
St. Patrick's
Parsons
JayCees
Jaynes
Miss Chanute
Carol Ferguson Moore
Rhonda Clements
Barbara Brinkmeyer
Elizabeth Kneeland
Cindy Coykendall
American Legion
VFW
National Guard
Girl Scouts
Loss by Fire Hits 7100 In September Chanute
Fire Chief C. W. Brennan reports September fire losses at 7100 with nine month total 29475. Principal losses occurred in a trailerhouse at 717 N Steuben and a garage car fire at 502 S Highland. Fourteen runs were made matching September 1961.
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Chanute
C. W. Brennan
N. Steuben
S. Highland
Weather Summary for Topeka and Kansas
Showers covered much of Kansas with northeast regions receiving rain earlier. A slow moving high pressure system enters the state as clouds linger. Expect cool 60 degree highs and 40 to 45 degree lows with today and tonight showers and mostly cloudy conditions.
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Porecast
Topeka
Kansas
Integration tension at Ole Miss dominates Washington brief
Twenty six guards from Leavenworth's federal prison are among marshals aiding the Ole Miss integration crisis. Senator Eastland accuses Justice Department and marshals of incompetence and invites a full committee inquiry. President Kennedy is supported by Truman in handling the Mississippi confrontation. Edwin Walker is arrested near Oxford on charges of inciting rebellion and will face arraignment.
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Oxford
Washington
Justice Department
Meredith
Ross Barnett
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Justice
Mississippi
Leavenworth, Kan
Leavenworth
U.S
University of Mississippi
Bennett
Federal
Kansas City
Kennedy
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Army
Edwin Walker
Walker
Miss
Thieves Target St Paul Cafes and Stores Overnight
Thieves entered two St Paul businesses and stole cash and checks totaling under 150 dollars. High way Cafe and Art Goodsel’s grocery suffered losses of 68.55 in cash and 12.43 in checks, Owens store under 50 dollars, with entries via a west door and transom. A separate farm burglary near Galesburg stole television and 50 to 60 quarts of canned goods while the family was away.
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ST. Paul
Lester Marts
Highway Cafe
Art Goodsel
Bud Owens
iGoodsel
Owens
Marts
George Willis
Galesburg
Senate approves public works bill for rivers harbors and more
The Senate voted 63 to 8 to send the public works measure to conference with the House. It includes 1.06 billion for rivers and harbors and flood control, 338 million for reclamation, 3.153 billion for the Atomic Energy Commission, plus minor appropriations. The package totals 1.06 billion, exceeding the House sum by 597 million but below Kennedy requests by 440 million.
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Washington
Wap
Senate
House
of Public Works
Kennedy
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
Plane Crash Fatal to Four Near Parsons
A small ambulance plane crashed 10 miles east of Parsons during a rain storm killing four aboard. Sheriff says the aircraft apparently lost a wing in flight, with the wing and part of the tail separating from the fuselage. The plane owned by Hardy Brooks Funeral Home of Duncan Oklahoma was en route to Rochester Minnesota. Victims: Vernon Leonard 41 pilot. C L Barton and his wife both of Duncan. Barton niece L Martha Weisinger of Willis Texas.
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Parsons, Kan
Parsons
Leo Frederick
Hardy Brooks Funeral Home
Duncan
Okla
Rochester
Minn
Vernon Leonard
C. L. Barton
Barton
L. Martell Weisinger
Willis, Tex
Traffic Fatalities Log Shows September and October Totals
Topeka reports state traffic death log with counts: 39 for October and 48 hours to 9 a.m. Monday for September. The record notes 0 for 1962 and 425 comparable for 1961 period, with 404 for the prior year comparison.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Governor and Democrats Clash Over Travel and Licenses
In Topeka the race for Kansas governor intensifies as Democratic State Chairman Jack Graves questions a state funded Las Vegas trip by Col. Larry Hughes and L. A. Billings amid disputes over a license restoration for David Carson and highway land takings involving George Gagel. Gov. John Anderson denies any wrongdoing and says the charges are politically motivated. He notes land acquisitions occurred under a prior Democratic administration and asserts no conflict of interest will be tolerated.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Kansas
Jack Graves
Wichita
Anderson
William M. Ferguson
Las Vegas
N.M
Kansas City
Kan
David Carson
George Gagel
Carson
U. S. 69
Johnson County
Gagel
Dale Saffels
Democrat Party
Inice
Graves
Ferguson
Col
Larry Hughes
Highway Patrol
L. A. Billings Motor Vehicle Department
Lare
National Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
Woman Dies in Osborne Two-Car Crash
One woman was killed and three people injured in a two car collision at a township road intersection six miles west of Osborne Kansas. Amelia Brasche 85 Alma Kansas died on arrival at Osborne hospital. She was a passenger in a car driven by her son in law George Sollner of Osborne.
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Osborne, Kan
Osborne
Amelia Brasche
Alma
Kan
George Sollner
Traffic crashes dot weekend local roads
Weekend traffic produced several minor accidents with one serious collision about 12 55 p m injuring no one. James E Schooley and James A Harris were involved in a left turn crash in the 1000 block on North Santa Fe causing $425 in damage and Harris fined for failing to yield. Other incidents included a park ing lot fender contact between a station wagon and a half ton truck and multiple bumped cars with minimal or no damage.
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James E. Schooley
S. Grant
James A. Harris
Kioga Hotel
North
Santa Fe
Schooley
Harris
Ford
S. Santa Fe
Joseph J. Reynolds
Neodesha
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Charles Billingslea
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Tom Birdsong
Jackson
Barnett
Thhan
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Edward
City Park
Ralph Hibbs
Thayer R. 2
Oxford War Briefs
Chanute Blue Comets
Linda Rhodes
C. C. Rhodes
Lafayette
Linda
Cometeers
Tribune
Larry Mathews
Fairfield Grange
Public Works In
Gerald Hizer
Elks Lake
Barbara Banta
N. Larson
Reynolds
Coln
Aiver
W. S. Baughman
N. Highland
Sam Senseney
Garfield
Main
Lincoln
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