Wallace defies federal order as Alabama schools desegregate
Governor Wallace orders segregation in Birmingham Mobile and Tuskegee while Huntsville begins integrated classes. Troopers briefed young Negro students with Wallace papers as four Huntsville schools integrate. White protests erupt in Birmingham and Mobile as federal court challenges loom. The Justice Department weighs action as Huntsville proceeds with planned entries.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
George Wallace
Mobile
Tuskegee
Alabama
Huntsville
Wallace
National Guard
J. L. Laflore
Leflore
Washington
Robert Kennedy
Justice Department
Raymond Christian
Gronouski Named Kennedy Choice for Postmaster General
John Gronouski 43 Wisconsin tax commissioner was chosen by President Kennedy to head the Post Office. He will replace J Edward Day who resigned August 9 and will serve as acting postmaster general until Senate confirmation. A Madison resident and Polish American, Gronouski holds a PhD in taxation and public finance and has taught at the University of Maine and Wayne University.
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Lingo
Joe Dolan
I U. S
Birmingham
West End
Dolan
Wallace
Justice Department
John Doar
Tuskegee
Bill Jones
National Guard
Mobile
Maj
Joe Smelley
Highway Patrol
Washington
John Gronouski
Wisconsin
Kennedy
Gronouski
J. Edward Day
Senate
Sidney W. Bishop
Day
Tax Department
Madison
Wis
University of Maine
Wayne University
Detroit
Dunbar
Oshkosh
St. Peter's School
Oshkosh State College
Left Hand Pitch Left Hand Pitch Rescued by a Collie at a leased pond
Elmer J. McCandless, while fishing at a Chanute leased farm pond, was aided by a friendly collie that defended him from a skunk. The dog swam, rolled in dirt to remove the odor, and departed nose wrinkled, still not smelling like Chanel No 5.
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Elmer J. McCandless
S. Allen
McCandless
Weather recap and forecast for Kansas and nearby areas
Warm humid weather continues in Kansas through Tuesday with scattered showers possible overnight. Highs today 90 to 95 degrees. tonight lows mostly in the 60s. Sunday saw mid to upper 90s statewide, with highs 84 to 98 in several cities and rains bringing moisture to the northwest and Arkansas River valley. rainfall totals included Kinsley 2.54 inches and Hesston 0.58 to 1.10 inches in other spots.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Garden City
Wichita
Manhattan
Concordia
Hutchinson
Arkansas River Valley
Kinsley
Larned
Pratt
Hesston
Graham says faith of fathers key to survival of nation
Evangelist Billy Graham told a Los Angeles audience that to survive as a nation Americans must return to the faith of their fathers. A crowd of 134,254 filled the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, with police reporting 20,000 more turned away outside. It surpassed prior U S religious meeting records, while Jehovah’s Witnesses drew 118,447 at the Rose Bowl and 85,024 at night in Pasadena.
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Los Angeles
Billy Graham
U.S
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Graham
Jehovah's Witnesses
New York
Yankee Stadium
Coliseum
Pasadena
Good News Assembly
Rose Bowl
Christmas Seal Institute to be held in Southeast Kansas
A one day Christmas Seal Institute conducted by staff of the Kansas Tuberculosis and Health Association Topeka will be held at the Southeast Kansas Hospital Thursday. Volunteer workers are expected from 15 neighboring counties. The Tribune ad quotes M L Clemans praising classified ads for renting his house.
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Kansas Tuberculosis and Health Association
Topeka
Southeast Kansas Hospital
the Tribune
M. L. Clemans
Traffic Fatalities Log Report From Topeka AP
Kansas traffic death log lists fatalities over a 48 hour period to 9 a.m. Monday. Counts cover September and 1963 totals compare to 1962, with figures 381 and 406 respectively.
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Topeka
Kansas
Grid Injuries Fatal To Stone Johnson
Stone Johnson, rookie end for the Kansas City Chiefs, died in a Wichita hospital from injuries suffered August 31 in an exhibition game with the Houston Oilers. Johnson, who came to the Chiefs from Grambling College, had been hospitalized after fracturing a neck vertebra in that AFL contest.
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Wichita
Kan
Stone Johnson
Kansas City Chiefs
Houston Oilers
Johnson
Chiefs
Grambling College
Louisiana
City studies two industries amid stalled move talks
City officials said two industries are in a lull with negotiations on moving a St. Louis firm delayed as the company looks at another funding route. The second industry remains under study with Chanute and Emporia in consideration, with ongoing contacts through local representatives and Mid-America, Inc.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Chanute
Emporia
Mid-America, Inc
Southeast Kansas Industrial Development Organization
Chamber schedules meetings and luncheon events this week
The Women’s Committee will hold a noon luncheon tomorrow at the Tioga Hotel. Ambassadors meet at 7 AM Wednesday for breakfast at the Silver Grill. The board of directors meeting, moved due to Black Hills Passion Play rehearsals, is now set for 8 PM September 23 at the chamber offices.
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Ambassador Club
Chamber of Commerce
Tioga
Silver Grill
Black Hills
Chamber
Great Bend Unit Finishes Sixth in Legion Junior Cadets
The Argonne Rebels of Great Bend Kansas finished sixth with an average 72.263 in the finals of the American Legion junior drum and bugle corps contest. Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights of Newark New Jersey won with 86.416. Rebels also posted an 84.60 average in the national junior color guard competition Sunday.
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Miami Beach
Fia
Argonne Rebels
Great Bend
Kan
American Legion
Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights
Newark
N.J
Rebels
Nickle Inn Robbed for 300 Dollars in Nickels
In Kansas City Kansas the Nickle Inn was robbed of about 300 dollars mostly in nickels. A waitress, Mrs. Mary Helton, said two bandits forced her to empty two cash registers into a paper box and then fled after locking her in a restroom.
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Kansas City
Kan
Nickle Inn
Mary Helton
13 Year Old Boy Out Cooks Girls Wins Blue Ribbon
A Chanute eighth grader, Doug Lopeman of Royster Junior High, won blue ribbons in cookie and cake categories at the Mid-America Fair 4-H judging in Topeka and previously at Erie Neosho County Fair. He plans to present a 4-H demonstration in Topeka on Fun with a Cut Up Cake.
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Doug Lopeman
Neosho County
Topeka
Tribune
Larry Mathews
Chanute
Royster Junior High
Robert Lope
R. J
Doug
John Rausch
Stevie
Bill
Hutchinson
Woodson County
Sharman Mullen
Lois Barnhart
Ruby Bak
I Sue Sanders
Audra Lind
Roberta Rhea
Ninth Death in Series Reawakens Boston Slay Fear
In Boston area a ninth unsolved strangling in 15 months rekindles fear after a December 1962 slaying. Evelyn Corbin, 50s, a blonde divorcee who lived alone, was found strangled in her apartment with nylon stockings. Police noted two stockings around her neck and two cut stockings nearby.
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Salem
Mass
Greater
Boston
Evelyn Corbin
Corbin
New Jersey youth lands at Ottawa University after cross country flight
Stephen Kotler, 18, from New Brunswick, N J, enrolled as a freshman at Ottawa University after an unplanned continental journey. He departed Newark on a United Airlines flight to Chicago, ended up diverted toward San Francisco and Los Angeles, met a passerby in Los Angeles, then flew to Kansas City before completing a train ride to Ottawa.
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Ottawa, Kan
New Jersey
Ottawa University
Stephen Kotler
Ottawa
New Brunswick
N.J
Newark
United Airlines
Chicago
Koller
San Francisco
Kotler
Kansas City
San Francis
Los Angeles
Sharon Stoddard
Fire Destroys Hospital Wing in Shattuck Oklahoma
A fire tore through one wing of the New man Memorial Hospital in Shattuck Oklahoma early today injuring four people. A woman patient Emma Kliewer died after evacuation though doctors attributed no fire-related death. Thirty-nine patients were moved from the 70 bed facility to a church gymnasium a high school and private homes as firefighters from several towns battled the blaze.
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Shattuck
Okla
Newman Memorial Hospital
Emma Kliewer
Elwood Riley
Roger Whitney
Don Starbeck
Alvin Herber
Oklahoma
Woodward
Gage
Arnett
Higgins
Tex
Dirksen to Vote for Ratification of Test Ban Pact
Sen. Everett Dirksen of Illinois said he will vote for ratification of the limited nuclear test ban treaty after meeting with President Kennedy at the White House. Senate GOP leader Dirksen indicated a presidential letter to Senate leaders may clarify assurances and help win the two thirds majority.
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Dirksen
Washington
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
Kennedy
White House
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
U.S
Thayer Fair finale draws big crowds at Homecoming event
Large turnout fills Thayer’s McLachlen Park for the three day Homecoming Picnic and Fair Celebration. Highlights include a crowded four hour amateur hour with master of ceremonies Harry Rash and Nathan Welch, and a kids rodeo. Notable acts feature Lewis Fail, Don Zachary and family, Haskell Ballard, Julius Hawke, Abe Riffel, Slim Medsker, Diane Smith, Cathy Smith, Don Zimmerman, Chuck Yockey, and others from Chanute Cherryvale Burden Galesburg Altoona Neodesha Barston and nearby towns.
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Thayer
McLachlen Park
Harry Rash
Nathan Welch
Lewis Fail
Chanute
Don Zachary
Cherryvale
Nathan
Acey Welch
Haskell Ballard
Burden
Julius Hawke
Barston
Abe Riffel
Galesburg
Slim Medsker
Altoona
Diane Smith
Cathy
Don Zimmerman
Neodesha
Chuck Yockey
Fighting Breaks Out In Laos In Vientiane Crisis
In downtown Vientiane sharp fighting between right wing and Pathet Lao forces lasted about two hours. One Pathet Lao soldier was killed and another wounded. two civilians reportedly killed. Premier Souvanna Phouma postponed his UN departure. AP reporter Antoine Yared arrested and detained six hours before release ordered by Gen Phoumi Nosavan.
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Vientiane
Pathet Lao
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Associated Press
Antoine Yared
Phoumi Nosavan
Yared
Tin Anniversary Gag for Kennedy Family
An intercepted note jokes about President and Mrs. Kennedy observing their tenth wedding anniversary on Thursday and asks what gift of tin to give a family that has everything, proposing a tin mine as a humorous possibility.
New York Teachers End Strike and Approve 1964 Contract
Public school teachers in New York City called off a threatened strike and approved a two year contract that raises pay by 580 dollars for most teachers. The settlement, supported by 850 New York City schools and 8 500 teachers, includes class size limits improved grievances and a joint committee on recruitment and school conditions.
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New York
New York City
United Federation of Teachers
AFL- Cio
Board of Fundation
Robert F. Wagner
Charles Cogen
Sujpreme
Paving Meeting Draws Large Turnout in Southwest Town
About 50 property owners attended a formal informational meeting led by City Manager R. J Hayes on a 30 block street paving project. He explained state law and cost assessment methods, with a block by block estimate reviewed. protest petitions have been filed from four blocks and await sufficiency check under 20 day resolutions.
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R. J Hayes
Hayes
City Commission
Memorial Building
District Court Room
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