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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1963
Page
1
AP analysis says Kennedy's nationwide address on racial discrimination raised expectations across states. It outlines four actions, notes potential executive and legislative follow-ups, and discusses proposed laws on public accommodations and civil rights enforcement amid Southern resistance.
Crowds gather at Buddhist pagodas in Saigon for services after a monk burned himself in protest against President Diem’s religious policies. Police block pagodas and ban flying religious flags as Buddhist anger widens toward government and U.S. policies.
The House Education Committee endorsed a plan to raise salaries at state colleges and shift them to a four week year with bi weekly pay. It would remove two years of experience requirements for eligibility and convert colleges from teacher training to liberal arts institutions with new starting minimums and six annual raises.
Harrisburg AP reports the General Assembly aims for final adjournment by July 31 with accelerated schedules. Senate action sent a 7 member State Board of Education plan to Gov Scranton, replacing the current nine member council. The House and Senate debated duties of the state superintendent. A $6,000 earning ban on harness racing insiders was approved in committee, and a states rights amendment advanced.
Anthony Provenzano known as Tony Pro, head of Teamsters Local 460 in Union City New Jersey, was found guilty in Newark of extorting 17100 from a New York trucking firm. The six member jury heard the two week trial Tuesday night and awaits sentencing set by Judge Robert Shaw.
Harrisburg AP Gav Scranton pushes policy that would create a 17 member state board of education replacing the nine member council and transferring education control from the department of public instruction. The measure heads to the governor for final action amid Democrat opposition and concerns about balanced governance.
House considers revising the pageline tax distribution plan to give urban areas a larger portion of a $47 million fund. The measure faces a uphill battle before final passage and includes proposals to limit hunting parties and remove a wife's right to her husband’s property if she deserts him.
AP reports the United Steelworkers Union plans a top committee meeting in Pittsburgh next Tuesday to decide whether to reopen contract talks with steelmakers. Despite near agreement speculation, the union denies any final plan, noting the committee could announce no reopening or a return to bargaining under existing terms. The union could strike 90 days after notice to the companies.
Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis resigns after King Paul rejects his plan to visit Britain, risking new elections within 45 days. The crisis follows royal opposition to NATO ally Britain and ongoing royal criticism by opposition and public over past demonstrations and political prisoners.
State police charged 22 year old Spec-5 Dick Ahearn of Pleasant Gap with the murder of Betty Sharkey 31 of Bellefonte R D whose body was found in a farm field near State College. Ahearn admitted the knife killing and was held without bail after a Bellefonte Justice of the Peace hearing. He was confined in Bellefonte City Jail after being taken from Fort Polk Louisiana on leave starting June 4.
Dave Mack McGlathery, 26, aims to enroll Thursday as the first Black student at the University of Alabama extension center in Huntsville to study calculus or pursue graduate math. He works at the Marshall Space Flight Center in nuclear and ion physics and will balance classes with his afternoon shift.
The USIA summarized polls from Poland Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union noting students in Yugoslavia doubting Marxist ideology and rural Latin American workers drifting toward opposition to Castroism. Urban discontent favored land reform while socialism ranked highest amid broad dislike of communism.
Houston reporters relay that NASA and officials await a Washington decision on sending a man into orbit perhaps this fall for a four day mission. The delay has lasted a week with the outcome uncertain.
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