Alabama Town Desegregation Sparks North Macon County Tensions
In Notasulga and nearby Shorter, federal desegregation orders clash with a new city ordinance. Six Notasulga Negro students seek entry at Notasulga High, while six more move to Shorter High. troopers guard campuses as arson and cross burnings target board members. Schools contemplate closing amid white boycotts and protests near Tuskegee.
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Glenn Sirmon
Natasul- 83
Notasulza
Don Mercer
Macon County School Board
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Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee, Ala
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Notasulga High School
Shorter High School
James Ron
City
Vernon Merritt Jr
Merritt
Gordon Persons
Notasulga High
Shorter
Col
al Lingo
FBI
Rex Thomas
Ala
Alabama
Macon County
James Rea
Tuskegee High
Egee
Faubus Hires Grid Star Alworth For Summer Work
Camden Arkansas AP Gov Orval Faubus announced he has hired former Arkansas football star Lance Alworth to work for him this summer. He said he would not confirm details but implied Alworth could be reassigned if not needed, while noting Arkansas progress under his administration attracts attention from other states.
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Camden
Ark
Orval EB. Faubus
Arkansas
Lance Alworth
Faubus
Camden Junior Chamber of Commerce
Desegregation Tension Flares as Troops Guard Alabama Schools
About 475 state troopers guarded Notasulga and Shorter schools as desegregation transfers were delayed. Lingo, addressing troopers on Notasulga High grounds, warned the situation surpassed earlier protests in Tuscaloosa Birmingham or Auburn.
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Notasulga
Notasulga High
Tuscaloosa
Birmingham
Auburn
Propane Fire Traps Santa Fe Train in Missouri
A 100 car Santa Fe freight train halted as a propane gas line break near the tracks released a cloud that exploded into towering flames. Three crew members received minor burns. workmen shut valves to stop the leak and another locomotive was dispatched to move the train to Kansas City.
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Bosworth
Santa Fe
Mid-American Pipeline Co
Missouri Highway
Kansas City
Tulsa
Okla
Janesville
Wis
Traffic Death Toll in 1963 Spirals Up
In Arkansas the traffic death toll rose again in 1963, with 363 deaths reported last year and Captain Jack Rhea warning that only stricter licensing and driver education can curb the rising rate. The year saw 563 fatalities in 477 fatal crashes, including 208 multi-vehicle and 181 single-vehicle deaths, as 7,952 accidents were investigated.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Jack Rhea
Rhea
Explosion on train vents fumes near Bosworth area
A train incident released fumes causing an explosion that fractured a pipe and sprayed a 30 foot hole. No nearby structures were harmed, the blast occurred about a mile east of Bosworth, and no other damage was reported.
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Bosworth
Weather and east sections outlook with cooler nights
Forecasts show rain and mixed precipitation in eastern and southern Missouri with cooler nights, lows in the 30s, and highs in the 40s. Louisiana and Arkansas sections anticipate cooler conditions, rain, and scattered thunder with lows mostly in the 30s and highs generally 45 to 56.
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Associated Press
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Johnson to Review Chaffee Order
In Washington President Johnson will review the order to close Fort Chaffee at Fort Smith Arkansas, said Tom Harper of Fort Smith after a Tuesday meeting. Harper, a Democratic national committeeman from Arkansas, said Johnson called the closing a military decision but suggested it might deserve another examination.
Court Docket Justice in Hope Ar Municipal Court
Docket lists multiple defendants with cash bonds forfeited or fines imposed for offenses including drunkenness illegal driving careless driving and improper muffler. Individuals named include Richard Turrentine Charles W Stuart Doris Finley J A Atkins Julius Stuart Sr Arthur King Benjamin Johnson Henry King Sammie Lee Stuart and others. Civil actions include Credit Bureau of Hempstead County vs Bobby Makame Southern Plaswood Inc Garnishee with default judgment for 105 dollars.
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Arsansas City
Richard Turrentine
Charles W. Stuart
Doris Jean Finley
Alvin Isaiah
J. A. Atkins
Julius Stuart
Julius Stuart Sr
Arthur L. King
Benjamin P. Johnson
Henry King
Sammie Lee Stuart
Wylie Stuart
Johnny D. Stinson
Jerry Dodson
Oscar Coulter
RC. Stuart
J. Pailey
Jai Bernard Allen
Prim
Bill Jones
Jdeer
Amon Rine
Mustang Rebuilders
Ind
Northeastern Trucking Co
Ryder Tank
Credit Bureau of Hempstead County, Inc
Bobby McKamie
Southern Plaswood, Inc
Founder of KARK Dies at Age 88
The Rev. Marion Edward Borders, founder of radio station KARK, died Tuesday at a Little Rock hospital at age 88. An ordained Baptist minister, he moved from Chicago to Little Rock in 1995 to pastor the First Church of the Nazarene, which ran KARK for four years before selling it. Borders was a Hodgenville, Kentucky native.
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Little Rock
Marion Edward Borders
Lille Rock
KARK
Title Rock
Borders
Chicago
First
Church of the Nazarene
Hodgenville
Insurance ruling appealed to Arkansas Supreme Court
The State Insurance Commission appealed to the state Supreme Court Tuesday an order invalidating 1963 Act 528 requiring out-of-state firms to invest 50 percent of Arkansas reserves in the state or pay a half-cent premium increase. The Pulaski Chancery Court ruled it tax legislation needing a three-fourths House vote, but it passed with a simple majority of 61.
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Little. Rock
State Insurance Commission
State Supreme Court
Arkansas
Pulaski Chancery Court
Johnson urges expanded federal consumer protections and labeling rules
President Johnson calls for strengthened FDA inspection of foods drugs and cosmetics and broader meat and poultry oversight nationwide. He seeks FTC power to issue temporary orders and extended disclosure rules for securities. A consumer campaign led by Esther Peterson backs truth in packaging and lending while a new Consumer Advisory Council aids policy and research.
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Ee Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act
Agriculture Department
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Philip Hart
D-Mich
Emanuel Caller
D-Ny
Kennedy
Esther Peterson
Ighor
Senate
Accommodation committee backs interstate hotel bill amendment
The Accommodations committee that helped shape the bill backs limiting federal action to facilities used by interstate travelers. His amendment would cover only hotels motels eating places and service stations on interstate highways. House leaders hope consideration moves faster starting today. After two days action on two titles remains and eight more to go.
U S aid leader urges Cyprus order after embassy blast
The United States condemns the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Nicosia as “irresponsible” and calls on Makarios to restore order and identify culprits. An embassy guard was lightly injured. two bombs blasted the embassy area and a hotel. Evacuations to Beirut were organized by Pan Am with 57 women and children aboard the first jetliner.
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Makarios
United States
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Cpl
Henry Theriaque
North Windham
Conn
George McFarland
McFarland
Theraque
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Beirut
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London
Spyros Kyprianou
Security Council
Soviet Union
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