Wallace defies federal order as Alabama schools face integration
In Birmingham and across Alabama the standoff over school desegregation escalates as Governor Wallace issues new orders opposing integration. Troopers deploy at Birmingham and Tuskegee sites while federal courts review earlier rulings. Violence flares with bombings and clashes as 24 Negro children prepare to attend white schools in four cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leflore
Rt. Washington
Robert Kennedy
Justice Department
Wallace
Huntsville
Raymond Christian
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Mobile
Tuskegee
Huntsvilla
May
Cogn
Integration Deepens Tensions in Alabama Schools
The report notes Alabama leaders urging lawful resistance to integration after two Negro students registered in Birmingham schools facing integration while protests and violence erupted. A bomb damaged the home of Negro attorney Arthur Shores with injuries to Mrs. Shores, and two crude bombs struck A G Gaston’s home but caused minor damage. Mobile also saw two Black students register but skip classes. Wallace affirmed ongoing resistance to school integration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Warren
Birmingham
West End High School
Alabama Department of Public Safety
Tuskegee
Murphy High School
Mobile
Wallach
Huntsville
Wallace
Frank Scarlett
Savannah
Scarlett
Sth
U.S. Circuit Court O ‘Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Gaston
Arthur D. Shores
H Negro
Board of Education
A. G. Gaston
Gastons
White House
Arthur’ D. Shores
Mrs. Shores
Bentonville Plans Fishing Lake At Municipal Airport
Bentonville mayor Wayne Lawson announces construction of a city owned fishing lake on the municipal airport property. The 10 to 18 acre facility will reach about seven feet in depth and will prohibit boating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bentonville, Ark
Bentonville
Wayne Lawson
Two Die Violently in Arkansas Week End
Two persons died violently Sunday in Arkansas and the weekly toll rose to 12. Joel Newton Johnson, 65, of Little Rock, was electrocuted while drilling a well as a steel rod contacted an electric line. Gerald R. Bishop, 33, of Little Rock, was killed in a hunting accident on a Jefferson County road when a shotgun discharged while outside a car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Joel Newton Johnson
Little Rock
Gerald R. Bishop
Sherill
Jefferson County
Bishop
el Dorado
DeWitt
Little Bock
Kingsland
Morriston
Walcott
Jonesboro
Pine Bluff
North Little Rock
Cherry Valley
Little Rock Milk Highly Ranked in Strontium Contamination
Little Rock and New Orleans led the nation in strontium contamination of milk in June, with Little Rock at 89 and New Orleans at 90, while overall counts eased. Minot, North Carolina reported the highest national count at 62 picocuries per liter, with June 1962 daily average at 30. A curie equals the activity unit referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washingtonaby
Little Rock
New Orleans
Minot
N. C
Bipartisan Support Questioned on Cold War Treaty
Senate debates a treaty intended to ease tensions between the Communist and free worlds. Foreign Relations panel backed ratification 16-1, with key opponents and uncertain votes shaping the outcome. Subcommittee members warn of Soviet advantages in nuclear and antimissile tech. final fate hinges on two thirds support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulbright
Sen
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Foreign Relations Committee
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Subcommittee
John Stennis
D-Miss
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
Barry Goldwater
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Stuart Symington
D-Man
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Soviet Union
United States
Radium Radioactivity Rates Reported by Cities
The report notes radium radioactivity units and definitions including a picocuri as one millionth of a curie and a liter as about a quart. It compares daily averages for two cities, Little Rock and New Orleans, with June figures 52 and 51 respectively and May figures 40 for New Orleans. The U S Public Health Service states the counts do not yet approach acceptable health risk for large general population groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
New Orleans
U.S. Public Health Service
Arkansans Name Peacock Chemistry Professor at Monticello
Monticello Arkansas A&M College announces Dr Milton C Peacock of West Monroe Louisiana as professor of chemistry He organized the School of Pharmacy at Northeastern Louisiana State College in Monroe and designed its curricula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansans
Monticello
Ark
Arkansas A&m College
Milton C. Peacock
West Monroe
Peacock
School of Pharmacy
Northeastern
Louisiana State College
Monroe
Weather forecast notes scattered showers and mild temps
A mixed forecast covers Arkansas and Louisiana with partly cloudy to clear skies. Arkansas expects partly cloudy conditions through Tuesday with widely scattered thundershowers north half tonight and Tuesday. Louisiana stays clear to partly cloudy with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers mainly in the south. Highs mainly in the 80s to mid 90s, lows around 64 to 74.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Louisiana
Arkansas Regional Forecast From the Associated Press
Central Arkansas forecast partly cloudy and mild through Tuesday with widely scattered thundershowers in the north. Today's high expected between 98 and 94 degrees with a low around 64 to 72. Tuesday's high near the low 90s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Arkansas
Miss America Donna Axum’s Arkansas Pageant Triumph
Donna Axum, a 21 year old from El Dorado and University of Arkansas student, won Miss America. The 1963 winner hails from Fort Smith, with Donna’s court including Rosanne Tueller and Martha Ellen Truett. Gov Faubus sent congratulations while El Dorado’s mayor praised the victory. Donna plans radio and TV graduate work after finishing studies at Fayetteville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansan
Susan Dee Pickering
Hawaii
Miss Pickering
Fort Smith
John Gregory
Susan N
Donna's Court
Tiptonville
Arizona
Susan Jean Bergstrom
Phoenix
Donna
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Roy H. Goudy
el Dorado
Axum
Atlantic City
Hurley B. Axum
Exchange National Bank of
Robert T. Turnham
Shreveport
Sohola Cantorum Group
Iversity
el Deado
Hot Springs
Fayetteville
Negro Dentist Runs for Pine Bluff Ward 4 Seat
D. W. L. Molette, 44, a Negro dentist, has filed to challenge incumbent W. EB. Bobo Jr. for the sole contested Pine Bluff city council seat in Ward 4. The city election is set for November 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neagro
Pine Bluff, Ark
D. W. L. Molette
Pine Bluff
W. EB. Bobo Jr
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harold Hendrin
Pulphio
Dgales Severi
Bill
Sidney
Ann Marston
Nancy Sinatra
Claudia Martin
Dino
James’ Darren
THE
Little Rock Milk
Comet Sportster
Carl
Tampa
Washington, Clear
Winnipeg
Missouri
Jacqueline Mayer
Sandusky
Ohio
Northeast
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest
Safeway
Joyett
Skylark
Vienna
Sea
U.s.da
Las
Rinso
Tan
Ajax
Trading Post
Sos & Thirst
Crohget mm
Geritet Etoree
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!