Mayors back Kennedy civil rights plan at Honolulu meet
U S mayors adopt a five point civil rights program based on Kennedy suggestions and add a sixth point promoting equal responsibility alongside opportunity The conference elected Arthur Sellard of Fresno as president 1963 64 and postponed adjournment for a Honolulu redevelopment meeting The plan urges biracial committees nondiscriminatory hiring housing access and measures to curb school dropouts impacting unemployment
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Honolulu
Kennedy
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Arthur L. Sellarid
Fresno
Calif
Peace Officers Set Up Crime Report Committee
The Missouri Peace Officers Association executive board met at Hotel Governor to create a temporary uniform crime reporting committee for crime classifications across Missouri. Col Hugh Waggoner noted the group also discussed a group life insurance policy with agents. The association includes all active Missouri law enforcement. One in every hundred Greeks is convicted yearly for minor debts.
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Misagouri Peace Officers Association
Governor
Missouri
Hugh Waggoner
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Missouri Peace Officers Association
Astronaut describes dawn view and fireflies from space
In a diary fragment from space, astronaut Cooper notes a pale dawn over earth with stars visible, describes drifting at the night side, and observes lightning from thunderstorms below. He recalls sleep in zero gravity and explains the so called fireflies as icicles from small jets used to steer the craft.
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Africa
South Indian Ocean
Cooper
Tam
Saturn
John
Onearth
Venus
Jupiter
McDonnell
Earth
Post Tribune Jefferson City Publisher and staff list
The Jefferson City Post-Tribune publishes with editors and publishers listed, noting staff roles including Hobent C. Gos and Wiliam H. Weldon, plus management and circulation details. The text also contains a long narrative about a space mission diary describing orbiting observations, lighting, water handling, and reflections on drifting in space near Africa and plans to return to Earth.
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Tne Rroune
Eorau
the Post
Estabe
Associated Press
Jefferson
Cis
Cole
Counties
Missons
United States
Buren
Congress eyes expansion of job creation in high unemployment zones
Congress debates expanding the Area Redevelopment Administration with similar Senate action and a potential House revival. If the Senate bill passes, a secondary House effort could follow. ARA faces funding limits and must halt new loans without new authorization, with critics accusing mismanagement and concentration of funds in a few large projects.
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Senate
Kennedy
House
Area Redevelopment Administration
Wright Patan
O-Tex
House Banking Committee
ARA
Patavan
Oklahoma
Sinder
James Earl Evers murder shocks nation
A mob of about 700 Negro mourners gathered after the ambush slaying of James Evers. Mrs. Evers spoke of her duty and her husband’s daily confrontation with death. Funeral plans were announced as $24,350 in rewards were posted by NAACP, Jackson, AFL CIO, and local newspapers. President Kennedy condemned the act.
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Sweet Land of Liberty
Evers
Martin Luther King ,Jr
New York
King
Evers’ Slayer
NAACP
Jackson
United Steelworkers of America
Aflcio
Kennedy
White House
Wallace withdraws Alabama guards as federal troops take charge
President Kennedy orders armed federal troops to supervise integration at the University of Alabama. Gov Wallace announces state police will withdraw as the federal government assumes responsibility for security. Tuscaloosa guardsmen on duty, while Miss Malone and Hood attend classes with mixed reactions from white students. Hood praises the university as a possible national model. Malone reports courteous treatment from most.
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Huntsville
Kennedy
University of Alabama
Wallace
Rose
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Malone
Hood
Kennedy to address civil rights after talks with leaders
President Kennedy and congressional leaders from both parties conferred for 1 hour 40 minutes on the coming civil rights message. The session delayed his planned speech to senior citizens and followed meetings with former President Truman and 154 labor leaders. Johnson joined in the Cabinet Room as leaders from the Senate and House arrived, and the President was late to the downtown engagement.
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Washington
Kennedy
Harry Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
Senate
Houze
National Council of Senior Citizens
Firefighting by Tractor Saves Family Home in Effingham
In Effingham Illinois Gerald TanLast his wife and three children were awakened by a fire consuming their ranch style house The husband wrapped a lagging chain around the burning wing and used a tractor to pull the blaze away from the remaining rooms preserving the bedrooms neighbors credited his quick actions with saving the home and occupants
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Effingham
Ill
Gerald TanLast
Vainet
Senate advances tax record bill and higher ed plan
The Missouri Senate approved a House bill to open income and sales tax records for dependents receiving state aid and debated criminal privacy as opponents warned of civil rights impact. The panel also backed Gov. Dalton’s plan for a permanent higher education coordinating commission, sending it back to the House after Senate changes.
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Senate
John E. Downs
D-St. Joseph
William J. Cason
Clinton
House
Senate Education Committee
John M. Dalton
Missouri
Georgetown Protests as Riots and Strike Rift Grow
Looting mobs roam Georgetown amid a government labor bill clash. Jagan faces accusations of dictatorial aims as protests surround the capital. East Indians and Negroes contend for power in the colony while police guard ministerial offices and rioters chant Solidarity Forever.
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House of Commons
Commons
Labor Party
Macmillan
Georgetown
Ana
Cheddil
Jagan
Ees Pe
Ee Ag
Prove
South Amercan
Japan
Profumo Scandal Echoes Through Politics and Press
Fragmented recollections tie John Profumo to 1961 scandals with Christine Keeler and a Soviet attache, prompting calls for resignation as ministers face security breach questions. The piece cites Samuel Williams and PM Harold Macmillan amid pressure over governance and public trust.
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Aa RA Bae
Christine Keeler
Powell
Profumo
Miss Keeler
House of Commons
Hearing Granted On Check Charge
A preliminary hearing was granted in Magistrate Court for James Ringrose. He is held on a 2500 dollar bond after attempting to cash a 40 dollar bad check. Ringrose had opened accounts and cashed rechecks at two downtown banks, triggering police suspicion. He recently lived in California New York and St. Louis.
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James Ringrose
Ringrose
Reach Bank
California
New York
St. Louis
Convicts Escape from Sawmill Farm Prison in Callaway County
Four inmates pleaded guilty before Judge Blair and received sentences for escape and related crimes after fleeing April 29 from the Sawmill Farm prison in Callaway County. Burns drew eight years for armed robbery, while Lewis and Brame received four-year terms for second degree burglary and stealing. An earlier three-year term for escape and potential June 9 release are noted. About 3,000,000 immigrants were processed at New York's Ellis Island between 1900 and 1954.
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Oner
Blair
John Madison Braine
Hugh Burns
Gene Allen Lewis
Callaway County
Lewis
St. Louis
Brame
Johnson County
New York
Ellis Island
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