Kennedy presses faster desegregation in the South
President Kennedy urged about 100 business leaders to speed up desegregation in southern stores, restaurants, and theaters. Some executives urged caution on forced integration, while federal actions and possible protests loom. In Mississippi at Ole Miss, court orders advance a Black student’s enrollment as federal troops remain nearby after last year’s violence.
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Washington
Kennedy
South
Philadelphia
Congress
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Cleve McDowell
Meredith
Kennedy warns nukes spark wars as he tours West
President Kennedy urged that embracing nuclear stalemate could trigger war while opening a Western trip at the U S Air Force Academy. He urged rethinking doctrine and stressed human dignity and the need to prevail through imagination and new ideas. He warned against relying on bigger bomb stocks alone.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Kennedy
U.S. Air Force Academy
Academy
Air Force Academy
Cuba
North American Air Defense Command
Regional air terminal tentative for La Crosse area
The Civil Aeronautics Board tentatively backs La Crosse as the regional terminal for Winona Minnesota with final decisions to follow a July 9 hearing in Wausau. The report notes forthcoming record development and lists current airports to serve via La Crosse Rhinelander Land O Lakes Oshkosh Green Bay Clintonville and other Wisconsin and Michigan locations.
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Washington
la Crosse
Winona
Minn
Civil Aeronautics Board
Bureau of Economic Regulation
Bureau
CAB
Wausau
North Central
Wis
Stevens Point
Marshfield
Wisconsin Rapids
Wallace barred from blocking Alabama desegregation
A federal judge ordered Governor George C. Wallace to stop any interference with the court ordered desegregation of the University of Alabama. The injunction bans Wallace or allies from physically blocking enrollees though it does not bar him from the campus. The ruling asserts federal supremacy over state sovereignty claims.
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Birmingham
Ala
George C. Wallace
University of Alabama
U.S. Dist
Seybourn H. Lynne
Wallace
United States
Lynne
Drowns In Mill Pond In Rock Falls Wisconsin
Robert Hoover 17, a ward of the State Department of Public Welfare staying with an Osseo family, drowned Tuesday while swimming with companions in a mill pond in Rock Falls Dunn County. His body was recovered after two hours of dragging from eight feet of water.
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Rock Falls
Wis
Robert Hoover
State Department of Public Welfare
Mill Pond
Dunn County
Too Soon To Start Suit On Redistricting
Madison AP describes Atty. Gen. George Thompson saying it is premature to seek court action on Wisconsin legislative reapportionment. Reynolds presses for action, citing June 1 Supreme Court guidance and prior federal action. Thompson notes pending bills and favors waiting for legislative steps and August 1 considerations.
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Thompson Atty
Reynolds
Madison
George Thompson
John W. Reynolds
Thompson
State Supreme Court
Thousands Pay Last Respects To Dead Pope
Tens of thousands filed past the body of Pope John XXIII in St. Peter's Basilica as cardinals met to set a date for a conclave. The College of Cardinals will elect a new pope on June 19, with construction underway around the Sistine Chapel.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
St. Peter's Basilica
Rome
Vatican
Sistine Chapel
Pope John
College of Cardinals
Eugene Tisserant
Basilica
Ecumenical Council
Catafalque
St. Peter's Square
Severe Weather Forecast Shrugs Through Wisconsin Region
Forecaster Carl Peterson warned La Crosse of severe weather as high winds hail and thunderstorms were expected from 4 to 10 p m Wednesday. The storm path spans Redwood Falls to La Crosse via Hudson Eau Claire Neillsville with earlier hot humid conditions and a slight cooling by Sunday or Monday. Temperature trends included 90 forecast for Thursday and rainfall totals across area cities with Madison recording 3 67 inches and Beloit 1 16 inches.
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Carl Peterson
la Crosse
Redwood Falls
Minn
Hudson
Eau Claire
Neillsville
Airport
Madison
Beloit
Superior
Presidio
Texas
Ely
Nev
Hoffa and Others Indicted Over Pension Fund Loans
A federal grand jury indicted Teamster Union President James R. Hoffa and three co defendants on charges they fraudulently obtained about 20 million dollars in loans from a Teamster pension fund and diverted over a million for personal use. Four others were named in the case.
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Teamster Union
James R. Hoffa
Benjamin Cranow
Minneapolis
S. George Burris
New York
Herbert R. Burris
Teamster
UPI Telephoto
Ten year old who stopped growing for years suddenly grows
Flint Hunter of Macon Georgia, once three feet tall after pituitary removal, has grown three inches since September. At ten, he remains small for his age but shows strong scholarly promise while pursuing construction work with his father. His nickname Flint reflects his long, remarkable life story.
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Macon
Flint Hunter
Flint
Beauregard No. 2
Roger Flint Hunter Jr
Junior
Little Roger
Welfare budget cuts threaten state services and jobs
Madison AP The State Department of Public Welfare warned 900 layoffs and major facility closures if the 1963-64 budget is not approved. Director Wilbur Schmidt outlined 17 percent funding shortfalls affecting elderly aid, mental hospitals, prisons, and county facilities, with total agency payroll at 5 560 workers.
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Schmidt
Fox Lake
Kettle Moraine School
Black River
Central Colony
Madison
Central State Hospital
Wisconsin Assembly approves voting machines in cities over 10000
Wisconsin Senate backs an Assembly bill mandating voting machines for all cities and villages over 10 000 population with a fall 1966 effective date if Reynolds signs. The vote was 19 to 13 to pass after defeating a motion to kill.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Assembly
Senate
John W. Reynolds
Reynolds
Minnesota Man To Be Assistant At Stout
Dr. John Furlong, 48, former Coleraine superintendent, named assistant to Stout State College president William J. Micheels. He will coordinate research and development projects starting August 1 and is a 1954 University of Minnesota graduate.
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Menomonie
Wis
Stout State College
John Furlong
Coleraine
Minn
Stout
William J. Micheels
Furlong
University of Minnesota
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