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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1963
Page
11
President Kennedy arranged a phone talk for Mrs. Martin Luther King Jr. with her husband jailed for leading a Birmingham Alabama anti segregation march. Mrs. King described Kennedy arranged for the call and FBI contact, noting the Justice Department kept vigil on King and the Birmingham situation.
Three winners of a VFW Auxiliary to Post 852 writing contest will be honored at a 7 pm dinner in the Police Fire Building at 8th and Vt. Sts. Preston Fambrough Henry Booth and Lee Reese will read their essays on What I Can Do for My Country and receive prizes including a $50 bond, cash awards of 10 and 5, and luggage. Contest chairman is Mrs. Dora Ruge with judges Wesley Keltcher Bill Taggart and Jack Zimmerman.
Mrs King says she will call the President about the Birmingham segregation protest in Alabama's industrial city. She explains she has heard nothing from her husband since his arrest and fears for his safety, as she awaits any word from him after jail.
Auto shop offers tune up brake service muffler tailpipe wheel balancing and alignment. Generator and starter service pickup and delivery road service provided. Contact Vi at 3-9897 in Mississippi.
An unidentified man leaped from a retaining wall into the Niagara River just above the Horseshoe Falls and was swept over the brink to his death as hundreds of sightseers looked on, Niagara Parks police said on Monday.
Douglas County 4 H members can register for two camp sessions at Rock Springs Ranch near Junction City. The first session, June 9 to 12, targets 14 and older with up to 70 participants from Franklin Osage Leavenworth and Johnson counties. The 10 to 13 age group camps June 26 to 29 with other eastern Kansas counties. Activities include swimming horseback riding nature study rifle range hiking baseball and games. Douglas County youths pay their own way though transport is provided.
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