Four Times Attacked Newsmen in McComb Protest
Four young men assaulted three reporters from Life and Time as they approached McComb Enterprise Journal offices amid planned desegregation bus terminal protests. One reporter suffered a swollen lip. police arrested Haskel Boyd, 20, whose prior sentence was revoked. CORE and city officials warned more tests of desegregation would come.
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Time Magazine
Fentress
Uhrbrock
Underwood
Montgomery
Alabama
Haskel Boyd
Robert W. Brumfield
Boyd
McComb
C. H. Douglas
New Orleans
The
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Greyhound
Indictment of Communist Party in Federal Case
Federal grand jury charges the Communist Party of the United States with failing to register as a Soviet-controlled organization. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy announced the 12 count indictment in U S District Court.
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Washington
Communist Party of the United States
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
U. S. District Court
Two Bank Officials Arrested for Embezzling Over One Million
Allan Gillies of the FBI said Joseph J. Chilla Jr. and Benedict A. Chilla of Hammond were charged after a secret ledger showed about one seventh of Liberty Savings & Loan deposits from Whiting. Joseph was board chairman and loan officer. Benedict the secretary treasurer. Discovery followed a routine audit.
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Hammond, Ind
Whiting, Ind
Allan Gillies
FBI
Indianapolis
Joseph J. Chilla Jr
Benedict A
Hammond
Gillies
Liberty Savings & Loan Association
Whiting
Joseph Chilla
Big Three open home basketball seasons in Lawrence
Lawrence High School hosts Winfield with a 6 30 p m B team and 8 p m varsity. Kansas University starts its season at Allen Fieldhouse versus Arkansas with a 7 30 p m tip and a freshmen scrimmage at 6 p m. Haskell faces Immaculata of Leavenworth with a 6 30 p m B team and an 8 p m varsity. Nearby ads note Pr esscriptions Raney Hillcrest Oven ready ribs and Hillcrest Bowl lanes tonight.
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Lawrence
Lawrence High School
LHS
Winfield
Kansas University
Allen Fieldhouse
Arkansas
Haskell
Immaculata of
Leavenworth
Missile blastoff sign of failure major tells club
Public information officer Anthony Neugebaur of the 548th Strategic Missile Squadron Topeka told Lawrence Kiwanians that SAC must deter aggression or fail its mission. He described Atlas missile complexes near Topeka and Salina and previewed a Department of the Air Force film narrated by Jimmy Stewart on the missile mission. Members of the Haskell Institute football squad attended.
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Major
SAC
Anthony Neugebaur
548Th Strategic Missile Squadron
Topeka
Neugebaur
Salina
Strategic Air Command
United States
Department of the Air Force
Air Force
Jimmy Stewart
Stewart
Haskell Institute
Lew Llewellyn
Bob Masters
Don Kufahl
Dale Scannell
George Bahnmaier
Violence erupts as Dominican strike turns deadly
Demonstrators demanding President Balaguer's ouster faced gunfire from troops in Santo Domingo injuring three women and a boy, with one youth killed in rioting. The National Civic Union pressed for Balaguer to step aside for a provisional council while the military would control governance until elections.
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Santa Domingo
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
National Civic Union
Santo Domingo
Balaguer
Santiago
National Palace
The
Civic Union
Congress
Trujillo Dominican Party
United States
Fiallo
Washington
KU Group Seeks Telephone Record At KU Campus Chest Drive
About 200 Carruth-O’Leary Hall residents and Chi Omega sorority members began a campus telephone talkathon to raise funds for the campus chest. Each side charges 25 to 50 cents per call and aims to beat a 120 hour Illinois record, potentially extending to six days or until Christmas vacation.
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Carruth-O'Leary Hall
Kansas University
Chi Omega
Templin Hall
Lewis Hall
Templin-Lewis
Barry Bennington
Cheney
Carruth O’leary
Illinois University
Carruth-O’leary
Chio
R. J. Smith
West Plains
Smith
Chi Omega House
Kay Wright
Salina
Miss Wright
Carruth- O'Leary
Bennington
Chi Omegas
Carruth-O'Leary
Kansas teacher’s $6 million will shocks small town
Miss Margaret Baker a Washington Kansas retiree died at 79 leaving an estate valued at about 6 million dollars. Her holdings included IBM stock once worth 200000 in 1948 now about 54 million plus 12 farms in Kansas and land in Thomas and Hayes counties. The will names 166 relatives and 40 farm tenants as heirs and designates an undetermined gift to the Presbyterian Church.
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Washington, Kan
Kansas
Margaret Baker
F. R. Lobaugh
Thomas County
Hayes
Joblessness Dips In November Nationwide
The Labor Department reported November saw the fewest industrial centers with substantial unemployment this year. 60 cities and metro areas had unemployment above 6 percent, down eight from October and 41 below the March–April peak when recession hit hardest.
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Washington
Labor Department
Weather snapshot for Northeast Kansas Saturday
Readings show yesterday high 44 and low 3 with year ago highs 40 and low 42. Record highs and lows were 66 in 1947 and 16 in 1944. Saturday expects fair skies and warming with a low in the upper 30s and a high near 60. Sunrise 7 23, sunset 16 4.
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Kansas
Two Men Woman Arrested In Local Drug Raid
Three people two men and a woman arrested by federal and local officers on narcotics charges. Delores McGee James Sanders and Carroll Crouch are in custody after drugs including marijuana and heroin were found at 427 Mich St Topeka and Junction City warrants tied to a larger operation.
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Rex Johnson
Fred Brooker
Carroll Crouch
Delores
Baby Sis) McGee
James Sanders
Chicago
Ill
Bureau of Narcotics, Kbi
Attorney General’s Office
Topeka
Junction City
Miss McGee
Mich. St
Journal-World Photo
Army Unit Halted By Soviet Union On Lifeline Road
Soviet authorities halted nine U.S. Army vehicles for 1 hour 14 minutes on the autobahn near Berlin during a convoy transfer from Berlin to West Germany. The delay arose from a paperwork error in the convoy order. the driver was corrected and the group continued. The episode followed earlier sections that passed without incident as Tass labeled the moves provocative.
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Soviet Union
Berlin
West Germany
Harry Daniels
Co. C
2Nd Battle Group
Tass
U.S
U.S. Army
West Berlin
West Ger
Record rainfall shatters Lawrence month in 1961
Lawrence records another 5.12 inches in November raising year total to 53.34 inches surpassing the 51.61 inch 1515 record by 1.73 inches. December forecast suggests a dry start but may still reach about 54.68 inches. weather data credited to Ron Miller at Kansas University.
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Lawrence
Ron Miller
U. S
Kansas University
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