Violence Erupts Across South After March Aided by Demonstrators
Reports detail clashes from Savannah Georgia where police used tear gas after protesters blocked traffic and slashed wagon tires during a march from a rally to jails Numerous arrests followed while a Baptist church burning was investigated Possibly arson. Other sites include Cambridge Maryland where eggs and firecrackers were hurled during a march and protests in New York City and Boston area on racial integration measures Also noted were school desegregation rulings affecting South Carolina and Mobile Alabama with related protests across several cities
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Savannah
C. W. Weber
Cambridge
National Guard
U.S. Dist
J. Robert Martin
Henri Monteith
University of South Carolina
South Carolina
Harvey Gantt
Clemson College
Urist
New York City
Brooklyn
New York
White Castle
Bronx
City Hall
Omaha
Neb
Danville
Gadsden
Ala
Alabama
Columbus
Albany
Mobile
Mobile County School Board
Mobile ‘City Commission
Space Gals Get Lecture By Shorty
Lt Col John A Powers the Mercury control voice gave a sweeping critique of women in space during a news conference in San Diego He argued no woman has proven total qualification and questioned the need for female astronauts while noting the Russian success stirred American women Cobbs remarks followed in Oklahoma City saying female chimpanzees fare better than human females in space programs.
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San Diego
Calif
John A
Shorty) Powers
Mercury
Powers
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States
Valentina Tereshkova
Curfew Set for Swope Park at 1130 P.M.
The Kansas City Park Board imposed an 11:30 p.m. curfew on Swope Park after weeks of rowdy incidents and a recent assault arrest of seven youths. Police may investigate after curfew for any gatherings or parked cars in the park, though throughways remain open.
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Kansas City
Park Board
Swope Park
Kansas “City
Starlight
Frank A.theis
Diver's Hunt Negative Wednesday at Lone Star Lake
Lawrence Fire Department divers searched Lone Star Lake areas Wednesday afternoon for a possible drowning victim but found nothing after about five hours of effort. Earlier, Undersheriff Rex Johnson and state game protector Eddie Bond joined locals Jim Midgett and Roy Johnson in dragging operations sparked by reports from two Lawrence men and a third swimmer who believed they felt a submerged body near Ellis Point and Elks Point.
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Lawrence Fire Department
Lone Star Lake
Rex Johnson
Eddie Bond
Jim Midgett
Roy Johnson
Lone Star
Lawrence
Ellis Point
Elks Point
Welfare Director to Speak at KU Welfare Workshop
John Woelk chairman of the State Board of Social Welfare will speak at the final luncheon of Kansas University s three day eighth annual Social Welfare Workshop about Kansas and Public Welfare 1963 The 110 attendees include county deputy welfare directors case supervisors and state staff at noon in the Kansas Union Kansas Room The workshop sponsored by the State Social Welfare Department and KU Extension continues with section meetings and a planned visit to the Star Light Theatre in Kansas City tonight
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John Woelk
State Board of Social Welfare
Kansas University
Woelk
Kansas
State Social Welfare Department
KU Extension
Starlight
Kansas City
Centenary Methodist Sponsors Two Junior Camp Sessions
Centenary Methodist Church sponsors two Christian Adventure Camps for junior high students at the Peterson farm eight miles west and south of Lawrence. Girls attend July 10–13 and boys July 14–18 with activities from cookery to Bible study and swimming. Credits toward advancements reach Scouts and Girl Scouts. theme is Gods Here Lets Find Him. Bob Kolars and Stanley House lead camp efforts. A Kansas Methodist Conference trailer provides library and cooking facilities. Attendance costs five dollars.
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Peterson Farm
Lawrence
Bob Kolars
Stanley House
Kansas Methodist Conference
Judge Orders Segregation Halt In South Carolina
U.S. District Judge J Robert Martin ordered the University of South Carolina to admit Negro coed Henri Monteith and ordered the state to allow Negroes in all 26 state parks by mid September. Officials weighed an appeal as Monteith and Clemson’s Harvey Gantt enter desegregation at state colleges.
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Columbia
S.C
University of South Carolina
State of
South Carolina
U. S. Dist
J. Robert Martin
Greenville
Martin
Henri Monteith
Daniel R. McLeod
Miss Monteith
College of Notre Dame For Women
Baltimore
Harvey B. Gantt
Charleston
Clemson College
R. R. Monteith
Henri
Monteiths
KU Graduate to Retire as Dean of Cincinnati College
Ernest Pickering, KU graduate, will retire August 3 as dean of the College of Design Architecture and Art at Cincinnati University. He will remain chairman of Cincinnati City Planning Commission, a post held since 1946. Pickering joined Cincinnati staff in 1925 and earned KU architecture degree in 1919.
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Ernest Pickering
Kansas University
College of Design, Architecture and Art
Cincinnati University
Cherryvale
Cincinnati
Independence
Arkansas Couples May Be Lawfully Married Despite Law
Arkansas couples who learned they may not be legally married under Act 32 1941 faced clarified guidance from the attorney general and the social security office. A mass ceremony is planned in Benton and Star City as nationwide inquiries rise about the 1941 age requirements and annulment options.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Arkansas Supreme Court
Social Security Administration
Arkansas Attorney General
James C. Hale
Hebert
Benton
Star City
Bennett
James R. Merryman
Wisconsin
California
Texas
Minnesota
Missouri
Illinois
Louisiana
McNamara cites Pentagon stock clearing plan and cost savings
Defense secretary Robert McNamara outlines a central clearing house in Battle Creek Michigan to complete Pentagon stock inventories by year end. He highlights gains from competitive procurement saving $195 million in 10 months and details real estate consolidations returning 265,905 acres to civilian use with projected ongoing savings.
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Battle Creek
Mich
McNamara
Navy
Defense
Pentagon
United States
Heavy rains flood Gypsum Creek area with high water
In the area, rains reached up to ten inches with Gypsum Creek flooding the southeast Saline County business district. Water stood four to five feet deep in parts this morning but subsided by afternoon. Nearby, a Roxbury farmer measured 11 inches in a yard bucket and other farmers reported gauge overflows southeast of Roxbury.
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Saline County
Roxbury
McPherson County
Tentative Accord Averts KC Bus Strike by Union
Kansas City Transit Inc and the Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes America reached a tentative settlement with 800 bus drivers and garage workers. Pickets marched for a second night as the union considers ratifying the deal, which ends a 20 month disruption triggered by a prior strike and a court order.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Transit Inc
Kansas City Transit
Loren Hargus
John M. Dalton
Missouri
Truck Driver Is Hurt In Accident on 24 59
C W Hoffman 53 of Clay Center suffered minor injuries when his semi trailer jackknifed off Highway 24 59 into a ditch two miles north of Lawrence. Deputies said he appeared to momentarily pass out while westbound, causing limited truck damage.
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C. W. Hoffman
Clay Center
Lawrence
Hoffman
Douglas County
Wayne Schmille
New Machinery Tuned Up For Rail Showdown
A presidential board led by Labor Secretary Wirtz was formed to study the railroad work rules deadlock and report by July 22 as a 19 day strike reprieve begins. Mediation may occur if possible, but no direct settlements are planned under government auspices.
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Washington
Kennedy
Secretary of
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Congress
Wirtz
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Wheat crop forecast for 1963 shows US production up but below five-year average
Agriculture Department forecasts 1963 US wheat production at 1 110 578 000 bushels, up 2 percent from last year but 9 percent below the five year average. Harvested U S acres expected at 44.5 million, vs 43.5 million in 1962, with Kansas reports noting varied yields and crop standings across sorghum corn oats barley soybeans sugar beets and hay. Pasture conditions on July 1 were 74 percent of normal, improving from a month earlier but still well below last year and average.
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Agriculture Department
United States
Kansas
Hunted Ohio Racketeer Birns Surrenders to Police
Cleveland rackets figure Alex Shondor Birns surrendered to authorities after a telephoned meeting in Garfield Heights. He was taken to the sheriff's office for questioning in the murder of investment promoter Mervin L. Gold linked to Birns' financial dealings.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Alex (Shondor) Birns
Mervin L. Gold
John Kocevar
Cuyahoga County
Flaming Ferry Disaster Kills At Least Eighteen In River Estuary
A 421 passenger boat ran aground and caught fire in the River Plate estuary near Buenos Aires. At least 18 died, with 370 rescued and 4 of the rescued critically injured. Initial reports had up to 200 dead as officials debated the vessel’s status.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
River Plate
Ciudad de Asuncion
Montevideo
Uruguay
Navy
Inquisition Continues Into Week In Topeka Kansas
Atty. Gen. William M. Ferguson said the inquisition into the Kansas City Kansas police department operations will run through the week in Topeka. The probe aims to uncover practices and possible misconduct within the department.
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Topeka
Kansas City, Kan
Atty
William M. Ferguson
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