Kennedy Urges Peaceful Civil Rights Push Across Nation
President Kennedy warned against racial discrimination as a national threat and outlined a civil rights package for Congress. He called for desegregation, voting rights protection, and expanded federal action in school desegregation while urging peaceful change and public conscience.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
America
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Mike Mansfield
House
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Sen
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Library Conference At Baker University In Baldwin
Representatives from 30 liberal arts colleges will meet Thursday and Friday at Baker University Baldwin to improve library use. The event is sponsored by the North Central Association Committee on Liberal Arts Education the Board of the Methodist Church and Baker University. Attendees will share plans and techniques on library procedures book choices and purchasing. Baker has used a library management consulting service and conducted studies on reading habits faculty requirements and library resources.
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Baker University
Baldwin
North Central Association Committee On Liberal Arts Education
Board of
The
Methodist Church
Baker
Lodge Notice Acadia Lodge No 9 AF and AM
Acadia Lodge No 9 AF and AM holds a stated meeting Thursday June 13 at 7 30 p m with a official visit by D D L J Albers all Master Masons invited refreshments provided by C S Edmonds W M and J K Gorbutt Secy
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Acadia Lodge NO. 9
AF & AM
D.D. L. J. Albers
C. S. Edmonds
W.M. J
Two Local Burglaries Result in Three Arrests
Police said two burglaries at the Huddle on 804 Vt. Street and Witt’s Liquor Store on 312 N. Third were cleared by three arrests. About $365.04 of an $800 estimate was recovered, though some old coins remain unrecovered. James Homer Weeks waived a preliminary hearing and is bound over to the November District Court term on the Huddle burglary. he is jailed on a $1,500 bond. The Witt’s suspects have not yet appeared in court.
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Vt. St
Vitt’s
N. 3Rd
Witt's
James Homer Weeks
Ala. St
Witt
Wilson Seeks to Save Post as Kansas Superintendent Changes Loom
Douglas County Superintendent Earl Wilson and Wyandotte County schools chief George Bell visited Topeka to rally support for a measure tightening superintendent qualifications. They fear the law, if the grandfather clause is dropped, would put current superintendents out of work July 1. Ferguson earlier ruled current leaders fall under the new rules.
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Douglas County
Earl Wilson
Topeka
George D. Bell
Wyandotte
Attorney General's Office
Wilson
Bell
William Ferguson
Ferguson
Recognition for 13 girls at meet plus governor inauguration
Burdette highlights a special recognition event this afternoon honoring 13 girls: Carla Adolph Beeler Jody Bellamy Danville Elaine Boedeker Natoma Jackie Byers Burr Oak Jeannie Foss Great Bend Becky Hargrove Mulvane Dee Ann Mason Arkansas City Connie Nolder Dodge City Jeannie Rog ers Hays Ann Schumaker Clifton Dorothy Sloan Norton Janet Torkelson Horton Cynthia Wiederstein McPherson. Inaugural ceremonies for the new governor are set for 7 30 p m Thursday in the Kansas Union Ballroom with Lt Gov Harold Chase as principal speaker. The governor will take over from 1962 governor Lynne Peddicord of Wamego. Thursday speakers include State Sen Charles Forsyth Erie former House speaker Charles D Stough Lawrence and Mary Turkington Kansas Motor Carriers Assn on citizen involvement in government.
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Carla Adolph
Kansas Union
Harold Chase
Lynne Peddicord
Wamego
Charles Forsyth
Erie
Kansas House of Representatives
Charles D. Stough
Lawrence
Mary Turkington
Kansas Motor Carriers Assn
Local School Agency Unification Committee Named
Douglas County selects three members for the six member School Unification Planning Committee. Carl Althaus and Mrs. Ethan Allen of the School Board join Russell Mosser as county and city boards choose their members. An organizational meeting is planned for early July.
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Lawrence School
Carl Knox
Board of Education
Douglas County
Carl Althaus
Ethan Allen
Russell Mosser
Cheney Reservoir Plea for Kansas Dam Funds
Rep. Garner E. Shriver R Kan asked for 3.8 million dollars to continue Cheney Reservoir and dam construction for the coming fiscal year. The request matches Kennedy administration budgeting and was presented to a House Appropriations subcommittee in Washington.
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Washington
Cheney
Kansas
Garner E. Shriver
Kan
Shriver
Kennedy
House
Miss U S A helps harvest Kansas wheat in Freeport
Carolyn Joyner Miss U S A cooks meals for a southern Kansas harvest crew and aids in the fields between Freeport and Bluff City Oklahoma as she tours the world and then returns to the wheat farm duties. She visited 17 countries during her tour.
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Freeport
Kan
Kansas
Carolyn Joyner
Joyner
Carolyn
Bluff City
Okla
Actor Broderick Crawford Recalls Loss of Sight and Recovery
Oscar winner Broderick Crawford describes his traumatic cataract ordeal after a sword fight in Spain left him blind in the right eye. He underwent surgery, wore bandages, then regained sight and returned to work within six weeks. He now uses glasses and contact lenses to protect and exercise the right eye.
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Broderick Crawford
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Ed Begley
Jack Kelly
Kraft Mystery Theater
NBC
Civil rights bill backed byEllsworth group and aid debate
Representative Ellsworth joins about thirty Republican colleagues in introducing civil rights legislation to end public accommodations segregation, empower the Attorney General, desegregate schools, protect voting rights, and strengthen enforcement through a permanent Civil Rights Commission.
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L. B
House of Representatives
Civil Rights Commission
First Black students register at college in Alabama
Hood and Miss Malone, both joining as new students, entered the building after a tense process, Hood signaling a calm news conference to pursue study and theology while Miss Malone plans business management. Applause followed Hood’s exit and both spoke briefly to reporters.
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Hood
Miss Malone
Washington Briefs: Tax Plan Rejected and ABA Endorsements
In Washington the House Ways and Means Committee rejected Kennedy tax cut proposals including a $300 credit against income tax and a current deduction for research equipment. The American Bar Association endorsed a constitutional amendment to transfer powers from a disabled president to the vice president. Rep Rooney questioned USIA poetry gifts to Brazil and its cultural impact.
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Ways and Means Committee
Kennedy
The
Treasury
Congress
American Bar Association
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Richmond
Law Group
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
U.S. Information Agency
John J. Rooney
Brazil
New York Democrat
Rooney
House Appropriations
Gordon A. Ewing
USIA
Ewing
Wilderness Work in the Sierra Pack Station
Our younger son will work this summer at a Sierra packing station near Quaking Aspen Meadow above Porterville. The journey reveals rugged beauty with green mountains, waterfalls, and a camp of pack horses and bunkhouses. The narrative contrasts the real wilderness with tourist fantasies as vigilance and wonder mix.
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Aspen Meadow
Porterville
Calif
Hawaii
The
Union
Woody
Funeral Directors Association Ad Listing
National Funeral Directors Association advertisement for Rumsey Funeral Home includes contact number VI 3-5111 and related services.
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National Funeral Directors Assn
Rumsey Funeral Home
Lawrence surgeon honored as community leader receives fund
Officials report a 4170 gift from the March 29 testimonial to Lawrence surgeon H Penfield Jones. The fund supports emergency room improvements at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. The event honored Jones for 30 years of service. gifts were modest and a guest book was included. Golfers compete in the Men’s State Tournament in Topeka with leader boards led by Jon Beougher scoring 72.
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Lawrence
H. Penfield Jones
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Jones
Topeka
Jon Beougher
John Wooden
John Hanna
al Hack
Odd Williams
Leon Roulier
Medgar Evers Murder Sparks Jackson Integration Fight
Police investigated a shooting near Medgar Evers home as unrest rose after the NAACP leader urged continued protests. Evers, a civil rights figure, and Wilkins were previously arrested for picketing Capitol Street, while neighborhood groups gathered and officials vowed a full investigation.
Mississippi NAACP activist vows peaceful pursuit of equality
He rejects violence while facing life threats, stating he fights for America as much as soldiers in Vietnam. He emphasizes a peaceful legal struggle for justice with the NAACP, staying in Mississippi to seek dignity and equality.
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America
Viet Nam
Evers
NAACP
Mississippi
Violence and riots erupt in Maryland town after arson and shootings
In a Choptank River town, two shots from gaso line filled bottles struck two men as a crude fire bomb targeted Shenton's auto shop. Col Carey Jarman and Maj George Davidson sent reserves and canceled leaves. A 200 person mob hurled rocks at firefighters and police until riot control broke the disturbance.
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Carey Jarman
George E. Davidson
Maryland
Davidson
Jerome Shenton
George Bernard Todd
Shenton’s
K-9
Card of Thanks From Ewing Jones Unit 112
The American Legion Auxiliary unit 112 thanks merchants and people for supporting their Poppy sale, helping to make it a success.
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Ewing Jones
American Legion Auxiliary
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