Kennedy aims for racial harmony in nationwide broadcast
President Kennedy addressed a racial crisis with a nationwide speech urging end to discrimination against Negroes. He blamed all states, called for equal treatment, urged white Americans to cooperate, backed civil rights, and pressed Congress for laws to end segregation in public facilities and education.
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Kennedy
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University of Alabama
George C. Wallace
United States
Supreme Court
Nation
White Nebraska teacher enrolls at Alabama Negro college
Robert Muckel, a Nebraska high school teacher, began study at Alabama A&M under a National Science Foundation grant. College officials and students greet him amicably, while Alabama Governor Wallace prepares for a desegregation confrontation nearby.
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Ala
University of Alabama
Nebraska
Robert Muckel
Utica
Neb
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College
A&m
R. D. Morrison
Muckel
University of Alabama Extension Center
George C. Wallace
National Science Foundation
Morrison
James Meredith
Mississippi
Washington Post News Service
Alabama A&m
Atlanta
Suspicion Harsh Feigned Amnesia in Slayings Trial
In OLATHE Kansas the murder trial of 18 year old Lloyd Lee Harsh weighs whether he feigned amnesia after allegedly killing Donna Busby and wounding Thomas Thorp. Final arguments and jury instructions were set to take about four hours.
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Olathe
Kan
Lloyd Lee Harsh
Johnson County
Harsh
Donna Busby
Thomas Thorp
Endicott
Neb
William V. McEnelly
W. C. Jones
Martin H. Dobson
Dobson
Miss Busby
Thorp
Land Sellers Face K C Mail Charge
Two Californians were indicted by a federal grand jury on 53 counts of mail and wire fraud and one count of conspiracy for selling resort land in Colorado and Minnesota at 29.75 plus 39.50 charges. Associated Resorts Inc. of Wichita marketed vacant plots as resort property. One buyer testified his 160 acres in Colorado’s Saguache County was sand rock and brush. Minnesota land was swamp. The men are detained in Colorado.
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Kansas City, Kan
Roger L. Eaton
Los Alamitos
Donald G. Peacock
Bellflower
Newell George
Colorado
Associated Resorts Inc
Wichita
Minnesota
George
R. E. Dean
Olathe
Kan
Saguache County
Racial Crisis at a Glance
Medgar Evers shot to death as he returned from an integration rally. NAACP offers a 10000 reward and FBI help is sought. Governor Wallace faces federal troops at Alabama as desegregation proceeds. Kennedy proposes a broad civil rights program. Riot scenes and sit-ins ripple across several states as schools desegregate.
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Miss
Medgar W. Evers
Mississippi
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
FBI
Slayer
Cool Air Ends Unseasonable Eastern U S Heat Spell
A mass of cooler, drier air sweeps the eastern half of the nation ending a period of unseasonably warm weather in many northern areas. The Deep South remains hot and humid while the West trends warmer. Weather warnings include storms in Kansas and Georgia with property damage and a cotton warehouse destroyed by lightning in Rebecca. No injuries reported.
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Athol
Kansas
Salina
South Georgia
Rebecca
Wilcox County
Workman Electrocuted Near Hays During Rig Haul
An oil rig being winched onto a truck touched a 7,200-volt line and killed 25 year old Clifford L. Lees of Pratt. Lees, an employee of a Pratt trucking firm, died while assisting in moving the rig northeast of Hays on Tuesday.
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Clifford L. Lees
Pratt
Lees
Hays
Buddhist Monk's Self Immolation Stirs Saigon Protests
In Saigon crowds mourn a 73 year old Buddhist monk who set himself ablaze in protest. Police blockaded five pagodas as mourners paid respects while purity protests against Diem and U S supplied weapons grow. Diem apologized, blaming extremists for agitation.
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South
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
United States
Diem
South Viet Nam
Hills Named Publisher of Detroit Free Press
John S. Knight announced Lee Hills as publisher of the Detroit Free Press on Tuesday. Hills will assume leadership of the newspaper, with Knight highlighting his qualifications and vision for the paper’s future.
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Detroit
Lee Hills
Detroit Free Press
John S. Knight
Beirne Re-elected CWA President Amid Hoffa Tension
Joseph A. Beirne, foe of Hoffa, wins the Communications Workers of America presidency 226373 to 39969 over Wayne Hazen as Teamsters picket the convention. Beirne vows Hoffa raid efforts while five ex-CWA officials seek reinstatement after dismissals.
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Kansas City
Joseph A. Beirne
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Teamsters Union
Beirne
Wayne K. Hazen
Jacksonville
Fla
J. M. Massey
John C. Crull
Ray Hackney
W. A. Smallwood
Hoffa
Western Electric
Von Wedel Sentenced With Mental Health Parole
Curt Otto Von Wedel aged 40 received a five year term for manslaughter in the death of his wife Audrey Von Wedel. He is parole eligible for ten years contingent on undergoing psychiatric treatment after testimony was declined by the couple's stepson. The shooting occurred March 12 1962 during a family argument.
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Kansas City
Curt Otto von Wedel
von Wedel
Colorado
Audrey von Wedel
Picket Probe Planned By Grand Jury Group
Kansas City AP report says a federal grand jury was asked to investigate picketing of a U S District Court session by Negro integrationists. Judge Arthur J Stanley noted a law against influencing a judge may have been violated by the action. The court was targeted after 39 Negro men women and children picketed on May 11 accusing him of delaying a school desegregation suit brought by parents of 15 Negro children against the Board of Education.
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Kansas City
Kan
U.S
Arthur J. Stanley
Board of Education
Hilton Plans Two Paris Hotels Amid Local Opposition
Conrad Hilton moves forward with two Paris hotels costing 18.48 million dollars. One on Avenue de Suffren near the Eiffel Tower will open in 1965, 11 stories with 480 rooms and a cabaret. The second near Orly Airport will have six stories and 268 rooms with conference rooms and a pool.
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Seine
Eiffel Tower
Hilton
Paris
Orly
National Hotel Union
Tornado Damages Homes In Athol Kansas Tuesday Night
A tornado struck Athol Kansas Tuesday night damaging several houses and buildings in the north-central town. There were no injuries reported.
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Athol, Kan
Kansas
Pomona Man Killed by Train Truck Collision
Henry Oscar Cain 80 of Pomona Kan was killed Tuesday when a train struck his pickup truck broadside a mile south of Pomona. The incident occurred in the afternoon and involved no other vehicles or injuries.
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Pomona, Kan
Henry Oscar Cain
Pomona
Kan
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