Cambridge Officials Ask Governor for Martial Law
Cambridge Maryland leaders urge Gov. Tawes to deploy National Guard to restore peace after racial clashes. Amid demonstrations at the county jail 500 whites demand release of a white man. authorities release 12 Negroes earlier. The scene included arrests, injuries, and fires as tensions rise.
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Cambridge
J. Millard Tawes
Calvin W. Mowbray
Tawes
National Guard
Mowbray
Annapolis
Bill Todd
Bill
Calvert Creighton
Brice Kinnamon
Todd
Bethel A.M.E
America
Meredith Pleads for Slowdown in Civil Rights Fight
James H Meredith urged calm amid racial tensions in Jackson Mississippi to end protest marches and pursue passive resistance and boycotts. The University of Mississippi’s first Black student, 29, from Jackson, asked communities to move families from streets and shift to Gandhi style nonviolence.
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Jackson
Miss
James H. Meredith
Meredith
University of Mississippi At
Oxford
Mohandas Gandhi
India
Danville Adopts Ordinance to Curb Racial Demonstrations
Danville Virginia moves to curb racial demonstrations after bullets struck police cars for the second time in a week. An emergency city council ordinance limits picketing to six demonstrators in single file, 10 feet apart, during working hours, bans under 18 participation, with up to 500 dollars fine and 12 months jail for violations. Police deployed armored cars and dogs to a Negro section after a planned vigil on City Hall steps. no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Stinson
John W. Carter
City Hall
Unemployment in Kansas Rises Slightly Says AP Report
The Kansas unemployment rate increased this week according to the Employment Security Division. Insured unemployment stood at 2.1 percent, up from 2.0 percent a week earlier and 1.7 percent a year ago, with payments totaling $242,436 to 6,415 individuals this week.
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Peka (Ap
Kansas
Heat waves push Kansas city power use and outages
Extreme heat through Thursday boosted electricity demand across the region and caused a string of outages in Lawrence as air conditioners and fans strained transformers. Kansas Power and Light officials noted a potential new Lawrence record for kilowatts, with outages intermittent and repairs ongoing. Water use rose only marginally while wheat farmers accelerated early harvest, with Douglas County crops maturing rapidly and possibly finishing by July 4.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Kansas Power and Light Co
Austin Stedham
Topeka
KPL
Stedham
City Water Department
Douglas County
New Summer Bus Schedule Increases Lawrence Service
The Lawrence Bus Co. starts an experimental summer schedule with 20 minute service between town and KU and 40 minute service to East and North Lawrence. Existing Fourth and Maine route remains at 40 minutes. Service runs 12 noon to 5 30 p.m. for at least 45 days with extra buses on the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Bus Co., Inc
Duane E. Ogle
North
Lawrence
Maine
Ogle
Douglas County Dairy Princess Selection Set for June Observance
The Douglas County Dairy Princess selection, part of the eighth annual June Is Dairy Month observance, will be held next Wednesday at the 4 H Fairgrounds with judging at 7 30 p m. Contest chairman is Mrs. Ernest Johanning and judges are Mrs. Harvey Booth Bradford Powell and Larry Flannery. The Douglas County Farm Bureau sponsors the event.
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Douglas County
Fairgrounds
Ernest Johanning
Baldwin
Harvey Booth
Bradford Powell
Larry Flannery
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Johanning
Charles Hornberger
William Rabson
Route 1
Union Beats the South On Civil Rights Stand At Kansas City Parley
In Kansas City the 2000 plus delegates of the Communications Workers of America debated civil rights. Southern leaders led by James A. Sanders pressed a motion to bar union funds from being used to benefit one ethnic group politically. The floor fight lasted about three hours but the convention reaffirmed Kennedy’s civil rights stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Kansas City
Communications Workers of America
Kennedy
James A. Sanders
Shreveport
Sanders
Ohio House Cleared After TenHour Sit-In
Ohio state police cleared the Capitol chamber early today ending a 10 hour demonstration against fair housing legislation. Three male demonstrators were carried from the chamber. two men were chained to seats in the gallery and four others kneeling or seated. The action aimed to urge passage of a bill requiring real estate firms to drop racial barriers in dwelling transactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio House of Representatives Chamber
Capitol
Carter to Speak At NAACP Event Sunday Here
Leonard H. Carter regional NAACP field secretary will keynote an installation and membership meeting at 8 p.m. Sunday. The event at Ninth Street Baptist Church 847 Ohio St is open to the public and sponsored by the local NAACP branch. Rev. H. Calvin McMillan will be installed as chapter president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
NAACP
Leonard H. Carter
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Ninth Street Baptist Church
Ohio St
The
H. Calvin McMillan
St. Luke Ame
NAACP Chapter to Renew Charter at Sunday Meeting
Rev McMillan outlined NAACP goals for the Sunday gathering in St Paul Minnesota. Carter, longtime NAACP worker and Minneapolis native, will be speaker after boosting local membership and helping desegregation efforts and fair housing laws.
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McMillan
NAACP
Carter
St. Paul, Minn
Minneapolis
Missouri
Power surge marks Wichita heat record
The AP reports Wichita area temperatures hit 99 degrees by 3 p.m. Thursday as southern Kansas residents drew the heaviest electricity demand in the history of Kansas Gas and Electric Co. for the hour ending at 3 o clock.
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Wichita
Kansans
Kansas Gas and Electric Co
Pregnant Woman Loses Parole in Kansas City Case
Federal judge revokes parole of Darlene Wright 22 after she pleaded guilty to taking checks from the mails. Wright, already mother of two, was pregnant at sentencing and given three years probation. She is sentenced to a year in federal custody for violating terms.
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Kansas City
Darlene Wright
John W. Oliver
Former Sclons Convicted in Federal Conspiracy Case
A federal jury convicted four men, including ex Congressmen Thomas F. Johnson and Frank W. Boykin, on 32 counts of conspiracy. Edlin and Robinson tied to a mail fraud case. Johnson faces conflict of interest charges. Sentencing awaits appeals.
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Baltimore, Md
Thomas F. Johnson
Frank W. Boykin
Johnson
Boykin
J. Kenneth Edlin
William L. Robinson
U.S. Dist
Roszel Thomson
Augusta Man Killed in Wichita Vehicle Crash
A 43 year old Kenneth Dawson of Augusta Kansas died when his car collided with a semi truck at a Wichita intersection. Truck driver Lee Richwine of Chanute was uninjured.
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Wichita
Augusta
Kan
Kenneth Dawson
Lee Richwine
Chanute
Kansas Boy Drowns on Vacation at Dead Lake
A seven year old Kansas boy, Justin James Haworth of Wilson, drowned after falling from a dock while fishing at Dead Lake during a vacation with his parents Mr and Mrs James Haworth. The incident occurred Wednesday in Perham Minnesota. Authorities investigated but no further details were provided.
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Perham, Minn
Kansas
Dead Lake
Justin James Haworth
James Haworth
Wilson, Kan
Deems Farm Equipment owner featured in national farm magazine
Lawrence businessman Heard in Lawrence Lloyd Deems owner of Deems Farm Equipment East Twenty third has been featured in the national magazine Implement and Tractor for a second time in five years The current article notes the division of labor with Deems managing and Theron Harper sales manager concentrating on sales Pictures for the 1964 Lawrence High School yearbook will be taken this summer starting June 24 at Estes Studio and Photography Service Seniors to be photographed first for the yearbook
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Deems
Deems Farm Equipment, Inc
East Twenty-third
Deems
Theron Harper
W. 22Nd St. Terrace
Lawrence High School
Max Stalcup
Estes Studio
New Appeal Seen On Latham York
In Wichita AP report, attorney Roy Cook says he will file an appeal for convicted killers George York and James Latham to be heard in Denver next Wednesday. The men, 19 and 20, face execution for the June 9 killing of Otto Ziegler, Oakley Kansas railroad worker. Judge Delmas C. Hill reportedly indicated no authority to issue a stay. District Judge Arthur J. Stanley Jr. denied a writ of habeas corpus Thursday.
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Wichita
U. S
Delmas C. Hill
Denver
George Donald York
James Douglas Latham
Otto Ziegler
Oakley
Kan
Roy Cook
Kansas City
Hill
Arthur J. Stanley Jr
Wichita B47 Era Ends as Fighters Take Over
The B 47 jet bomber era ends at McConnell Air Force Base as the last B 47 from the 4347th Strategic Air Command combat crew training wing departs for Davis-Monthan Arizona. The wing, in operation since 1958, will be deactivated Saturday and replaced by a fighter plane group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
McConne
Air Force Base
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Arizona
Rumsey Funeral Home Advil Air Conditioned Throughout
Advertisement for Rumsey Funeral Home notes air conditioned facilities and provides contact VI 3-5111.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rumsey Funeral Home
Douglas County School Unification Committee Formed
Three Douglas County men Oscar Broers of Eu dora Roland Kraft of Lecompton and Gilbert Gilges of Baldwin Route were named to the School Unification Planning Committee. They join two Lawrence members Carl Althaus and Mrs Ethan Allen and ex city commissioner Russell Mosser. Dana Hobson and Pete Bahnmaier chair and vice chair respectively. others include Virgil Reeves and Warren Banning. The panel must meet by July 3 and file reports by January 1, 1964. Earl Wilson serves as secretary to the group.
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Douglas County
Oscar Broers
Eudora
Roland Kraft
Lecompton
Gilbert Gilges
Baldwin
Lawrence
Board of Education
Carl Althaus
Ethan Allen
Russell Mosser
Dana Hobson
Pete Bahnmaier
Virgil Reeves
Warren Banning
Lone Star
Earl Wilson
Washington march for freedom now begins peacefully
A large racial demonstration kicked off near the White House with several hundred Black and white participants in Lafayette Park. Organizers estimated up to 2,000 would join, but police and leaders stressed a calm nonviolent march with singing and prayer.
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Washington
White House
Lafayette Park
Freedom Now
Thanking Friends and Medical Staff for Kind Hospital Stay
A note of gratitude expresses thanks to friends for cards and gifts and to Dr Richard Nelson Dr Manahan and all the nurses for wonderful care during a hospital stay.
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Richard Nelson
Manahan
Get the Journal World at Your Summer Address Ad
An advertisement invites readers to receive the Journal-World at a summer address and provides the contact phone VI 3 1000 for advancement or订 Annual service.
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Journal-World
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