Rights battle sparks homicide charges after street brawl
Five African American suspects and a woman surrendered to face homicide charges in Washington over the death of Pvt. Edward J. Betcher. Police say the 19-year-old Brooklyn soldier died after being knocked down and run over by a car during a confrontation with Ft. Belvoir troops. All five men and the woman were held without bond after arraignment at General Sessions Court, with cases continued to Saturday.
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Washington
Edward J. Betcher
Brooklyn
N.Y
General Sessions Court
Sheila M. Turner
Floyd T. Smith
Leon Dillard Jr
Thomas A. Green
Gerald L. Jackson
Arlington
Pellets Hit Cop Car In Garden Alabama
An ambush fired shotgun pellets at a state trooper patrol car during a routine ride through a Negro section of Garden Alabama. The blast dented the right front fender and hubcap but left both troopers unharmed. Negro integration leaders pledged renewed demonstrations as about 100 state troopers dispersed a courthouse lawn sit-in.
Lawrence High details dropout issues and reforms in 1960s
The article cites Lawrence High dropout statistics from 1961 to 1963 including six quits in 62 63 with one graduate in May. It discusses programs to reduce dropouts through practical courses electronics metal fabrication and an Opportunity Room for IQ below 80.
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Lawrence High
Lawrence ‘High
Wherry
Lawrence
Kahler
Riots in Savannah End With Mass Arrests
Hundreds of Negroes were in custody after a night of rioting in Savannah Georgia. A police officer and three white men were injured and shop windows shattered as bands roamed downtown. Tear gas dispersed crowds. 52 state patrolmen aided local police sent by Governor Sanders. Police reported 137 arrests among men.
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Savannah
Carl E. Sanders
NAACP Demands End to City Discrimination in KCK
Kansas City Kansas NAACP urged city commissioners to abolish discriminatory practices across city departments including police and fire, library, and public schools, calling for equal opportunities in advancement and promotion through ordinances and policy reforms.
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George E. Walters Jr
Police and Fire Department
Public School
CORE official vows to continue demonstrations in NY
James Farmer national director of the Congress of Racial Equality said demonstrations would continue. He spoke after President Kennedy urged racial peace and warned that street protests, mass picketing and parades have increasingly endangered lives and property while peaceful communications and petitions were acceptable.
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New York
James Congress
Racial Equality
Farmer
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CORE
Accent on Youth at Shrine Temple in Memorial Hall
The Abdallah Shrine Temple presents Accent on Youth at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Memorial Hall Kansas City Kansas. Free event for Master Masons DeMolay Eastern Star Job's Daughters Rainbow Girls and affiliated Shriners. Dues cards grant admission. the Northern California DeMolay Show and Band perform a varied program of folk songs acrobatic dancing chorus line dance music and vocal and instrumental solos.
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Abdallah Shrine
Kansas City
Kan
Memorial Hall
Master Masons
DeMolay
Eastern Star
Job’s Daughters
Rainbow Girls
Masonic
Temple
Northern California
Lloyd Bigsby
Lawrence Shrine Organization
Atabrine Explored as Trojan Horse for Lung Cancer
Atlantic City AP reports scientists consider using Atabrine, wartime antimalarial drug, as a vehicle to deliver radiation or cancer drugs to lung tumors. The drug itself has no cancer effect, but could carry treatments directly to malignant tissue without harming healthy cells.
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Atlantic City
Troy
Union and Steel Chiefs Hit Unprecedented Contract Accord
Pittsburgh AP reports the United Steelworkers Union and the basic steel industry reached an unprecedented new contract agreement. Union sources said the settlement was wrapped up at a Wednesday night Labor-Management Human Relations Committee meeting.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
Basic Steel Industry
Labor-Management Human Relations Committee
Tax Cut Chances Dim as President Opens Rights Bid
Southern resentment over Kennedy civil rights program threatens a tax cut this year. House passage may slow while Senate debate and possible filibuster loom. If civil rights action comes first, anti Kennedy votes could stall the tax measure, and Byrd may suspend fiscal bill sessions.
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Washington
Kennedy
House
Senate
Congress
Harry Flood Byrd
Dva
Soviet Hails Space Lady In Moscow After Record Flight
Moscow reports Valentina Tereshkova, 26, the world’s first woman in space, circling Earth 48 times and traveling over 1.24 million miles in 71 hours with Lt. Valery Bykovsky. Tass lauds the feat as a revolution for women in modern society. Tereshkova landed in Kazakhstan near Karanganda after the mission. Bykovsky touched down in Kazakhstan’s Kustanai region about three hours later.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Valentina Tereshkova
Valery Bykovsky
Siberia
Tass
Valentina
Earth
Kazakhstan
Karanganda
Bykovsky
Kustanai
Engine Room Flood Likely Caused Thresher Sinking
The Navy report concludes a sudden engine room flood was the most probable cause of the Thresher disaster. A piping failure in one salt water system likely allowed high pressure sea water to flood interiors, damage electrical circuits and drain power, leading to rapid sinking to the ocean floor 8,400 feet down.
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Washington
Thresher
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Fred Korth
Lawre nce fishing records spark a quick title flip
Roy Moore of 9464 Tenn S t held the season's top channel cat at 55 pounds on May 17 at Lakeview. Jim Reed of 1521 Ky St weighed a 6 pound blue cat at the clubhouse. Five hours later Moore reclaimed the crown with a 74 pound channel cat. Jeanette Jeffrey, 18, of Tecumseh Route 1, was named Shawnee County Dairy Princess at Topeka Wednesday night and will attend Kansas University this fall.
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Tenn
S.t
Lakeview
Moore
Jim Reed
Ky. St
Jeanette Jeffrey
Dayton Decker
Route 1
Tecumseh
Shawnee County
Topeka
Miss Jeffrey
Kansas University
Oerter elected to Helms Hall of Fame joins Jayhawks
Al Oerter two time Olympic discus champion is voted into the Helms Foundation Track and Field Hall of Fame joining former Jayhawk miler Glenn Cunningham and coach Bill Easton. Also named were former Jayhawk coaches Brutus Hamilton and Karl Schlademan. Lawrence Legion plans flame thrower to dry Mun Park field for invitational with St Louis Oklahoma City Lincoln Neb and local team. may borrow KU football tarp.
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Kansas University
Helms Foundation
Jayhawk
Miler
Glenn Cunningham
the Pantheon
Bill Easton
Brutus Hamilton
California
Karl Schlademan
Lawrence Legion
Municipal Park
the Legion
St. Louis Oklahoma City
Lincoln
Legion
Siamese Twins Separated in Four-Hour Pittsburgh Surgery
Surgeons at Children's Hospital Pittsburgh separated 14 day old Siamese twins Rose Mary and Ruth Ann Temoshenko in a four hour operation. Doctors said the shared liver was divided and the girls were doing fairly well. They were born June 7 to Mrs. John Temoshenko of Tarentum and were joined from the fourth rib to below the navel.
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Pittsburgh
Children’s Hospital
William B. Kiesewetter
Rose Mary
Ruth Ann
John Temoshenko
Tarentum
Kiesewetter
Sulzberger Named President and Publisher of New York Times
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, 37, was elected president and publisher of the New York Times to succeed Orvil E. Dryfoos, who died May 25. Announcement was made by his father Arthur Hays Sulzberger, board chairman. Young Sulzberger had been assistant treasurer of the New York Times Co.
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NEW York (Ap
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
The
New York Times Today
Orvil E. Dryfoos
Sulzberger
Arthur Hays Sulzberger
Young Sulzberger
New York Times Co
Dangers of Government Grabs Highlighted by Kiwanis Speaker
Lawrence Kiwanis heard Bill Perdue of Kansas Power and Light discuss protecting free enterprise and opposing federal aid growth. He warned of big government dictating business, noting tax trends, and urging resistance to socialism to preserve freedom of choice.
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U.S
Lawrence Kiwanis Club
Bill Perdue
Topeka
Kansas Power and Light Co
Perdue
Survival Session Here on Tuesday
The Governor's Conference on Industrial Survival will meet Tuesday at Kansas University with Walter F. Lineberger Jr. giving the principal address. The one day conference assists employers managers and officials in safeguarding business in event of atomic attack. Maj. Gen. Joe Nickell opens the conference. Gov. John Anderson delivers the keynote. Ren F. Read discusses the national shelter program as it relates to industry. J. F. Sullivan Jr. outlines state management resources. Howard F. Feast explains local program techniques.
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Kansas University
Walter F. Lineberger Jr
Kansas Civil Defense Administration
U. S. Defense Department
Kansas State University
Joe Nickell
Topeka
John Anderson
Ren F. Read
Denver
Colo
J. F. Sullivan Jr
Office of Emergency Planning
Howard F. Feast
Defense Department
Nominations Open for 1963 Legion Post Officers
Nominations for the Lawrence American Legion Post officers for 1963 64 have been announced with Alan Fisher as commander Bill Boswell as vice commander Harold Volk as second vice commander Ernest Klooz as finance officer R H Ruge as service officer Harold Fisher as historian and Msgr George Towle as chaplain Nominations stay open until the election meeting July 16 at the Dine A Mite Inn
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Lawrence American Legion
Alan Fisher
Bill Boswell
Harold Volk
Ernest Klooz
R. H. Ruge
Harold Fisher
George Towle
Similar Accidents Hospitalize One Four Others Hurt
One man and four others were injured in a series of similar accidents around Lawrence on K-10 and nearby streets. Clifford T. Rye 39 of Route 2 was hospitalized after a three car crash east of the city limits on Highway K-10. Rye suffered a neck injury but walked to call police and fainted while making the call. Three others had minor injuries in that crash. Janice W. Knorr 24 of Overland Park was treated and released at Watkins Memorial Hospital after a four car crash nearby. A pickup rear ended the lead car causing a chain reaction injuring Knorr and jamming two other vehicles. Separate Wednesday and Wednesday afternoon incidents nearby caused $600-$800 in damage with no other injuries.
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Clifford T. Rye
Route 2
Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Rye
Jean Flory
Route 5
Flory
Stanley Galen
Roy Maynard
del. St
Maynard
Rex Johnson
Janice W. Knorr
Overland Park
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Knorr
Sharon K. Knorr
Highway Patrol
Eric DeGraffenried
Baldwin
Larry D. Sturm
Eudora
Paul Had
Marylee Mick
Topeka
Viola M. Means
Lincoln
Patricia Ann Lee
Independence
13Th
Pa. Sts
Tax Bill Moves Ahead From Senate Finance Panel
Washington AP Republican lawmakers report the Senate Finance Committee approved a bill to extend for another year the current corporate income tax and major excise tax rates. The measure seeks to maintain existing levy levels amid ongoing fiscal debates in Congress.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Social Security Office Expands Reach in Backlog Drive
The Topeka office plans extra representatives to clear a growing backlog of 260,000 cases by visiting counties on regular days and holding private appointments at home when claims face difficulty. Home visits ensure service near residents who cannot travel to the Chamber office, with daily presence only to be added if backlog surges.
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Topeka
Chamber
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Senators Back Voluntary School Prayers Amendment
Six Republican senators led by Frank Carlson of Kansas proposed a constitutional amendment to allow prayers and Bible readings in public schools on a voluntary basis. The group included John J. Williams, Wallace F. Bennett, Barry Goldwater, Gordon Allott, and J. Glenn Beall, challenging the Supreme Court ruling.
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Washington
Frank Carlson
Kansas
John J. Williams
Delaware
Supreme Court
Williams
Carlson and Sons
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Gordon Allot
Colorado
J. Glenn Beall
Maryland
Direct U S Soviet Hot Line Signed At Geneva
The United States and the Soviet Union formalized a direct communications link to prevent accidental war. Ambassador Charles C. Stelle and Soviet negotiator Semyon K. Tsarapkin signed the memorandum at the 17 nation disarmament conference in Geneva, sharing a champagne toast despite months of sharp exchanges. The line will be used by President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev to avert misunderstandings between Washington and Moscow.
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Khrushchev
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Charles C. Stelle
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
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United States of America
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Stelle
Tsarapkin
Kennedy hails pride at West Virginia Statehood Day
President Kennedy told a rain soaked crowd of about 10,000 in Charleston that no state has greater pride in itself and its country as West Virginia marked the centennial of statehood. The ceremony took place in the Capitol north plaza amid steady rain during the commemorative program.
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Charleston
W.va
Kennedy
West Virginia
Capitol
States Hood
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