Supreme Court declines review of school integration ruling
Washington report says the Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal by Duval County Florida Board of Public Instruction. The case involved Negro pupils’ right to nonracial school systems including teacher and administrator assignments. The New Orleans circuit court ruling stands, with a 2 1 vote.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit Court
New Orleans
Board of Public Instruction
Duval County
Fla
Jacksonville
Circuit Court
U.S. Circuit
New York
Cincinnati
Supreme Court Won’t Rule on Racial Balancing in Gary Schools
The Supreme Court refused to decide whether school boards must assign Negro and white pupils to achieve racial balance. The Gary Indiana case saw 97 percent of black students in segregated schools, with the circuit court upholding district policy to assign students by district of residence regardless of race.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Gary
Ind
U.S. Circuit Court
Chicago
Circuit Court
High Court to Review Objector Exemption Ruling
Supreme Court will review a New York based appeals court decision allowing conscientious objectors to be exempt from military service without requiring belief in a supreme being. The ruling holds exemption may rest on deeply rooted beliefs and sentiments.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals
New York
Circuit Court
Overbrook Water Expected to Return Tonight
Overbrook's water service should be restored tonight after lightning struck one pump Wednesday and another failed Sunday. Fire trucks pumped water and eight trucks delivered water as schools faced closure. a 10 horsepower pump from Bartlesville, Oklahoma, will meet town needs.
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Overbrook
Ralph Duncan
George Branson
Bartlesville
Okla
Lawrence
U.S.56
Memorial Hospital Names In Memoriam Entries From Area Families
A long list of residents and relatives from Ottawa Tonganoxie De Soto Baldwin Eudora and Ganis Isern are noted in memorial hospital records. The entry includes numerous names and addresses with newborns and daughters and sons listed as born on Saturday Sunday and today.
Bomb scare evacuates KU sorority house on Gower Place
The Kappa Kappa Gamma house on Gower Place was evacuated around 1 25 a m after a caller warned a bomb would explode at 1 40 a m Police and campus officers searched the building Acting Police Chief Jim Collins ordered the evacuation halted about 2 a m
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Kappa Kappa Gamma
Gower Place
Kansas University
Lawrence
Jim Collins
County Speller Kepple Misses Commodities in Spelling Bee
Audrey Kepple, eighth grader from Vinland Grade School, finished 18th in the All Kansas Spelling Bee at Washburn University Topeka after missing the word commodities. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Max Kepple of Baldwin Route 2.
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Audrey Kepple
Douglas County
Washburn University
Topeka
Vinland
Max Kepple
Route 2
Baldwin
Lawerence High students place sixth at KS Troubleshooting Contest
Lawrence High School students finished sixth out of eleven at the Kansas Troubleshooting Contest held Saturday at Shawnee Mission East. Team members junior Mike Patchen and senior Steven Lee competed in the event.
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Lawrence High School
Kansas
Shawnee Mission East
Mike Patchen
Steven Lee
March of Dimes Group Plans Annual Meeting
The Douglas County chapter of the National Foundation for the March of Dimes will hold its annual meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday at Lawrence National Bank A report on the annual drive will be made and new officers will be elected Eugene Riling is this year s chairman Wes Norwood is vice chair and Mrs Daryl Dodds is secretary treasurer.
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Douglas County
National Foundation For the March of Dimes
Lawrence National Bank
Eugene Riling
Wes Norwood
Daryl Dodds
Linda Rye Injured In Saturday Two Car Crash
An 18 year old Emporia State student Linda Rye of Route 2 suffered minor injuries around 7 10 p m Saturday in a two car crash 2 ½ miles south of Lawrence on U S 59. She was a passenger in Ralph Agesen 23 of 1541 Ky St. The Agesen car collided with a station wagon driven by Pearl Broers 61 of Route 2. Damage to the vehicles was estimated at 875 dollars. Earlier at 4 05 p m Saturday a pickup driven by Leonard Newland 77 of Route 1 Baldwin and a car driven by Donald Savage 24 of Ottawa collided about 13 miles. No one was hurt. Damage 360 dollars.
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Emporia State
Linda Rye
Route 2
Lawrence
U. S. 59
Ralph K. Agesen
Ky. St
Agesen
Pearl Broers
Leonard Newland
Route 1
Baldwin
Donald G. Savage
Ottawa
Tornado’s Toll Leaves Farm Wrecked Near Lawrence
Elmer Downing farm and outbuildings were demolished by the April 12 tornado. A work bench vise survived and was later stolen. Downing and wife were bruised but ok. they plan to move to a trailer and rebuild. In Lawrence, Fanny Urbanek reports minor store damage and no home harm. May 10 cited as frost-free date by veteran gardeners in Douglas County.
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Elmer Downing
Downing
Apple Pie
Lawrence
Wakarusa Valley School
Downings
Lone Star Church of the Brethern Parsonage
Douglas
Lawrence residents join state leadership at Pratt veterans meeting
Lawrence citizens were installed Sunday as Third District commander and president of the World War I Barracks during the state veterans meeting in Pratt. R H Ruge and Della Morgan were named commander and president respectively, with Kaw Valley Barracks members in attendance. Mrs Ruge became department legislative chairman.
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Lawrence
Pratt
R. H. Ruge
R. TI. St
Della Morgan
Tenn. St
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Kaw Valley Barracks
No 1856
Ruge
Morgan
Fred Reetz
Eudora
Richard Clough
Route 4
Art Olson
Department
Air conditioned funeral home ad from Rumsey listing
An advertisement promotes Rumsey Funeral Home with full air conditioning and contact VI 3-5111, highlighting comfort for services and visitations.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
Local Pupils Earn Eleven Blue Ribbons at Emporia Arts Fair
Lawrence high school students at the Eastern Kansas Industrial Arts Fair held at Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia won eleven blue ribbons across metal work electronics machine shop printing arts and crafts and junior high wood and craft divisions. Winners include Casey Vangemeren Frank Speicher Walt Gehlbach Larry Hixon and others with multiple blue ribbons and several whites and reds awarded. Teachers named include John Forbes Fred Schultz Dorothy Wilson Joe Ornelas and Harold Preston.
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Lawrence
Kansas State Teachers College
Emporia
Lawrence High School
Casey Vangemeren
Frank Speicher
Walt Gehlbach
Larry Hixon
William Mitchell
Dana Peterson
Fred Coester
Robert Pierson
Raymond Lyles
Steve Graves
W. M. Stalcup
Roger Simpson
John Forbes
Marc Hunzicker
Carl Myer
Danny Atherton
Fred Schultz
Bob Avery
Bob Wilson
Bill Lassman
Robert Duver
Ron Simpson
Steve Dykes
Kathy Hird
Shirley Hess
Ray Higgins
Jim Horn
Pat Munger
Linda Wulfkuhle
Dorothy Wilson
West Junior High
Local youths win in fourth annual Latin tournament at KU
Christopher Saricks a Lawrence High School sophomore and Margaret McBride a Central Junior High School student finished first in the Latin tournament held Saturday at Kansas University. About 165 Kansas high and junior high students took part in the Classical Association of Kansas and Western Missouri program directed by KU classics associate professor Austin Lashbrook.
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Christopher Saricks
Lawrence High School
Margaret McBride
Central Junior High School
Kansas University
Kansas
Classical Association of
Western Missouri
Austin Lashbrook
Woman Flier Jerrie Mack Receives Aviation Medal
President Johnson awarded the federal aviation gold medal to Jerrie Mack a 38 year old Columbus Ohio housewife famed as the first woman to fly solo around the world The White House ceremony included a lighted birthday cake for her daughter Valerie age four
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Washington
Johnson
Federal Aviation
Jerrie Mack
Columbus
Ohio
Valerie
White House
Sales and Profits Up For Ned Fleming Firm
Ned Fleming Corp reports strong early 1964 results with 16 weeks ending 1964 showing 84.522 million in sales up 6.9 percent and net income of 763,796 up 17.1 percent. Dividends rise to 60 cents from 50. The firm serves 28 more stores year to date, with 35 new stores projected for the full year.
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Fleming Company
IGA
Midwest
Lawrence
Rusty Springer
Ned Fleming
Pulitzer Prizes for Viet Nam Reporting and Other Awards
The New York Times and Associated Press reporters Malcolm Browne and David Halberstam won international reporting prizes for Vietnam coverage. Merriman Smith of UPI earned national reporting for Kennedy assassination coverage. The St Petersburg Times won the public service gold medal for Florida Turnpike Authority spending. Other winners include Norman C. Miller of the Wall Street Journal for general local reporting and Albert Gaudier, James Magee, and Frederick Meyer of the Philadelphia Bulletin for special local reporting.
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NEW York (Ap
Malcolm Browne
The
Associated Press
David Halberstam
New York Times
Viet Nam
Merriman Smith
United Press International
John F. Kennedy
St. Petersburg
Fla
Times
Pulitzer
Florida
Wall Street Journal
Albert V. Gaudier
James V. Magee
Frederick A. Meyer
Philadelphia Bulletin
Eldridge Hotel Revamp Highlighted by Magazine
The Eldridge Hotel in Lawrence is spotlighted in Tavern Talk, the hotel and motel trade publication for 17 midwestern and western states. The feature notes a governor's suite remodel overseen by Mike Getto, credits the overhaul with restoring a landmark, and reprints a Journal-World editorial praising Getto's work.
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Eldridge
Kansas
Getto
Journal - World
City Baldwin Set MS Drives In Kansas Towns
The 1964 MS Hope Chest fund drive will be conducted by KU and Baker University fraternities and sororities in Lawrence and Baldwin Tuesday evening from 6 to 8 pm. Delta Gamma Kappa Kappa Gamma Sigma Alpha Epsilon Phi Delta Theta and Delta Delta Delta volunteers lead the effort with Glenn A. Dawes as Douglas County MS Society chairman.
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Kansas University and
Baker University
Lawrence
Baldwin
Delta Gamma
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Phi Delta Theta
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Baker
Glenn A. Dawes
Douglas County
Jay Strayer
KPL Stockholders Plan 40th Annual Meeting in Topeka
TOPEKA Stockholders of the Kansas Power and Light Co. will hold their 40th annual meeting Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the KPL building auditorium Topeka. D E Ackers chairman of the board will preside and directors to be elected include Ackers Clevenger Cohn Jeffrey Harris McClure Robbins Scupin Williamson all named as Topeka Hutchinson Abilene Salina locations
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Topeka
Kansas Power and Light Co
KPL
D. E. Ackers
Utility
Ackers
R. C. Clevenger
B. S. Cohn
Balfour S. Jeffrey
J. P. Harris
Hutchinson
R. W. McClure
Lawrence
R. W. Robbins
Pratt
C. A. Scupin
Abilene
J. G. Williamson
Salina
Russia Orders Time Magazine Office Closed
Moscow reports the Soviet government ordered Time magazine to shut its Moscow office and banished its correspondent within days. The charge accuses Time's editorial board of trying to poison USSR-US relations.
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Moscow
Time Magazine
U.S.S.R
U.S.R
Five Navy Sailors Die in Mine Field Incident
Five Navy enlisted men were killed after entering a mine field while on liberty from the amphibious assault vessel Boxer at Guantanamo Bay. The Navy stated the ship was there for routine fleet training exercises.
Stinson Aims At First Class KU Athletic Program
Wade Stinson, new KU athletic director designate, told the Lawrence Rotary Club that his goal is to unite players, staff, and faculty to build a first class athletic program. He stressed academics, graduation for all athletes, and winning across sports with community and alumni support.
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Wade Stinson
Lawrence Rotary Club
Stinson
Lawrence
In Memoriam Alvin Ellis Bond Sr
In loving memory of Alvin Ellis Bond Sr two years have passed since May fourth when God took him home He lives on in our hearts and we will meet again Lillie and family.
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Alvin Ellis Bond Sr
Earth
Lillie
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Lawrence Elks Lodge
Kansas Elks Association
Wichita
Fred Frey
Jack Maxwell
Harry Starks
Ed Carlton
Don Fisher
Jack Dysart
John Emick
Jack Mehaffey
and Frey
Juan Martinez
Ganis Isern
Cynthia Thornton
DeSoto
Ellen Osborn
Loretta Doemland
Jesse Haney
Otis Castel
Robert Dale
Keith Dannefer
Baselior
Willie Stagg
Tenn
Hagquist
Terr
JoAnne Shuck
Patsy Eisenbarger
Ralph Crawford
Del
Rebecca Allington
Laura Reber
WREN
Marvin Falk
Lincoln
George Benson
Harper
Tennie Samsel
Valleyview
Jean Giffin
Wellington
Marvin Stewart
R.I
Frederick Buchholtz
Richard Brown
Naomi Lederer
Clarence Showalter
Joanne Young
Alice Hixon
Walnut
Estelle Dreyfus
Marcia McFarland
Mont
Pamela Self
Teresa Baldwin
Charlene Edgerton
Homewood
Margaret Penny
Lyon
Doris Ottinger
Asa Postma
Marcine Shockley
Maria England
Teri Sedlak
Clare Rd
Karsten Weinert
Perry
Earl Stevens
Tonganoxie
Joe Clink
Mass
Don Rawson
Jerry Sinor
Redbud
Lynn Anderson
Kappas
LHS Mechanics
March of Dimes Group
Anchorage
Alaska
Fanny Urbanek
Frank Sabado
Sabado
Jack’s
Rice Phelps
Don Phelps
Lawrence Loan
Vermont
Bob Metzler
Lew Horah
Joe Ornelas
Marcella Stanley
Ann Marvin
Connie Cerne
Roy A. Krone
Steve Klopfenstein
Edith Heinrich
Marshal Anderson
Frances Riggs
Central Junior High
Alan Landis
Harold Preston
Columbia University
Eldridge Hotel
Cooper-Warren Mortuary
City
Russia
Shankespeare
Noland Insurance Agency
George Noland
Brownie Kerns
London
Taiz
Defense Ministry
Memoriam
Lawrence Memorial Co
Wah Daylight Savings
Our
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George Hedrick
Carl Mingos
J. D. Underwood Robert Dillon
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