Big News In Birmingham as Troopers Move In
Heavily armed state troopers swarm Birmingham to aid officers facing a week of Negro demonstrations. Governor Wallace orders 575 troopers, with tear gas, riot guns, carbines and sub‑machine guns. Martin Luther King Jr. condemns the escalation as marches press for desegregation of downtown facilities and better Black employment.
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Birmingham
Ala
Lingo
Wallace
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Powell Sees Big Action Likely in Birmingham Crisis
Negro leaders call for 24 hour pause in mass demonstrations to pursue a biracial agreement. Rep. Powell says Attorney General Kennedy warned of a forthcoming major development in Birmingham and that action under existing law could arrest officials enforcing racial segregation. The White House explored executive options as Kennedy prepared for a news conference.
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Birmingham
Ala
Fred L. Shuttlesworth
Alabama Christian Movement For Human Rights
Powell
Kennedy
Justice Department
White House
Andrew T. Hatcher
Alabama
Birmingham Seen as Key For Desegregation Group
The Birmingham civil rights drive centers on downtown desegregation in stores and lunchrooms with King urging a forthright federal stance. A large Negro church rally fills the street church center as 2,400-plus protesters are jailed, while city streets remain calm and tense memories of Oxford and Little Rock loom.
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Relman Morin
Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Clinton, Tenn
Oxford
Miss
Birmingham
Ala
Central High
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Deep South
Baptist Church
16Th Street
6Th Avenue
Ingram Park
King
Meredith
Warm Northeast Kansas to Thursday With Highs Near 88
The forecast calls for warm weather in northeast Kansas through Thursday with highs near 88 and mild nights. Temperature readings show yesterday’s high 87 and low 69, while the record low for today is 39 set in 1946. Two generations of service by the Rumsey family at Rumsey Funeral Home noted with contact VI 3-3111.
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Kansas
Rumsey
Rumsey Funeral Home
Governor Anderson Pays Fine In Eudora Police Court
Governor John Anderson paid a $20 speeding fine plus $5 court costs in Eudora Police Court after pleading guilty to driving 50 mph in a 30 mph zone on Highway K-10. He arrived in person, spoke with arresting officers, and joked he would slow down in Eudora. Seven other radar-identified speeders also paid fines and court costs that night in Eudora.
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John Anderson
Eudora
Topeka
Johnson County
Offi
Cers
John O'Berg
Anderson
Lawrence V. Nixon
Kenneth N. Owens
Olathe
Stephen Plaster
Kansas City
Four dozen hurt in city traffic crashes in April
Thirty four people were injured in 73 or 74 city accidents on Lawrence streets in April. Police Chief Bill Cox said 7 were serious and no deaths occurred. Through four months, 393 accidents yielded one death and 111 injuries.
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Lawrence
Bill Cox
Kansas
Pastor in Bind Over Rockefeller Marriage
Hudson River Presbytery will consider disciplinary action against Rev. Marshall L. Smith of Pocantico Hills for officiating the marriage of Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller to Margaretta Murphy. The case centers on a rule requiring presbytery approval for marriages involving a person divorced less than a year. Rockefeller's divorce occurred 14 months ago.
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White Plains
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Margaretta F. Murphy
Hudson River
Marshall L. Smith
Union Church of
Phone Rate Issue Ruling by May 24
The Lawrence City Commission heard that a decision on whether Southwest Lawrence will be charged regular city rates for telephone service will be issued by May 24. John Drake of Southwestern Bell explained rate factors and possible eight party line options while noting the study is conducted at St. Louis headquarters.
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Southwest Lawrence
John Drake
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Lawrence
Drake
St. Louis
W. C. Springer
Raymond Eastwood
Kansas
Southwestern Bell
27Th Street
Fred Cooper
J. Stewart Turner
Ridge Court
Springer
New York Stocks End Session Higher As Averages Rise
New York closing averages show the Dow Jones Industrial Average at 270.8, up by 1.3 points. The market displayed a modest gain as investors awaited further economic data.
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New York
Lawrence Sees Record Heat Hit 90s in Midday Surge
Lawrence endured its hottest day since 1962 with downtown readings at 91 by 2 p.m. surpassing the 87-degree mark set last year. The heat followed two days above 80, with forecasts predicting further high temperatures and scattered northern showers tonight and Thursday.
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Lawrence
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Trombone Soloist in Key Role For KU Concert Band
The Kansas University Concert Band features trombone soloist William Booth of Sedalia Missouri at 3 30 p m Sunday in University Theatre Murphy Hall With Booth joined by Kent Riley Shawnee Mission junior clarinet and Glenda Harwell Springfield Missouri English horn soloists the program blends concert band and varsity band under Prof Wiley Admission is free The program includes Wagner Prokofieff Bennett Iwanow Jacob Ginastera Kalinnikov Grundman Gould and others with the combined bands closing the show
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Kansas University
University Theatre
Murphy Hall
William Booth
Sedalia
Russell L. Wiley
Wiley
Fare
Booth
Kent Riley
Shawnee Mission
Glenda Harwell
Springfield
Kennéth Bloomquist
Kansas
Oklahoma
Alberich
Rheingold
Richard Wagner
Serge Prokofieff
Robert Russell Bennett
M. Ippoliton Iwanow
Gordon Jacob
Stanley Shumway
Gerald R. Kecley
Kalinnikov
Clare Grundman
Washington Grays
DeSoto School Pupils Present Spring Concert
The seventh and eighth grade pupils of DeSoto Grade School will perform a spring music concert at 7 30 p m Thursday in the DeSoto High School gymnasium. Director is Mrs Grace Waner.
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DeSoto Grade School
DeSoto High School
Grace Waner
Treacherous Brown Spider Expanding His Territory
The brown spider, once confined to caves and under rocks, now enters basements garages and sheds expanding its range. Bites are painful and can be fatal especially to children under five. Severe cases cause ulcers fever chills rash anemia and joint pains. A noted bite involved Kansas University coach Jack Mitchell.
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Lawrence
Jack Mitchell
Kansas University
Mitchell
Wheat program discussion draws 200 plus in Douglas County
More than 200 residents attended a Tuesday panel on the 1964 wheat program at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds. ASC leaders explained proposed quotas, a two price system, and voting slated for May 21 with allotment decisions by May 13 for 15 acre farmers.
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Douglas County
David Noe
Noe
Elmer Rappard
ASC
Rappard
Agriculture Department
William Patton
Kansas Farm Bureau
Moran
Farm Bureau
William Boyd Jr
Hiawatha
Boyd
Wayne Forcade
The
Mid-Continent Grain Co
Kansas City
Forcade
George Stephens
Clinton Township Hall
Eudora City Hall
Grant School
Kanwaka Hall
Lecompton City Hall
Marion Township Hall
Baldwin Legion
Fairgrounds
Willow Springs Township
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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Roy Wilkins
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Greenfield Park
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
Robert F. Kennedy
Gov. Anderson
Bowersock
Kaw River
Journal-World
Will Hess
Rocky
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23Rd Sts
County Commission
Traffic Commission
Vermont Street
Chamber of Commerce
Morton Gould
DeSoto
Brown Spider
Brown
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