Federal troops moved into Alabama amid Birmingham unrest
About 3,000 troops including infantry, paratroopers and MPs were moved from Fort Benning to Fort McClellan and Maxwell Air Force Base to quell possible violence. Rioting injuries reached around 50 as President Kennedy warned of federal action and Governor Wallace urged withdrawal. Civil rights leaders urged restraint while desegregation talks continued.
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Anniston
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Burke Marshall
Justice Department
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
Rain Dampens Lawrence Mother's Day Heat
Lawrence saw a .23 inch shower Sunday night ending a hot dusty weekend. May rainfall reached 1.49 inches, nearly double April. Temperatures reached 90 with strong winds, easing to around 50 tonight. A return to the 80s and partly cloudy skies are forecast on Tuesday.
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Lawrence
Weather Outlook Northeast Kansas Nights Cool
Cooler tonight with partly cloudy skies in northeast Kansas. Overnight low near 58 degrees and Tuesday’s high in the 80s. Readings show 64 at noon and a high around 90 with a 64 low on a recent date. Record highs and lows are noted for this date.
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Kansas
Knights Back Efforts for Parochial School Bus Transport
A Missouri Knights of Columbus resolution urges public bus transportation for parochial school students. The group notes that such service exists fully in 19 states and partially in six others. Authorities in Jefferson City reported the stance was adopted at a Sunday gathering.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Missouri Council of the Knights of Columbus
Junior High Boy Drowns Near Tonganoxie
A 15-year-old ninth grade student Wilburn Francis Haase Jr. of 1831 Maple Lane drowned Saturday in a pond near Tonganoxie on the John Taylor farm Route 3. Larry Lee Riggs, 16, said Haase went under while swimming from a boat to shore. Deputies and Fire Department assisted, body recovered after drag search. the pond is under two years old and will cover 15 acres when full.
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Central Junior High School
Tonganoxie
Wilburn Francis Haase Jr
Wilburn F. Haase
Maple Lane
Larry Lee Riggs
Lawrence
Haase
John Taylor
Route 3
Mother of pilot Gordon Cooper hopes for safe orbital flight
In Tecumseh Oklahoma Mrs. L Gordon Cooper, mother of Marine Major Gordon Cooper, expresses nervous excitement about his 34 hour 22 orbit mission around the world. She plans to pace the hours, drink coffee, and rely on faith as her son prepares for this historic journey.
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L. Gordon Cooper
History
Orena Herd
Gordon
Soldier Arraigned in Gardner Murder Case
Pvt. Randy L. Mikesell of Sand Springs Oklahoma was arraigned in an Olathe court on first degree murder charges for the stabbing death of Maurice E. Mosher 35 a Kansas University graduate now living in Springfield Missouri. Mosher a Lawrence area resident known as Chuck attended Kansas 1945 to 1949 and worked as a Weaver's Department Store delivery man during his final years. Mosher who managed a Springfield sporting goods store since 1961 was found dead beside his blood spattered car a mile south of Gardner with nine stab wounds. The body was discovered Sunday and Mikesell was arrested after he telephoned the sheriff reporting items found in his car. An other man identified only as John Doe is being sought. Mikesell denied involvement stating the killer was a man named Bob. Magistrate William S. Allen ordered no bond for the defendant. Gardner is 26 miles southeast of Lawrence on U.S. 56.
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Sand Springs
Okla
Maurice E. Mosher
Kansas University
Springfield
Mosher
Kansas
Weaver's Department Store
Lawrence
Chuck
Mikesell
Gardner
William S. Allen
John Doe
Bob
William J. Heck
U.S. 56
Charles D. Moore
Holton
Kan
Joplin
Salina
Lawrence resident planner resigns to join Denver firm
David Condon of Harland Bartholomew & Associates has resigned as Lawrence city planning resident after August 1962 service. He will move to Denver to become a partner with S. R. DeBoer and Iva Alten, city planning and urban renewal consultants. A replacement is not named and a May 21 meeting will review the first two year plan report.
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Condon
Denver
S. R. DeBoer
Iva Alten
Harold Horn
Bartholomew
John Cofer
Stock Market Index Hits 1963 High as Close Rises
The New York stock market closes with the average of 60 stocks at 272.5, up 0.2, setting a 1963 intraday high. Chapel Music from our Reuters Pipe Organ features during the report. Rumsey Funeral Home listed VI 351H as an advertisement.
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New York
Reuter
Rumsey Funeral Home
Lawton to Speak Of Future of KU At June 1 Dinner
KU vice chancellor Keith Lawton will address the June 1 Welcoming Dinner at the Kansas Union, outlining KU's future physical development and its meaning. The event, 6:30 p.m., is for commencement visitors not in other events, with Margaret Lillard presiding and Martha Shirley to sing.
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Kansas University
Kansas
Kansas Union
Margaret Butler Lillard
KU Alumni Association
Martha Shirley
Mankato
Mt. Oread
Union
W. Clarke Wescoe
Stanley Learned
William J. Moore
Kansas Religion School
Weather Bureau mulls smaller forecast zones in Kansas
Lawrence and northeast Kansas may see a shift from six to ten forecast zones by July 1 as the Weather Bureau considers tighter, more localized forecasts. Kansas Chief Forecaster Richard Garrett of Topeka says Osage, Franklin and Miami counties would move from Zone 1 to Zone 41, with Douglas County edging toward the new southern boundary.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Richard Garrett
Topeka
Garrett
Marshall
Nemaha
Brown
Doniphan
Riley
Pottawatomie
Jackson
Atchison, Jefferson
Leavenworth
Wyandotte
Geary
Wabaunsee
Shawnee
Douglas
Johnson
Morris
Osage
Franklin
Miami
Douglas County
Nebraska
U.S. Weather Bureau
KU Newsman Advises On International Student Program
Editor notes Dr. Clark Coan of Kansas University speaks on the national role of international education. He cites KU's commitment, outlines admission limits, and traces growth from 46 international students in 1946-47 to 386 enrolled by the start of the 1962-63 year.
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National Association of Foreign Student Advisers
Langmuir Foundation
United States
University of Kansas
Kansas
U.S
E.U
Riverside Drive
New York
Grace E. M. Scoullar
Canada
Lawrence
Mount Oread
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Near East
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