Negroes Plan March On Montgomery Over Birmingham Bombings
About 1,200 Birmingham Black residents vote to march on the Alabama capitol to press Gov. George Wallace over the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing deaths of four girls. They accuse Wallace of fanning racial tension as FBI and federal grand jury probes continue. Kennedy denounces the killings and calls for unity.
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Birmingham
Montgomery
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
Carol Robertson
St. John's African Methodist Episcopal Church
Fred Shuttlesworth
Sixth Avenue South Baptist Church
Denise McNair
Addie Mae Collins
Cynthia Wesley
Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
Alabama
State
King
FBI
U.S. Dist
Clarence William Allgood
Lodge Notice First Fall Meeting for De Molay Commandery
Lawrence De Molay Commandery No 4 schedules its first fall meeting for Tuesday September 17 at 7 30 p m. J J Underwood serves as Commander C D Anderson as Recorder. Ry S MCE.
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Lawrence de Molay Commandery No. 4
J. J. Underwood
C. D. Anderson
Tonganoxie Fair on CBS Candid Camera TV Special
Unrehearsed footage from the Leavenworth County Fair at Tonganoxie last month will air on Candid Camera on Sunday Sept. 29. The five minute segment includes other Kansas gatherings and can be seen locally at 9 p.m. on Topeka channel 13 and Kansas City channel 5. William Stephenson announced national scheduling after a New York call. A CBS crew filmed at the Tonganoxie fair, Holton, and a Ottawa rodeo with camouflaged cameras. Stephenson is obtaining releases from participants for the broadcast.
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Leavenworth County
Tonganoxie
CBS
Kansas
Topeka
Kansas City
William Stephenson
Tonganoxie First State Bank
County Fair Board
New York
Holton
Ottawa
Stephenson
Journal-World Adds Four News Staff Members
The Journal-World expands its news coverage by adding Shirley Peterson Marian Warden George Catt and Steve Clark to its news staff. Peterson is a 1963 Cornell College graduate Warden has Missouri University and FMC Corp magazine editing experience Catt is a 1963 Wichita University journalism graduate and Clark is a KU journalism senior The paper also adds the Washington Post Los Angeles Times News Wire Service and offers Post-Times syndicate services marking a regional national and international coverage upgrade.
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The
Journal-World
Shirley Peterson
Marian Warden
George Catt
Steve Clark
Miss Peterson
Cornell
Iowa
Warden
Missouri University
Columbia
Santa Barbara
Calif
FMC Corp
Catt
Wichita University
United Fund allocations and changes for 1963 agencies
The list details 13 participating agencies and their allocations for this year with last year’s amounts in parentheses. Highlights include American Red Cross 27000, Salvation Army 12000, Boy Scouts 9200, and United Cerebral Palsy 3000, plus smaller grants to groups like Heart Cancer Research 2000 and Science Fair 750. Shrinkage is noted at 750, with 422.33 recorded in 1962.
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Charles Black
United Fund
American Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Douglas County Association For
Douglas County Mental Health Association
Girl Scouts
Kansas Children’s Service League
Lawrence Life
Heart Cancer Research
Salvation Army
Science Fair
Social Service League
United Cerebral Palsy
United Service Organizations
Lions Club Seeks Pool Site at New York School Playground
Lions Club plans a permanent swimming pool by fall and hopes to lease or buy the southeast corner of the New York School playground at 10th and N Sts. The project would cover about a quarter acre. The district’s Board of Education will inspect the site during peak lunch recess. Lions officials including Eugene Nunemaker Ralph King George Willhoit and Joe Kelly discuss zoning and covenant terms to revert land to the school when not used for a pool.
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Recreation Commission
New York School
10Th and
N. J. Sts
Knox
Board of Education
New York
Scott
Journal-World Today
Lions Club
Lions Club Pool Committee
Lions
Eugene Nunemaker
Ralph King
George Willhoit
Joe Kelly
Charge Filed in Fatal Mishap In Lawrence County Court
A fourth degree manslaughter charge was filed against George R Hepner 29 of 1414 Prospect after a Saturday night car tractor crash eight miles south of Lawrence on US 59. Harold Flory 41 of Route 2 Baldwin died at Lawrence Memorial Hospital while Hepner and his wife Delma and son Richard were treated in good condition. Florys son Merle 8 had only minor bruises from being thrown from the tractor.
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George R. Hepner
Lawrence
U.S.59
Harold Flory
Baldwin
Flory
Hepner
Delma
Richard
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Merle
Trail Riders to Host Final Shodeo of Year Sunday
The Douglas County Trail Riders sponsor their final Shodeo of the season Sunday afternoon at the Trail Riders arena six miles west of Lawrence on U.S. 40. About 100 horses across 18 classes compete with top five ribbons in each class. Entries come from Wichita Kansas City and nearby towns. Roughly 60 area families belong to the group. Calf roping barrel racing horsemanship pleasure classes and specialty events like spotted horses flag racing and key bending are planned.
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Douglas County — Trail Riders
Trail Riders
Lawrence
U.S. 40
Wichita
Kansas City
Trail Riders Organization
Malaysia severs relations with Indonesia and Philippines
Malaysia announced it has broken diplomatic relations with Indonesia and the Philippines. Earlier, Malay demonstrators stormed the Indonesian Embassy compound, setting fire to a building and smashing windows, in retaliation for a mob attack on the Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta. Indonesia opposes the new federation of Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak and North Borneo.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Indonesia
Philippines
Jakarta
Medan
North Sumatra
Archie Moore Seeks San Diego City Council Seat
Former boxing champion Archie Moore announces a second run for public office in San Diego with a straightforward image as a man of deeds. He previously ran for the California State Assembly in 1960, losing to a wide margin.
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San Diego
Calif
Archie Moore
Moore
California State Assembly
Films to Be Shown at Lawrence High Little Theater
Films Human Growth and Boy to Man will be shown to the public at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Little Theater at Lawrence High School. Parents and interested adults are welcome. Dr. Dale Clinton of the City County Health Department will moderate. Arrangements by Mrs W Q Nelson 545 E 19th St.
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Lawrence High School
Dale Clinton
W. QO. Nelson
E. 19Th St
Health Department
Knox
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
The
U.S
Farmers and Bankers Life Insurance Co
National Guardian Life Insurance Co
Northwestern Life Insurance Co
Schurr
Joyce Bassinger
Marilyn Leech
Oscar Cunningham
Cordley School
Cleo Cherryholmes
Daniel Jaimes
Luke T. Krebs
Ruth M. Pugh
George Weldon
Sandra O’brien
Betty Roark
John Racy
Darrel Falen
Harry T. Finkelston
Charlotte van Bebber
DeAnne Gill
Virginia Monserrate
Lecompton Span Closed After One-Car Crash
Lecompton bridge across the Kaw River closed to traffic Monday after a one car crash damaged the middle span. No injuries were reported. County Engineer L D Rice estimated repairs around 2500 dollars. Undersheriff Rex Johnson said the car, driven by 64 year old John R Wyatt of Lecompton, struck the span while going south on the bridge.
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Lecompton
Kaw River
L. D. Rice
Rex Johnson
John R. Wyatt
Wyatt
Early entrant in 1963 Journal-World Football Contest
Lawrence notes show brisk start to the 1963 Journal-World Football Contest with Clyde Kensinger first to mail his entry within an hour of papers hitting the streets. Instructions appear on Page 2, deadline is noon Friday, and entries may be mailed or delivered. The contest box held more than one entry, with a typical weekly average of 1,200 to 1,500 entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
Clyde
Kensinger
Kansas University
Journal- World
U N Delegation Is Heartened By East West Thaw
At the United Nations in New York U S and Soviet officials signaled thawing Cold War tensions during the General Assembly gathering Adlai Stevenson and Andrei Gromyko led talks A 3 month session looms with hopes to expand the nuclear test ban and ease East West strains Racial strife in Africa also loomed as a possible issue through the talks
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
Soviet Union
U.N. General Assembly
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Andrei A. Gromyko
New York
Stevenson
Francis T. P. Plimpton
Charles W. Yost
Gromyko
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Johnson reports European tour deemed very successful
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson briefed President Kennedy on a highly successful northern Europe tour that included Sweden Finland Norway Denmark and a stop in Iceland. He returned with his wife Lady Bird and daughter Lynda Bird landing at Andrews Air Force Base and was greeted at a morning breakfast with congressional Democratic leaders.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy
Europe
Johnson
Sweden
Finland
Norway
Denmark
Iceland
Lady Bird
Lynda Bird
Andrews Air Force Base
Freeman to Talk and Answer Questions in Salina
Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman plans a 20 minute talk followed by a lengthy question and answer session during his Salina visit. He arrives by plane at 6 30 p m and holds a news conference at Memorial Hall at 7 30 p m with a public farmers session at 8 p m. Freeman will answer questions until none remain and then fly to Salt Lake City for a breakfast appearance Thursday.
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Salina, Kan
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Salina
Walter Bunch
The
Stabilization and Conservation Service
Freeman
Kansas
Schilling Air Force Base
Salina's Memorial Hall
Bunch
Salt Lake City
Cattle Drive Crosses Major Bridge in South Dakota
Nearly 2,000 cattle spanning over a mile crossed a 4,585 foot Missouri River bridge in Gettysburg South Dakota early today. Rancher Roy Houck of Fort Pierre called the crossing the toughest part of a 125 mile drive to move cattle from a summer ranch near Alaska to a winter range north of Fort Pierre. The drive entered its third day and is expected to take 12 to 14 days with 500 onlookers and about 100 cars watching from bluff views.
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Gettysburg
S.C
Missouri River
Roy Houck
Fort Pierre
Houck
Alaska
South Dakota
Editor warns U S must avoid decay that doomed civilizations
Milburn P. Akers of the Chicago Sun Times told about 500 agricultural cooperative delegates that America faces a pattern of decline similar to fallen Western civilizations. He blamed foreign policy, military and economic commitments, taxation, corruption of justice, crime, educational inequities, and vote buying, urging adherence to enduring moral and social laws to survive. He criticized South Viet Nam leader Ngo Dinh Diem and urged humility about America’s supposed special status.
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ST. Louis
America
Chicago Sun- Times
Milburn P. Akers
Missouri, Illinois
Arkansas
Akers
United States
Europe
Chicago
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Cuba Issues a Second Invitation for Journey by Americans
New York AP report says a Brooklyn grand jury resumes its Cuba trip probe as the Student Committee for Travel to Cuba announces a second invitation. The Cuban Federation of University Students plans to send 200 Americans to Cuba next January to see Castro’s regime, with expenses covered. One of the earlier 59 travelers drowned in Cuba and had his passport invalidated upon return.
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New York
Brooklyn
Cuba
Caribbean
Philip A. Luce
Fidel Castro
Cuban Federation of University Students
Luce
State Department
Methodist ministers denounce Birmingham church bombing
The Methodist Ministers Association of Greater Kansas City adopted a resolution denouncing the Birmingham church bombing. The 135-member group approved the statement during their meeting.
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Kansas City
Birmingham
Methodist Ministers Association of
Greater
Parsons seeks probe of area power rates
Parsons city commission asked the Kansas Corporation Commission to investigate power rates charged by Kansas Power and Light Co. after a study showed Parsons residents face higher charges for urban residential and small commercial use than Kansas Gas and Electric for similar service. The inquiry targets residential and small business customers. industrial and rural rates were not analyzed.
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Parsons, Kan
Parsons City Commission
Kansas Corporation Commission of Kansas Power and Light Co
Parsons
Independence
Pittsburg
Kansas Gas and Electric Co
Robert E. Metzinger
K.p.&l
Kansas Gas and Electric
Highway upgrades ease KU fans trip to Fort Worth
Kansas University fans traveling to the Kansas Texas Christian game will find most routes four lane with major segments on the Kansas Turnpike and I 35. Distances from Lawrence and nearby cities are 530 miles to Fort Worth and 565 from Kansas City with several short two lane gaps noted along U S 77 and US 377.
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Kansas University
Fort Worth
Tex
Lawrence
Kansas City
Topeka
Wichita
Texas Christian
Kansas
Purcell
Okla
Springer
U.S. 77
Ardmore
Denton
Texas
U.S
Norman
Kansas Turnpike
Oklahoma Stadium
Sex education debate at board meeting prompts education goals confusion
Dr H Penfield Jones urged starting sex education with current students as junior high pregnancies rise. Mrs Ivan Roberts touts adult education classes, while Albert Burgstahler argues sex education must address behavior, not just physiology. Board accepts elementary health education guide outlining physical, mental and social health, safety, and first aid topics.
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Cation
H. Penfield Jones
Ivan Roberts
St. Terr
E. J. Logsdon
Lawrence Public Schools
Albert Burgstahler
Mass
W. O. Nelson
E. 19Th St
Board of Education
Schurr
Lawrence
Chamber Leader Named Leavenworth Executive VP
Don G. E wick, longtime Altus Oklahoma chamber manager, has accepted the post of executive vice president of the Leavenworth Chamber of Commerce. The new appointment is effective October 1.
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Leavenworth
Don G._ Ewick
Chamber of Commerce
Altus
Okla
Leavenworth Chamber of Commerce
Card of Thanks for Kindness During Illness
Lawrence Chicks expresses gratitude for the kindness and friendship shown during a recent illness.
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Lawrence Chicks
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