National Guard rushes into Cambridge amid racial violence
Four hundred National Guardsmen with fixed bayonets move into Cambridge Maryland after a night of racial clashes injuring six white patrons and prompting a curfew and strict controls. Demonstrations and counter demonstrations unfold as police use tear gas and crowds clash near a segregated lunchroom.
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Cambridge
Milton A. Reckord
Maryland
Reckord
Graf
National
Barnett Attacks Civil Rights Bill From Senate Hearing
Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett tells Senate Commerce Committee the civil rights bill will provoke a bloody harvest as he denounces Kennedy brothers and accuses them of sowing hate. He faces contempt charges for defying a federal court order on integration at the University of Mississippi.
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Ross R. Barnett
Congress
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Barnett
Senate Commerce Committee
Thurmond
University of Mississippi
James H. Meredith
Capitol
House
Reg Samuel
Stratton
D-N.y
Resigning Lawton County Child Shelter Head Seeks Ardmore Move
Mrs. Charles High, longtime superintendent of the county children's shelter, submitted her resignation to be effective by Aug 10 to move to Ardmore with her husband. She will leave after helping find a new director as Dr. Gilbert Gibson chairs the search.
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Charles High
Ardmore
Gilbert Gibson
Comanche County Youth Advisory Council
Lawton
Gibson
Goldwater Attacks Kennedy On Communism Co existence Claim
Senator Barry Goldwater says President Kennedy aims to co exist with international communism especially in the Western Hemisphere. He criticizes liberals for fear driven policy and claims the New Frontier tolerates Soviet influence and mass oppression.
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Washington
UPI
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Kennedy
Hemisphere
Goldwater
Cuba
American University
Western Hemisphere
United States
Bellmon weighs teachers serving in Oklahoma legislature
Gov. Henry Bellmon said he is studying whether school teachers can legally serve as lawmakers and may seek the attorney general’s opinion or a court test. The issue arises as several teacher-legislators are listed and as Breeden’s GRDA post prompts questions about lawmakers’ outside work. Bellmon plans no immediate action on commissions and will attend a Miami conference July 20 to 28.
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Henry Bellmon
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Bellman
Floyd Carrier
Andiing State Insurance
Robert Breeden
Grand River Dam
Breeden
Senate
Attorney General's Office
GRDA
Clarence Dewees
State Board of Education
Miami
Fla
Oologah Dam
Oklahoma
Denzil Garrison
Bartlesville
Bellimon
Human Rights Commission
Wheat Commission
Aeronautics Commission
Judge berates demonstrators over job access dispute
A New York Criminal Court judge shouted at five white protesters blocking a Lower East Side housing project. He warned they would be jailed if reappearing and released them on parole for a further hearing. The sit-ins by small groups targeted Governor Rockefeller and Mayor Wagner offices, pressuring halt of $2.5 billion in projects until minority hiring improves.
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Criminal Court
Imes
Irving I. Schreckinger
Lower East Side
Schreckinger
Manhattan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Robert F. Wagner
City Hall
Rockfeller
Maine
Wagner
Paris
Sitis
Joint Committee On Equal Opportunity
War Survivors Are Given $1,000 By Army Sergeant
Sgt Steve Bero of Fort Riley Kansas donated 1000 to widows and orphans of Indian soldiers killed in the border war with China Ambassador John Kenneth Galbraith delivered the gift to the Indian army The Hungarian born 35 year old bachelor said he gave the money for the love of God and because he was tired of hearing of people being pushed around He is a member of the 1st Battle Group 28th Infantry Regiment.
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New Delhi
India
Steve Bero
Fort Riley
Kan
U.S
John Kenneth Galbraith
Bero
Hungary
Booties Bibs Bonnets Arrive For Kennedy Baby
The White House receives daily mail for Mrs. Kennedy as she prepares for a late August delivery at Walter Reed. Gifts include booties bibs bonnets and quilts with many letters offering help and wishing for a daughter or son. About 300 letters arrive daily with 450 since the pregnancy announcement and 100 gifts received.
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John F. Kennedy
Daily Mail
White House
Mrs. Kennedy
Warm Weather Returns Across Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma
Heat returns as high temperatures rise to 95 today and 99 Saturday. Thunderstorms shift east with isolated activity possible in Lawton and southwest Oklahoma. Flooding threats persist in northern areas from drought breaking rains and creeks around Blackwell cresting three to five feet above flood stage.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Chikaskia
Blackwell
Weather Bureau
Eufaula
Dewar
Elk City
Wagoner
Marijuana field found near Lindsay sparks large crackdown
Oklahoma law officers from Grady Canadian and Oklahoma counties converged on a creekside field near Lindsay to pull marijuana weeds. The grow was wild and believed to have spread from a source rather than planted. Crime bureau director Earl Goerke led the operation with the field under surveillance. In a separate note, a Right to Work spokesman alleged engineered forgeries on petition signatures, while an attorney for labor forces cited possible deliberate duplications among about 2 500 signatures.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Crime Bureau
Grady
Canadian
Oklahoma
Lindsay
Earl Goerke
Robert H. Spahn
Board of
Trustees
The
Oklahomans For Right To Work, Inc
William C. Kessler
Labor Forces
Two Oklahoma Men Charged With Counterfeiting
Two Tulsa men, Frank Andrews 23 and Paul Rester 25, were arraigned on charges of passing counterfeit money and possession of bogus bills. Each was held on $10,000 bond. U S secret service agent Frank Farnsworth said a printing press and counterfeit bills were found in Andrews' Tulsa office after a raid.
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Shreveport
UPI
Oklahoma
U. S
Frank Andrews
Paul Rester
Tulsa
Frank Farnsworth
New Orleans
Secret Service
Andrews
Farnsworth
Rester
Bossier City
Racial Affairs Committee Plans Conference on Jobs
The Lawton Racial Affairs Committee to hold a Monday morning meeting at City Hall starting 9 a.m. to discuss equal job opportunities for Negroes. Dr. O. L. Parsons and Rev. O. B. Davis, co chairs, said significant progress has been made in race relations including restaurant and hotel integration and school progress.
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O. L. Parsons
O. B. Davis
Lawton Committee On Racial Affairs
Lawton
Parsons
Davis
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