Wallace yields as two Negroes enter Alabama
Federalized Alabama National Guard escorted two Black students onto the University of Alabama campus ending Gov. George Wallace's defiant stand. About 100 troops in six trucks, armed with M 1 rifles, arrived as Wallace again blocked the door before stepping aside. Brig. Gen. Henry Graham ordered him to step aside.
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Alabama
Leon Daniel
United Press International
Tuscaloosa
Ala
UPH
University of Alabama
George C. Wallace
South
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Kennedy
Henry Graham
Harriman Named U S Negotiator for Nuclear Test Talks
President Kennedy selected W Averell Harriman to head the U S negotiating team for Moscow talks on a nuclear test ban. Harriman, ex ambassador to Moscow and undersecretary of state, will meet British and Russian officials in mid July amid renewed efforts to break the five year deadlock.
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UPI
Kennedy
W. Averell Harriman
U.S
Moscow
Harriman
Labor Party
Harold Wilson
Nikita Khr
Russians Delay American Convoy Near Berlin
A Berlin bound U S Army convoy was delayed by Soviet border guards after they refused a head count, then allowed passage. The incident followed Communist denouncements of President Kennedy s planned West German and West Berlin visit as aggressive and urged resolving U S racial tensions first.
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Berlin
UPI
Driver's license renewals tied to birth month
J W Jolly Jr head of the Loving ton Police Department driver’s license division says licenses expire on the last day of the holder’s birth month. Motorists may renew any day in their birth month but not before, citing past confusion after a recent state program change.
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J. W. Jolly Jr
Lovington
Jolly
Kennedy urges end to racial prejudice and desegregation push
President Kennedy in a nationwide radio TV address urges moral action to end racial barriers in the North and South amid the Alabama integration crisis. He says civil rights legislation will be sent to Congress next week to desegregate public accommodations and speed school desegregation, while affirming equal rights and color blind law. The White House order ensured the registration of Negro students at the University of Alabama campus.
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Washington
UPI
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University of Alabama
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Supreme Court
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White House
Vivian Malone
James A. Hood
Tuscaloosa
Alabama National Guard
Oops Big Check Mix Up Turns into Big Loss
A bank error in Amarillo led to a $100 000 check being replaced by a $20 payment. The cashier’s check for $100 000 was corrected after a bank worker noticed the mistake during a lunch hour. The incident involved Mrs Ovia Hoskins and the First National Bank of Amarillo.
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UPI
Gwynn Ann Baker
Wheaton
Ill
Ovia Hoskins
Amarillo Globe News
First National Bank of
Macmillan Convenes War Cabinet Over Profumo Affair
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan called an emergency cabinet of war for Wednesday as lord chancellor Dilhorne concludes a crash probe into the Profumo sex and security triangle. Testimony is expected on whether Christine Keeler discussed security topics during affairs with John Profumo and Eugene Ivanov. Stephen Ward remains in custody awaiting trial.
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Charles W. Ridley
United Press International London
UPI
Harold Macmillan
Lord Dilhorne
Christine Keeler
John Profumo
Eugene Ivanov
Miss Keller
Ivanov
Profumo
London
Society
Stephen Ward
Ward
Railroad Union Postpones Broad Strike Action
Washington unions and railroad companies agreed to delay a potential nationwide strike by one week. Labor Secretary Wirtz urged renewed talks during a 30 day cooling off period under the Railway Labor Act with negotiations resuming at the table and U.S. carriers warned of possible changes if talks fail.
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Washington
UPD
Lard Wirtz
Wirtz
U of NM Finds March Business Up 5.9 Percent
University of New Mexico Bureau of Business Research reports March activity rose 5.9 percent from February driven by a building boom and government and school employment gains. Building permits jumped 39.5 percent year over year and government staffing rose by about 1,900 workers, with potash production also up.
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United Press International Albuquerque
Bureau of Business Research
University of New Mexico
Ralph L. Edgel
Edgel
Dave Holloway Funeral Services Held
Funeral services for Dave Holloway Sr. of 320 South 3rd were held at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with J Samuel Phillips officiating. Burial followed at the Cemetery under Smith Yarbro Funeral Home. Born 1894 in Snyder Texas he lived here 65 years. Surviving are his wife a son Dave Holloway Jr. a daughter Mrs Key a sister W S Darden and five grandchildren.
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Daveloway Sr
South 3Rd
First Baptist Church
J. Samuel Phillips
Smith Yarbro Funeral Home
Mr. Holloway
Snyder
Texas
Lea General Hospital
Dave Holloway Jawyer
Colo
Mrs. Key
Lovington
W. S. Darden
Temperatures Yesterday Reported Range
Yesterday saw a low of 60 degrees at 1 a.m. and a high of 84 degrees at 10 a.m.
Impassable Country Tragedy Claims Boy Scout Troop
A truck carrying twelve Boy Scouts and adults plunged off a mountain road 35 miles southeast of Escalante Utah killing twelve people including seven scouts and five adults. Two scouts survived after walking three miles to seek help as sheriff and state patrol rushed to the scene. Victims were flown to Provo Ogden and Salt Lake City with several injured in serious condition.
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Utah
Here
Provo
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Texas Abolishes Poll Tax With New Registration Bill
Gov. John Connally signed a voter registration plan to replace the poll tax. It becomes active Aug. 22 only if voters approve a constitutional amendment, charging 25 cents per voter. The law accompanies recodification of the Texas election code and expands veterans land bonds to 350 million dollars.
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Veterans Land
George Moffett
Chillicothe
A. R. Schwartz
Galveston
Culp Krueger
el Campo
George Cowden
Waco
Connally
Texas
Local bandsman plays for JFK in El Paso arrival
Army PFC George B. Cameron of Lovington New Mexico is a member of the 62d Army Band that performed during President John F. Kennedy’s arrival ceremonies at El Paso International Airport on June 5. Cameron, 21, is assigned to Fort Bliss Texas and joined the Army in August 1962 after graduating from Alamogordo High School in 1960 and attending Eastern New Mexico University Portales. He is a member of Kappa Kappa Psi fraternity.
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EL Paso
Tex
AHTNC
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Clair H. Cameron
W. Avenue J
Lovington
62D Army
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Southwest
Cameron
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Army
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Alamogordo High School
Eastern New Mexico University
Portales
Kappa Kappa Psi Fraternity
Weather report for Lovington looks mostly cloudy
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thundershowers mainly in the afternoon and night Wednesday. No significant temperature change expected. The high Wednesday reaches 93 degrees with a low Wednesday night not specified.
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Lovington
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