11 Sep 1963
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Newspaper
Lovington Daily Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1963
Page
1
Conference Tuesday saw alleged Communist agents instigating demonstrations. Girls claimed innocent and accused the government of slander. Students at two mixed schools refused to attend classes as Buddhist leaflets were scattered from a second story window at Van Vang.
The $11 billion tax cut for individuals and corporations cleared the House Ways & Means Committee on a 17 to 8 vote amid Republican opposition. The measure heads to the House floor next week with uncertain Senate action likely at around a 50-50 chance to pass this year.
Negro children boycotted Jersey City and Woodbury grade schools as white parents in Chicago protested moves to transfer students into overcrowded high schools. Demonstrations remained peaceful with large-scale attendance drops and class activity moving to churches.
The latest weather notes show yesterday with a low of 62 degrees at 5 a.m. and a high of 90 degrees reached at noon. This summary captures the day’s temperature swing and peak heat observations.
Tokyo based report notes Red Flag article claims the West along with India and Yugoslavia form a new holy alliance led by the Soviet Union. It argues the alliance seeks to maintain peace and order by strangling revolutionary movements and preserving imperialist domination.
London police alerted European authorities that fugitive gang members from Britain's great train robbery may seek plastic surgery to alter appearances. Two suspects Bruce Richard Reynolds and John Thomas Daly are named. others may also pursue facial changes. Ten arrests have been made with five charged for involvement and five for receiving stolen money. about one tenth of the £7.3 million recovered.
President Kennedy issued an executive order exempting about 340,000 married men ages 19 to 25 from military duty while eligible single men remain available. Those already inducted serve, but those summoned and not yet reported are excused. The White House noted fathers have been draft exempt since March. The new deferment shifts priority to non married men and volunteers as the pool of eligible single men grows.
President Kennedy federalized the Alabama National Guard to enforce school desegregation in three cities, forcing Wallace to bow. Nearly 1500 white students protested in Birmingham while Huntsville and Mobile moved ahead with desegregation.
In Lovington district court yesterday three juveniles were sent to the Springer state reform school. Pedro Martinez, recent Springer returnee, was found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon. Claude Lee Willis and Tommy Lee Spears, both of Hobbs, face delinquency and larceny charges. Jim William Evans, 35, Lovington, convicted of driving with a revoked license and sentenced to six months in county jail with 90 days already served. Jimmy Rayford Elmore, Lovington, age 23, pled not guilty and was released on bond. Two other men were released on probation.
President Kennedy announced desegregation of Alabama schools without federal troops after ordering Wallace to cease blocking integration. He signed a full name proclamation and a federal command over Alabama National Guardsmen. Within hours 20 Negro students entered Birmingham Mobile and Tuskegee schools. No visible federal intervention occurred.
Bill Bazzell of Tatum captured first prize in the Lovington business contest by selecting 12 of 15 winners. He earned $10 and moved toward the grand prize of an expense paid Cotton Bowl trip on January 1. Five entrants had 11 correct and tiebreaker score decided second and third place money.
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