Kennedy urges Mayors to act on civil rights in broad push
President Kennedy travels the West and calls on mayors to form a biracial human relations committee, end segregation, ensure equal employment and housing, and promote education to ease racial tensions without waiting for Congress. The plan could delay civil rights legislation as talks continue.
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Weekend Toll a ea near South Texas town
Weekend toll reports list multiple deaths and injuries in Texas incidents. Dallas youth Harold King Jr. shot dead. Houston man Joe Dimas killed under a freight train. Tyler woman Mrs John Stephens dies in trailer accident. Amarillo area fatal car crash with Bryan Becker and relatives. Fort Worth motel owner Clarence Frazer found shot. airman Bobby Miller shot in Lackland area. numerous births recorded at local hospitals with parent occupations noted.
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Justice of the Peace
Profumo affair shadows Tory hopes as Ward faces hearing
The Profumo scandal damages Prime Minister Macmillan and the Conservative Party with doubts on leadership and possible elections before October 1964. Ward faces a magistrate’s hearing amid lurid press coverage and rumors of a broader vice report.
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Shooting dispute ends with gunfire and multiple injuries
A confrontation outside a Texarkana club led to a gunshot after a man demanded another move a car. Witnesses describe a fight, a gun in use, and a flesh wound to Watson's arm. Police traced a license number and arrested a suspect later. several others were injured in related incidents and hospital treatments followed.
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Lions Parade Lead Texas Contingent in Miami
Hometown Lions will ride in a convertible at the head of the Texas delegation in the Miami parade. About 200 to 400 Texans are expected to attend, with Wayne Richardson noting the Texas group will be a sight to see.
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Blaze Destroys Home Near Ralls
A farm home and contents were destroyed by fire about a mile south of Ralls Sunday night. Damage was estimated in the thousands. Fire units from Ralls and Crosbyton battled the blaze at the Huddleston residence around 8:15 to 11:30 p.m. no injuries reported.
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Weather Calms In West Texas After Tornadoes
West Texas enjoys calmer weather with clear to partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the 80s. Weekend storms hit the Panhandle South Plains with twisters near Ropesville Edmonson Forth and Levelland causing farm building destruction but no injuries.
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Youth unemployment crisis underscored by labor secretary
Labor Secretary warns 700000 teens aged 16 to 21 are out of school and work as the postwar "baby crop" hits the labor market. He cites the youth employment act and vocational education as immediate measures, noting high future costs of inaction and the need for skilled training to avert a growing slag heap of unemployables.
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Injured Boxer Remains Critical After Friday Bout
Amarillo story details Luther Ray Hubble 24 from Levelland remaining unconscious in critical condition after a third round knock into the ropes. Doctors note skull swelling pressing on the brain while Willie Franklin 27 delivers the knockout combination at the four round match.
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Proper Etiquette at Formal Dinners
The note advises removing long white gloves before eating at formal dinners. It claims gloves hinder wearing a knife and fork and suggests that no sight is worse than a woman trying to use utensils with gloves on.
Tuscaloosa Arrests as Federal Crisis Grows
White men near the KKK meeting in Tuscaloosa were charged with carrying weapons without permits. Federal troops and National Guard units moved in as clashes echoed from Birmingham to Huntsville.
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