Alabama Faces Integration Crisis At Alabama Uni
Tense drama unfolds as two Negro students await summer enrollment at the University of Alabama. Gov George Wallace vows to block entry despite federal court orders, with Huntsville and Tuscaloosa on alert. Nationwide tension rises as history tests law and order.
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of Alabama
University of Alabama
George Wallace
Bobby Kennedy
Tuscaloosa
Huntsville
Oxford
Mississippi
Little Rock
Arkansas
Alabama
Tax Revolt Predicted as Tax Burden Grows Nationwide
HE MAGAZINE Tron Age warns a new tax revolt may be forming in the United States. It cites rising local taxes and government spending as fueling public frustration and predicts voters could rebel against politicians as taxation and peacetime frills increase.
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Tron Age
Boston
Iron Age
Washington
Constable’s Speedometer Calibration Divides East Greenbush
An East Greenbush town constable paid five dollars to calibrate his car speedometer for police work but a town councilman tabled the bill. The councilman argued private car work isn’t a town expense, leaving readers to ponder if the official ever ticketed the councilman.
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East Greenbush
N.Y
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 1963 Publication Details
This page provides the newspaper’s masthead from June 11, 1963 with staff names Parker F. Prouty and Chas. A. Gay, address on 18th Street, and circulation rates for morning, evening, and Sunday editions, plus the pledge of allegiance.
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South Plaina
Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal
Avalanche-Journal Publishing Company, Inc
Bth St
Ave J Lubbock
Texas National Advertising
Texas Daily Press League
Dallas
Texas
Associated Press
United Presse International
Parker F. Prouty
niBen Chas
A_GAY
Fdker
Quiaide
United States of America
Republic
Columbus Dream In Papal Court Lapses Into Laughter
Special correspondent recounts a humorous 1493 scene where a papal chamberlain reports Columbus returning with land yet the pope dismisses it as a dream or bad pasta, highlighting the joke that a grand discovery might be reduced to a vivid but mistaken reverie.
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Alexandr VI
Christopher Columbus
Crafting safe home workshops with Louise Quick
An interviewish reminiscence by a veteran writer recalls meeting Louise Quick a chorus dancer in No Strings who safely uses a rotary saw drill press lathe and router. The piece reflects on ease of talking with varied figures from stars to gangsters and notes Quick’s skill in Jacobean furniture design and tool safety.
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York
N. Y
Louise Quick
Broadway
Miss Quick
Soviet Union
Paris
Washington
Ottawa
Uncle Sam
Foreign Service
New World News Via Telstar As Rome Sees Signs
In a surreal account, Alexander VI contemplates modern communication with the new world using Telstar and Relay. Messages arrive as invisible beams, with pictures and voices transmitted to homes six thousand miles away, altering the pope's view on how news travels.
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John XXIII
Rome
New World
Telstar
Alexander VI
Earth
Lucifer
Lexander VI
Nero
Considine
Two rumpus rooms debated in casual exchange
A quoted remark questions if a household can be seen as having two rumpus rooms, reflecting a lighthearted discussion about space and informal living areas.
U S May Use New Strategy
The United States may create two academies to train government workers and private citizens in political warfare, merging National Academy with Freedom Academy to prepare diplomats, businesspeople, and others for Cold War challenges seen in Laos and global exchanges.
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Andrew Tully
Ashington
United States
Congress
National Academy
Freedom Academy
Tully
West Point
Uncle Sam
London
Rome
Laos
Pathet Lao Organization
Thrift Players Embrace Old Fashioned Style
Some observers view thrift practices as outdated yet vigourously defended by shoppers who value bargains and sustainable choices in markets and stores. Proponents argue frugality reflects tradition and practical resource use.
Memory Lane Lubbock youths head to Camp Davis for month
On Memory Lane Lubbock boys depart today for a month at Camp Davis near Las Vegas New Mexico. The group includes James Allen Charles Clary Marion Olsen Bill Bacon Paul and Eugene Faulkner Gene Gray Wayne Bain J Don Baldridge Harold F Wall John Moss Gerald B Shifrin Rex Terry Otis and Don English and Ray Shook Jr. Also noted cartoonist Ray S Moore creator of The Phantom wears a flying suit at South Plains Army Air Field. Laredo hosts dedication and open house for a new 350000 border station ready for occupancy by U S public health customs immigration agricultural and border patrol services.
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Lubbock
Camp Davis
Las Vegas
N.M
James Allen
Dean
J. G. Allen
Charles Clary
Arthur Clary
Marion Olsen
Norman B. Olsen
Bill Bacon
Lawrence Bacon
Paul
Eugene Faulkner
W. P. Faulkner
Gene Gray
J. W. Gray
Wayne Bain
Ethel Bain
J. Don Baldridge
Joe Baldridge
Harold F. Wall
C. I. Wall
John Moss
W. S. Moss
Gerald B. Shifrin
Irvin Shifrin
Rex Terry
O. A. Terry
Otis
Don English
O. W. English
Ray Shook Jr
Ray Shook
South Plains Army Air Field
Ray S. Moore
St. Louis
Laredo
Henry Smith Silversmith Funds Red Petticoats for Poor Women
A wealthy London silversmith, Henry Smith, dedicates 70 Newdigate yearly to purchase red petticoats for every poor woman in the parish after a woman of Newdigate saved him from freezing by wrapping a red petticoat around his shoulders.
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Henry Smith
London
England
Newdigate
Forest condemned with decapitation of trees in murder case
Gaspar d ESPINCHAL of Apreux France was convicted in 1662 of brutal murders. The court sentenced that every tree in the murderer's forest be cut off three feet above ground. Roger White Bealeton Virginia submits this item.
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Gaspard D'Espinchal
Apreux
France
With Eyes on the Stars Man Fails Own Problems
Opinion by Richard Starnes argues space program achievements do not solve social and economic ills. He decries labor force strain, automation job losses, racial inequities, and government evasions while urging focus on domestic crises before Moon ambitions.
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Richard Starnes
Starnes
Birmingham
Farm Placement Up In Texas Employment
Texas Employment Commission reports May farm job placements rose to 28,131 from 24,809 in April due to harvesting and picking work. Non-farm placements totaled 41,598, down from 45,387 in April, though daily average rose slightly because May had two fewer working days.
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Austin
UPI
Texas Employment Commission
Employment Commission
Prince Bertil Meets Pearson in Ottawa Stopover
Prince Bertil of Sweden met Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson during a brief stopover in Ottawa on his way to the East Coast.
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Ottawa
UPI
Prince Bertil
Sweden
Lester B. Pearson
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