Alabama desegregation at Foster Hall enrollment day
Federal officials oversaw Vivian Malone and James Hood as they registered at the University of Alabama while Alabama Governor Wallace and state troopers faced a federal order. Kennedy and Katzenbach pressed for compliance. guards were mobilized but no bloodshed occurred.
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Foster Hall
Vivian Juanita Malone
James A. Hood
Hood
Miss Malone
Wallace
Washington
Henry Graham
Montgomery
Nicholas, B. Katzenbach
Alabama
U.S
Black ‘Warrior River
Katzenbach
Macon L. Weaver
Peyton Norville Jr
Vivian Malone
James Hood
Two Whites Shot In Maryland Race Riots
In Cambridge Maryland two white men were wounded by shotgun blasts as white and Black mobs clashed in the Negro section. The victims Jerome Shenton 37 and George Bernard Todd 42 were taken to Cambridge Maryland Hospital in unknown condition. State police deployed riot gear and K 9 units to quell the unrest as three white owned businesses burned.
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Cambridge, Md
Cambridge Maryland Hospital
Jerome Shenton
George Bernard Todd
Shenton’s
Dorchester County School Board
Helen Waters
Randall
NationalGuard
Mixed Congressional Reactions To Kennedy Civil Rights Address
Congress mixed on Kennedy civil rights speech with support from administration allies and some Republicans while Southern senators warned of violence and opposed new legislation. Leaders pledged action this session, and lawmakers stressed moral and legal considerations, urging cautious but decisive steps.
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Washington
Congress
Kennedy
Administration
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
George Smathers
Dfla
George Lawrence
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Ellender
House
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Thomas H. Kuchel
California
William Proxmire
D-Wis
John Stennis
D-Miss
Jacob K. Javits
American Climber Saved From Death on Everest
James Whittaker the first American to plant the U S flag on Mount Everest was saved from probable death near the summit on the descent by his Sherpa guide Nawang Gombu. Expedition leader Norman G Dyhrenfurth praised the Sherpas and cited teamwork and weather as keys to the success of the Everest ascent and the historic triple assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katmandu
Nepal
Dyhrenfurth
Teamster Chief Found Guilty Of Extortion
Anthony Provenzano, longtime New Jersey Teamsters Union leader, was convicted in federal court of extorting 17 100 from a New York state trucking company after an 82 hour jury deliberation. Jury foreman Josephine Prisco announced the verdict, and Judge Robert Shaw commended the jurors. in Beverly Hills Texas oilman F Kirk Johnson died of a heart attack at age 67 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel with wife Elizabeth by his side. Johnson chaired Ambassador Oil Corp and helped found Central Airlines. he also partnered with James Stewart in Live Oak Stables and owned radio TV stations in Texas Oklahoma.
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Newark
N.J
New Jersey
Teamsters Union
Anthony
Tony Pro) Provenzano
New York State
Josephine Prisco
Fairview
Henry Singer
U.S
Beverly Hills
Calif
F. Kirk Johnson
Texas
Sportsman
Beverly Wilshire Hotel
Elizabeth
Johnson
Ambassador Oil Corp
Central Airlines
James Stewart
Live Oak Stables
Oklahoma
Zoos to Exchange Animals Under New Agreement
Rangoon and Manila zoos will exchange animals under a new program. Rangoon will send an emu, a puma and a pair of pigtailed monkeys to Manila to start the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rangoon
Burma
Manila
Lincoln School to Close in New Rochelle Desegregation Move
The New Rochelle Board of Education announced the closing of Lincoln School at month end and the integration of its remaining pupils into other elementary schools using free transportation. Lincoln School had been a focal point of a lengthy desegregation dispute, with protests and a federal court case. About 2000 pupils, mostly Black, attended Lincoln this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Rochelle
N.Y
Board of Education
Lincoln
Lincoln School
South
Felony Theft Case Delayed In Palestine
In Palestine Texas the felony theft trial of Anderson County Sheriff Jack Dismuke was postponed from June 17 to September 3 due to the absence of key witness Henry Sumpter who is believed to be in Arkansas. He was to testify for the state about a $15 meat theft last November. The case previously ended in a hung jury in January.
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Palestine, Tex
UPI
Anderson County
Jack Dismuke
Dist
R. A. Wilford
Henry Sumpter
Arkansas
Dismuke
Palestine
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University of Alabama
Autherine Lucy
University of Mississippi
Dixie
Nicholas Katzenbach
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
National Guard of
31St Infantry Division
Guard
Tuscaloosa
Lence
Maryland
Paul Randall
Eastern Shore State Police
Milwaukee
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Norelco
North America
N Ilps Company, Inc
East 42Nd Street
New York
Philis
Canada
Cee
Mary Burke Hall
Palmer
University
Huntsville
David M. McGlathery
Accra
Ghana
Space Agency
Redstone Arsenal
Teamster
Race Battlefield
Mexico City
Mexico
Sydney
Australia
Wayne's Fina Soth & Ave. P
Lubbock
Ferrel's
Johnny's Auto Supply
NAVE
Ash
Aaas Cue
East Broadway
MOBIL
E. Broadway
Lubbook
Ed's Cleaners
Ave. H. Lubbock
Gordon's 66
Lubbock Highway
Idalou
Neme
Idalou Conoco
Penne
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