Washington Civil Rights Push Grows After Evers Killing
In Washington the civil rights push intensifies after Medgar Evers is shot in Mississippi. President Kennedy denounces the act as barbaric while Congress and White House officials brace for a renewed push on civil rights legislation. Kennedy meets with leaders and lawmakers as labor, religious, and civic groups weigh in.
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Washington
Medgar W. Evers
Mississippi
Disabled American Veterans
The
American Veterans Committee
Amvets
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Blinded Veterans Association
Paralyzed Veterans of America
Medgar Evers
Kennedy
White House
Ctick Everson
Congress
Evers
Justice Department
Jackson Police
Robert F. Kennedy
FBI
House
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
NAACP
Evers’ Carport
Local Birth Announcements Startle Community
A string of birth notices from Lauf Clinic records several newborns this week. Families listed include Urbina Carrisalez Holmes Vega Salinas Lemon Cain with babies ranging from 3 pounds 10 ounces to 7 pounds 14 ounces and times from 4:05 p.m. to 8:40 a.m. Wednesday. Fathers are employed in city services bakeries farms and hospitals.
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Manuel Urbina
Hub
Lauf Clinic
City of
Benito Carrisalez
Brown Supply Co
L. K. Holmes
Lauf Claw
Carmen Vega
Guadalupe Salinas
Ave. U
Lauf Cline
Bal‘drulve Bakery
Roberto Lemon
Sth
Methodist Hospital
Billy J. Clark
Delbert H. Banks
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Cleopatra Premiere Draws Massive Broadway Mob in New York
A 40 million Cleopatra premiere drew 9 000 film cast and an 8 000 crowd outside the theater as police halted three mob surges. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton rumor of appearance fueled excitement as 125 officers kept order amid crowding and rooftop watching.
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Frederick M. Winship
NEW York
UPI
Cleo
Patra
Hollywood
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Broadway
Jack Dempsey
Voice of America
Armed Forces Radio
Rivoli Theater
Helen Hayes
Twentieth Century-Fox
Spyros Skouras
Harrison
Caesar
Miss Taylor
Nile Queen
Burton
Mark Antony
Taylor-Burton
Rex
Capitol Slaying Triggers $10,000 Reward Drive
Within hours after the Negro's slaying rewards totaling more than 10 000 were offered for arrest and conviction. Officials decry the murder as Southern and Northern lawmakers join in mourning. Sen John Stennis of Mississippi deplores the violence and loss of life. Sen James Eastland calls the murder very regrettable and widely deplored.
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Ing
Washington
John Stennis
D.-Miss
Ross R. Barnett
W. M. Mann
Chamber of Commerce
Allen Thompson
Dist
Bill Waller
NAACP
New York
Roy Wilkins
Evers
House
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Gerald R. Ford
R-Mich
House Republican Conference
Augustus Hawkins
Dcalif
Mississippi
National Spelling Bee champion Casey finishes final rounds
Casey Charness, an eighth grader from J. T. Hutchinson Junior High, placed 69th at the national bee after winning the Avalanche-Journal title. He will receive $50 at the Banquet of Champions in Washington, and plans a Smithsonian visit before returning home to Texas.
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Casey Jr
Casey Charness
Casey
Washington
Avalanche-Journal
J. T. Hutchinson
Smithsonian Institution
Mayflower’ Hotel
Dominican exiles raid Cuba group seizes ship off Florida
Details describe a small anti-Castro force led by Quiza intercepting a vessel near Cuba, commandeering a 36-foot sailboat, and later taking a fishing schooner to Marathon where deputies held the crew for immigration officials. Authorities consider possible violations of the Neutrality Act and note past links to Commando L.
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Quiza
Marathon
Florida Keys
Monroe County
Immigration and Customs
Miami
Fortier
State Department
Commando L
Washington
United States
Castro
Cuba
Florida
Cardenas
Havana
Pecos Project Estimated At 2.5 Million
An Interior Department estimate places the cost of eradicating salt cedars in the Pecos River basin at 2.5 million dollars. Rep. Joe Pool said the plan would save water, estimating 360000 to 420000 acre feet annually, with a salvage value of 3 to 4 dollars per acre foot.
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Bill McKay
U. S
Harold Cooley
D-Nc
House Agriculture Committee
Cooley
McKay
West Texas
Washington
APH
Interior Department
Pecos
Texas
New Mexico
Joe Pool
D-Tex
Pool
Texas Peach Harvest Seen at 750000 Bushels
The Agriculture Department estimates Texas peach production at 750000 bushels for the year, up from 220000 bushels in 1962.
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Austin (Ap
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Texas
Escapee’s Flight Ties California, Atlanta and Lubbock Portals
The subject fled from a California farm claiming smog and daily headaches. He later worked as a truck driver in Lubbock for a hardware supply company, handling four gas company credit cards. Arrest records note his assertion of no trouble since walking away from the farm.
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Atlanta
California
Lubbock
4 Hardware and Chumber Supply Company
Hayes
Sins
Hereford
Russian Woman May Visit Space
Rumors persist of a Soviet space mission involving a woman cosmonaut with better training marks than male peers. No official confirmation. speculation ties to the upcoming World Women’s Congress opening June 24 as a possible backdrop for a historic launch.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
World ‘Women's Congress
Kremlin
Kennedy Plans Talks in Italy Visit
White House press secretary Pierre Salinger said Kennedy would arrive in Italy on June 30 for a 48 hour visit and hold talks with Italian leaders. A Vatican conclave could alter the Rome portion of the trip, with Cardinals meeting June 19 to choose a pope.
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Rome
Italy
White House
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy
Salinger
Vatican
Aldo Moro
Surprise Defeat of Federal Aid Bill Stuns Democrats
The aid measure fell by a hair with 53 Southerners voting against passage. The bill would have raised the cost ceiling to 835 million from 379.5 million, expanding the program launched two years ago. Administration leaders had expected to win. GOP efforts to curb the program and cut funds followed prior lopsided votes.
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Congress
House
Texas Democrats Split on Kennedy Redevelopment Plan
Washington report says the Texas delegation split 13 to 1 against President Kennedy's area redevelopment expansion. The House rejected the proposal 209 to 204 with 21 Democrats opposing 11 to 10 in favor. Republicans Alger and Foreman voted no. listed Democratic and Republican supporters and opponents include Burleson Casey Dowdy Fisher Kilgore Mahon Poage Pool Purcell Roberts Rogers Beckworth Brooks Gonzalez Patman Teague Thomas Thomas Thompson Thornberry Wright Young.
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Washington
UPID
Texas
U.S
House of Representatives
Kennedy
House
Bruce Alger
Ed Foreman
Burleson
Casey
Dowdy
Fisher
Kilgore
Mahon
Poage
Pool
Purcell
Roberts
Rogers
Reps
Beckworth
Brooks
Gonzalez
Patman
Teague
Thomas
Thompson
Thornberry
Wright
Young
Echo Satellite Returns to Lubbock Skies
The Echo satellite's return engagement drew attention from Lubbock and South Plains sky watchers. The bright balloon object was sighted by several observers Wednesday night with predicted passes at 7:40 p.m., 9:45 p.m., 11:48 p.m., and 1:47 a.m., tracing a northerly arc from west to east.
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Lubbock
South Plains
Echo
Youth Escapes Jail Near Clarendon Believed Headed to Hobbs
Kent County officers sought an 18 year old burglary suspect who fled a Clarendon jail about 9 p.m. Wednesday. Law enforcement agencies across West Texas and eastern New Mexico were alerted to locate him. he was last seen wearing blue jeans and a short sleeve shirt and suspected to be headed toward Hobbs New Mexico.
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Clarendon
Kent
West Texas
New Mexico
Hobbs
N.M
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