Court Prayer Ruling Sparks Mixed Reactions Across Nation
The Supreme Court's 8 1 ruling barring mandatory Lord's Prayer and Bible readings in public schools drew angry criticisms and some approval. It may apply to 39 states where religious activity opens the school day, with a conservative stance on neutrality but no clear ruling on permissive observances. Justice Potter Stewart dissented, warning of secular bias in education. Justice Tom C. Clark authored the majority opinion, stressing state neutrality and not banning all religious elements from government.
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Youth Drowns in Palo Duro as Flood Strands 140
A Amarillo youth, Richard Lott, 15, drowned in Palo Duro Creek while playing below Lake Stockton Vail as floods from heavy rains swelled Palo Duro Canyon State Park. About 141 campers were stranded. emergency supplies were flown in. Evacuation planned for morning. water reached five feet in spots and fell to four by night.
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Bus Crash Kills Girl En Route to Church Convention
A chartered Kerrville Bus Co. bus carrying 35 girls and five adults to a church convention overturned on a rain slick highway in east Harris County Texas killing Gail Griffin 10 and injuring 22 others. The bus struck a bridge abutment after fishtailing, throwing Gail from the vehicle.
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President Kennedy Holds Talks With Clergy and Lawmakers
President Kennedy met with congressional leaders and about 250 religious figures to seek ways to ease racial tensions. Senator Dirksen forecast areas of agreement with the administration on civil rights proposals to be outlined to Congress. The interfaith committee proposal aimed at community by community progress. The funeral of Medgar Evers proceeded in Arlington as 500 mourners attended. Demonstrations occurred in Englewood led by Roy Wilkins against school desegregation.
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Deportee Arrested After Prison Escape Linked to Huntsville
In Brownsville Texas a man identified as Herbert Loy Jr using the alias L H Walker was arrested after crossing the Rio Grande while being deported from Mexico as an undesirable alien. Loy admitted he was an escaped prisoner from Huntsville state prison after walking away from John Sealy Hospital in Galveston in 1953 while there for plastic surgery.
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Court Reaction Split Over School Prayer Ruling
Local clergy reactions to the Supreme Court 8 to 1 decision banning compulsory Bible reading and Lord's Prayer in public schools were mixed. Ministers voiced reserved support or concern over broader implications while condemning any mandated religious recognition in schools.
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Plainview Rooftop Shooting Ends in Fatal Woundings
Doyle Morse a 55 year old Plainview construction worker was shot six times on the roof of the Plainview Co Op Compress warehouse after a fist fight with co worker James Hershel Kearney 52 who was jailed as the suspected shooter. Morse died en route to Plainview Hospital.
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Talks Continue In Rail Dispute
Negotiators in the railroad feather bedding dispute met behind closed doors in Washington to seek a solution on work rules. The session, mediated by Wirtz Reynolds and the National Mediation Board, followed a Saturday agreement to extend the strike deadline to July 10 amid disputes over alleged costly, outdated work rules.
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SPACEMAN PARKING PUZZLE MARS MENTALITY INSIDE
A space program veteran struggles with ordinary city life as he spends years in space training yet faces common parking woes. The column blends humor and insight on the astronaut’s day to day challenges and adaptations.
Simple Living Prayer for Renewal and Courtesy
A concise devotional prayer asks Heavenly Father to guide daily living with simplicity courtesy and renewal. It seeks clean laughter good sportsmanship and wise generosity while opening the souls to look outward and upward through Jesus Christ.
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Spacewoman leads as Bykovsky battles gravity in orbit
Soviet cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky struggles to stay aloft as he trails teammate Valentina Tereshkova while aiming to match Andrian Nikolayev's four day record. Orbit altitudes shift and a possible early landing looms as Tereshkova appears fatigued but enduring in the first woman led space flight.
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Seven Die In Tragedy In Ulster County
A 44-year-old woman, Elizabeth Gregor of Prospect, shot her husband Joseph and five children, then killed herself by trigger string. The family home was found by Coroner Clinton Atwell after his arrival following a call from Mrs. Gregor who offered no reason for the mass slayings. Police say the shootings occurred between noon and 2 p.m.
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