Court Ruling Draws Mixed Reactions on School Bible Readings
The decision remands cases involving Abington Township and Baltimore school Bible reading and Lord's Prayer practices. Justices Brennan Goldberg Douglas Clark call for neutral government and religious liberty, while many leaders express mixed views on secularization and parental rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Court of Appeals
Madalyn Murray
William
Baltimore
U.S. District
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Edward L. Schempp
Abington Township
Clark
Arthur J. Goldberg
John M. Harlan
William O. Douglas
Brennan
Stewart
Goldberg
New York
House
Senate
Houses
Congress
George Aiken
R-Vt
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Supreme Court
Richard L. Roundebush
Rind
Roudebush
Christian Church
Jacob Javits
Masked Gunman Robs Dallas Poker Game
A masked gunman burst into a motel room in Richardson and robbed eight men of $1,000 cash and their clothes and jewelry valued at $1,000. The suspect fled on foot after a partner was said to be outside, two victims sought medical help, and police investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richardson
UPI
Dallas
Dallas Continental Inn
Parkland Hospital
Amarillo Area Birth Announcements Chronicle Large List
A sequence of birth notices from West Texas Hospital and nearby clinics lists numerous families in Amarillo and Plainview. It records newborns, weights, times, and parental occupations with names and addresses, including Rangel, Rojas, Anthony, Skidmore, Hunt, Miller, Martinez, Bryan, Holloway, Cowan, Bullard, Tiar, Hayes, Tobe, Muniz, Lopez, DeLeon, and several local employers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Rangel
Plainview
West Texas Hospital
C. L. Nicholson
Severe Rain Triggers Flooding Across South Texas
More than 140 people stranded as waters flood Palo Duro Park area and creek crossings. Heavy rain sweeps South Texas, with up to 7.5 inches in places, causing flooding, power lines, and vehicle accidents. Weather Bureau notes widespread rainfall and cooler conditions after a heat wave.
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Palo Duro Park
Canyon
Hoskins
South Texas
Lubbock
Weather Bureau
Texas
James Ray Whitworth
San Antonio
Waller
Houston
Ale Griffin
Memphis, Tenn
Wilbert Edward Suggs
Center
Tenaha
Laredo
Don Hubbard
Frio
Corpus Christi
Rio Grande
Seguin
Crystal City
Dalhart
City clergy critique school religion ruling in Lubbock
In the wake of the Supreme Court decision, pastors from Christ Lutheran, St. Paul’s Episcopal, Forrest Heights Methodist and others in Lubbock weigh in. They urge separation of church and state while noting potential impacts on Bible education and student devotion programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul V. Galloway
Southwest
Texas
Methodist Church
Galloway
William H. Dickinson Jr
Highland Park
Dallas
United States
Alfred E. Ellis
First Christian Church of
Houston
Supreme Court
Charles C. Bowles
San Antonio First
Tim Logan
Austin
Bob Jewett
Concord
N.J
Bob
Ursula Slinger
Chicago
Susan Marder
Wheaton
Susan
Pittsburgh
Belinda Harris
Edward L. Schempp
Roslyn
Roger
Donna
Schempp
Harold Kaestner
Christ Lutheran Church
J. M. Washington
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Alby J. Cockrell
Forrest Heights Methodist Church
Board of Education
Roy W. Ford
Lubbock View
Lubbock
Ministerial Alliance
Andrew A. Jumper
First Presbyterian Church
Sion
Joe Burks
Church of Christ
Mackenzie Manor
Lawrence Defalco
Amarillo
Roman Catholic Church
Mother fights school prayer from the Supreme Court
Madalyn Murray confronts the school prayer issue following her son William's 1960 junior high experiences. She frames education without religion or nonreligion as the goal, facing hostile letters, vandalism, and job hardship as she pursues legal challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Madalyn Murray
Supreme Court
William
Woodbourne
Waco fugitive dies after attempted escape ends in self harm
Ernest Rose Jr. 40 shot himself after breaking jail, thinking he killed a deputy. His wife bonded out on $25,000 after earlier $100,000 bond for aiding escape and assault with intent to murder. Rose and jailer O D Jackson survived. Rose reported passing a pistol to his wife in jail. A crop-dusting plane then crashed near Cooper, killing pilot Harry Cochran Redding, 35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WACO
UPI
Ernest Rose Jr
McLennan County
Texas
Clint Peoples
Jackson
Cooper, Tex
Harry Cochran Redding
Cooper
Racial tensions spark protests across multiple cities
Racial tensions flare as workers from Local 431 march while Negro leaders in Cambridge promise more demonstrations if talks resume. In Jackson Mississippi major Negro groups plan further actions this week and next. A sit in at Gov Rhodes office in Columbus targets a fair housing bill. NAACP threatens local school site picketing in Philadelphia after talks with unions fail. In Danville 105 defendants seek federal transfer. Savannah sees troopers deployed as demonstrations expected to continue. Atlanta reports over a dozen arrests for trespass in sit-in actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Evers
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Cleveland
James A. Rhodes
Columbus
Ohio
General Assembly
Rhodes
Philadelphia
NAACP
Danville
Georgia
Savannah
Atlanta
Polaris A-3 Missile Firing Successful at Sea
The Navy fired the longer-range Polaris A-3 from the USS Observation Island at sea. The bullet-shaped rocket traveled over 1,500 miles down the Atlantic tracking range after launch from a deck vertical tube near Cape Canaveral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Observation Island
Atlantic
Macmillan Faces Hot Parliament Crisis Over Profumo Scandal
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan struggled to retain confidence as the Profumo affair and security lapses sparked fierce attacks from Labour leader Harold Wilson. Wilson accused Macmillan of gambling with national security while detailing Ward and Keeler connections and noting information failures within the security services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macmillan
Wilson
Labor Party
Harold Wilson
Moscow
Profumo
Russia
Miss Keeler
Britain
Christine
Stephen Ward
London
Shooting on Roof Ends in Morse’s Death
Halo Shooting knocked Morse down on a warehouse roof. Morse rose with a tar paper knife, ran, and was shot by Kearney after a tense exchange. Morse fell multiple times as Kearney fired, then fled. Morse finally died after being lowered to the ground. Morse had moved from Lubbock to Plainview years ago and leaves a wife and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
Kearney
Hunt
Caylor
Walter Sanders
Wood
Dunning
Plainview
Lubbock
Billy Charles Jones
C. D. Morse
Wayne Couch
Homer Lee Morse
Steel production in U S falls for third straight week
Steel output in the United States slid 1.9 percent last week to 2,464,000 tons, the third consecutive decline. This compares with 2,513,000 tons the prior week, while year to date output rose 6.5 percent to 54,662,000 tons from 51,348,000 a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
American Iron & Steel Institute
Also Mentioned on This Page
William J. Brennan Jr
Franklin Clary Fry
Lutheran Church In America
Central Committee
The
World Council of Churches
Msgr
John Voight
Archdiocese of New York
America
Joachim Prinz
American Jewish Congress
Lino Rojas
N. Ave. S
Olson Dwain Anthony
E. 7Th St
Doss Sheet Metal Works
William Eugene Skidmore
West Texas
Ronald Leslie Hunt
E. Amherst St
Lubbock Electric Co
Jackie B. Miller
42Nd St
Methodist Hospital
Fathers
General Motors Acceptance Corp
Trinidad Martinez
West Texas Plating Corp
Paul Bryan
27Th St
St. ‘Mary's Hospital
Pinkie
Edwin Gayle Holloway
38Th St
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Associated Supply
Lewis Cowan
Taylor Hospital
Gifford Hill Western
Norman Bullard
7Th St
Navajo Supply
Wayne Tiar
8Th St
Cunningham Gulf
Roy Hayes
Ave. C
Lauf
Willie Tobe
Globe
Lauf Cuinie
Heriberto Muniz
Bates
Latif Clinic
Harris and Thrush
Augustine Lopez
Crosbyton
Lauf Clinic
Miguel DeLeon
Ross Insulation Co
Cluded
Texarkana
Cotulla
Bridgeport
Stephenville
Center City
Gatesville
Cuero
Yorktown
Comfort
Edna
Lockhart
Indian Gap
Weimer
Jayton
Stamford
Mother of
Maryland
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Garth
Murray
Akron
C. Melvin Rathael
Trinity Baptist Church
Local 431
Polaris
Valentina Tereshkova
Vostok 6
Tass
Millan
Hugh J. McClellan
Ave. T
McClellan
Yellowhouse Masonic Lodge
Helen Shewell
45Th’ St
Wayne Ave
45Th St
Sanders Funeral Home
Shewell
Sue Sheppard
43Rd St
Halo
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