Rioting at Ole Miss Paralyses Campus and Federal Arrests
Troops blocked campus with carriers and jeeps as Army and Air Force units fortified Oxford area. Prisoners were marched with hands up while Justice Department officials said most arrestees were nonstudents. Meredith attended classes amid tear gas lingering in rooms.
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Air Force
Army
Justice Department
Ole Miss
Edwin Guthman
Sve
Decatur
Meredith
World Press Praises Kennedy Stand Over Mississippi Crisis
International papers depict the Barnett case as a major constitutional crisis. Izvestia calls the Mississippi shooting a crime of racists while Tass labels Oxford riots and Mississippi racism as entrenched. Latin American papers mock delay and urge Kennedy to act decisively.
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London
UPI
World Press
Meredith
United States
Tokyo
Izvestia
Paul Guichard
Tass
University of Mississippi
Mississippi
Ross Barnett
Kennedy
Oxford
Peiping Radio
U.S
Birmingham
Martin Luther King
Barnett
Mexico City
la Prensa
Uncle Sam
Excelsior
Technicians Move Into New Guinea
Hollanda West New Guinea hosts 80 Indonesian technicians led by Deputy Foreign Minister Tjondronegoro to accelerate development as Dutch rule ends and UN administration begins. The group includes West Irian Development Corps members aiming to transform 161000 square miles of jungle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollandia
West New Guinea
Sudjarno Tjondronegoro
Tjondronegoro
Indonesia
Netherlands
Sukarno
West
Red China backs nuclear ban in principle
TOKYO AP says Red China issued a Monday statement supporting a universal ban on nuclear weapons. Foreign Minister Chen Yi was quoted saying Peiping would back an agreement to destroy all existing atomic weapons, without confirming China has the bomb. A U.S. official estimates China may test devices within one to three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
China
Peiping
Chen Yi
Red China
U.S
Jordanian Army Encounters Israeli Forces Near Nazlet Tasa
A Jordanian army patrol clashed for two hours with Israeli troops near Nazlet Tasa, Jordan. An Israeli armored car aided the force but both sides withdrew with no casualties reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amman
Jordan
UPI
Israel
Nazlet Tasa
Walker Faces Multiple Federal Charges After Ole Miss Clash
Former general Walker, hospitalized in federal custody in Mississippi, faces assaulting resisting and inciting insurrection charges related to the University of Mississippi confrontation. He led students against federal marshals, while a Dallas man was arrested en route with weapons. Walker, 53, has long argued against what he calls a conspiracy by federal authorities and advocates no violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
James H. Meredith
Ole Miss
Walker
Oxford
U.S
Settle
Dallas
Ashland Burchwell
Potomac
University of Mississippi
Tex
Central High School
Little Rock
Ark
Sec. of State
Dean Rusk
Kennedy
Mother Tosses Three Children Into Harbor On Ferry
A mother Ruth Coonan 41 of Farmingdale New York tossed one child into New York harbor from a Staten Island ferry and jumped with two others into the water. Helen 6 and Robert 2 were rescued by off duty firemen and a crewman. Allen 3 remained missing Monday night. Police offered no immediate explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Harbor
Staten Island
Ruth Coonan
Farmingdale
N.Y
Helen
Robert
Togo to Import Near One Million Dollars from U.S.
Lome imports from the United States are estimated to reach about one million dollars this year, signaling growing economic ties between Togo and the U.S. The forecast reflects ongoing trade activity and mutual market interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lome
Togo
United States
Longshore Strike Looms as Taft-Hartley Law Activated
The piece traces Taft-Hartley use in 1953 1956 and 1959 and notes Kennedy moved quickly to invoke the law within hours of the walkout. It covers ILA longshoremen demands wage and fringe benefits a 30 hour week and shipper objections with quotes from Alexander P. Chopin Ralph Massey and Raymond Duncan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kennedy
Eisenhower
White House
Alexander P. Chopin
New York Shipping Assn
ILA
Shipping Association
Federal Conciliation Service
Ralph Massey
Houston
ILA Gulf Coast and South Atlantic District
Raymond Duncan
Duster Pilot Burned In Plane Crash Near Sudan
A 42 year old crop dusting pilot Pete Holman was seriously burned when his plane tangled with highline wires, crashed and burned near Sudan. He was flown to South Plains Hospital Amherst in fair condition with first and second degree burns on his face hands and leg. He crawled from the wreck and firefighters rolled him in cotton to extinguish the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudan
Pete Holman
North Carolina
South Plains Hospital
Amherst
Holman
Sudan Flying Service
Wallace Gosdin
U. S. Hwy
Bob Masten
Flying Service
Masten
Dexter Baker
W. G. de Loach
Sweetwater Man Dies In Chair For Slaying
Shelby Leon Doggett, 25, of Sweetwater Texas, died Monday night in the Oklahoma electric chair for the slaying of Jimmy Lee Lawman, 24, a Lawton Oklahoma golf professional, in a case with accomplice Ronald G. Lockwood sentenced to life in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcalester
Okla
Shelby Leon Doggett
Sweetwater
Tex
Oklahoma
Doggett
Jimmy Lee Lawman
Lawton
Oklo
Ronald G. Lockwood
Altoona
Kharkov Store Manager Receives 15 Year Embezzlement Term
A Kharkov store manager was sentenced to fifteen years in prison for embezzling company funds. He allegedly used the money to gamble on a lottery he never won, according to AP and Tass reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Tass
Kharkov
Newsman Guihard Shot After Ignoring Warnings at Mississippi Campus
New York journalist Paul Guihard known as Flash left for a Mississippi assignment and laughed off safety cautions. His body was found early Monday in front of a women's dormitory on the University of Mississippi campus after being shot in the back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Paul Guihard
Flash
University of Mississippi
Kentucky
Oxford
Guihard
Cuba
Bay of Pigs
British Honduras
Khrushchev Hopes Kennedy May Visit Russia
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev informally voiced the hope that President Kennedy might visit the Soviet Union. Sources say he spoke offhand to Interior Secretary Stewart Udall during Udall’s visit, but gave no date or invitation and stressed no formal arrangement.
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Washington
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kennedy
Russia
Khrushchev
Stewwart Udall
Soviet Union
Army awards contract for M-14 rifles to Olin Mathieson
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp Winchester Western Division wins a $15.67 million Army contract to produce M-14 rifles. The award announced Monday covers manufacture for the armed services and solidifies ongoing defense work with the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Awards Contract
New York
UPI
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
Winchester-Western
Army
Rioting at Ole Miss Deepens as U S Marshals Fire
The high tension at the University of Mississippi in Oxford escalated after U.S. marshals and Mississippi state police clashed with students and highway patrolmen. Authorities blamed each side for the violence that left two dead and many injured as federal troops remained under discussion for future action.
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Fas
Oxford
Jackson
Ross Barnett
Ole Miss
Barnett
Washington
James 0. Eastland
University of Mississippi
L. G.hopkins
Mississippi
Congress
U.S
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Senate Judiciary Committee
White House
Pierre Salinger
Justice Department
Salinger
Kennedy
Burke Marshall
Theodore C. Sorensen
Kenneth O'Donnell
Lawrence F. O'Brien
JFK
Jack Rosenthal
Williams
Eastland
Senate
John Stennis
Meredith
Rosenthal
Asst
Joseph Dolan
Tom B. Birdsong
Mississippi State Police
Birdsong
Theampus
Flight engineers clash with pilots in FAA hearing
Committee Chairman Jack Brooks questions FAA chief Najeeb Halaby as conflict deepens between flight engineers and pilots over job retention. Halaby notes planes no longer require a flight engineer with a mechanic background and mentions possible fines for former stewardesses who admitted taking the controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee
Jack Brooks
D-Tex
Halaby
Subcommittee
FAA
Brooks
Floydada Crosbyton Are Awarded Federal Renewal Funds
Washington announces Crosbyton and Floydada will receive federal funds via the Texas State Health Department to aid urban renewal planning. Crosbyton gets 8580 dollars and Floydada 11610 dollars, about two thirds of each project’s cost, with local sources contributing 6730 dollars. The 17 month study will cover mapping economy population traffic parking land use central business district and transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Crosbyton
Floydada
Texas State Health Department
Dynasty not a major issue in elections says McCormack
House Speaker John W. McCormack says the dynasty charge by Republicans will not be crucial in the 1962 elections. He cites Ted Kennedy's Senate nomination win and says the public will not grasp at the dynasty argument as a deciding factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John W. McCormack
Dmass
Massachusetts
Edward M
Ted) Kennedy
Edward J. McCormack Jr
McCormack
Ownership and circulation of The Lubbock Avalanche Journal 1962
The document lists Parker F. Prouty as president and general manager and Charlies A. Guy as editor for the Lubbock Avalanche Journal. It states Avalanche Journal Publishing Company as owner with Globe News Publishing Company as a significant stockholder. No bondholders or security holders exceed 1 percent. The average weekly circulation over the prior year was 1,864 copies. The affidavit is sworn by J. C. Rickman, business manager, on October 1, 1962.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Lubbock
Texas
Parker F. Prouty
Charlies A. Guy
Charles A. Guy
T. J. Harris
J. C. Rickman
Avalanche Journal Publishing Company
Globe News Publishing Company
Amarillo
Rickman
Edd
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New Orleans
Jack Greenburg
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
Agence France Presse
Walter Ray Gunter
Lyceum Buiding
Mississippi Highway Patrol
T. B. Birdsong
Capitol
Meredith News
New Guinea
Edwin Walker
William A. Kuhn
Francisco Ruiz, Ralls
Lauf Clinic
United Compress Co
Moses Blackwell
Ave B
Walter Tee Crockett
Globe
James Insulation Service
Alfredo Montez
Baylor
Lauf Chiamie
Bryand Farm Supply
Leo White Ralls
Pruitt Grainery
Jessie Cuellar
16Th St
Transport Co
George Botello
Manuel Salinas
Shallowater
Lauf Climte
Ignacino Flores
Singer
Lauf Cline
Julian Gonzales
Levetland
Lauf
Levetland City Park
Wenceslan Carrilla
Emory
Frank Bass Construction Co
Robert Abell
Methodist Hospital
Albert Culver
James Henry Thomasson
18Th St
West Texas Hospital
Baldridge Bakers
Wayne Johnson
Memphis Ave
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
William Cameron & Co
J. Fe.sidi Osborne
Ash Ave
Blackie Trumbull Construction Co
Robert Lee Parks
Abernathy
Western Warehouse Co
Federal Hospital
U. S. District Court
Center Point
Schreiner Institute
Kerrville
New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell
U.S. Military Academy
Allen
Lyceum
Nikita
Solons
Onc
James JO. Eastland
U. S
John Bell Williams
Dmiss
Scions
House
Avalanche Journal
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