Barnett Delays Contempt Showdown Amid Campus Crisis
The article notes Governor Barnett delaying a contempt showdown while Mississippi tensions rise. Federal rioting leads to guards with bayonets and rifles outside the governor’s mansion as state and federal officials discuss arrests, investigations, and student returns to Oxford. The Welfare Department withholds funds until the situation clarifies. Senator Eastland announces a Judiciary Committee probe into troop movements and campus events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony J. Celebrezze
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Senate Judiciary Committee
Oxford
University
Barnett
Walker Case Tension Rises Over Bail and Detention
In Washington Rep. Bruce Alger and Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy exchange remarks over Attorney General Kennedy’s position on bail and mental health examination for Gen. Walker. Meanwhile, Walker’s backers on the ground push for release while officials report his condition as lucid. The Mississippi court drama continues with contempt rulings tied to Meredith’s university admittance and state officials’ compliance.
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Washington
Bruce Alger
R-Tex
Robert F. Kennedy
Walker
Kennedy
Alger
Texas
Watts
Springfield
George Donegan
William Wear
Sth
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Barnett
Johnson
Justice Department
University of Mississippi
Ole Miss Board of Trustees
Meredith
Jackson
Charles Clark
U.S. Atty
John Barrett
Department
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Clark
Joe Patterson
John Satterfield
American Bar Association
National Guard
State Highway Patrol
Ole Miss
T. B. Birdsong
Barrett
NAACP
Constance Baker Motley
Patterson
Porder
Barnett Faith
Medal winner Lindsey shown on duty in Oxford
Staff Sgt. Jake Lindsey, among the Mississippi Medal of Honor winners cited by President Kennedy, is on duty in Oxford. He was photographed at the Memphis Naval Air Station Monday and serves with the 1st Battle Group, 501st Airborne Division, 10th Airborne Division, stationed at Fort Campbell Kentucky. Lindsey hails from Waynesboro Mississippi.
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Jake Lindsey
Kennedy
Oxford
Memphis Naval Air Station
1St Battle Group
501St Airborne Infantry
10St Airborne Division
Ft. Campbell
Lindsey
Waynesboro
Miss
Ole Miss campus grim under military patrols after riots
On the University of Mississippi campus, troops and marshals maintained tight security after Sunday violence. Classes continued as residents described a changed town with rubble cleared, searches at campus entrances, and quiet, anxious streets around Oxford.
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Mississippi
Ole Miss
Kathy Jones
Vickburg
Miss
Oxford
Kathy
Lyceum
Miss Jones
Vicksburg
James Meredith
U.S
University of Mississippi At
Meredith
Wayland Event Slated Today At Gates Hall Ceremony
In Plainview Texas a Texas Historical Medallion will be affixed to Gates Hall at Wayland College in a 10 a m ceremony. Dr Rupert N Richardson president of the Texas State Historical Survey committee will present the medallion. Special guests include former 1908 Gates Hall pioneers and 1910 dedicators. Tom Z Parrish Wayland vice president chairs arrangements and a chapel program precedes the medallion event with a noon luncheon for visiting officials in the rolling fields.
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Plainview
Gates Hall
Wayland College
Rupert N. Richardson
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
Tom Z. Parrish
Wayland
Parents Welcome Nine Newborns in West Texas Area
A series of birth announcements lists nine newborns delivered Tuesday across West Texas. Notable details include weights ranging from 5 to 9 pounds and locations at West Texas Hospital, Lauf Chic, Methodist Hospital, and St Mary's Hospital, with fathers employed by Santa Fe Railway, Paymaster Ol Mall, a barber shop, Texas Tech, Bill Simmons Trucking Co, and Sears Roebuck & Co.
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Henry David Andrews
10Th St
West Texas Hospital
Santa Fe Railway
Pedro Tello
E. 48Th St
Lauf
Paymaster
Ol Mall
Larry Scott
Methodist Hospital
College Avenue
Wendell Lamar Tucker Rt A. Meadow
Texas Tech
Bobby Joe Teer
Daniel Ray Dupree
E. Main
St. Mary's Hospital
Bill Simmons Trucking Co
Paul J. Sikes
St Mary's Hospital
Sears Roebuck & Co
Teller Says Soviets Lead In H Bomb Race
Dr Edward Teller told a United Press International Editors and Publishers conference that U S nuclear tests in the Pacific have not been satisfactory and that the Russians may be ahead in the hydrogen bomb race. He attributed the lag to the U S moratorium on testing and lack of preparations for resuming tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
UPS
Edward Teller
U.S
Pacific
United Press International Editors and Publishers
Teller
Russia
Nuclear tests resume in Pacific near Johnston Island
The United States resumed nuclear testing in the Pacific after a two month break. A task force said an intermediate device exploded in the air above Johnston Island following a plane drop. The yield ranged from 20 000 to one million tons of TNT, marking the first plane drop test in Johnston vicinity in the 1962 series.
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Honolulu
United States
Pacific
Johnston Island
Johnston
Solons OK Foreign Aid Amid Senate Vote Split
The Senate approved the foreign aid bill 57 to 24, keeping $4.422 billion in new economic and military assistance as part of a conference with the House. The measure totals $6.781 billion, including Peace Corps and refugee aid, with key votes on aid to Poland and Yugoslavia and limits on arms-seller countries.
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Washington
Senate
Appropriations Committee
House
Senate House
Kennedy
Cuba
Yugoslavia
Poland
U.S
Karl E. Mundt
R-Sd
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
United States
Autumn Temperatures Range Across Texas With Mild Outlook
The Weather Bureau reports autumn temperatures across Texas slightly below normal for early October. Readings span 43 at Alpine to 75 at Brownsville with mid day highs from 61 in Amarillo to 78 in San Angelo. A cool front moved into the Lower Rio Grande Valley by midday. Czechoslovakia to sell diesel generators to India.
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Texas
Weather Bureau
Alpine
Dalhart
Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
Amarillo
San Angelo
South
Panhandle
Texas students observe silence over Mississippi troubles
About 150 University of Texas students including more than 300 Black students held a three minute silence on campus at 10 55 a m to protest Mississippi integration conflicts. Marion Sanford Jr led the observance and urged belief in the Constitution amid a heckler’s taunt.
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Ross Barnett
University Tower
Space Shot MLL Details Timing and NASA Plans
NASA outlined the Telstar relay timing for the Space Shot mission with Schirra and Cooper plus Atlas rocket. Officials stressed no launch delays for Telstar and noted an engineering test focus for the flight while monitoring tropical storm Daisy as a potential risk near Bermuda. The program aims to conserve fuel on the later orbits by drifting and reducing radio chatter.
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Andover
Maine
Telstar
United States
France
NASA
Schirra
Europe
Space Agency
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr
Daisy
Bermuda
John A. Powers
Mercury
Powers
Robbery and stabbing cases lead police reports
A 14 year old girl was turned over to juvenile authorities after being accompanied by a man from Clovis en route to Alabama. In a Slaton cafe incident Bishop Cottrell Cumby died at Mercy Hospital after a stabbing. Hattie Mae King, 43, jailed on $2,500 bond, admitted the stabbing during a statement. Burglary charges filed against George Quirk and two others connected to a home entry and office burglary. Other cases include thefts from a garage and car parts from Metzler Import Cars.
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Clovis
Alabama
Albuquerque
Slaton
Bishop Cottrell Cumby
Mercy Hospital
Hattie Mae King
Cumby
George Francis Quirk
Floydada
Elaine Walker
43Rd St
L. D. Collier
48Th St
Edward Smith Haney
25Th St
H. E. Cone
College Ave
James Davis
26Th St
Metzler ‘Import
4Th St
Texas Draft Call For November Set At 153
Texas will call 153 men to the draft in the November quota under the national 4,000 Army limit. The selections target men at least 22 years old, with October at 160 and September at 200.
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Texas
Austin
Ups)x
State Selective Service
Morris S. Schwartz
Army
Illinois couple held on charges of passing bad checks
Mrs Elizabeth Buxton 28 of Bloomsdale Missouri and Jerry Kesner 32 of Post Texas were held on 3000 bond after admitting to passing about 2000 in bad checks since January in Missouri Louisiana and Illinois The pair were captured in Minoak after a police chase and had cashed two checks earlier in Bloomington Illinois Warrants are held in La Fourche Paris Baton Rouge La Macon Cole and Douglas Counties Illinois.
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Bloomington
Ill
Elizabeth Buxton
Bloomsdale
Jerry Kesner
Post
Tex
McLean County
Missouri
Louisiana
Ilinois
Kesner
Buxton
Minoak
la Fourche
Paris
Baton Rouge
Macon
Cole
Douglas Counties
Man Killed in Vehicle Train Collision
A man died when a car collided with a train after a reported incident to the Department of Public Safety listed two persons involved. Witnesses were unable to determine if the car stopped or lights were on. Investigators planned further inquiry as the train blocked the highway for about two hours.
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Department of Public Safety
Tthat
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