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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1963
Page
9
President Kennedy signed into law a bill extending the Medal of Honor to Cold War heroes. The measure also covers the Distinguished Service Cross Navy Cross Air Force Cross and Silver Star for valor in nonwar and limited war actions including combat in South Vietnam.
Negro leaders and Chicago Board of Education president Clair M. Roddewig agreed to meet Tuesday to discuss reform of neighborhood school policy amid ongoing sit ins. CORE and the Chicago Urban League pressed for open enrollment and integration steps, with charges against 13 demonstrators to be addressed and further talks planned.
In Farmville Virginia about 60 Black youths demonstrated against school closure and segregation at Prince Edward County. The action marks the first mass protest since schools were closed to avoid integration, with daily demonstrations promised by NAACP state president Rev L Francis Griffin. No incidents or arrests were reported.
The Ohio Farm Bureau brings its southwest region youth conference to Miami University next week. Attendance is expected to exceed a specific number as it runs through August 2. Francis Warthington directs the southwest region, with participants housed in Stanton Hall and meals served in Harris Hall.
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