21 May 1963
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1963
Page
1
Ohio lawmakers face a stalemate over Sunday closing laws as the session nears its end. House and Senate are unlikely to act this season, leaving enforcement up to police or a potential narrow compromise. A recent House bid sought broad Sunday prohibitions apart from religious Sabbath ties.
Washington AP reports a record turnout of farmers, possibly 1.5 million, vote on a plan to curb wheat production. Result determines if rigid controls with high price supports or free market will prevail, with nationwide implications and a likely close tally.
The Supreme Court ruling may limit how the New York Stock Exchange disciplines nonmembers. The decision holds the Exchange Act does not grant immunity from antitrust laws, affecting nonmember wire connections and due-process style actions.
In Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir martial law was proclaimed after the failed coup led by ex Colonel Talat Aydemir. The revolt lasted under half a day, with seven dead and 23 wounded as government troops clashed with cadets at the war college. Aydemir and 10 top insurgents were arrested and await trial.
Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro arrives in Moscow following a one day trip to Kiev. He had earlier met officials in the Ukrainian capital before resuming his Soviet Union itinerary.
A playful definition suggests a conference equals the loudest character's influence multiplied by the number present. The quip frames noisy participation as the conference’s core dynamic and hints at crowd-driven energy.
A Common Market official and French officials voiced optimism about near agreement on principles for lowering Western tariffs. U S negotiators and European ministers, led by France, discussed a special automatic formula to reduce high American tariffs amid efforts to avert a stalemate at the GATT conference.
NAACP official Constance Baker Motley says the Supreme Court ruling guarding peaceful sit ins will spur more demonstrations nationwide. She notes it will free Birmingham shoppers and may help about 300 students convicted in Southern sit ins, and she predicts increased demand to be served in public facilities.
Showers expected today bring cooler air to the Middletown area and linger into Thursday. A cold front will set tonight’s low in the 40s with Wednesday highs in the middle 60s. Monday reached 69 at 3 30 p m and overnight low was 47 at 2 30 a m today.
Negro leaders say they will seek federal court action to void Birmingham school board orders to expel or suspend more than 1,000 Black pupils who protested segregation. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. warns against mass walkouts and urges restraint despite the board’s controversial decision.
In Binghamton New York the body of attendant Guy E Carey 43 was found in a lion cage at Ross Park Zoo. A relief attendant Ralph Landis found the lions over the body at 530 am. Police shot the male lion Timba after it resisted while attempting to drive the animals away.
Timba, a troublemaking tiger, escaped the cage twice and damaged an office on zoo grounds. Carey, a married father who works at the zoo one day a week, arrived for duty at 10 p.m. Monday and was last seen at 11 p.m.
The Supreme Court punts the issue of whether a private businessman may constitutionally discriminate in serving customers to next term. The decision overturns 44 sit-in convictions while ruling state actions mandating segregation unconstitutional, with Justice Harlan noting private discrimination may lie beyond the 14th Amendment.
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