Supreme Court upholds blue laws in three states
The Supreme Court, in four opinions, ruled that Sunday blue laws may be enforced, deeming most provisions secular in character and tied to the health and welfare of citizens. Chief Justice Warren led majority rulings sustaining Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Maryland laws amid varied dissents.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Court
Earl Warren
Massachusets
Pennsylvania
Maryland
William C. Douglas
Douglas
Warren
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
Felix Frankfurter
Frankfurter
Retail Clerks International Union
National Retail Merchants Association
Federal Housing Administration
Oregon
Khrushchev Leaves Kiev Ahead of Vienna Talks
Premier Nikita Khrushchev departed Kiev by train en route to Vienna for his meeting with President Kennedy after a two day stopover in the Ukrainian capital, Tass reported.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Vienna
Kennedy
Kiev
Ukraine
Tass
Food Stamps Lift Pride Of Poor Mining Families
In Welch West Virginia the first of eight pilot food stamp programs began in McDowell County. Needy coal miners and families received stamps replacing surplus food handouts. The Muncy family of 15 and the Hale family with eight boys were among the first, with purchases showing early reliance on the new food-only coupons. Freeman and Barron attended the roll out, calling it historic and aligned with Kennedy era policy.
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WELCH
W.va
West Virginia
McDowell County
Alderson Muncy
Dresed
Muncy
Orville L. Freeman
W. W. Barron
Elbert Hale
Davy
Hale
Freeman
America
Reds Buy Up Old Letters Tolstoy and Kropotkin Items Sold in London
In London at Sotheby’s, a Soviet emissary bought 13 Tolstoy letters for 620 pounds and a signed Kropotkin letter for 26 pounds. The Tolstoy items, written to Englishman J. C. Kenworthy between 1874 and 1896, focus on Christianity and socialism.
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London
Soviet Union
Leo Tolstoy
Sotheby's
V. Safronchuk
J. C. Kenworthy
Peter Kropotkin
IKK Asks Funds For Job Schools
President Kennedy asked Congress for legislation to train and retrain hundreds of thousands of workers over four years and to provide aid for workers who relocate to better job opportunities. The Budget Bureau indicated a $60 million yearly request. the aim is to reduce unemployment and meet manpower needs for expanded defense space and trade programs.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
House
Budget Bureau
Congress
Steps Taken By Atlanta Schools Halts Transfers
Atlanta officials report the first two steps of the pupil placement plan blocked 88 percent of Negro students seeking transfers to white high schools. Only 16 applicants will receive personal interviews today while 119 of 135 were eliminated by tests. Under court order, 11th and 12th grades must desegregate this fall.
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Atlanta
Jimmie Rodgers Says Wife Can Support Herself
In Los Angeles Jimmie Rodgers 27 files a cross complaint for divorce claiming wife Alza 25 can support herself He accuses cruelty while she also asserts cruelty He sought no alimony while she requested 2000 monthly for herself and 500 monthly for their 13 month old daughter Michelle The couple separated April 19 and were married January 4 1957.
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Los Angeles
Jimmie Rodgers
Alza
Rodgers
Young Piper dies in family plane crash near Ellenville
Dan Piper, 17, grandson of Piper Aircraft Co. president, was found dead in a mountainside wreckage near Ellenville New York. The family owned craft crashed while returning from a Harvard visit in Cambridgebridge Massachusetts, burning on impact.
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Dan Piper
Piper Aircraft Co
Lock Haven
Ellenville
N.Y
Harvard University
Cambridge Bridge
Mass
Bankruptcy filing in U S District Court Cincinnati
Jesse E. Lewis of 1101 Ford Blvd Hamilton listed as a service station attendant with debts of 2940 and assets of 23 in a U S District Court Cincinnati bankruptcy filing. The record names Lewis as the filer in a case pending in the district.
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U. S. District Court
Cincinnati
Jesse E. Lewis
Ford Blvd
Hamilton
ICC Asked To Post New Bus Passenger Rights
Attorney General Kennedy urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to issue a formal rule barring racial discrimination in interstate bus travel and to post conspicuous placards and facilities notices. He asked the ICC to codify prior court and agency rulings into a single directive, expediting action.
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ICC
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kennedy
Commission
Alabama
Freedom Rider
Jackson
Miss
Supreme Court
Socere
Vera Miles Seeks Court Order for Child Support
Actress Vera Miles asks a court to compel ex husband Gordon Scott to pay 300 dollars monthly support for their three year old son Michael. The petition notes no support was set at divorce in Juarez Mexico in March 1960 after four years of marriage. Miles is now married to actor Keith Larson.
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Los Angeles
Vera Miles
Gordon Scott
Michael
Scott
Tarzan
Juarez
Mex
Miss Miles
Keith Larson
Middletonian Elected to Oxford Band Board
John Watson of Middletown elected as board member of the Miami University band for the coming school year.
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Oxford
John Watson
17Th Ave
Middletown
Miami University
Penn Faculty Decry Cuban Invasion
Fifty Penn and Temple University faculty members denounced the United States Cuban invasion as an inexcusable and almost inconceivable blunder. They urged the U.S. to focus on addressing social conditions in Latin America that fuel totalitarian nationalism.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Remple University
United States
Latin America
Raccoon Knocks Athens Power Off
A raccoon blamed for two outages in Athens Ohio disrupted Columbus & Southern Electric lines. The animal was electrocuted after causing a 25 minute city blackout and a later one hour break on the 13 000 volt Peach Road corridor. Power restored after repairs then a second failure followed citywide.
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Athens, Ohio
Columbus & Southern, Ohio Electric Co
Peach Road
Uranium Price Cut Sought for Foreign Purchases and Leases
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a plan to lower uranium prices for foreign governments and reduce leasing rates to U.S. commercial users. It also said it is studying lifting the ban on selling special nuclear materials to private U.S. entities.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
United States
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