Big Day Sunday At Fair
Ohio State Fair runs Labor Day weekend drawing record crowds with Suburbia Ohio Day and Labor and Industry Day and an anticipated total attendance beyond 500000. Monday features two for one tickets as Prestige horse shows continue and Al Harts wrestling troupe headlines. Gov Rhodes lauds commission, urges bigger, brighter exhibitions and midways to attract all ages.
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Dollar Mail Value Drops in Dodgeville Wisconsin
In Dodgeville Wisconsin letters of unmarked origin arrived with sums from 80 to 10 dollars intended for elderly residents, many widows. The post office reports similar unmarked envelopes from five cents to a dollar, with a local baker admitting sending one dollar to three girls for a thrill. the Post Office Department says the scheme is legal.
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South braces as mixed classes spread across the South
In a sweeping desegregation rollout, Alabama and South Carolina begin integrating grade schools and high schools. Mississippi remains resisting. Across states from Georgia to Virginia, hundreds of Negro students enter formerly white schools amid tight security and mixed public reaction.
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Starzel Named Journalism Prof at University of Texas
Frank J. Starzel 59, retired as Associated Press general manager, is named professor of journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. He will complete degree requirements via correspondence courses from the State University of Iowa, signaling a move from Le Mars to Texas. Starzel spoke with his brother Rome, publisher of the Le Mars Globe Post, during a visit.
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NAACP Pledges Picketing Over Oakley School Transfer
Cincinnati NAACP leaders vow continued picketing starting Tuesday over the Evanston to Oakley transfer plan. William Bowen says the Oakley issue is part of broader efforts to reform Cincinnati's schools, with four Evanston classes slated for transfer to Oakley, sparking concerns of segregated grouping. Superintendent Wendell Pierce maintains no fall plan changes and says Evanston pupils will be integrated after the first year.
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August Best For Turnpike Revenue in 1963
The Ohio Turnpike posted a record August revenue of about 3.41 million dollars, surpassing the previous August by roughly 128 thousand. For the first eight months of 1963 total revenue reached about 18.45 million, about 590 thousand more than the prior year. James W. Shocknessy, turnpike commission chairman, announced the figures.
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Labor Day 1963 Is Black Day, Trainmen Editorial Says
The Trainmen News front page editorial, by Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen president Charles Luna, condemns compulsory arbitration as a threat to free collective bargaining. He calls Labor Day 1963 a black day in US history and warns the act could end the free bargaining right.
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Fire destroys Galion store as flames threaten bank and lodge
A downtown Galion blaze caused about 450000 in damage and minor injuries to six firefighters. The J C Penney store on Harding Way West sustained total loss of its inventory estimated at 200000 with the three story building and adjacent Mason Lodge facilities also damaged. Firefighters from multiple nearby towns aided, and fifteen residents above the store were evacuated. The fire likely started from a lightning strike on a fuse box in the Penney store.
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Federal Reserve System Described as Central Bank
The Federal Reserve System established in 1913 is the central banking system of the United States. Federal Reserve Banks are privately owned but quasi governmental in character.
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JFK Appeals To Businessmen To Back Tax-Cut Legislation
President Kennedy urges businessmen to back prompt tax cut legislation and avoid quarrels over every sentence. In Nation's Business he notes improvement in the balance of payments, calls for export boosts, and outlines aims: maximum operation, faster growth, stronger world competition, avoiding inflation, and equal opportunity for all. He stresses shared responsibility between government and business.
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Canadians to join African University staff
OTTAWA AP The government plans to send six French speaking Canadians to join the staff of the new University of Butare in the Central African republic of Ruanda under the aid program for French speaking countries in Africa.
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Ruanda
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Dayton Girl Wins $3000 for Civil Rights Page Bid
Joy Martha Maranze, then a Dayton teenager, failed to win a page job in the Ohio Legislature in 1961. The Martha Cook Foundation awarded her $3,000 for education and monetary loss due to sex discrimination in page appointments, honoring her brave civil rights effort.
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Ohio
Joy Martha Maranze
Martha Cook
Ohio General Assembly
Joy
Columbus
Judge Who Denied Chessman Is Dead
Los Angeles AP reporting that Superior Court Judge Clement D. Nye, who imposed the last death sentence on Daryl Chessman, the Red Light Bandit, died at 69. Nye retired last November due to ill health and passed away Friday at his West Los Angeles home.
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Mexican peasants to train in Israel for three months
Thirty Mexican peasants will travel to Israel for a three month course in agricultural techniques and cooperative systems, an announcement from the Israeli Embassy indicates.
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