Kennedy promotes education program in San Diego speech
President Kennedy urges national effort to reform education linking backwardness to civil rights issues. At San Diego State College he cites statistics, warns that Negro students suffer most from inadequacies, and calls for bipartisan support for federal education action. He tours California campuses before continuing a five state trip.
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Kennedy
San Diego State College
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el Paso
Tex
State College
Navy
Pacific
Mawaii
Washington
Navy Miss With Missile Seen by JFK
The Navy seeks to appease President Kennedy after two missile failures during demonstrations. A Talos missile failed at White Sands while a Bullpup missle off a ship also missed, foiling attempts to intercept a drone ranger. Kennedy tours San Diego events before a briefing on anti aircraft warfare aboard the Oriskany and plans further visits to Kitty Hawk and China Lake.
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White Sands
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San Diego State
Oriskany
China Lake, Caltt
Details Emerge in Slaying of Albert Lea Minister
Albert Lea Minnesota reports that Robert Eugene Chapman 22 admitted shooting and stabbing Rev Berner I Nyjordet 42 after meeting him on the streets about 1 30 a m May 23 Investigators say the minister sought a drink and they drove to several towns before a country road encounter near Hayward Mann where Chapman says I killed him The body was found in a thicket May 23 after the minister’s car was abandoned A grand jury was ordered to convene Friday to consider an indictment
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Robert Eugene Chapman
Berner
I. Nyjordet
Everett Stevern
Chapman
Hayward Mann
Minnesota
Stevern
Raps Secrecy On Pesticides
Washington Senator Abraham Ribicoff urged openness in pesticide registrations. He said the Agriculture Department hides names of products sold under protest registrations while Secretary Orville Freeman directs all such registrations be made public.
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Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
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Ribicoff
Senate
Orville L. Freeman
Masked Bandit Robs Davenport Tavern at 1am
A masked armed robber entered the Midwest Tavern in Davenport near closing time and forced five patrons to lie on the floor. He demanded cash from owner Peta Mathews, produced a nickel plated revolver, and fled with an undetermined amount of money.
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Peta Mathews
Midwest
Weaving & Hood
Mathews
Scalise to Head Liquor Enforcement
Des Moines lawyer Lawrence F. Scalise, 30, named director of law enforcement for the Town Liquor Control Commission. The post, created after a 1963 act legalizing liquor by the drink, pays 39000 yearly and reports to the commission. He will start Friday and build an enforcement division ready by July 4.
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Lawrence F. Scalise
Scalise
Polk
Ray Fenlon
Homer Adcock
Commission
Adcock
River Road Aid Bill Filed in Senate for Great Road
Washington W A bill calling for financial aid to help states construct the Great River Road along the Mississippi River was introduced by Sen Hubert Humphrey D Minn The measure would let 40 states bordering the Mississippi buy rights of way for roads recreation areas and parkways and upgrade existing roads to parkway standards It seeks 2 million dollars for each of the next two fiscal years
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Hubert Humphey
D-Minn
Mississippi
Caracas Stare Escapes Injury
Eight gunmen overpowered a Venezuelan guard at the building entrance, forced 12 mission employees to strip, doused the structure with gasoline, and set it on fire. The old Spanish colonial headquarters in the Sabana area was ruined and records destroyed. No mission personnel were harmed. The attack followed a failed peace offer by the BALN, led by ex conservative officers, amid tensions with President Betancourt. A US spokesman noted threats to the site and that the burning was timed after a papal event.
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BALN
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el Universal
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Col
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Chenault
T. C. Blevins
Maj
B. Gardner
Hot Line Teleprinter Link Set Between Washington and Moscow
Geneva sources report that U S and Soviet negotiators agreed on all technical details for a permanent teletype writer link between Washington and Moscow. After 18 private meetings from May 1 to June 4, the U S has approved the plan while Soviet approval awaits. The line will enable emergency contacts to prevent war by accident or miscalculation.
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Geneva
Two Midwest Rail Lines Study Union for Merger Feasibility
One of the nation’s largest railways, the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and the Missouri Pacific Railroad, will conduct a joint study to assess merger feasibility. Santa Fe president Ernest Marsh and Missouri Pacific president Downing B Jenks announced the initiative, inviting other Western lines to join. If talks proceed, it would mark the third major Western merger under consideration following recent plans by Union Pacific and Chicago Rock Island Pacific, which may involve Southern Pacific lines.
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Missouri Pacific Railroad
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Downing B. Jenks
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Western Railroad
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Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Southern Pacific
Study of Pesticides on Iowa Waters and Wildlife
Des Moines reports the State Conservation Commission approved 10,004 dollars for a year long study at the State Hygienic Laboratory Iowa City to test pesticides and chemicals in waters soil and wildlife. Dr Robert Morris says funds will hire a full time worker for pesticide testing. The commission also refused to authorize a 3.5 million river channel straightening project on Skunk River, saying it would ruin fish and wildlife facilities and needs approval.
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State Conservation Commission
Iowa City
Robert Morris
Skunk
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Second Negro at Old Miss Meredith Back in for Summer
James H Meredith, the first Black student at the University of Mississippi, was due to return for summer classes amid a second Black student, Cleve McDowell, entering the law school amid police and National Guard presence. Governor Barnett said McDowell was admitted due to federal pressure, while Court actions forced the Board of Institutions to permit his enrollment despite earlier rejections.
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James H. Meredith
Meredith
Jackson
Cleve McDowell
Drew
Ole Miss Law School
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Utility Club
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Alabama
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Raleigh
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Spartanburz
South Carolina
Los Angeles
University
State Board of Institutions of Higher Learning
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Mmcdowall
Detour Trains Through City After Rail Car Derailment
Rock Island railroad detoured passenger and freight trains between Davenport and Iowa City through Muscatine and Columbus Junction due to a derailment in Iowa City early today. Nine freight cars derailed four blocks east of the depot. eight were empty and the other carried nine loaded cars. No injuries were reported and track damage spanned about 300 feet with repairs expected to finish later today.
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Burial rites begin as pope lies in state at St Peters
Vast crowds gather around Pope John XXII's body in St Peters Basilica as nearly a million mourners pass by the catafalque. Cardinals arrive for rites and June 19 conclave with nine day mourning from Friday to June 17, interrupted by Corpus Christi June 13. Voting begins June 20 with four ballots daily in the Sistine Chapel. US delegation to attend includes Vice President Johnson and Farley, Shuster, and Mays.
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Basilica
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College of Cardinals
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Corpus Christi
Sistine Chapel
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Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
James A. Farley
New York
George N. Shuster
Commonwealth
Benjamin Mays
Morehouse College
Adana, Ga
Farley
Blame Lightning For Farm Blaze Near Rembrandt
A barn and corncrib on a farm three miles east of Rembrandt were destroyed by a blaze Wednesday night. Investigators believe lightning caused the fire, with damage estimated between 15000 and 20000 dollars.
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Rembrandt
Profumo Scandal Rocks British Conservative Party
London reports a cabinet scandal involving minister John Profumo shakes the Conservative Party. Profumo resigns after admitting a false denial of an improper liaison with model Christine Keeler, jeopardizing Macmillan's government and likely ending his political career. The opposition seeks probe as a general election seems unlikely this year.
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Macmillan
Profumo
Valerie Hobson
Harrow
Oxford
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