Kennedy Outlines Aims For Civil Rights Laws
President Kennedy urged Congress to pass a broad civil rights program to end discrimination against Negroes. Proposals include desegregation in stores hotels and theaters voting protections and expanded federal action in school desegregation suits. Leaders from both parties pledged to act though Southern Democrats warned of filibuster and possible violence.
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Washington
Wim
Kennedy
Congress
Ion
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Mike Mansfield
House
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Wallace Yields as Negroes Register at Alabama U
Federal troops surrounded the Alabama campus as Governor George Wallace resisted desegregation. Two students, Vivian Maione and James A. Hood, enrolled briefly. Wallace stepped aside amid tense confrontation. Hood and Maione said they plan to study psychology and business management, aiming for peaceful schooling.
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Vivian Maione
James A. Hood
Wallace
Bris
Don Heney V. Graham
National
Cua
Graham
National Guard
Alabama
Hood
Registre
Mason
Newsman
Students Extend Friendly Hands at Alabama Union
First day at the University of Alabama sees Negro and white students mixing on campus amid tension as Governor and federal authorities clash over desegregation. Viviin Malone and James Ay Hood are among those described, with national issues surrounding Kennedy’s push to end color lines shaping the scene.
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Puccaloosa
Alt
University of Alabama
Viviin Malone
Clissenaom
James Ay Hood
Alabama
Kennedy
Mac backs Cabinet to defend Profumo scandal
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan won Cabinet support for his handling of the Profumo affair amid tensions in the Conservative Party. Ministers avoided public comment as the official inquiry, led by Lord Dilhorne, reportedly cleared John Profumo of suspicion, shaping upcoming parliamentary strategy against Labour attacks.
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Landon Verime
Harold Macmillan
British Press Association
Tenkerlatt
Lord Dilhorne
Profumo
Dilhorne
Macmillan
Union Leader Found Guilty Of Extortion
Newark based union leader Anthony Provenzano, head of the New Jersey Teamsters Joint Council, is found guilty of extorting 17,100 from Corn Transportation Inc. in New York. A six man six woman U.S. District Court jury convicted him after a trial that began Monday. sentencing set by Judge Robert Shaw. Provenzano, free on bail, faces up to 20 years and a 10,000 fine, with probation terms to report Thursday.
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Newark
N. 1
Anthony
Tony Pra Praverzano
New Jersey Teamsters Union Joint Council
New York
Provenwand
U.S. District Court
Provenzana Tages
Robert Shaw
Provenzana
Liberty
Provenzano
Corn Transportation, Inc
Rensselaer, N
Secaucus, Nal
Maryland riot after march in Cambridge leaves two white men shot
In Cambridge, Maryland, a race riot erupted after a protest march. About 10 whites confronted an equal number of Negro demonstrators near the courthouse and jail. Two white men were shot and at least four others injured as fires broke out and police dispersed a mob.
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Cambridge
Gil
Ritval
Mega
Carey Jarman
George E. Davidson
Maryland Field Force
Choutank River
Davidson
Jerome Shenton
George Bernard Todd
Shenton
Greek King weighs action in new crisis
Athens Greece King Paul opened a round of consultations to resolve Greece first government crisis in seven years. He met Constantine Rodopoulos president of Parliament and invited two leading opponents of Constantine Caramanlis. Caramanlis resigned as premier Tuesday in protest over the royal family's refusal to delay a state visit to London. The king must decide whether to name a new government or dissolve Parliament and call a national election.
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Athens
Geesee
Paul
Greece
Constantine Rodopoulos
Constantine Caramanlis
Palace
Caramaclis
London
White Enrolled At Negro School Huntsville Story
A white student, Robert Muckel, 29, a chemistry teacher from Utica Nebraska, enrolled at a Negro school in Huntsville Alabama under a court order context while two Negro students were enrolled at the University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, signing up Tuesday for summer classes funded by a National Science Foundation grant.
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Huntsville
Ala
University of Alabama
Tuscalloosa
Robert Muckel
Utica
Neb
Alabama Aem
National Science Foundation
Boy's Body Recovered From River Mississippi Tragedy
Jeremiah Jerry McCormick 14 of Muscatine was pulled from the Mississippi River after disappearing while fishing with friends. Rescue units recovered the body 300 feet downstream near the dam site. Funeral services are set for Friday at George M. Wirick funeral home with burial at Greenwood cemetery. He was the son of Joe and Lavere Millett McCormick and survived by parents, grandparents, four brothers, and three sisters.
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Mississippi River
Jeremiah
Jerry) McCormick
Eddy Curresis
George M. Wiritch
Greenwood Cemetery
Young McCormick
Gore
the Dame
Muscatine
Wapel
Dai
George Cordwell
Omar Whitlow
Walter Ryder
Thomas Hons
Dick Cappelt
Joe and
Lavere Millett McCornick
Miles Millett
Long Beach
Call
Donald
Fort Irwin
Calif
William
Larry
Patrick
Thomas Honis
James ©. Phillips
Dorothy McConmick
Evers Shot Near Home in Jackson Mississippi
Medgar W. Evers 37 year old Mississippi NAACP field secretary was mortally wounded in his driveway in Jackson and died about 80 minutes later. Police launched a citywide search for the assassin as NAACP executives vowed a $10000 reward. Witnesses reported three men fleeing the scene as officers arrived within minutes and neighbors recalled Evers had just spoken at an integration rally.
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R. Q. Turner
Jackson, Miss
Medgar Evers
NAACP
Evers
AP Photofax
Jackson
Miss
Medgar W. Evers
South
Mississippi
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
University Medical Cean
Paign Aguiion
Issippi
Ww. EB. Pierce
ACP
Evers M
Wilkins
Evere
Willie Mae Bishop
Sewsmen
Merle Beasley Evers
Houston Wells
Willie C. Quinn
Wells
Darrell Kenyatta
Denise
van Dyke
Ron Duly
Illinois to Design Bridge Across Mississippi at Davenport
The Iowa Highways Commission plans to contract Vollinois for bridge design with DeLeuw, Cather, & Co. of Chicago to prepare a complex construction program proposal for the Interstate 28 bridge spanning the Mississippi near Davenport. The $51,000 lump sum covers engineering services amid investigation comments by Pierce and references to local officials and recent arson attempts.
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Arues — Ay
Iowa Highway Commission
Vollinois
Mississippi River
Davenport
DeLeuw, Cather, & Co
Chicago
Harlem clash over job bias halts work at new hospital
At Lenox Avenue and 36th Street Harlem three men were injured as about 130 demonstrators and police clashed over alleged discrimination in building trades. Pickets blocked entry. police used barriers. work was delayed 30 minutes. NAACP leader Herbert Hill planned a City Hall protest citing police action and alleged non enforcement of anti discrimination laws.
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New York
Harlem
Lenox Avenue
36Th Street
Herbert Hill
Naacp National Labor
Van Buren County Opens Studies of New Industries
Van Buren County begins a two month survey of labor potential to spur industrial growth as part of TENCO efforts with Iowa Employment Security Commission. The study assesses electricity limits, medical facilities and other factors. it will be followed by surveys in Wayne Appanoose Lucas Monroe Wapello Marion Keokuk and Mahaska counties with university and state agency support.
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van Buren County
Keosauqua
Iowa Employment Security Commission
van Buren
TENCO
Davis County
Edwin Emerson
Emerson
Wayne
Appanoose
Lucas
Monroe
Wapello
Marion
Keokuk
Mahaska
University of Iowa
Towa State University
Towa Development Commission
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Tuscaloosa
George C. Wallace
Mac
Maryland
Henry Grahant
University of Alabama At
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West
Joe McCormick
Hershey , Avenue
M. B. Pierce
Edgar W. Evers
Pierce
Ilinois
Allen
Thompson
Medgar
P. Evers
Iowa
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