Breathitt Wins Dem Nomination To Seek Kentucky Governorship
Edward T. Breathitt Jr. defeats A B Chandler in Kentucky Democratic gubernatorial primary with 295,621 votes to 239,784 as Chandler signals the end of a three term career. Breathitt will face Louie Nunn in November in a race that could crown Kentucky’s first Republican governor in two decades.
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Louisville
Edward T. Breathitt Jr
A. B
Chandler
Kentucky
Hopkinsville
Breathitt
U.S
Louie Nunn
Glasgow
Nunn
Edward T. Breathitt, Jr
Judge Rules U S Cannot Sue For School Integration
Judge JH Hobart Grooms ruled the Justice Department cannot sue to integrate Madison County and Huntsville schools. The suit, filed in January, sought to force integration in federally impacted areas, citing a Mississippi demolition precedent. A similar Mobile Alabama case is mentioned as pending.
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Birmingham
U.S. Dist
JH. Hobart Grooms
Justice Department
Madison County
Huntsville
Grooms
Mississippi
Mobile
Ala
Lisbon Station Roof Collapses Over Holiday Crowd
In Lisbon Portugal a section of the Cais de Sodre Station roof collapsed during a holiday crowd killing 48 and injuring 36. The accident halted Salazar era celebrations marking the revolution anniversary. Police opened an investigation amid reports of sabotage as passengers alighted from trains returning from beaches.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Antonio Oliveira Salazar
Cais de Sodre
Barry and Crawford Appointed to State Panels
Des Moines governor Hughes appointed Robert Barry of Danbury to the State Highway Commission and Cordin Crawford of Ainsworth to the State Board of Control. Both receive interim terms beginning July 1 and ending after the 1963 legislative session. Barry, 19, an automatic dealer, fills the vacancy of Robert Keir who dies June 30. Crawford, 50, a farmer, will replace Walter J. Conway whose term expires.
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Des Moines
Harold Hughes
Robert Bar
Danbury
State Highway Commission
Cordin Crawford
Ainsworth
State Board of Control
Hughes
Bary
Crawford
Senate
Barry
Robert Keir
Spencer Republican
Xpires
Curtailed Mail Service Averted in Compromise Budget
The Post Office Department announced it will not cut deliveries as heat and budget pressures eased. A Senate House Conference committee restored 35 million of the 69 million cut from postal operating funds, averting drastic service curtailment.
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Washington
Post’ Office Department
Senate House
House
Race Bars Protested By Iowans At Statehouse
More than 70 demonstrators gathered at the Iowa Statehouse to protest racial discrimination, referencing Birmingham and Des Moines. NAACP Des Moines leader Robert A. Wright spoke on job and housing discrimination and segregation in education, with a peaceful march by the Lincoln statue and no police presence.
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Iowa Statehouse
South
Women’s Committee
Des Moines
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Lincoln
Birmingham
Ala
Des Mines
Capitol
Robert A. Wright
Wright
Man 56? Meets Death on Track in Cedar Rapids
A man identified as Oswald Eayward Van Hutton, 36, of Silver City Nevada, was killed when a Chicago and North Western freight train ran over him as he lay between the tracks in Cedar Rapids. Crewmen did not see him in time to stop the train.
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Cedar Rapids
Oswald Eayward van Hutton
Silver City
Nev
Chicago & Nori Western
Cuba accuses U S plane of attack off Havana coast
Cuba's Armed Forces Ministry accused a U S Navy P5B aircraft, number 147-320, of firing on a Soviet Cuban oil crew near Cay Frances, 220 miles east of Havana. The communique claimed the plane flew at 200 meters, demanding U S measures to end aggression and warning of grave consequences.
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Havana
Cuba
Oday
Armed Forces Ministry
Cay Frances
Coas
Pentagon
CIA
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Pope John XXIII Regains Sleep After Grave Crisis
Vatican reports Pope John XXIII spent a restful night though remains gravely ill. A Vatican communiqué said he appeared rested in morning light after a severe gastric heteroplasia episode and ongoing hemorrhage concerns. Cardinal Girognani met with him daily as doctors monitored his condition.
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Pope
Vatican
Vatican City
John XXIII
L'Osservato Romano
Pope John
Antonio Gastarrini
Joan
Amblo Cardinal
Girognani
Mechanicsville Paving Starts After Prolonged Dispute
The town hears road-making equipment as 50 blocks of dirt streets begin paving after a two-year court fight over costs. Grocer Joseph Paidar calls the road grader noise an armistice as work began on Tuesday.
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Mechanicsville
Iat
Joseph Paidar
Memorial Services for Memorial Day 1963 in Greenwood
Memorial observances honor George C. Gerth as master of ceremonies with a Greenwood procession forming at the Chapel at 9 30. The program features bands from West Junior High and Central Junior High, readings of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, salutes by American Legion and VFW firing squads, and a rain plan moving to Muscatine High School Auditorium.
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George C. Gerth
Ally
Robert Petersen Greenwood
West Junior High
Charles Piotrowski
Thomas Doyle
General A Wither
Carol Merrick
Weeny
Pamela Craddock
Roger L. Lande Baily
Robert Petersen
Stephen Petersen
J. E. Kleffmann
Americad Legion
Thomas Ahit
David Warner
1100
D.s.t
Mts AM
Central
Jacque Sterenbere
Ceessueseys
Gerald Powell
S. Worden
Cees
Albert Weeks
American Legion
V.F.W
Thomas
Memorial Park
Birhacks
American Legion Greenwood
V.fw
American, Legion St
American Legion ‘Auxiliary
Vf.w
V.faw
Navy
Army
Air Force
Crow
Stormer
Muscatine
Dewel to Head Fees of Shaff Apportionment Plan
Algona publisher Duane E. L. Dewel agreed to chair a statewide citizens committee opposing the Shaff legislative reapportionment amendment. A Des Moines meeting is set for June 19 to organize recruitment across Iowa and urge voters to reject the plan at the polls for a better alternative.
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Dewel
Algona
Duane EL Dewel
Algona Weekly
Ganatans Today
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Senate
Final Call List Names 34 Muscatine Veterans Dead
Creston council weighs Burlington Railroad offer to sell Creston depot for city hall use. Railroad plans a new building elsewhere, details not announced.
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Creston
Burlington Railroad
Busy Birthday for President Kennedy on Potomac Cruise
President Kennedy marked his 46th birthday with a planned evening dinner cruise on the Potomac aboard the 104 foot Navy yacht Sequoia. Jacqueline Kennedy and about 25 relatives and friends were to serenade him with Happy Birthday weather permitting. He kept a full schedule from 9:30 a.m. to late afternoon with standard duties.
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Washington
Kennedy
Jacqueline
Potomac
Cuban Charges Denied by Rusk
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said the Soviet Union may plan more nuclear tests but the United States does not intend atmospheric tests in the near term. He dismissed Cuba’s accusation that a U S Navy patrol plane fired on a Soviet Cuban oil crew east of Havana, noting the planes lack machine guns.
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Washington
Businessmen Summoned For Integration Parley
President Kennedy invited about 75 Northern and Southern business executives to a White House meeting to discuss public facilities integration and equal access to services. Additional telegrams were sent to 25 others as the Justice Department intensifies civil rights efforts amid Supreme Court rulings and Birmingham tensions.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
South
Pierre Salinger
Sothern
Robert F. Kennedy
Rheen
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Birmingham
Ala
University of Alabama
Robert Kennedy
Fire Bomb Hits Negro Leader Car in Jackson
In Jackson Mississippi a kerosene bomb hit the car of Medgar Evers state field secretary for the NAACP at midnight after he predicted new integration moves. The blast damaged the station wagon but did not ignite. Evers and his family were at home. Police call it a pranksters’ act while violence elsewhere in the state and nation is noted.
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Jackson, Miss
Medgar Evers
National Associaton For the Advancement of Colored People
Evers
Jackson
Gavarely
Biloni
Cleve McDowell
University of Mississippi Law School
U.S. Dish
Sidney Mize
State College
McDowell
James H Meredith
High Point
N.C
Washington
Kennedy Administtration
Map Appeal of School Ruling At Birmingham
Attorneys for Negroes seek to overturn a federal judge’s ruling in Birmingham Alabama that extends time for school integration. U S District Judge Seybourney Lynne denied an injunction, saying the plaintiffs had not exhausted the Alabama pupil placement provisions. The appeal to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will be filed immediately by Orrell Billingsley Dr. for the Negro side.
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Birmingham
Ala
U.S. Dist
Seybourney Lynne
Orrell Billingsley
Sth
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Nameless Arlington Unknown Soldier Symbol of Lost War Dead
A Memorial Day remembrance honors the nameless dead at Arlington National Cemetery. The Unknown Soldier represents 430,000 who died in World Wars I II and Korea, plus 11,000 more who could not be identified. Sgt Edward F Younger chose the casket in France in 1922, leading to interment with others in 1938.
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Martha Cole
Washington
Arlington
Artington National
Silent Legion
France
Chalons sur-Mamie
Edward F. Younger
Congress
Korea
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Robert Applegate
Victor Albrand
Edward Brookhardt
Raymond Bird
Leonard Belzer
Virgil Boldt
Thomas Cannon
Lawrence Dusenberry
John Dowsey
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David Guyatie
George Grosjean
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Schleuter
Warren Sevight
Clarence Shoemaker
Louis Welde
Arthur Wacker
Chester Wellens
Guy Lewis Thomas Chelt I
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Frank Shannon
Clyde Chandler
Em‘acte Worthington
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Umschied
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Charles Nyweide
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