Court upholds no devotional prayers in public schools
The Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 that public schools may not continue daily devotional exercises, including the Lord's Prayer and Bible readings, citing the First Amendment ban on government endorsement of religion while urging objective study of religion as part of a secular curriculum. The decision drew praise from religious leaders who favor Bible study as a scholarly source.
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UPI
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General Board
National Council of Churches
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East
Midwest
Tom C. Clark
J. Irwin Miller
Council
New York
Madalyn E. Murray
Baltimore
William J. Murray III
U.S. Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Murrays
Bonna Mays
Murray
Schempp urges tolerance after Bible ban ruling
Edward L. Schempp, after winning a five year court battle to stop Bible reading in Abington Township schools, calls on opponents to show tolerance and accept the Supreme Court decision. He says the ruling tests religious freedom within democracy and his wife says the amendments to the constitution were upheld.
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Roslyn
UPI
Supreme Court
Edward L. Schempp
Abington Township
Schempp
Clergy and Educators React to School Prayer Ban
Local clergy and educators react to the Supreme Court ruling banning prayers in public schools. Three religious leaders spoke against it while one favored it, urging prayer at home and expressing concerns about secular influence on education.
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Richard E. Hawke
Kings Chapel
God
Israel Poleyeff
Tifereth Israel
Rabbi Poleyeff
Raymond A. Vollmer
St. Margaret’s Catholic Parish
Woman Kills Five Children Husband and Self in Prospect
A 44 year-old housewife, Elizabeth Gregor of Prospect, Pennsylvania, killed her husband Joseph and their five children with a 12 gauge shotgun then shot herself. Police found notes suggesting long planned killings and said she had been under doctor care for a nervous condition.
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Prospect
UPI
Elizabeth Gregor
Pennsylvania
Joseph Gregor
Clinton Atwell
Atwell
Gregor
Donald
Carole
Robert
Butler
Donald Mackel
Dallas
Tex
Western Pennsylvania Fair Weather With Mild Turbulence
Today in Western Pennsylvania expect mostly sunny skies and fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Highs near 75 to 82 and lows 45 to 53. Lake Erie winds from 8 to 15 knots today then 8 to 14 knots tonight with partly cloudy skies. 24 hour period shows a high of 77 and low of 46 with 0.06 inch rain. river stage 4.3 feet.
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Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
Congressional Override Of Bible Ban Seen Unlikely
Congress faces slim chances of overturning the Supreme Court ban on religious exercises in public schools. Lawmakers criticize the ruling, but constitutional amendment options are viewed as unlikely paths to change the decision.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Supreme Court
High Court
Schempp Family Wins Bible Reading Case Over School Policy
The Schempps of Abington Township argued that daily Bible reading in public schools favored religion and violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments. After a 1959 Supreme Court victory, Pennsylvania amended the law to permit parental opt outs. a 1962 ruling upheld the decision, allowing children to be excused from daily Bible reading.
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Schempps
Unitarian Church
Roger
Donna
Abington Township
U. S. Supreme Court
Two Area Persons Picked as Postmasters
President John F. Kennedy selects Mrs. Theresa Catale of Hillsville and Russell R. Weaver of Jackson Center as postmaster nominees. Both await Senate approval.
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John F. Kennedy
Theresa Catale
Hillsville
Russell R. Weaver
Jackson Center
Senate
Deaths: John L Bierman and John C Jones Jr
Two local deaths announced. John L Bierman, 78, of 203 McKee Fording Road, and John C Jones Jr., 38, of RD 6, are listed in the Tuesday June 18 1963 death record.
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John L. Bierman
McKee-Fording
John C. Jones, Jr
Zelienople Bypass Opens First Freeway Segment
Officials and community leaders gathered in Zelienople for a ribbon cutting marking the opening of the 3.5 mile Zelienople Bypass, the first completed north of Pittsburgh on the Erie Pittsburgh West Virginia Freeway. Lt. Gov. Raymond Shafer spoke as the project by Adam Eidemiller Inc. advances traffic relief on U.S. 19. Local groups backed the effort to speed construction and ease bottlenecks near Pittsburgh and Erie.
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Zelienople
U.S. 19
Pittsburgh
Erie
Adam Eidemiller
Shafer
New Castle
Hoover's Condition Shows No Change
Former President Herbert C Hoover, age 88, remained in very serious condition at his Waldorf Towers suite in Manhattan due to anemia and intestinal bleeding. Doctors reported slight improvement since Sunday with fever down and more regular heart action, visitors limited to his two sons and medical staff.
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New York
UPS
Herbert C. Hoover
Hoover
Waldorf Towers
Manhattan
Herbert Jr
Allan
Congress To Get Five Point Civil Rights Package
Congressional leaders said there is a good prospect for a bipartisan civil rights package. The plan includes five parts with strong support except for the section on equal public accommodations for Negroes. Republican groups in both chambers scheduled meetings to study the proposal Kennedy plans to send to Congress Wednesday.
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UPI
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Senate
Kennedy
Congress
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National Guard For Churches
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Mont
Everett M. Dirksen
Ill
Macmillan Under Pressure as Confidence Vote Fails
London reports Harold Macmillan faces growing pressure to resign after a 321-252 House of Commons vote on the Profumo affair. Observers foresee a summer departure with Kennedy’s June visit looming and calls for a full investigation of the scandal.
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UPI
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Macmillan
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Labor ‘Party
Kennedy
Profumo
Monda
George Brown
Labor Party
Laborites
Russia
United States
John Profumo
Daily Mail
Tax refinance saves Ellwood City taxpayers on school bonds
Ellwood City officials refinanced a 2.532 million bond issue to retire the 1960 Lincoln High School addition and the 1953 Walnut Ridge School bonds. Proceeds were received at the bank, with Kied er Peabody handling the deal and First National Bank serving as trustee. Interest dropped from 4.25 to 3.329 percent, enabling the authority to dissolve by Aug. 1.
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New Castle News
Lawrence County School Authority
Lincoln High School
Walnut Ridge
Anna Brewer
Phillip Morris
Atty. Thomas V. Mansell
First National Bank of
Lawrence County
Max W. Ewing
John R. Streeter
Ellwood City
Ellwood
Kidder, Peabody and Co
Phillip E. Morris
Jurors Hear Chain of Events in Stabbing Case
The trial of Samuel Doster for murder and voluntary manslaughter features testimony from two women who accompanied victim John James Jr. to various locations after a November 24 scuffle at a Farrell area Elks Club. Coroner Meehan said internal chest bleeding caused James’s death. surgeon Acquaviva treated both men.
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Lawrence County Court
John James Jr
Samuel Doster
W. Lawrence St
New Castle
Lois Scales
Matilda Talbert
Sharon
Twin Cities
Elks Club
Farrell
John A. Meehan Jr
Amleto Acquaviva
James
Doster
Meehan
Husky
Acquaviva
Scranton Accepts Favorite Son Nomination Idea
Gov William W Scranton said he would accept a favorite son presidential nomination to unite Pennsylvania's delegation for the 1964 Republican National Convention He listed conditions including no heavy convention sentiment and delegation agreement He stressed the move aims to serve Pennsylvania interests not run for president and said the stance would lend stability to the party's delegation.
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Scranton
Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Craig Truax
Washington Evening Star
Bykovsky Breaks Space Flight Endurance Record
Moscow reports cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky extending his orbital mission to new best durations. He sits on day five in Vostok V alongside Valentina Tereshkova as Tass notes all systems function smoothly. Officials gave no timetable for the mission's end.
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Bykovsky
Moscow
UPI
Valery F. Bykovsky
Valentina Tereshkova
Andrian Nikolayev
Tass
Valentina
Lawrence County Junior Golf Tour crown claimed by D Prosser
D Prosser of Neshanock High wins the Lawrence County Jaycees Junior Golf Tour championship. The report notes strong play from Youngstown’s Jack Kralick contributing to the Cleveland Indians’ revived American League bid.
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Dave Prosser
Neshan‘nock High
Lawrence County
Jaycees
Youngstown
Jack Kralick
Cleveland Indians
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