Papal bedside vigil as John XXIII briefly awakens
Pope John XXIII regained consciousness briefly for a second time then slipped back into coma amid peritonitis from a stomach tumor. Doctors warned death could come at any moment while Vatican radios urged prayers as crowds gathered in St Peter's Square.
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Jackson sees mass arrests in civil rights march
More than 400 marching Negroes were arrested in Jackson with 327 juveniles and 94 adults charged with parading without a permit. NAACP leaders denounced police tactics as Nazism while barring a biracial meeting, and a white protester was convicted of assault.
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Willie Ludden
Atlanta
Ludden
Brinkley High School
James Spencer
Bennie Oliver
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Norman
Tougaloo College
Oliver
Expect Administration To Seek Legislation To Speed Integration
Washington reporters note the administration plans to push new legislation aimed at accelerating racial integration. Officials indicate a focus on schools and housing policy, with timelines yet to be announced.
Tallahassee Negroes Win Right To Picket
In Tallahassee Florida Negroes gain court protection for regulated picketing of white movie theatres. The group abandons a mass march and plans further peaceful demonstrations plus possible damage suits over arrests. National legislation to desegregate schools and public accommodations is being drafted for Congress.
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Tallahassee
Florida A&m University
Florida
Les Pendleton
Maureen O'Sullivan's Son Arraigned on Narcotics Charge
Patrick Joseph Farrow, 20, son of actress Maureen O'Sullivan, pleaded innocent to narcotics possession. He was arraigned Friday and ordered to stand trial July 22 in Santa Monica California.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Patrick Joseph Farrow
Maureen O’sullivan
Tragic Route 11 Crash Claims Philadelphia Driver
A 20 year old Philadelphia man, Mau rice Wood, was fatally injured when his automobile blew a tire and struck a bridge on Route 11 in a Jefferson County village. The crash occurred today and the driver died from his injuries.
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Philadelphia
Maurice Wood
Jefferson County
June Arrives With Mild Temperatures and Rain Across Regions
June began with mild spring temperatures and widespread rain in many areas. The national outlook shows 50s and 60s with scattered 40s and 80s, from the Mississippi Valley to Maine, Texas panhandle to Wyoming, and Montana to Utah. Rain eased but pockets of heavy showers appeared, notably 6 inches in parts of Kansas and the Texas Panhandle, as a cool front moved eastward.
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Maine
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California
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Mont
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Calif
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Montana
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Plains
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Troops Depart for Southeast Asia Maneuvers
The first contingent of 25th Division soldiers left from Honolulu on Friday bound for Thailand to take part in Southeast Asia Treaty Organization maneuvers scheduled June 11 to June 19.
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Hawaii
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Thailand
Jackie Kennedy to ride Lipizzan horses at world fairs
Vienna reports Jackie Kennedy asked Col Alois Podhajsky to grant a ride on Lipizzan horses. Eighteen Lipizzans will be flown to the United States in April for performances at the New York World's Fair Boston and Washington. The sighting follows the Kennedy Khrushchev meeting in Vienna in 1961.
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Australia
Jacqueline Kennedy
Austria
Alois Podhajsky
Doctors Restore Near Normal Arm After Gun Blast
Cobleskill Community Hospital describes restoring to near normal a man's right arm after it was torn off by a shotgun blast near Middleburg Schoharie County. Loreto Ferri of New York City underwent a three hour operation, nerve repairs, skin grafts, and vascular grafting with hopeful but uncertain prospects.
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Cobleskill Community Hospital
Loreto Ferri
New York City
Jamaica
Middleburg
Schoharie
Ferri
Crowds Gather Beneath Pope John XXIII Window
Vatican City crowds endured a dark night of survival then rose at dawn to renew vigil in St. Peter's Square. Seminarians prayed near the obelisk as Romans and visitors joined, awaiting a sight from the Pope's studio window with swallows filling the sky above the dome.
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Rep Francis E Walter Dies Of Cancer
Washington reports the death of Rep Francis E Walter 69 longtime Pennsylvania Democrat and chair of the House Un American Activities Committee He died Friday after weeks at Georgetown University Hospital from leukemia a cancer of the blood President Kennedy issued a statement expressing sorrow and noting Walter’s faith and courage in facing his illness
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House of Representatives
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Ben
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Two men stop robber in downtown Pittsburgh street
Two unnamed men pursued and captured Gerald Winkle, 29, an ex convict, after he shoved a tavern keeper and fled with a $400 bank deposit. Passers by alerted a onlooker who detained Winkle until police arrived on the scene.
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Pittsburgh
Gerald Winkie
Winkle
Father Dies In Fire While Trying To Save Daughter In Monticello
In a predawn Monticello fire a father Raymond H. Dill 36 returned inside to rescue his daughter Judith 9 and both died. His wife Joyce Dill 3 suffered extensive burns. Dill’s son Raymond 8 and grandfather Henry Dill 62 escaped. Fire followed a prior clothing fire in the basement with the family using a garden hose.
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Dill
Joseph Pere
Peres
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Monticello Hospital
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Raymond
Henry Dill
Pete
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Hurricane season begins June 15 with named storms
Miami reports the six month hurricane season runs June 15 to November 30 with Air Force and Navy reconnaissance aircraft on standby. The Weather Bureau lists the Atlantic storm names Arlene Beulah Cinda Debra Edith Flora Ginny Hannah Irene Janice Kristy Laura Margo Nona Orchid Portia Rachael Sandra Teresa Verna Wallis for potential storms.
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Atlantic
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Beulah
Cinda
Debra
Edith
Flora
Ginny
Hannah
Irene
Janice
Kristy
Laura
Margo
Nona
Orchid
Portia
Rachael
Sandra
Terese
Verna
Wallis
Paper plant hit during Memorial Day break
Thieves entered the Baltimore plant over the Memorial Day holiday and stole a German Shepherd watchdog. The incident was reported by the paper company.
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Baltimore, Md
Meredith funds set up at Ole Miss to aid students
James H. Meredith announced the Meredith Education Fund to provide loans and gifts for college and high school students. Ole Miss professors contributed, and he has already donated 1000 dollars. He noted the fund may serve all races and spoke at a dinner where Mayor Wagner praised his pursuit of impact.
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James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Ole Miss
Meredith
Robert F. Wagner
Maj. L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Australian wheat to China shipments start in June
Wheat Board chairman J. V. Moroney announced Australia has sold 46 million bushels of wheat to Communist China. Shipments to begin in June.
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