Committees Finish Rights Law Hearing
Washington AP President Kennedys civil rights program clears first stage as House Judiciary and Senate Commerce committees conclude hearings and plan bill drafting. House action likely after Labor Day while Senate timing remains uncertain. Public accommodations bill targets hotels theaters restaurants and other privately run outlets engaging in interstate commerce.
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Washington
Kennedy
House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Senate Commerce Committee
Commerce Committee
Robert I’. Kennedy
Fire destroys Paxico area farm buildings in blaze
Fire sparked by summer heat started in a hay barn near Paxico Kansas and swept across a farm a mile west destroying a two story farmhouse and five outbuildings within about two hours. The McGinnis family of ten residents and owner Eddie Mainhardt of Paxico were affected. Trooper Vernon Davis quoted the blaze began about 3 15 and ended with total loss.
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Paxico
Kan
Claire L. McGinnis
Eddie Mainhardt
Vernon Davis
Talk About Philosophy Turns to Robbery in Kansas City Night
AP reports Leonard Rowland paid a $25 debt to friend Richard DeVault when three youths approached and robbed them at knifepoint Friday night. The assailants stole another $25 from Rowland before fleeing, prompting Rowland to remark that it could have been worse and that he had repaid his debt first.
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Kansas City
Leonard Rowland
Richard DeVault
Rowland
Richard
Control Fire Near Lawton Suppressed After Two Days
A brush and forest fire covering about 6000 acres near Lawton Oklahoma has been brought under control after burning for two days. Fire crews faced rugged terrain and shifting winds as they fought the blaze. No injuries or structural losses were reported. Environmental impact and containment progress will be monitored by officials.
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Lawton
Okla
Traffic Toll Topeka AP Log 24 Hours 1963
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours to 9 am Saturday listing fatalities for August 1963 and comparing with the same period in 1962. The record notes one death in August 1963 and one in 1962, with totals varying across the period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Convention topeka recommendation on Sunflower Boys State control
At the 45th Kansas American Legion state convention delegates consider stripping Sunflower Boys State Inc of Wichita of control over Boys State. The recommendation aims to shift authority to a new governing body.
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Boys State
Sunflower Boys State Inc
Wichita
American Legion
Three Overcome In Wichita Fire Fight
AP reports three Wichita firemen were overcome by smoke battling a $25,000 blaze in an unoccupied residence. Firefighters Donald D. Foster Robert R. McGee and Henry Harms were listed in serious condition.
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Wichita
Donald D. Foster
Robert R. McGee
Henry Harms
Hurricane Arlene churns in Atlantic near Puerto Rico
Hurricane Arlene, first of the season, roared at 100 mph with 175 mile northern and 75 mile southern wind arcs as it moved west-northwest well east of San Juan. No major damage reported though a small craft sought aid. hurricane hunter planes monitored the storm overnight.
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Miami
Fla
Arlene
San Juan
P.R
Puerto Rico
Coast Guard
Secretary In Moscow To Sign Test Treaty
Secretary of State Dean Rusk arrived in Moscow with a pledge to pursue further steps for peace after the nuclear test ban treaty signing. Rusk and British and Soviet officials, plus six U.S. senators, will attend ceremonies with U Thant expected to witness. Talks with Khrushchev may explore relaxing cold war tensions and possible nonaggression declarations.
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Dean Rusk
United States
Andrie A. Gromyko
Soviet Union
Lord Home
London
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Three Boys to Receive Heralds Five Dollar Tip
A neighbor from 603 N Sycamore wins the Heralds five dollar tip prize for the week for naming the Bein family boys David 12 Denis 9 and Darren 2 who helped with housekeeping while their mother was in hospital. Mrs Bein has returned home and is reported well. Other tipsters include Mrs Roy McIntosh Homewood Tony Red Williamsburg Mrs Leo Johnson 1110 N Oak Mrs Sherman Smith 1126 N Poplar and Mrs Marie Giles Greeley.
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Herald
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Roy McIntosh
Homewood
Tony Red
Williamsburg
Leo Johnson
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Sherman Smith
N. Poplar
Marie Giles
Greeley
British Admiral Mountbatten to visit Canada and U S
London AP Earl Mountbatten, admiral of the British fleet, departs Sept 15 for a six day Canada and United States visit. He will confer with Canadian and U S defense leaders and receive an honorary degree from Jacksonville University, Florida.
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Earl Mountbatten
Canada
United States
Britain
U.S
Jacksonville (Fla.) University
Jackie Robinson joins picket line for jobs at Brooklyn project
Jackie Robinson, first Negro major league star, joined Friday’s picket at a Brooklyn construction site demanding more Negro and Puerto Rican workers on public financed projects. He previously starred with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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NEW York
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn Dodgers
Brooklyn
Turncoat Skinner to be paid on return home
Lowell D. Skinner an American POW who stayed in Communist China after Korea will receive back pay when he returns to the United States despite a 1954 dishonorable discharge. He arrived in Hong Kong en route home saying lack of freedom in China prompted his decision. State Department said his citizenship is unaffected and Justice Department will review possible prosecution.
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China
United States
Skinner
Akron
Ohio
Hong Kong
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Justice Department
House Committee On Un-American Activities
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Cuba
Kennedy
UN Command Warns North Korea Over Truce Line Fighting
UN Command warns North Korea to curb bloodthirsty marauders or face destruction after renewed clashes near the DMZ. Maj. Gen. George H. Cloud accuses Pyongyang of deliberate attacks in UN territory. North Korea calls charges fabrications.
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Korea
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North Korea
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Demilitarized Zone
Lifelong Ottawan Dead At 38 Doris Hjorth dies at 38 in Ottawa
Miss Doris Jane Hjorth a bookkeeper at Quin Furniture for over two decades and lifelong Ottawa resident died at her home at 10 30 p m after recovering from surgery at Ransom Memorial Hospital nine days earlier Visitation and funeral at Lamb Funeral Home Monday at 2 p m with Rev Roy H Armstrong officiating Burial in Highland Cemetery She was born September 29 1924 daughter of Harry M and Della A Selby Hjorth and survived by her parents and sister Beverly Jean Hjorth of the home She was organist at Trinity Methodist Church member of Wesleyan Service Guild and of Beta Sigma Phi sorority.
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Quin Furniture Store
Ottawa
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Lamb Funeral
Roy H. Armstrong
Highland Cemetery
Miss Hjorth
Harry M
Della A. (Selby) Hjorth
Trinity Methodist Church
Wesleyan Service Guild
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Beverly Jean Hjorth
49 Charged In Chicago Race Clash
In Chicago’s Englewood district on the South Side, 49 people including 22 juveniles were arrested as racial tensions flared for a fifth night. A police officer was lightly injured by a bottle thrown by protesters opposing three Negro families in an all white area. Edwin Marciniak said conditions appeared calmer than earlier in the week. Over 108 arrests were reported in the prior 24 hours for various protests, including a sit-down demonstration at 74th Street and Lowe Avenue aimed at blocking temporary classrooms seen as preserving segregation.
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South Side
Edwin Marciniak
Chicago Commission On Human Relations
Englewood
57Th Street
Morgan
74Th St
Lowe Ave
57Th and
Doctor Ward Dies Amid Britain Sex Scandal Conviction
Dr Stephen Ward died at St Stephen's Hospital at 50 after a drug overdose sent during the trial. The osteopath and artist had been convicted on two counts related to living off the earnings of Mandy Rice Davies and Christine Keeler in Britain's sex and political scandal. The jury had convicted him on two of five counts as sentencing was deferred due to illness.
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Stephen Ward
Britain
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Ward
Mandy Rice- Davies
Christine Keeler
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