Birmingham Past and Present Show Muted Progress on Race
A year after clashes, Birmingham shows mixed gains with Negroes seated at lunch counters, integrated crowds at baseball games and a large Graham rally. Four Barons players are Black, Negroes serve on a major committee, and schools grant some graduations with both races present. Yet segregation persists in hotels, eateries, and most issues remain unsettled amid ongoing threats and limited integration.
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Relman Morin
Birmingham
Ala
Baseball
Birmingham Barons
Barons
Legion Field
Evangelist
Anderson Supports Scranton Nomination for President
Gov. John Anderson and Kansas GOP chair Richard Rogers welcomed William Scranton's bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Both remain uncommitted on their first choice, with Rogers part of Kansas' 20 delegates and Anderson attending as a governor. They see Scranton as a moderate option amid Goldwater's delegate strength.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Richard Rogers
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Rogers
Kansas
Anderson
Scranton
Goldwater
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Flights Over Laos Will Resume
Premier Souvanna Phouma announced that U S reconnaissance flights over Central Laos will resume within days as Pathet Lao and Vietminh troop movements are under way. He said no objection to armed escorts and noted the lull in the operational zone had prompted prior suspension. The report mentions an air strike on Path et Lao HQ in Khang Khay per Chinese sources.
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Vientiane
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
U.S
Souvanna
Pathet Lao
Vietminh
China
Khang Khay
Red China
New China News Agency
Plaine Des Jarres
Royal Laotian Air Force
Former Teamsters official slain in Kansas City shooting
AP report says Floyd R. Hayes, once president of Teamsters Local 41 and former secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Council No.56, was killed by a shotgun blast in the King Louie East Bowl parking lot on Troost. His wife Myra Hayes was wounded in the abdomen but in satisfactory condition. A witness described Hayes unloading bowling bags when a car's occupant fired. police sought two Black men leaving in a car, one armed with a shotgun, the other with a pistol, and later found an abandoned car nearby.
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Kansas City
Teamster Union
Sth
Floyd R. Hayes
Teamsters Local 41
Teamsters Council No.56
Myra Hayes
Hayes
Kids not require doctor certificates for swimming program
Orliss Cox director of the summer recreation program said certificates are not needed for children enrolled in swimming this year. Enrollees will receive a pool card to be signed by parents. Cox noted that people have been bothering doctors and others, which this measure avoids.
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Orliss Cox
Cox
Greeks Turks May Visit Washington to Ease Cyprus Crisis
Washington AP Undersecretary of State George W. Ball said after a White House conference with President Johnson that Greece and Turkey prime ministers might visit Washington in a bid to cool the Cyprus crisis. Ball also cited a Paris meeting with Charles de Gaulle showing broad US France agreement on Southeast Asia objectives.
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Washington
George W. Ball
Johnson
Greece
Turkey
Cyprus
Ball
White House
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
United States
France
Southeast Asia
Girl Shares Her Summer With Shetland Pony Trinket
Charlene Flinsbaugh, 14, spends summer with Trinket, a 17 year family pony on the Wellsville farm. Trinket helped pull Charlene’s pony cart, prefers bread over meat, and accompanied Warner since childhood. The ponies live on pasture year round, fed hay in winter, with an electric fence after corn harvest for field cleanup.
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Charlene Flinsbaugh
Wellsville
Trinket
Bernice Holden
Charlene
George Flinsbaugh
Flinsbaugh
Warner
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Billy Graham
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Ful
Community Affairs Committee
Albert Boutwell
Lucius Pitts
Miles College
Arthur Shores
Boutwell
Savannakhet
Phoumi Nosavan
Troost
88Rd and
Velma F. Powers
Pol. Adv
Pony Cart
Charlie’s Cabinet
Hwy
Garnett, Ks
Ottawa Insulation Co
North Main
A. J
Andy’’ Mietchen
Aluminum
Featuring
Flexalum Aluminum
Kaiser—Siding
IRODS
Small Engines
Star Garage
Pomona
Nuzman Lumber
Dairy Queen
Sorange
Nurman Lumber
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