Attorney General Pleads for Civil Rights
Atty General Robert F. Kennedy urged Congress to pass civil rights laws addressing racial bias in courts rather than through street protests. He defended public facility protections as necessary, while acknowledging possible changes to win passage this year. Kennedy warned that inaction would threaten American democracy and stressed courts must resolve grievances under law.
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Washington
UPT
Robert F. Kenney
Congress
Capital Hill
Kennedy
House Judiciary Committee
el Cefler
D-N.y
Celler
Birmingham
House
Senate
Belgian Military Plane Crashes in Germany
A Belgian army C-119 transport plane taking part in a NATO exercise exploded midair and crashed into a hillside near Angusdorf in northwest Germany. Of 47 aboard, 38 paratroopers and crewmen were killed while nine escaped. seven landed unhurt and were hospitalized. An eyewitness reported charred bodies among the wreckage.
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Detmold
Germany
UPL
Poher
Angusdorf
Family Injured in One Car Mishap Near Here
Billy Belt 19 and wife Ruby Loreen 21 of Ozark Ark listed in fair condition at Highland General Hospital after a one car crash about 40 am today 12 miles east of Pampa on Highway 152. Three month old son William Belt listed in good condition. Officer Lawrence Macha said the auto left the pavement struck a railroad track crossing flew 60 feet through the air rolled four times and came to rest after traveling 747 feet from the pavement. The accelerator appeared stuck and brakes faulty.
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Lawrence Macha
Highway 152
Pampa
Billy Belt
Ozark, Ark
Highland General Hospital
Macha
Daily News
Billy V. Belt
Ruby Loreen
Ozark
Ark
William Belt
Belt Auto
R. B. Cooke
Cy Boundary Line
Proposed Charter Changes Explained for Pam pa July 9 Vote
City Secretary Ed win Vicars outlined two of four amendments in Pam pa s City Charter for the July 9 special election. He noted the major issue is whether all qualified voters may elect each of four City Commissioners, while two other amendments would restore old provisions from 1946 and delete outdated sections. Absentee ballots totaled 28 by midday today with a July 4 deadline at 10 pm.
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Pampa
Edwin Vicars
Vicars
Uny
Bate
Smacity Commission
Dman
Virars
TWA
Presen Day Commission
Wath
Sweden Faces Most Serious Espionage Case in History
Premier Tage Erlander called advisers to address Sweden's record espionage case. Col. Erik Wennerstroem confessed to selling American and Swedish defense secrets to the Communist bloc for 15 years, prompting expulsion of Soviet diplomats and a nationwide security overhaul discussion. Sweden, neutral yet closely tied to NATO members, grapples with shock and calls for tightening safeguards.
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YPD
Tage Erlander
Lander
Italy
Foreign Ministry
Erik Wennerstroem
Air Force
Washington
Soviet Union
Torsten Nilsson
Foren
Wennerstroem
Commuunists
Russia
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
United States
Georgi Baranovski
Vitali Mukatski
Notsson
Davier Dyplomabe
Seey Andersson
Wernerstroem
Kremlin
Keris
Phish Stoehdigha Sabars
Dyas Fuliy Ile
Rotarians Install New Officers and Board
In Pampa rotary proceedings, Cameron Marsh is named as new president of the Pampa Rotarians. New secretary treasurer Atkinson, and vice president Fuonw Wilkerson join a board led by past president ROD. Deihert Downing of Midland gave the evening’s keynote urging honesty and high ethics in business.
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Pampa
Amarilla
Rod “Fuonw Wilkerson
Itl Atkinson
Eensurer
Deihert Downing
Midland
Eahaes
Lela
Shelia Erate
Loyal Davies
Art Mulland
Arthur Smailey
Immaie Thompson
Crerdan Lycans
Bee Praser
Lach Laster
Wies Af Chih
Finch Watson
Rotary Anns
Pampa Plans Nationwide July 4 Bell Ringing
Pampans will join a national program to ring bells at noon on Independence Day and recite the Declaration. A Chamber committee in Caranade? Mourning finalized plans to form every bell in Pampa, with broadcasts by radio stations and local groups.
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Pampans
Chamber of Commerce
Caranade
Pampa
Gonald
Mauch
Lee Chayman
Freedom Reminder
Chamber of Correla
Cees
School
Aff Eiats
Enie Chibs
Pampa Key
Sub for Mrs Washington hosts ICW reception
Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis mother and Mrs Hugh D. Auchincloss stood in as substitutes for a White House reception on Monday. About 200 members of the International Council of Women attended the event, reflecting the social functions centered in the capital.
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Washington
UPI
Jacqueline
Integrationists Call for Boston Evers Day Strike
United Press International reports integration leaders call for a one day Boston strike by GS8,000 Black residents to protest segregation during Medgar Evers memorial events on Boston Common. Governor Endicott Peabody declares Evers Memorial Day and urges calm as protests are framed as a path to progress.
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Boston
Medgar Evers
Massachusetts
Endivott Peabody
Evers
Georgia
Hosea Walliams
Denver
Charleston
Luesdas
Seegia
Neptunes
Carlina
Raleigh
Kennedy in Berlin Tells West Berliners Winds of Change
President Kennedy makes a first close look at East Berlin signals change as he greets a crowd of about a quarter million at city hall. He proclaims I am a Berliner in German and urges freedom as he highlights the inevitability of change in Communist Europe. He tours the Brandenburg Gate and Checkpoint Charlie and delivers a speech at the University of Berlin.
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Berlin
UPI
Kennedy
Freedom
White House
Pierre Salinger
City Hall
Tegel
Adolf Hiter
Where Did Nikki Go In Moscow Mystery
In Moscow reports swirl about Nikki Khrushchev’s disappearance after a surprise trip to Bucharest. Foreign observers spread rumors while Kremlin officials offer no confirmation, citing the usual lack of information as reporters await clarification amid ongoing events at the International Women’s Congress.
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Moscow
UPI
Nihita Khrushches
Bucharest
Kremlin Palace of Congresses
Wien
Dinee
Chee Hang
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