Background For A Crisis Birmingham most segregated city
Birmingham, Alabama, is described as the nation’s most segregated big city. Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth and Martin Luther King Jr. lead a long, staged push for desegregation begun months earlier, facing white opposition, business leaders’ resistance, and legal battles as they press for equal rights through non violent protests.
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Robert Gordon Birmingham
Ala
UPI
Southern Steel
America
Martin Luther King Jr
Atlanta
King
South
Fred Shuttlesworth
Shuttlesworth
Cincinnati
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Alabama _ Christian Movement for Human Rights
SCLC
Birmingham
Wyatt Tee Walker
Albany
Walker
Connor
Boutwell
A. G. Gaston
King de
Albany, Ga
Barron asks Kennedy divert APW funds to local projects
West Virginia Governor Barron urged President Kennedy to redirect the supplemental 450 million APW allocation to community sponsored projects. He proposed routing funds through the Community Facilities Administration and HEW, noting 150 applications worth 41 million dollars await CFA and HEW action as of May 1.
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Charleston
API
Kennedy
W. W. Barron
West Virginia
Community Facilities Administration
CFA
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Congress
Conference Committee
Barron
UN Troops Seize Dilolo to Curb Border Traffic
United Nations forces occupied the Congo Angolan border town of Dilolo to halt clandestine traffic. The town on the Benguela Railway near Elisabethville to Lobito Angola was last touched in January fighting over Katanga. U.N. said troops established friendly relations with locals and secured Dilolo Airport. Separate reports linked Katanga units to crossings into Angola, possibly joining gendarmerie forces.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
UPI
United Nations
U.N
Dilolo
Benguela
Elisabethville
Lobito
Angola
Katanga
Blue Law Passes NC House With Amendments
The North Carolina House approved a amended blue law restricting Sunday sales and sent it to the Senate. The measure would apply to 74 counties while 26 resort counties are exempted. Opponents called it unconstitutional class legislation, but the final vote was overwhelmingly in favor.
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Raleigh
N. C
UPI
House
Senate
Man Accused Of Firing Shots Into School Yard
MORGANTOWN UPD reports Monongalia County man Everly Foley fifty three of Peatress waived to grand jury after allegedly firing a .22 rifle into a school yard near his home. He appeared before Magistrate C R Harkness. Authorities found the gun and shells but no injuries. Foley said he could not stand the noise at the school.
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Morgantown
UPD
Monongalia County
Everly Foley
Peatress
C. R. Harkness
Blacksville
Foley
Funeral held Tuesday for Jack Patton prominent Charleston figure
Funeral services will be held Tuesday for Jack Patton 59 president of Patton Adjustments Inc who died Sunday in a Charleston hospital Patton also served as vice president of P E Holz meat packing firm and co owner of Patton and Meador Apartments
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Charleston
Coal Loadings Tie Second High in N W History
ROANOKE Va UPI Norfolk and Western Railway reported coal loadings last week at 27 303 cars the second highest in its 80 year history from West Virginia Virginia and Kentucky fields. The record high 27 472 cars was set the week ending May 29 1948. The week marked a three year peak above 26 387 cars the prior week and far above 22 832 cars in the same week last year.
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Roanoke
UPI
Norfolk and Western Railway
N&w
West Virginia-Virginia-Kentucky
Norfolk
Chamber Official Hurt in WV Collision
Harden R. Harmer 68 of Clarksburg president of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce was injured in a Sunday car truck crash on U S 250 two miles south of Fairmont. The car was driven by the former state senator and collided with a truck driven by Russell W Baker of Clarksburg.
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Chamber
Fairmont
UPI
Harden R. Harmer
Clarksburg
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
U. S. 250
Here
Russell W. Baker
West Virginia aid payments total 5.47 million in March
Public assistance to West Virginia residents reached 5.47 million in March, up slightly from February. The work and training program drew 1.73 million, ADC aid 1.56 million, with caseloads rising for WTP to 13,921 and ADC falling to 17,097. Food commodities aided 212,055 across 51 counties.
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Charleston
ADC
West Virginia
Logan
Mingo
McDowell
Wayne
NOW YOU KNOW By United Press International
Notice to creditors and beneficiaries for the estate of John R Holliday. Creditors must file claims with vouchers by November 15, 1963 at 213 Raleigh County Bank Building Beckley West Virginia. Beneficiaries should be present to protect interests.
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John R. Holliday
Raleigh County Bank
Beckley
West Virginia
Roy A. Cuningham
Raleigh County
WVU Student Wins Science Paper Prize
Stev en J. Dodd a WVU industrial engineering graduate student won first prize for the best technical paper at the American Institute of Industrial Engineers national convention in Denver. His Dial A Factor wheel could replace existing engineering economic tables and previously won $75 at the Southeastern student AITE conference in Gainesville and earned him $100 plus travel expenses.
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Morgantown
UPI
Steven J. Dodd
Gainesville
Fla
Ince Dodd
Denver
Gaelic Official Status Prompts School Gaelic Study
The text notes that most Irish people do not speak Gaelic fluently but Gaelic is now official. Children must study it in schools to align with the official language status.
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Ireland
Public Hearing on Proposed Zoning Ordinance Raleigh County
Raleigh County Court schedules a 11 00 a m hearing on May 25 1963 in the county courthouse to consider a comprehensive zoning ordinance. The report is on file with the Clerk of the Raleigh County Court. Written objections must be filed before the hearing. John C Ward president.
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Raleigh County
Raleigh County Court
John C. Ward
Obituaries and funeral notices from local paper
Obituaries list Charles Edwards 73 East Park funeral Wednesday at Welcome Baptist Church with burial at Greenwood Memorial Park arranged by Ritchie Johnson. Leonard R Milton 85 Old Eccles Road dies after long illness body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel. Hannah Jane Buckland 75 Nimitz Street body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel. Tillman J Smith 56 113 Wildwood Avenue dies May 19 in local hospital funeral May 21 at First Baptist Church with burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. active pallbearers listed. Hobart Eugene Graham 17 Crab Orchard killed in automobile accident body at Williams Funeral Home. Florists Pay.
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Edwards Edwards
Charles
East Park
Welcome Baptist Church
Archie Johnson
G. B. Anderson
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie & Johnson Funeral Parlor, Inc
Milton Milton
Leonard R
Old Eccles Road
Rose and Quesen Funeral
South Kanawha Street
Rose & Quesenberry Chapel
Buckland Buckland
Hannah Jane
Nimitz Street
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Kanawha Street
Smith Smith
Tillman J
Wildwood Avenue
First Baptist Church
Kenneth L. Swank
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Webb and Neal
Vance Drive
Charlie Richmond
Percy Richmond
Jack Thomas
Pogue Thornton
Moody Thornton
Bob Yaples
French Meadows
John Rakes
Herbert Moye
Cather Keyser
Bob Brash
L. W. Thorne
Clyde Bowling
Bob Foster
Jack Klaus
Drexel Kessinger
John Brash
Webb & Neal Funeral Home
Graham Graham
Hobart Eugene
Crab Orchard
Williams Funeral Home
Sophia
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Marshall Space Flight Center
Michoud
New Orleans
Interstate Commerce Commission
Phillips High School
North Carolina
South Kanawha St. Cor. Se
Kanawha & Johnstown
Memoriam
Frank L. Cole
Willie Mae Cole
Linda Cole
Webb & Neal
Funeral Home Ambulance Service
R. H. Neal
United Press International
Veterans Administration
Barre
R. C. Egnor
Charles Lively
A. E. Deck
East Rainelle
Harless W. Stover
Glen White Road
Todd's Grocery and Hardware
Beaver
John Persinger
Mabscott
Foster Hardware CO
Main St
Savage
Johnstown Road
Robert L. Amick Beckley
Betty's
S. Kanawha St
East Beckley
Damon
N. Eisenhower Drive
Southern Institute of Graphic Arts
P. O
Nashville
Tennessee
Kidd’s
Oakwood Ave
Ashworth’s
Wright
Halstead
Neville St. Ph
S&h
Sophia Builders & Supply
Sophia, W. Va
John W. Eye CO
W. Neville St
Ashworth Firestone
Prince St
Evinrude
W. Neville
Sprague
Willey Brothers
Hinton
W. Va
Sanders and Edgers
H.P
Beckley Ice & Feed CO
Prince Street
Oe Center
Colony Drug & A & P
Jan Campbell Music Co
Dial
Land of Oz
Kanawha
Raleigh Insurance Agency
Jim Green
Sophia Finance Co
Curb Girl
Taddle House
Avon
Avon Cosmetics
Bostick Avenue
Care Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Mullens
Sarah Coventry
Bluefield
Sue Wise
Rt. 2
Bolt Area
Donna Harteshorn
Bolt
Lewisburg
Alderson
Ronceverte
Bluefiel
Sandra Sadler
Ce Oe
Fitzgerald's Grocery
East End
Oak Hill
P. O. Box
MR. Waugh
Montgomery Ward
Southern Illinois
Benton
Illinois
Carl Glen Daniel
O. H. Bennett
E. Beckley
R. E. Bare
WVU
Foster’s
Foster Hardware
Beckley Maytag
Maytag Auto
Neville St
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
City Ave
Edward Snuffer
Dry Hill
F.H.A
Quality Lumber & Supply Co
William Klein
Beckley Paint Co
Fayette
American Glass & Mirror Co., Inc
Mt. Hope Rd
Virginia
Grady Whitlock
Gray Lumber CO
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