Rights Too Little Too Late Negro Rights Debate
NAACP official Clarence Mitchell told a House judiciary subcommittee that Medgar Evers was killed due to federal inaction on civil rights. He urged Congress to pass comprehensive protections and cited 1959 hearings describing an assault on Evers on an interstate bus in Meridian Mississippi.
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Henry
NCAAP
Roy Wilkins
Mississippi mourns Medgar Evers after sniper slaying
Police pressed an intensive investigation into Medgar Evers murder in Jackson Mississippi with a $22 000 reward. The NAACP field secretary was shot outside his home as he walked from a civil rights rally. Mourning and protests followed as federal and local officials faced widespread unrest.
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Deep South
Third Negro Enters Alabama University
David Mack McGlathery, a mathematician in the space program, registered at the University of Alabama in Huntsville as the third black student at the campus extension center for the summer term. He walked in unescorted through a front door. there were no incidents. McGlathery works at the Marshall Space Flight Center at Redstone Arsenal.
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Ala
UPI
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University of Alabama
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Marshall Space Flight Center
Army
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Kennedy Shows Progress in Civil Rights Push
President Kennedy outlined a civil rights program before congressional leaders, aiming to desegregate schools and broaden public accommodations while avoiding FEPC. Republicans planned a news conference, and Mansfield signaled possible delay for broader consultation before sending proposals to Congress next week.
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Mont
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Southern Soion Defends Kennedy Civil Rights Amid Criticism
Senator Hart of Michigan defended Kennedy's civil rights push against Senator Russell of Georgia who accused the White House of threatening mass violence. Hart called Kennedy’s TV appeal courageous and American in tone, while Russell vowed to oppose the administration program using all means.
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UPI
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D-Mich
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Richard D. Russell
D-Ga
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Congress
Ex City Policeman Injured Seeks Work After Crash
Ex police officer Jon Nicholson, 26, of Scottsdale, who was injured Sept 20 in a motorcycle crash while pursuing a speeding motorist on North Scottsdale Road, is seeking employment. He sustained two broken legs, a broken arm and pelvis, a concussion, and required 33 pints of blood. He remains in a cast with uncertain leg and hand recovery. His daughter Marcia needs heart surgery, and his son Parker faces tonsil removal and possible eye treatment. The family moved for Marcia’s health, and Nicholson was discharged from hospital in December but has undergone additional surgery. He asks for a job without pity or racial concessions.
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E. Monterosa
Scottsdale
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Ash Grove
Marcia
Phoenix
Don Dedera
Parker
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Nicholson is left with no salary after injury in line of duty
Nicholson, a four year veteran of the Kansas City police, chose to file suit and obtain medical payments but no salary compensation after a duty injury. State Industrial Commission insurance covers medical costs. the city pays premiums for all employes. If damages from Edward C. Di Orio exceed medical payments, he must refund what the state spent. Scottsdale officials deem him unemployable, though he can write or drive, and he works on piano students while aiming for Arizona State University to study sociology and probation work.
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Kansas City
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la Jolla
Calif
Scottsdale
Tie
Captin Herschell Britton
Phoenix Police Department
Phoenix
Britton
Arizona State University
Arizona
Taxes: Where They Go in Scottsdale
Nonpartisan League of Women Voters of Scottsdale explains how Scottsdale and county taxes are allocated. It details city services funded by the tax rate, separate school district taxes, county and state property taxes, sewer charges, and the impact of possible county residency on garbage and fire protection.
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East Side
Maricopa County
Prison Break Fugitives Captured After Gunfight Chase
Two Arizona state prison escapees, John Burrell and Bobby Favors, were captured in northwest Phoenix after a gunfight and high speed chase when their stolen car wrecked near a Glendale school. Burrell, wounded, and Favors were apprehended, ending part of a seven-man breakout with three still at large.
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Phoenix
UPI
John DeWayne Burrell
Bobby Favors
Florence
Wittman
Maricopa County
Ken Jacoby
Peoria
Burrell
Glendale
Favors
Robert Joseph Kaiser
Aurelio Ballesteros Navarro
Jarrell Collins
Superior
Highway Patrol
Jesus Pina
Frank Paul Calderon
Weather Outlook Highs Near 96 With Windy Afternoons
Fair to partly cloudy today and tonight with windy afternoons from the southwest 15 to 30 mph. Temperatures little changed with a high near 96 today and again near 96 tomorrow. Low around 62 tomorrow morning. Yesterday’s high 94 and low 61 this morning.
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Tomorow
First Woman In Space May Blast Off Tomorrow
Unofficial Russian sources say the first woman in space could launch as early as tomorrow with an eight day mission. A second ship may carry a male astronaut as a potential crew member.
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Moscow
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Sub Sinking Denied After False Alarm
A British submarine Artemis was reported sinking in the Atlantic near the North American coast but the Coast Guard and Admiralty said the alert was false. The Artemis surfaced and was later confirmed safe, participating in a Canadian naval exercise southeast of Halifax when surface signals were sent.
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Thresher
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Artemis
North American
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Meacham resigns from city council over reassignment
Trent Meacham quits the Scottsdale city council after receiving a temporary 18 month liaison engineer posting with Salt River Project in Craig Colorado. He plans to move his family and return to Scottsdale after the assignment while Attorney Tom Felke appears as his potential replacement. The council also set a tax levy and adopted a budget for the next fiscal year.
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Meacham
Salt River
Craig
Colo
Scottsdale
Tom Felke
Felke
Phoenix
Snell and Wilmer
City Planning and Zoning Commission
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