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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1963
Page
1
Area Report explains how the body cools through sweating and increased blood flow. It advises practical steps to stay cool, including using air conditioning, drinking fluids, and understanding dehydration and salt balance during hot humid days.
Report notes skepticism about full credit for Soviet spaceflight advances. Comments discuss relative humidity, cooling capacity, and crew acclimation. Statements cite Lt. Col. Valery Bykovsky and Valentina Tereshkova as examples while noting varying expert opinions on how quickly systems reach optimum performance.
A July piece summarizes practical heat management, citing Army tests in Arizona heat. Advice includes light cotton clothing, loose garments, light colors, ample fluids excluding alcohol, and avoiding undershirt shedding. It emphasizes not relying on thirst, cooling through air flow, and maintaining normal activity, with extra sleep and a firm mattress aiding comfort.
Major civil rights groups urged restraint while supporting Kennedy's civil rights bill. They argued protests highlight the need for equality, yet leaders in Jackson noted possible demonstrations despite efforts to cooperate with the President.
The Illinois House of Representatives considered steps to assure an orderly at large election for members if no reapportionment plan is enacted this year. The report references debates, civil rights issues, and political tension amid demonstrations and national concerns.
The Associated Press reports Congress struggles to start President Kennedy's civil rights program. Senate filibusters loom as leaders debate end goals for desegregation and new legal tools for enforcing school integration. July House action on a tax cut and other bills also hangs in the balance amid looming protests and possible marches on Washington by civil rights groups.
Charles Stewart Mott, 88, secretly transferred 1,826,421 General Motors shares, valued above $70 each, to a Flint nonprofit he founded in 1935 with the Flint Board of Education as administrator. Trustees will allocate the funds by July end to five areas including job training, interracial understanding, civic awareness, and making Flint a center for school administration.
Report from Vatican City June 20 states 80 cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel failed to elect a pope on the first four ballots. Black smoke signaling no result rose from the chapel chimney twice at mid day and in the late afternoon. Giovanni Battista Montini archbishop of Milan was seen as a leading progressive contender with about 30,040 votes pre-vote.
The Cuban Revolutionary Council said commandos landed in several parts of Cuba and were aided by farmers. It hailed the action as the start of liberation, with radio plans and armed invaders reported though counts and landing sites remained unclear. The State Department had no info and Miami was asked to probe the claim.
Geneva June 20 AP says the hot line agreement linking Washington and Moscow was formally signed amid champagne toasts, marking a direct communications link between the two powers.
Report says United Steelworkers Union reached a basic steel industry agreement to reopen contracts without a strike pressure. The 90 day settlement and May 1 contract date are noted, with ongoing joint labor management efforts through the human relations committee as negotiations continue toward finalizing terms.
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