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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1964
Page
8
About 15 000 white parents braved snow to march 2 1 2 miles from Brooklyn Board of Education HQ to City Hall protesting involuntary busing under the Princeton Plan. Women made up most marchers. civil rights groups say the plan does not go far enough toward integrating schools.
About 900000 cards and letters from Mrs. John F Kennedy will be mailed on St Patrick's Day to thank those who sent messages of sympathy after her husband the president's assassination. The notes go to people in virtually every nation as volunteers help prepare the mass mailing. The widow will not answer the current influx of letters. Membership in the US Golf Association has risen to 2905 clubs in 1963.
Two men from Fort Pierce and Miami were arrested by the FBI and charged with trying to blow up a Florida East Coast Railway train during a 13 month strike. Davis and Vedder face possible 20 years and $10,000 fines. 15 sticks of dynamite were alleged to be wired for detonation on a southbound track. The pair, described as farmers and railroad workers, were held on $75,000 bonds after a brief hearing. The arrests followed prior injunctions and saboteur incidents linked to the strike.
U S Attorney General Robert F Kennedy says Mrs John F Kennedy is spending most of her time with her children and adjusting to her husband’s death. He described visits with President Kennedy’s widow and children Caroline and John, noting progress. The NBC Jack Paar program was taped and set to air tonight.
Clyde Hudgens 67 of Pinckneyville died Wednesday at Pinckneyville Community Hospital after a week long illness. Born August 27, 1896 in Cobden, he was the son of Frank and Mary Ann Hudgens. He married Virginia Gurley October 18, 1918 in Vienna. A retired plumber and member of First Baptist Church Pinckneyville, he is survived by his wife and a brother Elmer of Anna. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park, Du Quoin.
U S and Panama reportedly agreed on a formula to open negotiations over the Panama Canal and to renew diplomatic relations. Informed diplomats said a minor wording difference in statements by President Johnson and Panama hindered an official announcement. President Johnson and Panama's leader were named in late reports as Roberta Chiari.
Sen. Margaret Chase Smith of Maine arrives in Chicago for the first weekend of campaigning in Illinois. She will hold a Wheaton news conference, visit Lake Meadows and Hyde Park, record a television interview, and attend the McCormick Place flower show. A public reception is planned in Geneva with church services in Wheaton on Sunday.
William Mason of Herrin was fined $19 plus $5 costs after a state ticket speeding case in Circuit Court. Ralph Kercheval, once a football star, now trains horses for financier Robert Lehman.
In Washington the National Board tests the U S Army witness says public sentiment turned against firearms after the Kennedy assassination. Col John K Lee Jr tells the House subcommittee that anger toward the gun hurts civilian marksmanship and requests 484000 for the next fiscal year to support the program. The testimony notes a broad shift in attitudes as Congress reviews defense spending.
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