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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1963
Page
1
Pope John XVIII remained gravely ill in the Vatican apartment as plans for President Kennedy to visit were suspended. Vatican aides reported the pontiff’s condition fluctuating with repeated hemorrhages while doctors and officials kept vigil.
Tornadoes tore through Oklahoma in the year’s worst outbreak, damaging homes across Bowlegs and a long eastern Oklahoma City fringe. Five people were seriously hurt, with minor injuries near Edmond. Bowlegs, a 200 person town with about 70 homes, was devastated and booster damage spread to Seminole, Wewoka, Holdenville, Roscoe and Harjo.
Washington May 27 AP a bill to provide a new wheat and feed grains program this year plus farm acreage retirement similar to the soil bank was introduced in the Senate with bipartisan support. The measure would supplant last week’s feed grain program and follows a rejected rigid wheat control plan. Senators Clinton Anderson George Aiken Spessard Holland and Bourke Hickenlooper sponsored the bill.
Former Montana Senator Burton K. Wheeler escaped with minor scalp injuries in a Washington DC auto crash. He remarked that he had been accused of being hard headed before and this proves it.
The Illinois Supreme Court halted condemnation of 82 acres for Southern Illinois University Renardsville campus. The Madison County Circuit Court had dismissed a landowner challenge to the university’s eminent domain right. The high court reversed and ordered a hearing on the motion, noting no clear empowerment or necessity for university purposes.
Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Tuesday with showers again late. No News Conference tonight. Low tonight in the Washington area in the low 60s. High Tuesday in the middle to upper 70s as President Kennedy will not hold. Two news conferences this week, White House says.
Sens. Thomas Dodd and Hubert Humphrey proposed a Senate resolution urging the United States and the Soviet Union to halt atmospheric and underwater nuclear tests as a first step toward disarmament. The plan excludes underground testing and space tests, with assurances of readiness to resume if the Soviets break the pact.
A woman described as a little old lady from suburban Wellston thwarted a break in at a St Louis supermarket. Three men smashed a padlock but fled after she used a lock on the open hasp and police fired warning shots before the suspects surrendered. The man described as an ex-convict was among those arrested.
Stratford On Avon residents balance tourism with tradition as shoppers flood in for Shakespearean trinkets. Officials consider an officially approved souvenir program to curb tasteless items while the Shakespeare birthplace trust faces pressure from shopkeepers over what constitutes acceptable memorabilia.
The court ruled unanimously that Brown v. Board of Education requires prompt desegregation, stating there can be no indefinite delay. It ordered immediate desegregation of parks and recreational facilities in Memphis, while noting schools may require faster action than eight years ago deemed sufficient.
About 75 NAACP pickets led by Cecil B. Moore clashed briefly with police and a workman near a North Philadelphia school construction site. A picket was injured by a scalp cut as the march resumed peacefully after Moore denounced discrimination in union job opportunities for Negroes.
A federal court in Birmingham, Alabama, faces a fifth ruling in a week on desegregation, with Judge Seybourne Hy Lynne expected to announce by Tuesday. Negro challengers urge needed access to recreational facilities while Memphis authorities contend practical obstacles delay full integration of facilities at the main university campus and Tuscaloosa.
In Birmingham and Huntsville supporters and leaders react as Governor George Wallace pledges to be present to block black admission at the June 10 term of Alabama's state university. Negro leaders plan a peaceful gathering while nationwide attention grows.
Attorney General Kennedy met about 26 theater owners including James H. Slembler president of the Theater Owners of America to discuss voluntary desegregation of southern movie houses. Albert Pickus of TOA said regional reaction remains uncertain as Kennedy continues a series of similar sessions with business leaders. Also, James Meredith met Kennedy in a ten minute session. Meredith had urged federal troops if needed to ensure admission of two Negroes at Alabama colleges next month.
The Supreme Court denied a motion to file Gov. George Wallace of Alabama's suit seeking to bar federal troops in Birmingham. The court stated the President acted only with preparatory measures under 10 U.S.C. 333. Justice White took no part in the decision, leaving an 8-0 vote.
The Supreme Court upheld the use of secret recordings as evidence in a tax case. A tax agent used a hidden electronic device to record conversations with a suspected evader. Justice Harlan delivered a 6-3 decision in Lopez’s appeal related to Clauson's Inn at North Fal mouth, Mass.
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