Kennedy push for federal role in education gains momentum
President Kennedy promotes a broad education program with federal aid for college construction expanded loans higher teacher salaries and more public school classrooms while acknowledging state rights concerns. He notes a second Black student enrolled at Mississippi University in Oxford without incident and outlines travel plans including Hawaii San Diego and naval missions.
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Air Force Academy
San Diego State College
Marine
San Diego
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Oriskany
Kitty Hawk
California
Italy
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Lyndon B. Johnson
U. S
Vatican City
el Paso
Hong Kong Hilton Cancels Opening Week Due to Drought
Hong Kong and Hilton officials announce the opening events for the new 26 story hotel are canceled because of a severe drought. Residents endure four hours of water per four days as the colony faces its worst drought in history.
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Hong Kong
Pope Interred In St. Peter's as Conclave Plans Proceed
Pallbearers clos e the catafalque for Pope John as cardinals set a June 19 secret conclave to elect the 262nd pope after his death from a stomach tumor. Moscow Mass marks Orthodox-Catholic gestures amid funeral plans. Crowd lines stretch outside St. Peter's as the coffin awaits removal to St. John Lateran. Durden pleads not guilty to second degree burglary. trial set Sept. 10. bond $10,000.
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Basilica
Sacred College of Cardinals
Moscow
Joseph Richard
Church of St. Louis Des Francais
Vladimir
Zvenigorod
Pope John
Rome
St. John
Lateran
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John the Evangelist
St. Peter’s
Two Defendants Face Circuit Court Burglary Charges
Edward Charles Girton, 31, of 442 North Seventh Street, appeared in Vigo Circuit Court to face habitual criminal and second degree burglary charges. Bond set at 15 000 with 5 000 on burglary and 10 000 on habitual count. continuance granted to June 20. Bennie surname appears as a continuation in the article.
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Edward Charles Girton
North Seventh Street
Vigo
Edward L. Hamilton
Woodrow Nasser
Girton
Herndon and
Belt
Ruth Kelley
South Fourth Street
Ralph Berry
Aaron Bennie
Massachusetts Passes First Compulsory Education Law 1852
Massachusetts becomes the first state to enact compulsory education in 1852, marking a landmark reform requiring children to attend school and shaping public schooling across the country.
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Massachusetts
92 year old driver plans talk with traffic officials
Miami, June 6. Lillian Tenney, 92, insists she is a very good driver and plans to discuss her lack of a license with traffic officials. She has driven for 70 years and has nine unpaid citations. Court officials are unsure how to proceed and police forward tickets to court citing her age.
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Miami
Fla
Lillian Tenney
Richard Brinker
Mrs
Tenney
West Miami
Johnson Named to Attend Rites
President Kennedy named Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson to represent the United States at the funeral of Pope John XXIII. Joining him are James A. Farley, George N. Shuster, and Benjamin Mays, with Farley as postmaster general and former Democratic chairman, Shuster as former Hunter College president, and Mays as president of Morehouse College.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
U. S
John XXIII
James A. Farley
New York
George N. Shuster
Hunter College
Commonweal
Benjamin Mays
Morehouse College
Atlanta
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