Religionists Press Urgency Over Racial Tension Issues
Religious leaders from Graham to Bishop Lichtenberger and Cardinal Ritter urge immediate action and prayer to head off violence amid rising racial tensions. They call for merit hiring, housing equality, and mass mobilization by churches and synagogues to oppose racism and support civil rights.
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Graham
America
Arthur Lichtenberger
Episcopal Church
Lichtenberger
J. Irwin Miller
National Council of Churches
United States
Washington, D. C
Patrick A. O’boyle
St. Louis
Joseph Cardinal Ritter
Seven Negroes Arrested After Lexington Riot Left One Dead
In Lexington North Carolina on June 7 seven Black youths were arrested after a race riot the night before that left one white man dead and a photographer wounded. The clash followed desegregation attempts at cafes a theater and a bowling alley as about 2 000 whites and 100 Black residents gathered and threw rocks bottles and gasoline filled objects. Photographer Art Richardson and Fred Link were hit and the latter died at a Winston Salem hospital. Police used fire hoses to disperse the crowd as residents faced a tense aftermath with damage to a Negro church and injuries among others.
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Lexington
N. C
Piedmont North Carolina
Charles Poole
Ko Neal Hairston
Sonny Calhoun
Larry Wayne Winston
William Chester Johnson
Joe Poole
Roosevelt Smith
Hairston
Winston
Johnson
Art Richardson
Hight Point Enterprise
Fred Link
Link
Winston- Salem
Richardson
Apportionment Hearing Begins in Indiana
In Indianapolis on June 7 the Civil Liberties Union urged a three judge panel to set a deadline for Indiana to reapportion state legislative districts for 1964. If the legislature fails, the court should outline districts for next year’s elections. Indiana Attorney General Edwin Steers urged leaving the task to the state legislature.
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Indianapolis
The
Civil Liberties Union Today
Indiana
Robert Rich
John Wood
CLA
ICLU
Atty
Edwin K. Steers
U. S. Supreme Court
Tennessee
Weather Summary for Terre Haute and Nearby
The forecast calls for partly cloudy warm and humid conditions through Saturday with scattered thundershowers mainly in the afternoon. Temperatures rise to the lower 90s in Terre Haute and the 80s to 90s in Indiana, with cooler readings east. Illinois remains warm with afternoon thundershowers, highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s and overnight lows in the 60s to 70s.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Demonstrations by Negroes staged in Indiana cities
NAACP anti segregation campaigns planned picketing in Evansville and another Indiana city. Solomon Stevenson, Evansville chapter president, said at least seven firms in Evansville would be picketed by about 220 members. Continued on page 2.
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Indiana
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Solomon Stevenson
Evansville
NAACP
Stevenson
Racial violence shocks Lexington North Carolina
A white man is killed and another wounded in racial violence in Lexington North Carolina during a racial roundup. Vice Adm Schoech says the Navy ignores Russian plane sightings in peacetime. In Indiana a Michigan City Superior Court jury convicts an Osceola teenager of first degree murder in his cousin's death and recommends life in prison.
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Lexington
N. C
Washington
Michigan City
Osceola
Navy Is Calm On Red Flights
The Navy’s top airman said Russian planes could locate any U S carrier in peacetime and the Navy would not mind. Vice Adm. William A Schoech stressed that when the United States does not want a carrier found, none will be.
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William A. Schoech
Navy
U. S
Indiana
Washington
Naval Operations
Air
U. S. Navy
Schoech
Earless monitor spotted outside Borneo at New York Zoo
The Bornean earless monitor Lanthonotus borneensis, among the world’s rarest lizards, has been seen alive outside its native Borneo for the first time, at the New York Zoological Park per Animal Kingdom bulletin.
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United Press International
Borneo
New York Zoological Park
Animal Kingdom
New York Zoological Society
Vigo County teachers defer contracts over wage dispute
Hundreds of Vigo County teachers attended a joint meeting of the Vigo County Teachers Association and the Vigo County Federation of Teachers Local 734 pledging not to sign contracts for the next school year unless their pay raise demand is granted. The groups seek to raise base pay from 4500 to 5000 with fringe benefits and a higher rate than the board offered.
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Vigo County
Vigo County Teachers Association
Vigo County Federation of Teachers Local
Anderson
Gary
Federation
Max Gabbert
Richard Awer
WCTA
Robert Fiess
VCFT
Rose Board Advances Plans For Expansion
Pre-commencement activities at Rose Polytechnic Institute begin with a Board of Managers meeting on campus. An annual seniors garden party and family events precede a senior dance at 9 pm. The eighty fifth commencement will be held Saturday at 10 am with Dr John A Logan inaugurated as president. Speed Hall dedication, the new dormitory, is part of the morning program.
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Rose Polytechnic Institute
Board of Managers
John A. Logan
Speed Hall
Rose
Rose Board of Managers
Chicago
Bomb hoaxes trigger alarms at two schools
Friday morning two similar bomb hoaxes were reported at Wiley High School and Franklin School. Police and fire crews evacuated and inspected both buildings but found no bombs after separate female voice calls claimed a bomb in the basement.
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Wiley High School
Franklin School
West Vigo and Honey Creek Hold Commencement Exercises
Commencement services for 115 graduates at West Vigo High School and 107 at Honey Creek High School are set for 8 p m. at each school. West Vigo will feature a sunken gym entrance processional with a double row of graduates as the band directed by Joe Guth plays Pomp and Circumstance. Miss Willadene Young will deliver the invocation. The choir directed by Mrs. Wanda Cork will sing Koschat's The Lord Is My Shepherd.
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West Vigo High School
Honey Creek High School
West Vigo
West
Joe Guth
Willadene Young
Wanda Cork
Koschat
Floyd
Lloyd Len
Profumo Scandal Forces Queen Audience Break
British war minister John Profumo, who resigned after admitting an affair with Christine Keeler, avoided a traditional audience with Queen Elizabeth II. The palace decision drew criticism as the Prime Minister's government faced a political storm. Profumo, 48, quit Wednesday after lying to Parliament to cover the affair with the 22 year old socialite and Soviet naval attaché connection emerged.
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London
John Profumo
Wee Erree Ee
Harold Macmillan
Profumo
Buckingham Palace
House of Commons
Christine Keeler
Daily Express
Miss Keeler
Conversation Trouble Among Large Groups
A witty remark notes that when many people gather for a talk they end up with multiple conversations. The line reflects social humor about group discussions and differing viewpoints.
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Louis Cassels
Maurice N. Eisendrath
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Martin Luther King
Araif Ria
Naucniout
Crown
Robin Drury
Old Bailey
U. S. Weather Bureau
A.m
AP News Digest
W. A. Schoech
Rose Board Advances
H. Creek
W. Vigo
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