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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1963
Page
2
The piece notes fears of unrest tied to the funeral of Evers as authorities and groups discuss race issues. NAACP leaders addressed about 500 attendees at a rally in a church, where supporters linked hands and sang in the heat.
In Washington on June 14 a major protest led by organizers of the March for Freedom Now is expected to draw at least 2,000 participants. Police Chief Covell said the march would be orderly and nonviolent and ordered day-shift officers to remain on duty after 4 PM to ensure peak police presence. Leaflets carried demands.
The leaflets direct a message to Mr. President using the phrases Don’t play politics with human rights and No federal funds for apartheid states. They accuse the Justice Department of blatant job discrimination against Negroes within the department led by Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy, signaling the marchers see the department as the march’s final step.
Police and the threat of fire hoses broke up an all-night vigil by Negro demonstrators on Danville Municipal Building steps. Mayor Stinson said he would meet with leaders but called them criminals. about 100 protesters were on the steps, with 66 identified and 43 arrested.
The 113th Tactical Fighter Squadron of the 181st Group conducts a 15 day field training at Hulman Field using RF 84 F aircraft. Col. Petercheff outlines training, housing, and recruitment efforts with a November federal inspection and a mass swearing in planned for June 30.
Witnesses describe officers pushing a group of Black residents down a stairway. McCain orders the crowd to be kept moving toward the Negro section of town, Almergo, as police lead them from the top steps.
The FDA urged doctors hospitals and drug wholesalers to stop issuing Renacidin a drug for urinary tract ailments as its safety is questioned and Guardian Chemical Corp recalls the product. Roy Dickerson a 69 year old former bank robber turned Alabama leader died after a brief illness, once dubbed the most famous reformed lawbreaker in Alabama by Gov. Folsom.
Judge Albert R. Owens granted two divorces in Superior Court No. 2 Friday. Hope Jordan of 440 South Twelfth street was granted a divorce from Shulee Jordan of 201 South Fifth street with restoration of her former name Higham. Violet Louise Watson of RA 3 West Terre Haute was granted a divorce from Calvin Edward Watson with custody of two children and support set at 35 dollars per week.
A Miami bank promotes borrowing on a rainy day with a sign reading borrow on a rainy day return on a sunny day above a rack of umbrellas offered for customers to borrow on wet days.
John H. Huston pleaded guilty in Clay Circuit Court to practicing dentistry without a license. He was fined 200 dollars and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail, with 150 dollars of the fine and all imprisonment suspended if he quits practicing dentistry without a license.
Judge H Ralph Johnston considers Jett and Berry arguments over discharge, bonds, and trial timing in the Spellman case. The 55 year old James Spellman, charged in the February 24 bayonet stabbing death of brother Lawrence at 814 Oak Street, faces pending grand jury indictment.
Dozens of railroad workmen in England will report Monday in shabby clothes to protest issued uniforms. The union said the action follows dissatisfaction with British Railways gear. A separate Vigo Circuit Court case heard evidence and returned an indictment for second degree murder.
Cambridge Maryland reports a confrontation as 500 white demonstrators gathered at the county jail demanding the release of a white man linked to a racial demonstration. Earlier authorities released a dozen Black prisoners arrested on Monday amid ongoing tensions.
Sheriff Calvert Creighton told the crowd Bill can come out when he's sober while police chief Kinnamon tried to quiet the spectators. Todd was released on a 25 dollar bond and carried by marchers to the courthouse as the crowd dispersed without violence.
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