Kennedy federalizes Alabama National Guard to enforce desegregation
President Kennedy orders federal control of the Alabama National Guard and authorizes deployment of federal troops to enforce court-ordered school desegregation. He issued a cease and desist to Gov. Wallace and placed guard units under federal command to prevent further blocking of Black students in Birmingham Tuskegee and Mobile.
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White House
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Alabama National Guard
Air National Guard
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Birmingham
Tuskegee
Mobile
Ala
Kennedy
McNamara
United States
Alabama
United States District Courts
University of Alabama
Alabama Guard
Tuscaloosa
John F. Kennedy
Plane Crash Near Sandusky Kills Three Men
A Cessna crash near the Sandusky Sailing Club killed pilot Earl Sloan and passengers Walter Selavko and Henry Perry after an in-flight explosion. The wreckage spread along Battery Park area as authorities investigated, with three bodies recovered and witnesses describing a left wing failure before the blast.
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Canada
Sandusky Sailing Club
Battery Park
Federal Aviation Agency
Earl Sloan
Cherry St
Galton
Walter Selavko
Weymouth St
Medina
Henry Perry
Lowell Price
Harding Way
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Galion
Bay Bridge
State Highway Patrol
Price
Elsas
Ont
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Civil Aeronautics
Paul Grekso
Cleveland
Flight Service
Sault Saint Marie
Richard Smith
Meigs St. Dock
Meigs St. Pier
Robert Traver
Ohio State Patrol
Suitor Funeral Home
Johnson Goes to Norway Amid Nordic Tour
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson concluded a noisy hand shaking tour of Finland and flew to Norway, the next stop in his 15,000 mile northern Europe journey.
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Helsinki
Finland
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
Norway
Europe
Kennedy grants draft exemptions for married men
President Kennedy issued an executive order exempting married men aged 19 to 25 from the draft until all single eligible men are called. Officials say the measure lowers induction age and keeps many married men civilians, affecting up to about 340,000 of 1.7 million eligible. The signing occurred in the White House with top defense and manpower aides present.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
White House
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Defense
Roswell Gilpatric
Norman Paul
Hershey
Soviet expels Chinese over smuggled anti-Soviet literature
Moscow expels additional Chinese citizens for attempting to smuggle anti-Soviet literature into the Soviet Union. The Kremlin lodged a protest with the Chinese Embassy as Tass reported.
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Moscow
UPI
Russia
Kremlin
Tass
Amherst Council Takes First Reading on Route 254 Ordinance
Amherst City Council approved the first reading of the Route 254 relocation ordinance, an emergency measure. Five councilmen supported a two thirds rule suspension, while two opposed, sending the measure to second and third readings. The decision drew audience comments and a rebuke from Council President Penman.
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Amherst Council
Amherst
State Highway Department
Marvin Davis
Joseph Husar
Kenneth Bechtel
Carl Deeds
Dwight Standen
John W. Mattey
James Egan
Robert Penman
Chronicle-Telegram
Penman
Deeds
Bechtel
P. E. Masheter
Student stabbed to death near Cleveland deli
Nicholas Sachanda a 17 year old Lincoln High School student was found stabbed to death on a curb in front of Pyles Delicatessen. Police report the stabbing occurred Monday night with the wound described as through the heart.
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Cleveland
UPI
Nicholas Sachanda
Lincoln High School
Pyles Delicatessen
Officials weigh water company purchase in Amherst meeting
Amherst officials convene Wednesday to consider buying the water utility. The discussion centers on feasibility, cost, and impact on residents and local services.
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Amherst
Mansfield Dirksen Push for Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Support
Senate Democratic leader Mansfield praised GOP Leader Dirksen for bipartisan actions that aid ratification of the nuclear test ban treaty. Dirksen helped secure a Kennedy letter of assurances on future nuclear development and rejected Goldwater's Cuban reservation, boosting the treaty’s position amid ongoing debate.
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Washington
Dirksen
Kennedy
Barry Goldwater
President Kennedy blocks Wallace in Alabama school integration
In Birmingham Mobile and Tuskegee racial integration advances as Kennedy orders Wallace to halt guardsman use. White student protests erupt at West End High as 20 Negroes enter three Birmingham schools and others in Tuskegee and Mobile attend classes. Police monitor tense scene.
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Birmingham
Ala
UPI
Kennedy
George C. Wallace
Alabama National Guardsmen
Wallace
Mobile
Tuskegee
West End High
Steel City
Murphy High
Ramsay High
Horace Blackstock
Blackstock
West End
Suit to halt building filed over Lorain motel plans
Ruth Gary of Kolbe Road filed in Lorain County Common Pleas Court to enjoin Lorain city, its building inspector, and Loain Inc from issuing a building permit for a motel and restaurant proposed in the Oak Hills Country Club area.
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Oak Hills Country Club
Lorain
Lorain County
Ten Pianists Relay to Perform Satie Masterpiece
A 10 pianist relay led by John Cage began Erik Satie's Vexations at 6 PM in New York's Pocket Theater. The 18 hour 40 minute piece requires 840 repetitions of four 52-beat phrases. The relay swaps roles every 20 minutes as performers pursue interior immobility and spiritual rewards.
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New York
HTNS
Erik Satie
Third Ave
13Th St
John Cage
Cage
Paris
Provincetown
Saigon closes five high schools amid student crackdown
In Saigon, five high schools were closed by heavily armed troops to curb anti-government demonstrations. About 100 students, many under 20, were arrested and sent to police stations. Earlier clashes at Chu Van An School left hundreds of youths fighting police, with thousands pending detentions and re-education orders.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Chu van An
Diem
Northeastern Ohio Weather: Mild, Partly Cloudy This Week
Partly cloudy and mild in Northeastern Ohio today with highs near 76 to 80. Tonight and Wednesday will stay fair with little temperature change, lows around 50s to 56. Monday’s forecast ranges from 49 to 79 with no precipitation in the last 24 hours. Humidity swung from 100 percent this morning to 50 percent this afternoon. sunrise 7 02 a.m. and sunset 7 45 p.m. Moonrise 12 46 a.m. and moonset 2 32 p.m.
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