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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1963
Page
7
The Supreme Court unanimously struck down Missouri a law allowing the governor to seize and run a privately owned public utility if a strike threatened public welfare. The ruling invalidated provisions that criminalized any refusal to work after state takeover in the public interest.
President Kennedy chapter book Profiles in Courage will be adapted into a 26 episode NBC television series. NBC owner Robert E. Kintner announced that Rand Sandex Associates bought the rights and will film hour long dramas. Kennedy will donate all royalties totaling 351000 dollars to charity.
Bonds totaling nearly $11 000 posted today for 100 Negroes arrested in Sunday demonstrations. Police cleared crowds for fresh arrests as Negro leaders pressed for continued mass displays toward integration goals.
Mexican customs agents detained a contraband shipment valued at about one million pesos roughly eighty thousand dollars in US currency. The cargo comprised one peso silver coins intended for smuggling into the United States, according to Guillermo Alarcon Nejere, federal customs collector.
A tornado swept through the Robert Britton farm near Janesville Minnesota where about 32 people attended Mrs. Britton’s birthday party. Anxious family and guests fled in cars as the funnel cloud approached from the west wrecking most farm buildings.
Burma releases about 400 Thai fishermen arrested for fishing in Burmese waters. Thai and Burmese border officials conclude five days of talks and establish border committees to curb banditry smuggling and illegal crossings along the 1000 mile frontier.
Four died and fourteen were injured in a multi-vehicle crash near the Gracewood underpass, where U S Highway 1 crosses the Georgia and Florida Railroad, about 7 45 am today west of Augusta.
The Vatican decided against using an electrical light system to signal a Pope election from the Sistine Chapel, sticking with the traditional smoke signals. The rule bans telecommunication and similar devices, so the smoke method remains in use. In a separate incident, four people died in a Richmond County car crash, all residents of Hephzibah, Ga., and a bus driver among the injured aided passengers to escape.
Cardinal Richard Cushing of Boston urges lifting Catholic requirements that a non Catholic spouse promise to raise children in the Catholic faith and not interfere with the Catholic partner’s religion. He argues some spouses break faith, and changes may come as Vatican reforms advance.
Gov George Wallace vows to defend rights as 800 police and 500 National Guard troops guard the University of Alabama amid a federal desegregation order. Vivian Malone and James Hood, two admitted Black students, prepare to register for the summer session as Wallace weighs blocking their entry.
Honolulu Mayors at a national conference pledged to pursue Kennedy five point program to reduce racial tension in cities. New York Mayor Wagner and Chicago Mayor Daley supported the effort calling civil rights a critical national issue and urging biracial peace committees to identify tensions before crises.
Gov. George Wallace prepares to act at the University of Alabama, guided by public mail from nearly 100,000 correspondents. Letters both praise and oppose his stance on enrollments, with support from Chicago to East Germany and condemnations from East Germany to South America.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments next October on whether Fulton County voters James P. Wesberry Jr and Candler Grim Jr can compel redrawing Georgia congressional districts. The Atlanta special federal court noted possible legislative action and referenced Colegrove precedent guiding districting. The Fifth district includes Fulton DeKalb and Rockdale counties.
President Kennedy announced a plan for a mid July Moscow conference with Khrushchev and Macmillan to pursue a binding nuclear test ban treaty. He also declared an immediate atmospheric test ban by the U S if others hold their fire, while urging careful hopes grounded in history. Kennedy spoke at American University after landing at Andrews AFB, framing three major points including a renewed peace drive at home to bolster aims abroad.
Fire Chief W T McKenzie reported a Saturday night blaze at Georgia Crate and Basket Co in a tinder dry saw dust pile in a boiler room. Firemen were called at 9 56 p m and only minor smoke noted while the cause remained undetermined.
London was shaken as Prime Minister Harold Macmillan cut short a golfing holiday to order a security inquiry into the Profumo scandal. Lord Dilhorne will review possible breaches or negligence, with a report due to be presented to Macmillan and Harold Wilson though not guaranteed for public release. Meanwhile osteopath Stephen Ward faced a court hearing on a prostitution charges, signaling wider legal peril for figures tied to the case.
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