Kennedy plan on civil rights backs him into a squeeze
President Kennedy faced a political bind as his 1961 strategy of delaying civil rights legislation while pursuing voting rights backfired. He courted Negro support with White House access and federal appointments, but the Birmingham riots and Southern opposition forced civil rights to dominate priorities, leaving the 1964 outlook uncertain.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United Press International
Kennedy
United States
White House
U.S
Birmingham
Reading Circle and Pinochle Club Meet in Keota
The St. Marys Reading Circle met at Mrs. Irene Grisham home with fourteen members present. Mrs. B J Byrne reported on California trip and Byrnes daughters and Keota residents. Kathleen Byrne and Rita Miller read papers. refreshments were served. The Hi Lo Pinochle Club met at Mrs. Cloyce Dill home. three tables played with prizes for Nadine Osweiler, LaRue Conklin and Lillian Coffman. Six guests and Cheryl helped with dessert and coffee. September meeting set with Mrs. Audrey Smith and Mrs. Harold Schrecken gast and six Beaufort visitors arriving August 12 to stay with Mr. and Mrs Cy Schrecken gast. Schrecken gast family arrived July 31. H M L Harold Schrecken gast plans to ship out to Paris Island after Caribbean cruise. Whitey Sellman hospitalized at Mercy Iowa City expected to be dismissed today without surgery.
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Keota
St. Marys
Irene Grisham
B. J. Byrne
California
Byrnes
Kathleen Byrne
Rita Miller
Cloyce Dill
Nadine Osweiler
LaRue Conklin
Lillian Coffman
Cheryl
Audrey Smith
Harold Schreckengast
Beaufort
South Carolina
Cy Schreckengast
Schreckengast
Marshalltown
H. M. L. Harold Schreckengast
Paris Island
Whitey Sellman
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Visitors At Mower Home in Richland
A series of local visits and events described from Richland Iowa. Families visiting include Fred Benedict and Craig Hadley with Charlotte of Ottumwa, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Mower. Other items note surgery for Steven Rusk and a 72 person Morrow family reunion at Fairfield Chautauqua Park.
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Otto Pfeifer Richland
Fred Benedict
Craig Hadley
Charlotte
Ottumwa
Ray Mower
Steven Rusk
Bennie Rusks
Ottumwa Hospital
Clay Social Club
Sunset Park
Lyle Schmitter
Susan
Washington, D. C
O. W. Schmitter
George Luden
Lander
Wyo
Berkeley
Calif
Phillip Schmitter
Berkeley University
Donald Feltz
Burlington
Roger Wehage
Sperry
Morrow
Anniversary of Plymouth Bank Heist Stuns Nation
A year after a bold highway hijack of a U S mail truck near Plymouth, Massachusetts, $1 551 million vanished with no arrests or recoveries. Postal inspectors and a $200 000 reward seek the culprits as officials note a six year statute of limitations.
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Boston
UPI
Plymouth
U.S
Cape Cod
Federal Reserve Bank
William F. White
New England
Postal Service
Congress
Ebony lists 100 influential Negroes in civil rights era
Ebony magazine names Martin Luther King Jr Jackie Robinson and James H Meredith among its 100 most influential Negroes in a Emancipation Proclamation anniversary issue. The list excludes Willie Mays Sonny Liston Eartha Kitt and Ernie Banks while highlighting leaders from law politics arts and business. In Fredericksburg Texas a 120 year old German grapevine grows at St Barnabas church couryard, one of the town’s historic settlers brought it to the area.
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Chicago
UPI
Martin Luther King Jr
Jackie Robinson
James H. Meredith
Ebony Magazine
Ebony
Charles
Sonny) Liston
Willie Mays
Ernie Banks
Eartha Kitt
Mays
San Francisco Giants
Joe Louis
Philadelphia
Raymond P. Alexander
Marian Anderson
James Baldwin
Harry Belafonte
United Nations
Ralph Bunche
Manhattan
Edward R. Dudley
U.S
William H. Hastie
White House
Andrew Hatcher
Malcolm X
Elihah Muhammed
The
Black Muslins
Adam C. Powell
D-N.y
Carl T. Rowan
Finland
Fredericksburg
Ae Ie
Texas
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
Germany
Grain and Livestock Market Summary Chicago Up IPI
Markets in Chicago show mixed livestock activity with hogs down 25 to 50 cents and cattle and calves steady. Slaughter steers and heifers hold firm with prime weights around 1225 pounds at 25.75 and high to prime ranges 24.75 to 25.50 for various sizes. Sheep slaughter lambs steady to strong with prime spring lots at 21.00 to 22.00 and good to choice 19.50 to 21.00.
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Chicago
UPI
Rural Subscription Rates Noted in Local Paper
The Washington Iowa paper lists staff roles and publication schedule as afternoons except Sunday Christmas and July 4. It notes second class mail status under the 1879 act and lists press associations and bureaus as readers. Rural subscription rates are shown for 3 months 6 months and 1 year.
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Gton
I David
Naat
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bruce Cowden
Howard Hazen
Washington
Iowa
United Press
Niand Daily Press
Iowa Daily Press Ass
Iowa Press Ass’n
Audit Bureau of
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Wallace Butts
U. of Georgia
Atlanta
Saturday Evening Post
Post
Mrs
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
Richland
Fairfields Chataaqua Park
John Morrow
Licking
Raymond Greiner, Jr
Fairfield Hospital
Howard Adrian
Maude Tuller
Fairfield
Vera Jones
Jackie Holmes
Savanna, Ill
Otto Pfeifer
New York
Bulova
Soviet Union
Dee M. Holladay
University of Illinois
Buster Brown
Aue
Tees Beate
Des Moines
Rosemary Clooney
Sister Keaton
Hall of Health
Better Living Exposition
Best of Iowa
General Admission Society
National Shetland Pony Congress
Iowa State Fair
Washngton
Washington County Fair
C.Y.O
Riverside
America
Detroit
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