Campaign to register Negro voters in LeFlore County pressed
Wiley Branton of the Voter Education Project says a coalition from SNCC NAACP SCLC CORE will flood LeFlore County with voter registration efforts after the shooting of Jimmy Travis a 20 year old Negro worker. The plan warns of violence and harassment and requests federal backup for registrants and applicants.
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Greenwood
Miss
UPL
LeFlore County
Ross Barnett
Wiley A. Branton
Athata
Voter Education Project
Atty
Robert Kennedy
Branton
Kennedy
Jimmy Travis
Travis
Cig
SNCC
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
AACP
Southern Cristian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Theongress of Racial Equality
CORE
Baby Chicks Die in Farm Fire Near Columbus Junction
A fire at Rollin Smith’s farm three miles southeast of Columbus Junction destroyed a building and killed more than 600 baby chickens. Ninety chicks were in a former tenant house used as a brooder when the flames began, and most perished from fire or smoke despite quick efforts to extinguish the blaze.
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Columbus Junction
Rollin Smith
Smith
Tennant
Bauer resigns from Washington Federal Savings post
Ralph V. Bauer, who has served as managing officer and secretary treasurer since 1945, announces retirement effective April 1, 1963. Lloyd Beenblossom will replace him as secretary-treasurer, with L. E. Dunlap named managing officer. Bauer will remain a director while asset growth has risen from 600000 to 3000060.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph V. Bauer
Washington Federal Savin and Loan Association
Lloyd Beenblossom
Ainsworth Savings Bank
Bauer
L. E. Dunlap
C.R. McCutchen
State Legislators Start Recess By Keith Vetter
The 60th General Assembly adjourned February 28 for a ten day recess. Bills move to the House calendar after adjournment, with steering committee control and exempted unfinished business. IPERS SB 70 passed the House 103 to 0, boosting public employee retirement and teacher retention with an added 18 million dollars.
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Keith Vetter
60Th General Assembly
House
IPERS
China labels peace talks as drivel in broadcast tirade
Tokyo based report notes Peking radio denounces calls for peace by communists as drivel. It quotes Red China praising just wars, attacking capitalism, denouncing Khrushchev era shifts, and criticizing revisionists for nuclear blackmail and Cuba crisis behavior.
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Tokyo
UPI
Kremlin
Peking
Red Fla
Russia
Lenin
Josef Stalin
Red China
Nikita Khrushche
Red Planes Sighted From U S Carrier Forrestal
US carrier Forrestal in the Atlantic reported Soviet bombers spotted flying low above the ship. Navy officers and Sixth Fleet journalists recalled the intrusion as a Russian reconnaissance bomber swept in with US planes in pursuit.
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Washington
Forrestal
Atlantic
Sixth Fleet
William Peeples
Louisville, Ky
Courier-Journal
Milwaukee Police Official Indicted in Corruption Probe
Milwaukee police captain Harry Kuszewski head of the vice squad was indicted on 24 counts including misconduct in office tax evasion and false swearing. He was suspended from duty as the John Doe investigation widened. Harry Daniels and gambler William Goldmann are also involved with court actions ongoing.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Harry Kuszewski
John Doe
Harry Daniels
Kuszewski
Force
William Goldmann
Howard C. Johnson
John L. Coffey
Coffey
F. Ryan Duffy
Snow Blankets Northern States Nationwide Snowstorm
Snow from Indiana to New England creates hazardous driving with up to a foot of snow forecast. Central Maine reports eight inches while Albany and Rochester see several inches. Indiana and Ohio report heavy accumulations and Norfolk new power outages. Main streets flood in Honolulu from heavy rain. Turnpike limits imposed in Pennsylvania. Temperatures to rise slightly later in March easing the cold snap nationwide.
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Indiana
New England
Maine
Albany
N.Y
Rochester
Cleveland
Kirkland
Ohio
Shelbyville
Ind
Indianapolis
Spencer
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Weather Bureau
Washton
Legion Post Cancel Tuesday Meeting for Birthday Party
The Legion post announces the regular meeting scheduled for Tuesday March 5 will not be held due to the annual Legion birthday party on Tuesday March 12. Details will be announced soon.
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Coumanger Wwat Weeten
Leon Beatty
Legion Post
Regular Post
Legion
Weather Town Cloudy Weekend With Mild Outlook
A weather notice reports considerable cloudiness through the weekend with little temperature change. Tonight lows in the 20s and Sunday highs generally in the 40s. Monday outlook calls for partly cloudy skies and mild conditions.
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United Press International
Cuban subversive effort grows in Latin America, McCone testifies
CIA Director John McCone told a House subcommittee that about 500 Latin Americans have been trained in Cuba in sabotage and guerrilla tactics with Venezuela supplying the largest group. He warned weapons shipments from Cuba could rise to speed revolts as Cuban instructors guide students in covert warfare.
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UPS
CIA
John McCone
Uruguay
House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee
Central Intelligence Agency
Venezuela
Romulo
Betancourt
McCone
Armistead Selden
D-Ala
Cuba
Crawfordsville Locker Plant Sold to Coon
Lloyd Coon bought the Anderson Locker plant in Crawfordsville and will take over immediately. The Coon family has recently lived in Ainsworth after moving from Douglas Arizona. Previous owner Glenn Anderson has run the plant since 1949 and plans to stay in Crawfordsville, though his future is not definite.
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Crawfordsville
Lloyd Coon
Anderson
Ainsworth
Douglas
Ariz
Arizona
Glenn Anderson
Prisoner Burned in Des Moines Pad Fire
A Des Moines jail burn incident left prisoner Donald Raymond Prine, 34, in critical condition after a pad fire in solitary confinement. Prine, accused of a drug store holdup, suffered extensive Burns while in a condemned 10 by 10 cell. Police and sheriff officials coordinated precautionary measures around Polk County Jail with no escape attempt or panic reported.
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Des Moines
UPI
Polk County
Donald Raymond Prine
Prine
Wilbat Hildreth
Hildreth
Voters Approve Highland Community School District Formation
Voters in eastern Washington County approve forming the Highland Community School District to include Riverside and Ainsworth areas plus 10 rural districts effective July 1. About 90 percent favor the plan as 12 districts held polls Friday afternoon. Proponents list 268 high school students for the new district.
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Washington County
Highland Community
Riverside
Ainsworth
Minnesota recount tightens race as Rolvaag clings to lead
In Paul Minnesota Democrat Karl Rolvaag maintains a slim recount edge over incumbent Elmer Andersen. A three judge panel of the state Supreme Court reviews 24 categories and 1 500 challenged ballots from the November 6 election as the canvassing board’s 142 vote victory margin is disputed.
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State Supreme Court
Andersen
Rolvaag
J. Neil Morton
Supreme Court
Open House Planned At Extension Office
Extension Office hosts open house at 209 S Marion Ave Washington on Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Officials Timmins Frier Canady Miller will answer questions about services and facilities. Coffee served. home economist position vacant, hoped filled before summer.
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S. Marion Avenue
Washington
Marion Timmins
Washington County
Xtension Council
Extension Council Township
Timmins
Jim Frier
Merritt Canady
Frances Miller
Sum
Mars telescope balloon flight marks first unrestricted look
Palestine Texas reports a tandem unmanned balloon with a 36 inch telescope reached the edge of space for a direct Martian scan. NCAR and Princeton scientists say the mission succeeded though radar tracking was lost during descent. The system aimed to detect water vapor and other life clues in Mars atmosphere from 65 000 feet.
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Palestine, Tex
UPI
Tennessee
Earth
Mars
National Center For Atmospheric Research
Princeton University
Red Planet
Roland Payne
Center
Palaski
Tenn
Huntsville
Ala
Marwan
Payne
Palestine
NCAR
Alexandria
NCAA
Martian
Washington County TB Society Approves $600 Nursing Scholarship
The Washington County Tuberculosis Society executive committee voted Friday to grant a $600 scholarship for a nurse candidate planning to study nursing. The committee met at the home of president Mrs. E D Morison Jr. and also approved next year’s budget.
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Washington County
Washington County Tuberculosis Society
E.D. Morison Jr
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Linda
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George Horn
Rolland Benson
Phil Weidlin
Louis Kehoe
Harlan Weidereck
Wapello
Bill Mbro
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Crescent
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Highland
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TB Society
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Jaycee Chapter
Floyd Woods
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Jim Richart
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