Kennedy pushes voluntary desegregation and civil rights package
President Kennedy plans to press for voluntary desegregation of hotels restaurants stores and theaters in a White House meeting with 100 southern outlets. He aims to ask Congress for a robust civil rights package including private business and public facility bans and federal suits to enforce rights.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
South
Congress
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
Attorney General
Birmingham
Jackson
Tallahassee
Philadelphia
Civil Rights Commission
Governors' Race Highlighted by 21 Candidates at Boys' State
Reporting Mainstreet Samuel Felt Wellington and Charles Swan Mulvane among 21 primary candidates for Governor of Boys' State at the University of Kansas. Election finals today with inauguration tonight in University Theater. WHS Class of 1947 banquet June 8 and picnic June 9.
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Samuel Felt
Wellington
Charles Swan
Mulvane
Boys’ State
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Federalist Party
University Theater
WHS
Margaret Linn Gasper
Hickory Lane
Wichita
Lynn Burris
Burris
North Dakota
Minnesota
Canada
Bob Cobean
Glen McMillan
California
Ridgecrest
Calif
San Bernardino
Kennedy
China Lake Nots
Naval Ordinance Test Station
Carl
Naval Base
Glen
Miss Kay Shoffner Enters Miss Kansas Pageant at Pratt
Miss Kay Shoffner of Wellington 1963 will represent Pratt at the Miss Kansas Pageant in Pratt this week. She and her mother arrive Wednesday morning as the Pratt Jaycees prepare a welcome. Contest prizes include a $1 000 scholarship and a $200 Miss Congeniality award funded by Pepsi Cola Bottling Co.
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Wellington
Kay Shoffner
Pratt
Caldwell
Claude Shoffner
Redwood Studio
Shoffner
Pratt Jaycees
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co
Miss Kansas
Pratt Jaycee Jaynes
Jaycee Jaynes
Charles Swan Dies at 55 in Wellington
Charles A. Swan 55 city electrical foreman died unexpectedly at his home 421 N Olive finding his wife Geraldine Swan dead days earlier Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at First Christian Church with burial in Highland Cemetery Medicine Lodge Frank Funeral Home in charge Survivors include his mother Elizabeth Swan Langdon son Bennie Swan Santa Maria Calif sister Vivian Sitton Langdon and three grandchildren
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Charles A
Duck) Swan
City Electrical
N. Olive
Geraldine
Jerry) Swan
Swan
Meade
Wellington
City Electrical Department
First Christian Church
Masonic Lodge
VFW
American Legion
Order of Eastern Star
Elks
IOOF
Elizabeth Swan
Langdon
Bennie Swan
Santa Maria
Calif
Vivian Sitton
Ted Hurst
Highland Cemetery
Medicine Lodge
Frank Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Weather Outlook for Kansas Wheat Harvest and Wellington Area
AP reports thunderstorms will persist in western and central Kansas through Wednesday hindering the 1963 wheat harvest. In the Wellington area expect cloudy skies with scattered showers or thunderstorms, becoming widespread tonight and Wednesday, warm and humid with highs 85 to 90 and lows 65 to 70.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wellington
101 aboard DC7 crash 60 miles off British Columbia coast
A military chartered DC7 with 101 passengers disappeared 60 miles off Graham Island. Debris and a 5 by 16 foot metal section were recovered as Coast Guard and vessels searched the Pacific. The list included 65 Army and Navy personnel, 29 dependents, and one Air Force civilian. All aboard were presumed lost.
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Juneau
Alaska
All Hope
Northwest Orient Airlines
Queen Charlotte Islands
British Columbia
Coast Guard
Junean
Northwest Airlines
Pacific
Graham Island
B. C
Olson
Army
Air Force
United States
McChord
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Gulf of Alaska
Sitka
Indictment Charges Hoffa and 7 Held in Pension Loan Fraud
A federal grand jury indicted James R Hoffa and seven associates on 28 counts alleging fraud to obtain more than $20 million in Central States Pension Fund loans. The case spans 1958 to present with bond set at $2500 each and potential penalties up to five years per count.
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Chicago
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters’ Union
Grand
Central States Pension Fund
Grand Jury
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hoffa
Sun Valley, Inc
Florida Homes
Brevard County
Teamsters
Benjamin Dranow
Minneapolis
Dranow
Sandstone
George
New York City
Samuel Hyman
Miami Beach
Fla
Key West
Calvin Kovens
Zachary A. Strate Jr
New Orleans
Wellington board approves levy increase and staff change
The Wellington Board of Education granted the Wellington Recreation Commission a levy increase of 0.3 mill after sales tax adjustments. W. Robert Washburn resigned as English, speech and drama teacher at Wellington High, to join Wichita East High as dramatics instructor. The board scheduled an educational survey with the University of Kansas for 1963-64 to review five areas including community, administration, instructional programs, guidance, testing, and graduate follow-up.
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Board of Education
Wellington Recreation Commission
Kenneth Everhart
Chris Hemmingsen
F. E. Smith
A. E
Bud) Whaley
W. Robert Washburn
Wellington High School
Washburn
University of Kansas
Wellington
Department of Education
University
Kenneth Anderson
School of Education
Board of Education and Administration
McNamara Faces McClellan Probe On TFX Bid
A Senate investigation into the TFX contract decision heads toward a climax with hearings set for June 12. McNamara overruled military groups favoring Boeing on cost and design, choosing a General Dynamics proposal for a program valued at about 6.5 billion dollars or more. The panel plans testimonies from Rubel and others on June 6 and 7 while probing Pentagon plans to limit formal service input in such recommendations. The TFX aims to be a dominant fighter bomber for the Air Force and Navy, with initial test flights two years away.
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John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Investigations
Boeing Co
McNamara
General Dynamics Corp
Uniformed Military
Boeing
Subcommittee
John H. Rubel
Pentagon
Uniformed Services
TFX
Air Force
Navy
Wellington Hires New Policeman for City Force
A new police officer, Earl William Bruster, 30, of 214 N. Ash, will join the Wellington Police Department starting June 15. Bruster, a guard for Wackenhut Corp. at a county missile site, is married with four children and previously lived in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He also serves in the local police reserve. Clay Johnson also worked summer duties on the baseball diamond. The city commission meeting was brief with Mat F. Dwyer absent.
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Wellington
Mat F. Dwyer
Witness recalls punch in the eye incident
A witness testifies that a man punched him in the eye while a second person denies intending to provoke another attack. The exchange highlights conflicting accounts in the incident.
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Dope
Millions mourn Pope John XXIII dies shatters Vatican
Pope John XXIII, 81, dies after four days of suffering from stomach tumor and peritonitis. Cardinals begin mourning, plan conclave for June 18 to 21, with Italian pope likely. Body lies in state at St Peter's, public to pay homage Wednesday and Thursday.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Papal Vatican
Vatican
Catafalque
St. Peter's
St. Peter’s Basilica
Christendom
John
Rome
Eugene Cardinal Tisserant
College of Cardinals
Sacred College
Congregation of Rites
St. Peter's Square
Dome
Wellington merchants salute consumers with value drive
Local merchants join the Wellington Daily News in a consumer salute highlighting strong growth of Wellington as a regional shopping center. The feature lists participating businesses and praises the community, civic leadership, and buying habits driving this expansion.
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Wellington Daily News
Wellington
Wellngton
Mrs
Consumer
Youths Escape Injury in Car Flip at East Lincoln
Three local youths escaped with apparently minor injuries after the car they rode in flipped early this afternoon at the end of East Lincoln and landed on its top. The vehicle, owned by 16 year old Gary White of 507 South G, was driven by Mike Maupin with Nickey Ybarra as the third occupant.
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East Lincoln
Gary White
South G
Mike Maupin
Nickey Ybarra
Severe Thunderstorm Forecast Across Kansas and Plains
Weather Bureau issues severe thunderstorm forecast for parts of south and east Kansas extreme northwestern Missouri northern Texas Panhandle and northwestern Oklahoma including parts of the Panhandle.
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Kansas City
The
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Missouri
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Information bill proposed to end agency secrecy
Washington AP reports a bill to open government operations. Senators led by Edward V. Long seek to require agencies to publish policy statements rules and interpretive opinions in the Federal Register and reveal final votes on issues with limited secrecy for defense or exempt agencies.
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Washington
Edward V. Long
D-Mo
Long
Wide Open Letter to Kay SHOFFNER Miss Wellington 1963
Caldwell Kansas writes support to Kay SHOFFNER of Wellington as she faces daily challenges. The open letter pledges steadfast encouragement and ongoing solidarity from readers in 1963.
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McChord Air Force Base
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Albert Olson
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Wichita East High School
Robert Washburn
Senate
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Pope John XXII
Sistine Chapel
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Montini
Milan
Pope John
Pope Pius XII
Simpson's Ladies’ Wear
Antrim Lumber Co
Dillon's
Davis Electric Co
Wood's
Paul Chew Plumbing &Heating Co
DeJarnett Bros
Wellington Lumber & Supply Co
Cobb's Dairy
Anderson's
Davis Paint
Safeway
Ron's TV
Hepler’s Quality Market
Montgomery Ward
Security State Bank
Newell’s Feed & Seed
Karsim Craft
Miller’s Furniture Outlet
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