Congress backs civil rights call by JFK
President Kennedy urges civil rights legislation and wins bipartisan backing yet expects slow progress. Senate leaders warn of a difficult summer as supporters plan action on schooling, voting rights, and anti-discrimination measures amid anticipated Southern filibusters and possible violence.
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Congress
Washington
Kennedy
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
Saigon Mourns Monk as Protest Grew Across City
Crowds gathered at Buddhist pagodas in Saigon to mourn a monk who burned himself in protest against President Ngo Dinh Diem's religious policies. Police blocked access to at least five pagodas while monks reported limited entry for prayer. Diem apologized for the act, blaming extremists and false propaganda as Buddhist anger widens with US weapons seen as backing the government. The Buddhist majority is under a Catholic-leaning regime.
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Aigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Din Diem
United States
Diem
Saigon
Thunderstorms Threaten Kansas Tonight
Weather bulletin notes overnight storms in western Kansas spreading to northern areas with a likely return late today. Wellington area expected fair conditions with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and night. Temperatures near 90 to 95 for Thursday with highs about 95 and overnight lows around 66.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wellington
Fugitives Escape Arizona Work Gang After Hostage Takeover
Seven armed convicts pulled guns from a grain field cache and fled into eastern Arizona mountains. Two were recaptured near Coolidge, while most others were tracked through canyons northeast of Florence. Police described the inmates as highly dangerous, with several on life or long-term terms for murder, robbery, and attempted murder.
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Florence, Ariz
Arizona
Coolidge
Florence
Work Gang
Phoenix
Jesus Pina
Paul Calderon
San Gabriel
Calif
Caldwell Man John Henry dies at 53
John Henry 53 of 213 N Boyd Caldwell died Tuesday in Caldwell Hospital He was born Aug 9 1909 in Albuquerque N M and moved to Caldwell from Oklahoma in 1944 He married Faye Murray April 27 1944 Survivors include his widow three children Nancy Bobbie and Charles Funeral services set for 10 am Thursday at Schaeffer's Chapel Caldwell Rev S B Clayton to officiate Burial in Caldwell Cemetery
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Caldwell
John Henry
N. Boyd
Caldwell Hospital
Albuquerque
N.M
Oklahoma
Faye Murray
Ada
Oklo
Nancy
Bobbie
Charles
Schaeffer
S$. B Clayton
First Methodist Church of
Caldwell Cemetery
King opens Greek talks in crisis after Caramanlis resignation
In Athens King Paul met Parliament president Constantine Rodopoulos and invited two opponents of Constant ine Caramanlis to a palace conference. Caramanlis quit as premier protesting a royal visit postponement, leaving the king to decide on a new government or a 45 day election. The National Radical Union commands a 60 seat majority but favors new elections and a caretaker cabinet for voting supervision. Caramanlis led Greece since 1955 with three elections won in 1956 1958 and 1961.
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Athens
Greece
Paul
Constantine Rodopoulos
Constantine Caramanlis
Caramanlis
London
National Radical Union Party
Wichita group seeks new zoo with children's focus
The Wichita Zoological Society offered to cooperate with the city park board to pursue a new zoo in Wichita. President Robert C. Israel proposed a children s zoo and a study will assess cost and self support potential amid talks of expanding or replacing the existing facility. Emerson quote noted.
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Wichita
Wichita Zoological Society
City Park Board
Park Board
Robert C. Israel
Two Negroes Enroll at Alabama as Campus Quietly Opens
At the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa two Negro students Vivian Malone and James Hood began classes under National Guard protection amid an atmosphere of calm. A third student Dave McGlathery planned to enroll at Huntsville, while Gov. Wallace delayed but allowed the process to proceed.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
Vivian Malone
James A. Hood
Jimmy
Comer Hall
Miss Malone
National
Hood
National Guard
Alabama
Dave McGlathery
University
Huntsville Center
George C. Wallace
Six hurt as Maryland race riot erupts in Cambridge
In Cambridge Maryland a race riot injured six people two white men shot and several others hurt after about 100 whites confronted about 100 Negro demonstrators outside the courthouse and jail. Fires bombs and shotgun shots wounded two men and shattered property as police and state troopers rushed to restore order.
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Cambridge
Col
Carey Jarman
George E. Davidson
Maryland
Choptank
Davidson
Retrorocket quip sparks party comment on husband
At a cocktail party, Wile comments to a companion about her husband, joking that it may be time he fired his retrorocket. The remark appears in the Larned Tiller & Toiler as a lighthearted aside from the social scene.
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Wile
Larned Tiller & Toiler
Wellington Native Climbs NBC Ladder From Messenger to Associate Director
John Berkebile Jr., a former Wellington resident and son of Daily News publishers, rose from NBC studio messenger in 1954 to associate director for the Today Show and Huntley Brinkley program by 1963. His path included Navy service, radio soap work, stock acting, and a parallel film production venture.
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Jim Hudson
NBC Studio Messenger
NBC
John Berkebile Jr
Wellngton
John Berkebile
Daily News
Wichita
John
Wellington High School
Marilyn Smith
Wellington
Navy
Navy Journalism School
New York
N.Y
Michigan
Hmself
Dave Garroway
Dr. Malone
Huntley-Brinkley
NPC
W. M. Austin
Wrecking Crew Cleans Derailment Scene and Local Notes
A derailment near the city damaged box cars loaded with perishable cargo including cantaloupes potatoes and onions. Most perishables were moved to other cars, some damaged goods salvaged. The Elks held a meeting with no initiation and the attendance prize went to Ed Jones. Community notices include a July 1 mailing for the new telephone directory and local visits by John Berkebile and W P Chance. The longest day of the year is approaching with about a week until summer. Birthday and anniversary acknowledgments list several residents and couples.
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Santa Fe
City
The
Elks
Ed Jones
John Berkebile
the News
Wichita
Wellington
W. P. Chance
Plains
Amarillo
Tex
Ruth Margaret Riley
Dorothy Warren
Mary Mike Brandon
Harry Briscoe Jr
Myrtle Yoder
Monty Rreft
Barbara Moore
E. L. Munro
Richard Logan
August Horst
J. C. Miller
Eston McGee
No More Mercury Flights Delayed Gemini Moon Program
Space Chief James E Webb announced no additional Mercury orbital flights. NASA will shift to the two man Gemini program to practice space docking ahead of Apollo. Webb said another Mercury flight would delay Gemini, noting Cooper’s 22 orbit Mercury mission ended the program.
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Washington
James E. Webb
Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Senate Space Committee
Robert Seamans Jr
Hugh Dryden
Project Mercury
Mercury
Air Force
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Kennedy warns of discord and civil rights push
President Kennedy warned Americans that racial discrimination fuels frustration and danger and outlined a broad civil rights program for Congress. He urged peaceful change and proposed measures to end segregation in stores hotels restaurants and theaters boost federal action in school desegregation and protect Negro voting rights.
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Kennedy
Nation
Senate
Humphrey
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Jackson, Miss
Medgar W. Evers
Jackson
Washington
Congress
North
Alabama
George C. Wallace
University of Alabama
Viet Nam
West Berlin
Ameria
Wide Open Letter to Senator Dirksen
A brief civic letter from Duke in Washington D.C. urging Senator Everett Dirksen to restore focus on civil rights issues and address current political concerns. It emphasizes public interest and a call for renewed attention to civil rights matters submitted from the nation’s capital.
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Pina
John Dwayne Burrell
Robert Joseph
Kansas State
Frank Paul Calderon
Jarrell Collins
Bobby Favors
Tucson
King
Ralph Waldo Emerson
NAACP
Evers
Mississippi
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
University Medical Center
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FBI
Roy T. Wilkins
Movement For Human Rights
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Willie Mae Bishop
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George Bernard Todd
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John Berkebile, Jr
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