Ben Gurion resigns as Israel prime minister amid security row
David Ben-Gurion announces resignation for personal reasons and will leave Parliament while serving as caretaker head of government. Speculation centers on pressure over a security case tied to German nuclear rocket programs, with no stated state cause. Finance Minister Levi Eshkol mentioned as possible successor. Ben Gurion plans retirement to the Negev to write memoirs and Jewish history.
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Jerusalem
David Ben-Gurion
Israel
Ben- Gurion
Ben-Gurion
le Ried
United Arab Republic
Mapai
Basel
Switzerland
Egypt
Pinhhas Lavon
Levi Eshkol
Negev Desert
Howell rites at Belle Plaine
Services for Viola Howell 77 of Peck who died Saturday at home will be held Tuesday at Hatfield Funeral Home with burial in Council Hill Cemetery. She was born near Waco and married in 1910 to Harry A Howell. Survivors include three daughters a son seven grandchildren and several siblings. Ben Sartin of Woodward Oklahoma died unexpectedly and funeral services will be held in Newkirk Wednesday.
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Belle Plaine
Viola Howell
Peck
Hatfield Funeral
Council Hill
Howell
Waco
Harry A Howell
Laurine Murphy
Louise Pletcher
Wichita
Betty O'Connell
Rial
Udall
H. A. Sartin
Woodward, Okla
Ben Sartin
S. Jefferson
Woodward
Newkirk
Okla
Weather Update for Topeka and Surrounding Areas
Kansas remains cool with cloudy skies after weekend rains. clearing expected in the east. Wellington area sees continued cloudiness and warmer Tuesday with scattered light rain mainly in southern counties. Temperatures range from highs in the 80s to mid 90s and overnight lows around 58 to 65 degrees.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wellington
Supreme Court Rules Against State Bible School Practices
The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that requiring Bible reading and Lord’s Prayer in public schools is unconstitutional. The majority said such exercises violate the Establishment Clause, rejecting claims they are moral rather than religious. Justice Clark wrote the main opinion.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Clark
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Madison
Goldberg
Harlan
Brennan
Douglas
Stewart
Kansas City Protest Over Mass Arrests At Raids
City councilman Bruce Watkins protested Sunday against mass arrests of Black patrons during police raids on restaurants. He cited a raid at 29th and Brooklyn Ave where three patrol wagons carried suspects at 2 30 a m. Police logged 55 arrests for frequenting a disorderly house.
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Kansas City
Bruce Watkins
Brooklyn Ave
Watkins
Corner drugstore prank ends with earnest reply
A 12 year old delivery boy left alone in a drugstore answered a caller asking for tincture of benzoin in aqueous solution. He crisply answered that he only knew the corner drugstore and did not know the requested item.
Dirksen Sees Agreement on Civil Rights Program
Senate Republican leader Everett Dirksen said after a White House conference that there is an area of agreement with Senate Majority Leader Mansfield on civil rights. He expects a joint package after Kennedy’s Wednesday message, including desegregation, school integration aid, and ending state literacy tests.
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Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
White House
Dirksen
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Kennedy
Congress
Capitol
Sen. Mansfield
Clinton B Metz dies at 83 after long farming life
Clinton B Metz 83 of 1309 N Jefferson died Sunday in a local hospital. Born November 28 1879 in rural Oxford he farmed near Mayfield and Dalton retiring in 1947. Survived by widow Edna five sons two daughters two brothers a sister 16 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Wednesday Frank Funeral Home with Rev Ted Hurst officiating burial Prairie Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call tonight and Tuesday.
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Clinton B. Metz
Jefferson
Oxford
Mayfield
Dalton
Edna Winsor
First Christian Church
Edna
Lloyd
Wellington
Melvin
Everett
Lisbon
Ohio
Johnny
Bakersfield
Calif
Curtis
Amarillo
Tex
Harold
Aleda) McCammon
Ray
Neena) Sidebotton
Ziba
Ernest
Bluff
Wichita
Edna Harrish
Long Beach
Frank Funeral Home
Ted Hurst
First Methodist Church
Pairie Lawn Cemetery
Funeral
First degree manslaughter charged in Larimore death
James Wesley Spencer, 30, faced first degree manslaughter charges in Justice of the Peace Court over the Thursday death of James M. Larimore, 37, of Wellington. He was bound over for the September district term after a preliminary hearing and jailed in default of 25000 bond.
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James Wesley Spencer
Justice of the Peace Court
James M. Larimore
Wellington
Spencer
A. L. Chase
Larimore
Argonia
J. Roy Holder
Charles Watson
Watson
Sheriff's Department
Sheriff's Office
Margaret Ingram
Brother named to NAACP post
Charles Evers, brother of slain Medgar Evers, assumed the Jackson Mississippi NAACP post and pledged to pursue equality for all. The move follows protests and church closures as tensions rise amid a pact with his slain brother to carry on the work. Charles Evers is a Chicago physical education director serving temporarily while leading the civil rights effort in Mississippi.
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Jackson
Miss
Medgar W. Evers
Mississippi
Charles Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Central Presbyterian
First Baptist
First Christian
Evers
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Meridian
Southern Railway
Chicago
Former Wellington Resident Lottie Dare Dies in Enid
Mrs. Lottie Dare 69 of Enid Oklahoma died Saturday after a brief illness. Born in Medford Oklahoma she lived in Wellington before moving to Enid. Survived by husband Albert daughter Mrs L A Pepper Wichita four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Graveside service at Prairie Lawn Cemetery Wednesday at 2 p.m. Fosser Funeral Home Enid in charge.
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Lottie Dare
Enid
Okla
Wellington
Medford
Albert
L. A. Pepper
Wichita
Prairie Lawn Cemetery
Fosser Funeral Home
Envoys attend solemn Requiem for Pope John XXIII
Envoys from 81 nations and world bodies gathered at St Peter's for a Requiem Mass for Pope John XXIII. The service featured an empty coffin on a black catafalque ringed by candles while leaders including Lyndon B. Johnson Sean Lemass and European foreign ministers attended. The event marked a rare joint funeral with Russian Orthodox officials present, and the pope was buried in the basilica crypt June 6 after nine days of mourning.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
St. Peter’s Basilica
Catafalque
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Sean Lemass
Ireland
Prince Albert
Belgium
Milan Girl at Girls State Se Nominates Senate State Affairs Panel
Donita Holt of Milan attended Girls State at the University of Kansas last week and was appointed a member of the Senate state affairs committee. Fire-FA6-4441 Police-FA6-3331 Sheriff-FA6-3622
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Donita Holt
Milan
Girls’ State
University of Kansas
Senate
Polaris missile force eyed for NATO fleet
Vice Adm. Claude V. Ricketts says a shipborne Polaris fleet would be highly survivable and Soviet forces could not prevent retaliation. He notes NATO nations vary in willingness to fund and crew the project, with costs possibly around one billion dollars less than previously cited and construction over six to seven years.
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Claude V. Ricketts
Navy
London
U.S. Navy
Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Ricketts
NATO
Wheat harvest ends as Mainstreet area slows plowing progress
Reporting Mainstreet Combines head north after harvest. Kansas State Employment Service offices closed. ground remains hard delaying plowing. Elks Lodge hosts a Stag night with fried chicken. Earl W. Brewster new policeman trains on parking meters. Tax deadline Thursday drives county treasurer traffic. clerk prepares for November tax payments. Birthdays noted for several residents and a wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Hut chinson.
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Kansas State Employment Service
Caldwell
Wheat Capitol
Elks Lodge
Earl W. Brewster
Bill Parret
Cynthia Johnson
Pat Payne
Wayne Hinshaw
Bill Helton
Helen Jane Herrington
Judie Morris
Yolanda Caudillo
Lucille Britton
Norval Hutchinson
Red China Warns Khrushchev Over Peaceful Coexistence
Tokyo AP report says Red China warns Soviet Premier Khrushchev that pro Chinese elements will oust him if he backs peaceful coexistence with the West instead of violent revolution. Beijing outlines 25 debate points for Moscow talks starting July 5 on the ideological split.
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Tokyo
Red China
Khrushchev
Moscow
State VFW elects new commander and officers at Hays convention
John J. Stang of La Crosse named state commander as VFW wraps a three day convention in Hays Kansas. William Aldridge of Ashland and Kenneth Keller of Junction City chosen as vice commanders. Stang succeeds Dr Ora D Hess of Lawrence. Frances Aliie Dodd of Wichita elected auxiliary president. 1964 convention set for Wichita.
Collision Kills Former Derby Youth Kenneth McGregor
A motorcycle and car crash southeast of Wichita claimed the life of Kenneth McGregor, 16, of San Antonio, Texas, a former Derby resident visiting the area. The other driver was Kenneth Bloomquist, 18, stationed at McConnell Air Force Base.
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Wichita
Kenneth McGregor
San Antonio
Tex
Derby
Kan
McGregor
Kenneth Bloomquist
McConnell Air Force Base
Six Ohio girls die in crash
Six Youngstown area girls died when their car, returning from a lakefront visit, was struck by an 89 car Nickel Plate freight train near Geneva Ohio. Two boys on scooters said crossing flasher lights were working. Names of the victims include Sylvia Sanker Jennie Angelo Darlene Muzenic Sondra Van Sack Juliane Palko and Barbara Cowan.
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Ashtabula
Ohio
Youngstown
Geneva
Sylvia Sanker
Jennie Angelo
Darlene Muzenic
Sondra van Sack
Juliane Palko
Barbara Cowan
Ferguson to Attend Kennedy Civil Rights Conference
Kansas Attorney General William M. Ferguson said he would attend a Thursday conference in Washington with President Kennedy and top attorneys to discuss aspects of the nation's civil rights problem. Ferguson joins as president of the Kansas State Bar Association.
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Topeka
William M. Ferguson
Kennedy
Ferguson
Kansas State Bar Assa
College Singers Return From USO Tour
Pittsburg State College's 20 member Collegiates completed a USO tour performing for troops in France Germany and Italy. They spent several days sightseeing in Paris at their own expense after the tour. He who would walk sanely amid the opposing perils in the path of life always needs a little optimism he also needs a little pessimism.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg State College
The
Collegiates
France
Germany
Italy
Paris
Havelock Ellis
Soviet space duet in joint orbit blazes into second day
The Soviet space mission Vostok 5 and Vostok 6 marked 26 hours in orbit with Valentina Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky reportedly three miles apart on the first circuit. Tass confirmed multiple orbits, ongoing physicals, and normal ship systems as officials ponder a space rendezvous and potential third cosmonaut.
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Valeri Fedorovich Bykovsky
Vostok V
Russia
Tass
Moscow
Soviet Union
Valentina Tereshkova
Valery Bykovsky
United States
Miss Tereshkova
Bykovsky
Khrushchev
Tereshkova
Tokyo
Earth
Vostok
Yoeshiaki Nakata
Radio Research Institute
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Lyman L. Lemnitzer
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