Exiles claim Cuba landings amid raid reports
The Cuban Revolutionary Council announced commandos had landed in various Cuban areas and were welcomed by farmers. A council spokesman said the action signals Cuba's liberation, while U.S. officials pressed for confirmation and noted no proof of a large invasion. Reports cited 500 invaders with uncertain locations. Edwin Ross McCann of San Diego, a former Wellington resident, died at 58 after a heart attack.
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Fila
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Cuba
Council
Luis Botifol
Washington
State Department
Richard I. Phillips
Department
U.S
Edna McCann
Edwin Ross McCann
San Diego
Calif
McCann
Wellington
Kennedy civil rights program faces Congress test
President Kennedy’s civil rights package faces a tough House and Senate path as leaders prepare hearings and possible August votes. The plan aims to end racial discrimination in public accommodations and empower the attorney general to enforce school integration, with filibuster risks and potential broader tax and funding impacts. Leaders warn a Capitol showdown could trigger nationwide protests and affect otherAdministration measures.
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Washington
Congress
Kennedy
House
Senate
Capitol
Martin Luther King Jr
New York
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
House Judiciary Committee
Civil Rights Commission
Equal Employment Opportunities Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Zip Code rollout announced for Wellington Milan and Riverdale areas
Post Office officials announce new five digit ZIP codes effective July 1. Wellington 67152 Riverdale 67130 Milan 67105. Postmasters Hyndman Ankrom and Baum stress using ZIP codes in return addresses to speed delivery and reduce mis sent mail. The system aims to streamline reading addresses and improve accuracy nationwide.
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Post Office Department
Wellington
Gene Hyndman
Hyndman
Post Office
United States
Gladys F. Baum
Gartner
Riverdale
Milan
Wilma M. Ankrom
Pleasant Kansas weather with rising showers forecast
Clear skies and mild temperatures gave Kansas a pleasant day today as showers return. Temperatures were expected to reach the 80s with lows in the 60s, while the Wellington area forecast generally fair and warmer through Friday with highs in the middle 80s and lows in the mid 60s.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wellington
Local Girl Scout Mary Ann Willis chosen for Compette honor
Mary Ann Willis of Troop 27 Wellington has been selected as a Compette for the Juliette Low session at Rotary Camp near Kansas City June 26 to July 7. She has about 500 hours as a candy Striper at St Lukes Hospital and long scouting history.
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Mary Ann Willis
Wellington
Rotary Camp
Kansas City
Juliette Low
Mary Ann
Kansas
Daily News
Rotary
Miss Wills
St. Lukes Hospital
Don Welch
Martin Helmar
Calvary
Savannah riot leaves hundreds in custody after clashes
In Savannah Georgia hundreds of people, including men women and juveniles, were arrested after a night of riotous demonstrations near the Holiday Inn Motel. Tear gas dispersed roving crowds as state troopers aided local police and some detainees were sent to a stockade at Travis Municipal Airport.
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Savannah
Carl E. Sanders
Travis
Holiday Inn
Leone presses new bid to form Italian government
Italy faces a deepening political crisis in its fifth week with no clear solution. Giovanni Leone, 54, premier-designate, seeks a broad coalition by meeting leaders from Communists to fascists after Aldo Moro’s center-left bid collapsed. President Segni urged a way out as interim rule seems likely before President Kennedy’s June arrival.
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Rome
Giovanni Leone
Italy
Chamber of Deputies
Antonio Segni
Kennedy
Leone
Aldo Moro
Moro
Christian Democrats
Segni
Revolution of weaker sex Soviets hail woman cosmonaut
Soviet press lauds Valentina Tereshkova as the world’s first female cosmonaut after she completed 71 hours in orbit. She circled the globe 48 times covering 1 240 000 miles, while Valery Bykovsky set an orbital record with 81 orbits in 119 hours. Khrushchev congratulated both astronauts.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Valentina Tereshkova
Valery Bykovsky
Siberia
Tass
Valentina
Earth
Kazakhstan
Karanganda
Globe
Bykovsky
Kustanai
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Ambush in Gasden Prompts Racial Unrest Night of Turmoil
Gasden Alabama saw a shotgun ambush on a state trooper patrol car during a routine Negro section patrol. The two troopers escaped injury as a blast damaged the cruiser. Police dispersed a courthouse sit in with billy clubs and electric shocks while claims of brutality surfaced.
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Albert Lingo
Summer Solstice Notes and Local Events
Tomorrow marks the start of summer with the longest day, sunrise at 5 08 a m and sunset at 7 54 p m. The first notice for the annual 4 H Business Men's Picnic goes to county 4 H ers for July 23 at 7 p m in Melody Bowl Woods Park.
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Agriculture Extension Council
Melody Bowl
Woods Park
Bob Cobean
Lynn Burris
Burris
Bob
Wellington
Dwight Miller
St. Francis Hospital
Wichita
Edgar Young
Evelyn Hungerford
Janice Marie Johnson
Doug Webster
E. M. Carr
Vatican Cardinals Fail to Elect Pope on First Ballots
Vatican City AP reports that 80 cardinals failed to elect a new Pope on the first four ballots amid black smoke signals from the Sistine Chapel. Milans Cardinal Montini, seen as progressive, led speculation with 30 to 40 votes while talks with Cardinal Spellman influenced conservative support. Voting will resume Friday as conclave rules forbid further ballots until then.
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Vatican City
Sistine Chapel
St. Peter’s Square
John XXII
Vatican Radio
St Peter's Square
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Montini
Milan
Cardinal Montini
Montini
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Turin
la Stampa
Spellman
Vatican
College of Cardinals
Pope John
Church
St. Peter's Basilica
John
Rome
Kansas City police accuse mayor of protecting vice
Five Kansas City Kansas policemen testified to state officials about police brutality and open liquor and gambling in their city. They alleged Mayor Mitchum knew of the violations and demoted officers for not backing him. The KC Star identified the officers and described additional beatings and raids they witnessed.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas City
William M. Ferguson
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
The
Kansas City Star
Kenneth Cromwell
Orville Smith
William House
Elman Lewis
Joseph Whitmill
Star
Paul F. Mitchum
Mitchum
Nadine Dooley
California
John J. Theroff
Logan Sanford
KBI
Ferguson
Theroff
Smith
Pat Kennedy
Kennedy
Johnny Johnson
Kansas State Penitentiary
Johnson
Thereff
A. Clayton Dial
Alabama Board moves to remove three students from university
The University of Alabama Board of Trustees filed notice seeking a 5th Circuit review to overturn a district court ruling that refused to delay integration. The move targets Vivian Malone James Hood and Dave Mack McGlathery as they pursue admission to the Tuscaloosa campus and Huntsville Extension Center amid rising racial tensions.
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Birmingham
Ala
University of Alabama Board of Trustees
U.S. District Court
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. Dist
H. H. Grooms
Grooms
Vivian J. Malone
James A. Hood
Tuscaloosa
Dave Mack McGlathery
University
Huntsville
Wide Open Letter From John A. Profumo Ex War Minister
A London broadside by John A. Profumo, former British war minister, frames a moral takeaway. The missive asks readers to consider political ethics and public service.
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John A. Profumo
War Minster
London
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