08 May 1963
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1963
Page
1
Health Department reports the town council discussed sewer hookups with about 70 total users after eight new signups in April. The council considered adopting the State Plumbing Code and questioned a private dump that may be unhealthy to nearby homes, risking closure.
Report notes 26 Negro children participating in a classroom sit in while one parent, Mrs Beulah Thweatt, alleges a policeman pushed her causing her to fall. Englewood Police Director Joseph Lawless comments, while the account continues on page 2 column 3.
Grier Grier WHEAT GROWERS vote in the May referendum after a parade collapse. Mrs. J T Russell loaned an army blanket to the girl headed to hospital.
The Dominican Republic and Haiti eased immediate war fears as officials discuss mediation. The OAS plans a special Washington meeting to broaden Haiti settlement powers, while the U N Security Council considers the crisis and Haiti protests.
A distress сообщения reports a threat at Boom Road with Saats eating today. Fire units from Winchester were dispatched to the scene at 2 15 P M.
Mary the kidnaped mynah bird is returned to the Philadelphia Zoo in a cardboard box under cover of night by two women wearing black. The bird appeared at the zoo gates after disappearing Monday night and was released into the bird house where it ordered the door shut.
Legislative investigators link the University of Mississippi desegregation riots to national politics and Kennedy ambitions. They blame federal planning errors and blunders, charge the Governor with enforcing peace, and note the riot cost two lives, many injuries, and millions in damages. The report cites over 2,000 pages from 90 witnesses.
Briton Greville Wynne tells a Soviet military court that British intelligence lured him into a spy deal, landing him in a Soviet prison. He and Oleg Penkovsky both admit spying as the show trial unfolds in Moscow. Wynne says a high British agent became angry when Wynne was asked to proceed with the operation.
An intruder slipped into Dr. Douglass C. Hill’s office on W. Boscawen Street yesterday and stole cash and checks from a cabinet. Police said the loss included an undetermined number of checks payable to Dr. Hill and $35, taken between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
The Birmingham unrest centers on desegregation gains in downtown areas as Negro leaders push for 80 percent integration of stores and lunchrooms. Rev Martin King Jr appeals to President Kennedy for decisive action in a mass meeting at a Baptist church on 16th Street.
Washington AP reports the Kennedy administration aims to enact rights legislation with three main provisions. It would appoint temporary voting referees to speed voter qualification reviews, presume literacy for those with six years of schooling, and extend the Civil Rights Commission for four more years.
Former president Harry S. Truman, aged 79, greets 10 000 Baptists at Municipal Auditorium as Southern Baptist Convention delegates. A luncheon features expected telephoned remarks from President Kennedy Chief Justice Warren and Jack Benny. Attendees include Missouri Governor John M Dalton Nebraska Governor Frank Morrison Israel's ambassador Avraham Harman Senator Wayne Morse and others.
The 30th annual May Festival at Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music begins tomorrow with a General Student Recital at 8 p.m. in the Shenandoah Auditorium featuring piano, voice, brass and woodwind students. Events run through Sunday with plays, concerts, alumni gatherings, a May Pageant on the mall, and a public concert by the Midnandoed Concert Band.
A local fund drive led by Gerald Goodman aims to raise at least 250000 for a fieldhouse auditorium gymnasium amid questions on total cost. Parking roads utilities and city participation are being studied and discussed with City Manager Lee Grant ahead of April council meeting.
Heavily armed state troopers moved into Birmingham as racial tensions flare. Gov. George Wallace warned of 575 troopers, with King Jr. pledging continued action to end segregation. Thousands of demonstrators flooded downtown, hoses used to disperse crowds. at least 10 officers injured, none seriously.
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