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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1961
Page
3
Post 2123 Veterans of Foreign Wars offers 16 wheel chairs with plans to add crutches and hospital beds. Chairs collected by Ike Allamong and James Wood can be borrowed for up to 90 days. For information call MO 2 9547 or MO 2 1154.
Attorney general remarks that states and cities failed to guard people of color. He cites sending 500 representatives to aid, and asserts the Constitution now applies to all individuals, acknowledging world awareness of past mistakes.
In Miami ten Cuban prisoners awaiting parole to return to Cuba on Saturday faced growing opposition from James C. Hagerty, former press secretary to Dwight D. Eisenhower. Hagerty warned of a dangerous precedent and possible ransom-style hostages as Capehart and Dorn filed non-binding Senate and House resolutions. Kennedy supports tax deductible donations for the fund drive.
In Florida and across the South, NAACP chapters urge sit ins and use of facilities for integration. Kennedy withdraws federal marshals from Montgomery, while King warns of ongoing threats. Mississippi vows arrests, CORE dispatches teams, and Eastland accuses CORE of overseas plots amid national debate. Fourteen Nashville protesters join 27 jailed in Jackson.
President Kennedy orders a nine member panel to prevent strikes at space and missile sites. Arthur Goldberg chairs with William Simkin as vice chair. other members span public labor and management. Panels will be placed at each site with mediators assigned to each group.
Police continue to investigate an incident that began yesterday near Orndorff's on Boscawen Street where a police car and the Confederate monument were painted along with several downtown features. Frederick County Sheriff's Office is involved in the probe.
Liberia stands as Africa's sole nation never fully colonized by a European power, a distinction rooted in its founding by freed American slaves and its enduring sovereignty across about 12 million square miles of the continent.
John Wesley Methodist Church Cedar Hill will serve a full course turkey dinner tomorrow starting at 12 30 p m The dinner costs 1 25 per plate Miss Carrie Oakes is chairman Kangaroos are reaching plague proportions in central and northern Australia harming crops and grazing lands
Dr L P Herring presiding elder of 2nd grey District Richmond leads the quarterly conference at St Paul A M E Church. Sunday service at 6 30 p m DST. All officers and members are requested to be present. Rev H A Abney is pastor.
World appetite for peanuts requires about 10 million tons of production each year. Major producers include the United States and India, with figures reflecting rising consumption across developing markets.
The article outlines the need for booster propulsion and a capable crew to land three astronauts on the moon. It notes a spacecraft sized for three, capable of orbital rendezvous and lunar descent, with possible beacon guidance at a surveyed site. Few thousand personnel would be involved on launch day to ensure a safe return.
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