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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1963
Page
1
A court ruling on an appeal concerning desegregation progress in Memphis public facilities and parks. The decision addresses the time allowed for desegregation and the effect on local public amenities. The case references African American plaintiffs challenging slow integration timelines.
The Supreme Court 8 0 rejects Gov. Wallace's plea to bar federal troops from Birmingham riot duty. Justices White dissenters none. The ruling leaves intact post Civil War authority allowing presidential troop use. The decision also dismisses any 14th Amendment invalidation. Memphis case on desegregation of parks discussed.
Gravely weakened by recurrent hemorrhages Pope John XIII remained confined to his apartment at the Vatican. Vatican officials reported no official statement but said his condition showed improvement and listed doctors monitoring his care as Bishop Pierre van Lierde canceled engagements in Rome.
A Baltimore Oriole has built a nest at the home of Mrs. Winton Kerns in Cross Junction. Mrs. Kerns invites visitors to view the nests, noting they resemble crocheted handbags and sit atop a sycamore tree. Festival Headquarters seeks four nests by May 7 and will collect them at 109 E Piccadilly St. The Star has exhausted its supply. Apple Blossom office seeks clippings from the issues.
Senator Byrd told Shenandoah College graduates that liberty comes with a price and requires alertness in government and informed civic participation. He warned against centralization of power and urged adherence to constitutional principles as essential to preserving democracy and the free enterprise system. The address covered duty, taxes, and the need to study public affairs.
John R. Powers of Pulaski, a grocery firm executive, was chosen by the Virginia Retail Merchants Association as its man of the year. He received a citation and silver trophy at the banquet in Norfolk.
A federal court ruling on desegregation in Birmingham is due today or Tuesday as two Black applicants seek admission to Alabama's white university units. Governor Wallace pledges to block integration, while 2,500 federal troops remain in Alabama after bombings and rioting in Birmingham.
The Supreme Court refused to review Melvin D. Rees Jr.’s Virginia murder trial for the second time. Rees, 33, an itinerant musician from Hyattsville Maryland, was convicted in Spotsylvania County Virginia after the disappearance of Carroll V. Jackson Jr. and his family in 1959. Jackson’s body was found near Fredericksburg, with another daughter’s remains found near Gambrills Maryland.
Dense fog s caused a crash on the New Jersey Turnpike leaving six dead and about 10 injured. Police blame the fog as 14 vehicles including twelve trucks and two cars collided in the northbound lanes near 3 15 a m. Several victims died at the scene and one died later at St James Hospital in Newark.
A gunman robbed the Airport Motel night manager Frank B. Sullivan 73, escaping with 136 after handcuffing him to a water pipe in a restroom. The thief demanded money from the cash register and warned Sullivan with a pistol, then fled.
In Washington, Senators Thomas J. Dodd and Hubert Humphrey, both Democrats, proposed that the United States offer the Soviet Union a preliminary agreement to ban atmospheric and underwater nuclear tests. They diverge on overall treaty scope but unite on this initial step.
Senator A Willis Robertson says the government is pressing 22 foreign quota countries to rush sugar shipments to the United States to stabilize a panicy market. State Department notes reassurance but Agriculture officials warn of continued price volatility amid reduced world production.
The School of Music Band from the U S Naval Station Washington D C will join the Memorial Day program at National Cemetery on Thursday at 10 45 a m Daylight Saving Time applies Rear Adm Don R Dudley USN retired will be the speaker The Winchester Veterans Council sponsors the event Chief Musician Robert L Flader leads the band The program includes The Stars and Stripes Forever March Your a Grand Old Flag This is My Country American Collection and The Star Spangled Banner The ceremony features colors and the national anthem Rev Jacob Mast and Mayor Claude B Smalts will speak Gerald Goodman will introduce Adm Dudley Mrs Jesse L Sealock lays a wreath and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2123 fire a salute
Rodney Di Brodie aged 11 died at home in Ferris Illinois after a slow decline. He and his Siamese twin brother Roger were born in 1951 in Rock Island Illinois and separated in a historic operation in Chicago.
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