JFK Team to South; 'No' to Troop Request
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BIRMINGHAM remained uneasily quiet and Alabama state officials announced that 500 National Guard-smen called to standby duty following the church bombing that killed four Negro children last Sunday have been released.
The Chicago branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) urged all Chicago churches to hold a memorial service.
The team, former Army Secretary Kenneth Royall and ex-West Point football Coach Earl (Red) Blaik, was appointed yesterday by President Kennedy as his personal representative to Birmingham. Kennedy later met with seven Negro leaders and refused their demand that federal troops be sent to the Alabama city.
By United Press International A two-man presidential team will attempt to restore racial peace in troubled Birmingham, Ala.
Negro leader Martin Luther King Jr, said he assured the President of his group's desire to work with Royall and Blaik. Birmingham Mayor Albert Boutwell said his city welcomes the team. Kennedy agreed to meet with the group of white Birmingham leaders at the White House Monday to hear their side of the issue.
Gov. George Wallace was not available at his Montgomery office for comment on the latest action in the Birmingham crisis.
This act of violent bigotry has aroused the consciences of millions of Americans of all races, creed and nationalities, the Chicago NAACP said.
Officials of the United Presbyterian Church voted to ask the denomination's 9,200 churches to observe a period of silence Sunday as a memorial. Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief executive officer, told a Chicago news conference that Presbyterians should tell Congress they will not tolerate filibustering or fooling around with the civil rights measure.
Petersburg, Va. With heads bowed, about 700 Negroes, most of them wearing black armbands, marched downtown Petersburg yesterday in protest of racial violence in Birmingham.
Elsewhere in the nation:
Montgomery, Ala. — A federal judge has ordered written briefs to be submitted by Sept. 27 on a petition by a Negro to gain entrance to the Auburn University Graduate School.
Greenville, Miss.—Five integrationists were in city jail today awaiting the outcome of appeals to their Washington County Court convictions for breaching the peace. They were sentenced to three months in jail and fined $100.
JACKSON, MISS.—The state fair will be open to white persons only this year. In previous years, the fair has run a week for whites and part of the following week for Negroes. But integrationist groups boycotted the fair in 1961 and 1962 as a protest to the segregation and the fair lost money on its Negro run during the boycott.
Nashville, Tenn.-Federal District Judge William E. Miller has ordered the admission of 12 Negroes to three deseregated Wilson Countys schools.
Norfolk, Va.—About 2,400 Negro high school youths deserted classrooms yesterday for about three hours to march in protest of overcrowded conditions. There were no incidents.
Tallahassee, Fla.-Circuit Judge Ben Willis has postponed until next week a ruling on contempt of court charges against 115 Negroes arrested here during weekend racial protests.
NEW ORLEANS—About 150 singing and clapping Negro teen-agers pickedet city hall yesterday, protesting alleged discrimination in voter registration.
Richmond, Va.-Negro leaders in Surry County, Va., have called for a boycott on stores until the county opens its lone white public school on a desegregated basis.
University Daily Kansan
Bill Anderson, co-chairman of the Senior Day committee, said Senior Day will be Saturday, October 26.
Barn Dance Heads Senior Day, Oct. 26
for all your furniture needs be sure to attend the
Applications for Fulbright scholarships must be submitted before Oct. 19. Prof. J. A. Burzle, KU Fulbright Advisor, has announced, Application blanks are available in Prof. Burzle's office, 308 Fraser. He will conduct an information meeting on foreign study at 4 p.m. in Faser Theater Sept. 26.
ATTENTION STUDENTS
There are no arbitrary grade point standards in selecting a scholarship winner, Prof. Burzle said. "Much depends on character references, however, one should be an above average student," he said.
BIG AUCTION
A dance will be held from 5 to 11 p.m., at the Big Barn, two miles north of Lawrence.
The Fulbright-Hays Act, passed by Congress in 1948, provided funds for the scholarships. Since then 126 KU students and 62 faculty members have won Fulbright scholarships. Fifteen students and three faculty members were awarded grants last year.
at Vincent's—724-26 Mass. at 3:00 p.m.
To obtain a senior sweatshirt, the student must pay class dues of $10 during fee payment next week. Then students may take their senior identification cards to the Kansas Union to receive the sweatshirts.
We will sell the following: Carpets; 9x12, 12x10, 12x15 (these are all wool or nylon); Walnut dining room hutches, walnut dining room tables and chairs, Philco and Bendix dryer, braided double faced rugs. 9x12 dinette sets, what nots, several beautiful pieces of Early American furniture, walnut Danish stereo set, divans.
Deadline Oct.19 For Fulbrights
In addition to full grants, Fulbright scholarships are offered covering travel only or with foreign governments meeting expenses after students arrive.
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Report Goes to Topeka
The results of a regional conference on mental health held yesterday at KU were forwarded to Topeka to the Bureau of Community Mental Health.
About 60 persons participated in
open discussions on "Mental Health Needs in the Community." The session was one of nine regional conferences to be held in Kansas. It is the beginning of a two-year program sponsored by the Bureau of Public Health.
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