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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 04, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes Tum Day june 4, 1963 Pope John Dies Vatican proclaims week of mourning  from Paffitt if bed find kissed the Pope s hand. In a Chapel adjoining hex bed room n mass was rimmed lately sold. Death came to the Pope on the 1,680th Day of his reign4 a cars 7 months and g i by for ii fir appeared on the in irony of St. Peter s in 1958. Mimy Knelt in prayer n round the int Clun a he died ill new lord that he and told n prelate some Days ago my time will come it no Fth. By Day i have Church  his time come Nufler Sunset a. A he had forecast. Pope John himself apparently aware of the Gravity Othi condition made several references late in. 1952 to the Proi Spect of death. Celebrating his int birthday nov. 25. Two Days before the illness first sent him to bed he sold he did not know if he would have another birthday. He added to Are not excessively concerned. Any Day is a Good any to be born and any Day is a Rood Deyto  might not ukr seventeen Dayi later at the first general audience he held during i convalescence he indicated he might not live another year. Re Ferring to he Hope that the ecumenical Council could end its work by cd Rottma 19g3 he said in a year it could be that the Pope will still be Here or there will be another to elect a new pontiff the 83 members of the College of Cardi nals must meet in the Vatican. Most of the cardinals were Here for the first phase of the Council which lasted from oct. 11 to dec. H. Now they were being summoned Back from All Corners of the Earth. Pope John became the 261st supreme ruler of the roman Catholic chruch on oct. 38. 1958. He strove continually during his four year reign to bring the divided Chris Tian churches closer together and to Spur All Mankind toward uni Versal peace. It won him the popular titles of the Pope of Unity and the to in of  it brought him the Baxuan peace Prolic. Outgoing Polend Lynem Bis outgoing friendliness and gentle manner with All made him beloved among the closest of papal observers the 2 million population of Rome and admired by visiting world leaders. He waa slow to refuse an audience to anyone and one of his last private audiences was in March for soviet Premier Elk la s. Khrushchev s daughter Rada. And son in us Xiv Ella editor Alexel Adi Hubel. Two for Reichling undertakings occupied much of Pope John s final months. In april he wrote a major encyclical dedicated to world peace. Pace in  in that peace on Earth encyclical he outlined suggestions for building each on truth Justice mid Charity urged a world body Ilka the United nations but with greater Powers and called for world nuclear disarmament Iron Caryln Contasta he also fostered and closely supervised the Vatican s first Seri Ous contacts with Iron curtain nylons. He appeared to he striving to Benefit East european in Thoirs and the cause of peace through willingness to negotiate with red regimes on a Church state level while not allowing ideological com Promise. Embattled and legation of the so nation which have diplomatic relation with the Vatican were immediately notified of the Pope s death of won the cardinals throughout the to let who Muil come to Rome Tor the conclave to elect a new ruler. The conclave must Start in in Days. It could be Tooner because of the Speed of Modem transportation. But u can not begin before a 15 the Secretary of the College of car a fonts. He i 5b.yoar.old sicilian. Arch Bishop Francesco Carpi no. The Pope s three Brothers and sister were with him when he died. Just minutes before the death announcement came the Vatican press office had said they and tt"1 Pope s Confer Tutor it. Rev. Alfredo Flynn. And the Pope s Sei relay of state. Am co can annl Cleob annl and been in the . Following the Rifle bring sold in St. Peter s Square. The Vatican press Offir announced the death a minute after it occurred. Then three m nutes inter at steady As sue goes big brother gives Stater a hand As they go wading in Toto Tia new bluer on a Tunny Day in London. When their Parent derided not to tackle the heavy traffic in tha brith Countryside the Small Fry beaded for the rooting water near the Tower Bridge. App Oil judge withholds ruling on Wallace injunction Birmingham. Ala. Api fed eral dust. Judge Seybourn h. Lynne withheld monday an immediate ruling on the Justice department s request for an injunction barring gov. George Wallace from interfere re Latch Forf on Page ing with enrolment of negroes at the University of Alabama next monday. I expect to prepare a written  Lynne said after an 80 nil Ute bearing on the jus Tice department s petition. Lynne went into a conference in chamber with the Battery of fed eral and state attorney immediately after the hearing which Wal lace did not attend. The hearing opened with Testi Mony from two witnesses called by the Justice department in its Effort to keep the segregationist governor away from the univer sity next monday. Attorneys for the governor offered no testimony relying on i arguments to the judge. Court rules on 2 Agency shop cases Washington a the supreme court ruled monday that the tuft Hartley Lite does not ban Agency shop agreements but in n separate  upheld Florida s prohibition of Agency shop con tracts. Both decisions were 8-0. Justice Arthur Goldberg a former Secre tary of labor did not take part. Under Agency shop agreements non Union members must any in unions the equivalent of fees and dues Puld by Mem hers. Many unions have prot ipod Foi such Grer mints in Staten whirl Iivo so called ref jul to work inns forbidding a requirement for Union mrm Barship a n condition of employment. The two costs in the supreme court decision monday were a Rase from Millann in which the United Auto workers Union in seeking from general motors corp. On Agency shop agreement for workers in Indiana. Indiana has a form of right to work Law but state courts ruled the state statute did not forbid the Agency shop. General motors contended it was barred under the Taft her Tulcy act. The supreme court said it is not. A Case from Florida involving local 1625 of the Afl-c1o re Tail clerks. The local had in agree ment with food fair. Inc. Stores at Miami but a group of non Union employees bulked us paying fees to the Union. Florida s supreme court decided such an Agency shop arrangement was illegal under the state s right to work Law. The Florida court rejected Union argument that  deprived St Etc courts of authority to bar enforce ment of Agency shop clauses. The supreme court held the Florida Bun on Agency shop con tracts is permissible under Tafth Art Ley. But at the same Lime the court in an opinion by Justice Byron r. White sold it was not deciding whether Florida s courts or Only the National labor relations Board nor to authority to enforce the state s ban against Surh contracts. 7 53 ., Vatican radio broadcast this announcement to the world with n soul profoundly moved we give the following sad announcement. The supreme pontiff John Xxiii. Is dead. The Pope of Good win has passed Newny religiously and serenely after having received the so nimets of the holy roman Church in his apartment of the int Lynn apostolic pal arc at 7 49  Cart. June 3. 1963, attended most gently by his most intimate collaborators and his doctors. The inexorable illness which become aggravated in the last months and which nevertheless had not impeded the vicar of Christ to fulfil with indomitable will and pastoral Zeal the arduous tasks of his High office has snuffed out the Strong  the announcement Given first n it Ollun was then repeated in 30 languages. 100,000 in Square More than 1x Noo were in St. Peter s Square for an extraordinary Mieirs celebrated on an improvised altar placed outside the Basilica under the Balcony from which Pope John had Given his first Blessing the evening he Wax elected Pope oct. 28, 1958. The 40-Mlnute mass was Broad cast by Valca n radio and carried by italian television. At 7 40 ., when the mass wits Over Vatican Riitto gave Tew bulletin on the Pope s Condi Tion the situation remains grave and much United. He is having trouble  less than ten minutes later came he death announcement. Pope John More Tenn any other recent pontiff nought the return of those he described  the separated Brethren Council Gofta just three month after becom ing Pope he announced plans for his ecumenical Council with the fool of renewing catholicism s spi ritual life and preparing for Pas sible Unity of All christians in the future. A soon a the Pope death was announced the Bronze door of the apostolic Pilack and other main gateways in the Vatican were closed. Chains were stretched across other entrances slur naming the interregnum and started. The bolls of St. Peter tolled. The thou Nln in the a quire who Hail wept and prayed at Man fell to their Knees. From a Loudspeaker came in announcement that left no doubt the holy father hns died  the word of the Loudspeaker echoed n round the Square and far Down Borul Van Delia Concill Mazlone to the tiber River. The word of the death reached the world through archbishop an geto still Acquin substitute Secre tary of n ate who was in an adjoining room. I be went to an antechamber where n Vatican press officer wilted. In tears finding it difficult to by the words. Archbishop Dell a m of the  official lie s dead. He s  Day by Day account of struggle against fatal illness Vatican City a for a i the crowd in St Peter s Square. I year Pope John xxx a had been afflicted with a stomach tumor causing . Hli mortal struggle against the ailment started two weeks ago. Here is a any by Day account tuesday. May 21 Hemor re axing became acute. Massive transfusion i brought the Pope through a crisis. Wednesday. May 22 on doctor s orders he cancelled his regular weekly general audience in St. Peter s Basilica. But he appeared at his window. Thursday. May 23-the Pope appeared at his window to bless was his last Public appearance. Friday and saturday. May 24 and 25the Pope was reported to a improving. Sunday. May 26-he suffered a crave crisis and cancelled his regular appearance at his window to a toss the crowd. Monday. May 27he was re ported rallying. Tuesday May 28 another crisis struck his worst up to then. Massive transfusions were Given. The Vatican revealed his aliment to be a stomach growth. Wednesday May 29-he again rallied. Thursday. May 30 Cmor Rhodes stopped. His personal doctor doctor went homr to do Luann. Confident of the Pope s com Hiick. Suddenly about Midnight still an other crisis started. Friday. May 31-the crisis continued. The Pope requested and received extreme unction. Ills doctor rushed Back to Rome. The Vatican revealed his growth As a tumor and said peritonitis had set in. Periods of unconsciousness started. Vatican radio said he was in his Deuth agony. Saturday. June a the death agony continued although the Pope had periods of consciousness and spoke to those around his bet he sail he was watching his own. Olenth and was ready to co. Pentecost. June 2 a gathered his strength for one Mart Blessing to the world on a Day that should be a joyous Holiday. Then his condition deteriorated. He suffered a collapse but Sut Vived it. T monday june 3-Hls painful agony continued. At Dawn a Strong new crisis in Howo Rosof  radio seemed to have taken hit life for n moment. But once again consciousness returned.  7 40 ended. Agai Xiv Ever 3  The Pope s agon  
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