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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1960
Page
1
White student enrollment rose from two to eighteen at William Frantz Elementary in New Orleans as photos show a lessening boycott. Yet demonstrators persisted with heckling and eggs and rock throwing outside the school.
The Supreme Court scheduled arguments on blue law challenges in Massachusetts Pennsylvania and Maryland after lower court rulings. The Boston court struck down Massachusetts Lord's Day statute as applied to Crown Kosher Market Springfield citing discrimination against non Sunday sabbath observers.
Felix Enrique Hurtado, a Cuban diplomat, said Cuban Ambassador Quintin Pino Machado threatened him with death for refusing to return to Havana. Washington police are investigating the claim as Hurtado, who says he disagrees with the Castro regime, goes public with the allegations.
Helen Gunsett a Democratic National Committeewoman from Van Wert Ohio said she has heard nothing official about a possible appointment as treasurer of the United States.
The government of Ceylon decided to recall its 11 personnel serving with United Nations forces in the Congo.
In New Orleans authorities kept women demonstrators a block from William Frantz School as 23 white children attended the first day of classes. The boycott spread to McDonogh No 19 Elementary, with about 500 whites staying away, while three Negro girls entered Frantz. A protester’s car was egged and a Swedish professor faced a thrown egg. Police stressed peaceful demonstration and equal protection of the law amid tension around the interracial school integration.
Cuban church officials blame Communists for a bomb at Our Lady of Charity church in Havana after vesper services. No one hurt among 50 inside, but church pews and floor damaged. a red hammer and sickle flag with anti clergy slogan found.
President elect Kennedy names Rep. Stewart Udall of Arizona to be secretary of the interior. Udall, a 40 year old Tucson lawyer and three term congressman, will handle reclamation forests and Indian affairs. He is a Mormon, WWII Air Force gunner, and serves on Interior Insular Affairs Education and Labor committees.
Western nations rallied at the United Nations to block a Soviet bid to free Patrice Lumumba and disarm Mobutu. The Security Council planned a Tuesday session after a push for 24 hours notice, while the Soviets accused Dag Hammarskjold of servility to the West. The four Soviet demands included freeing Lumumba, disarming Mobutu, creating an Asian African inquiry, and expelling Belgian nationals.
Snow rain and sleet dampened wide areas across the country as cold weather persisted in central and western regions. Snow fell 1 to 4 inches in the southern plateau, southern Rockies and southwestern plains, with mix changing to sleet and freezing rain along belts from the Pecos valley to western Oklahoma.
Hawaii observes Pearl Harbor remembrances as Gen Emmett O’Donnell Jr notes the surprise 1941 attack began World War II. He warns that scars remain to remind vigilance and preparedness against future threats.
Christmas shopping began slowly in several cities with mild early season weather blamed for lower buying. Merchants say consumers have money but stay selective amid unemployment worries. Some reports promise a strong season later. Various city notes show mixed early results and optimism for a banner year despite the cautious mood.
SAN FRANCISCO delegates from 33 Protestant and Orthodox denominations urged U S support for strengthening the United Nations as a power for peace among nations. They hailed the UN's growth from 51 to about 100 members and its expanding democratic processes.
The Detroit Tigers traded Frank Bolling and a minor league player to the Milwaukee Braves for Bill Bruton Chuck Cottier Dick Brown and rookie pitcher Terry Fox.
Representatives of Greyhound Corp s Eastern Division and a union representing drivers maintenance workers and terminal employees returned to the bargaining table in Cleveland today amid ongoing labor talks.
Premier Khrushchev his cold leads to the cancellation of official appointments in Moscow. No further details on dates or specific engagements are provided.
Temperatures will average 4 to 8 degrees below normal with normal highs near 38 to 41 and lows around 25 to 26. Cold north through Monday, colder south Thursday, then warmer Friday and Saturday, turning colder again Sunday or Monday. Precipitation around a quarter inch with frequent snow flurries north and occasional snow squalls northeast, and rain or snow south over the weekend.
Cleveland jurors found 29 year old Lillian Fratantonio guilty of drugging her five children to keep two daughters in a sleeping condition. Psychiatric examination will occur before sentencing. Custody of the children, including Bernadette and Venita, remains unsettled with the judge noting the presence of an infant at home. The two younger girls stay in Catholic home care while custody decisions await.
A passenger train and a loaded bottled gas truck collided at a grade crossing in Nashua New Hampshire. The crash caused a massive explosion and fire killing five people and injuring more than a dozen others.
Iron Age Magazine says steel makers see scattered indications of higher order volumes for production after the first of the year.
Columbus reports one new prison honor camp to be in operation by end of January at Gallipolis State Institute. State Controlling Board released funds for the project while a Cleveland Akron site at Hawthornden State Hospital faces housing questions. A Dayton location was ruled out. About 30 London Correctional inmates will move to Gallipolis, rising to 40.
The infant son of President elect John F Kennedy will be baptized Thursday at Georgetown University Hospital. Father Martin Casey will administer the sacrament in the chapel. The godmother is Mrs Charles L Bartlett proxy stands for Stanislas Radziwill husband of Kennedy's sister living in London.
Record budget of 3,517,779 dollars approved for 1960-61 by the board of directors at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio.
The text compares popping popcorn to the wayWant Ads start actions when an ad appears. It urges selling an old bicycle or toys for fast cash, noting moisture and heat cause expansion and popping.
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