Desegregation Battle Fuels Militant Conservative Rise
The piece surveys how desegregation tensions spur conservative militancy in the South. It notes groups like the Birch Society and Citizens Councils opposing federal intervention, while figures such as Lester Maddox and Elijah Muhammad lead rival segregationist currents. It covers funding, literature, and the range from white supremacist to Black Muslim groups.
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United States
South
Birch Society
Birchers
Birch
Robert Welch
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
Welch
Greenwood
Miss
Association of Citizens Councils
Federal Republic
Mississippi
State Sovereignty Commission
Citizens Councils
Jackson State Times
Joseph Patterson
Elmore County
Alabama
Young Florence Jacobs First to Earn Library Card
Florence Jacobs 22 of West New York is granted library card No 4536 after mayor’s exception to age rule. She has read 60 books, spells 300 words, and dreams of rocketry and space geography while answering reporters with knowledge on space, planets, satellites, and U S states.
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Florence Jacobs
West New York
Florence
West
New York
N.J. Cap
Outer Space
John J. Armellino
Marie Jacobs
Jerome
United States
Florence Osiensky
Stevenson Reaches Bogota Last Stop on S American Tour
Adlai E Stevenson travels to Bogota for two day talks with Colombian President Alberto Lleras Camargo on hemisphere defense and anti-Democratic movements. He aims to prepare for next month's Uruguay economic and social conference while Colombia details a future plan beyond punishing Cuba. Marion Davies fractures leg in hospital slip. condition described as improving.
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Quito
Ecuador
Adlai E. Stevenson
Bogota
Alberto Lleras Camargo
Kennedy
Uruguay
Lleras
Stevenson
Fidel Castro
Punta del Este
Cuba
Fisherman crafts rod from driftwood for North Platte trip
Casper AP reports Bill Jaines forgot his rod on a North Platte fishing trip with Tom Cooper. Jaines improvised a pole from driftwood and baling wire and caught four large trout while Cooper, with modern gear, caught none.
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Casper, Wyo
Bill Jaines
Tom Cooper
North Platte River
Jaies
Cooper
Boyle's Rules for Gauging How Your Girl Rates You
New York AP column advises on evaluating a girlfriend's interest as a warning to a young man. It suggests signs of fading interest and coy behavior and outlines probable lack of serious commitment based on observed cues.
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Boyle
New York
Pavement Plate
Minnesota School Aid Checks Sent to Counties
Checks totaling 5 332 602 dollars were mailed to Minnesota’s 87 counties for the March 1961 distribution of foundation program aid to school districts. The payments include 5 percent of estimated 1960-61 aid for graded districts, 30 percent for ungraded elementary districts, and 5 percent for counties’ share of tuition for nonresident secondary pupils.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Dean M. Schweickhard
Son of Man Who Returned Brink's Money Gets Job
Richard Johnson 17 was hired as a mail clerk at Allied Artists Studio for 72.50 a week after his father Douglas Johnson returned 240000 lost from a Brink's Inc. truck. The studio had promised Richard a film role. manager Eugene Arnstein says he seeks a part for the teen.
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Hollywood
Allied Artists Studio
Richard Johnson
Douglas W. Johnson
Brink's Inc
Richard
Eugene Arnstein
Allied Artists
Britain to Kuwait foreign affairs handover confirmed
London announced a formal arrangement with Kuwait transferring full responsibility for Kuwait's foreign affairs to the Gulf state. The pact marks a major shift in control of diplomatic conduct and policy.
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London
Britain
Kuwait
Arabian Gulf
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Allah
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