Ohio barber refuses to cut Negroes hair in Yellow Springs
In Yellow Springs Ohio barber Lewis Gegner refuses to cut Black customers citing ignorance and principle. He has been arrested five times in six months amid protests, sit ins, and court battles over the village public accommodations law. Gegner says he bears no ill will yet will not change his policy until courts rule.
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Yellow Springs
Ohio
Lewis Gegner
Gegner
Yellow Spring
Ohio College
Antioch College
Phillip Adams
Adams
Ohio Civil Rights Commission
Louis
Molotov Exiled Within Own Country by Khrushchev’s Rise
The report traces Vyacheslav Molotov’s fall from power after Khrushchev’s ascent. Once a top Stalin ally, Molotov, 72, faded from public life amid secrecy and limited travel. He reportedly lives near the foreign ministry with his wife and daughter, unable to travel abroad, while his role remains undefined.
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Moscow
Molotov
Berlin
Khrushchev
Stalin
Western
Apo
Grippe
Foreign Office
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Mongolia
Vienna
Eisenhower
Truman
Churchill
Ernest Bevin
Dulles
Gen
Marshall
Kennedy
Indonesians Celebrate Independence From Dutch
Jakarta marks the 18th anniversary of declaring independence from the Netherlands. A 35 foot statue atop the new monument shows a muscular figure breaking chains, symbolizing freedom. The piece notes Indonesia’s large military, West Irian status, economic strains, and reliance on Western aid amid regional skepticism.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
United States
Philippines
Malaya
Britain
Southeast Asia
Sukarno
West New Guinea
Ndonesian
West Irian
American Congress
Kennedy
U.S
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Sunbeam
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Noretec
Dumonu Merchants OF America
Gsif Rdon’s
HP Quality Jewelers
P.M. Battow
Welers
Texas Ave
Big Sere He Greater
Heston
Ansa
SEARS
Robbeck and
Baytown
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Texas
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