Virginia County Opens First Free School Since 1959
Prince Edward County in Virginia opens its first free, nongraded school since 1959 to educate 1,501 children after four years of white-only tuition. Superintendent Sullivan reports smooth transition and minimal discipline issues as staff teach sight words and basic phonics. Four white students enroll. efforts target enrollment of unreached children after tobacco harvest.
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Farmville
Ernest
Prince Edward Free
Pratt
United States
Neil V. Sul
Livan
East Williston
Long Room
Island
N.Y
Southside
Ginia County
Fee
Brie
Sullivan
Prince Edward
Letitia Ten
Richard Moss
Brenda Abernathy
George Abernathy
Letitia
Worsham School
Ernest Pratt
Mrs. Sullivan
James Wiggins
Worsham
W. E. Johnson
Chicago
Gary Saunders
West Virginia University
Virginia
Pope Paul VI birthday observed in Vatican City
AP reports Pope Paul VI marked his birth day ninety seven days after becoming head of the Roman Catholic Church. In Austin, J Frank Dobie aged 75 celebrated quietly at home. the UT English professor and author of about 30 books on Texas and Mexico folklore. In Warsaw, Walter Ulbricht met the Chinese ambassador and condemned Beijing’s divisive policy, aligning with Khrushchev’s camp in the Soviet China ideological dispute.
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Paul VI
Austin
Tex
J. Frank Dobie
Dobie
University of Texas
Texas
Mexico
Warsaw
Walter Ulbricht
Poland
Communist Party of China
Communist Movement
Ulbricht
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Red China
TV season unfolds with new and returning shows
The fall TV slate settles as 13 to 36 programs debut or resume. Heavy viewers pick favorites by mid October, with ratings shaping choices after three weeks. CBS launches Great Adventure and The Defenders shifts. NBC bets Bob Hope and My Favorite Martian. Judy Garland leads Sunday variety. Route 66 Twilight Zone Alfred Hitchcock Presents decorate CBS, plus Sullivan Candid Camera and Walt Disney on NBC.
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Nick Gearhart
Rasco & Jarriel
Ron Cochran
Jack Paar
Alfred Hitchcock
Morris Frank
Raw Stone
Cynthia Lowry
New York
CBS
NBC
Phil Silvers
Jackie Gleason
Ray Walston
Tian
Judy Garland and Company
Gleason
Ed Sullivan
Walt Disney
Raft settlement ends out of court suit over profits
Los Angeles AP reports writer Dean Jennings settled Wednesday after suing actor George Raft for film profits. Jennings claimed Raft refused to provide an accounting. The life story sold for movie use for an undisclosed amount, with Jennings entitled to 20 percent of proceeds. Raft reportedly sold the rights for 25,000 dollars and ten percent.
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George Raft
Haft
Dean Jennings
Raft
Jennings
Star
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the Jetsons
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