Kennedy Gratified By Dropout Program Results
President Kennedy praises a 1963 anti dropout effort that brought back 10 105 students in 20 cities. Of 23 502 counseled pupils, two thirds agreed to return to classes, with funds available to finish the drive through September. The administrator Keppel notes potential for more dropouts without continued effort.
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Kennedy
Newport
R.I
Keppel
Presidential
States
District of Columbia
Canada and Soviet sign record wheat pact
The Soviet Union ordered nearly 500 million dollars of Canadian wheat and flour for 1963 64 with 198 million bushels plus 29.5 million bushels in reserve. Trade Minister Mitchell Sharp signed with S A Borisov as part of a three year trade pact. Canada aims for a 550 million bushel export year with earnings over a billion dollars. Russia to pay 25 percent in cash per shipment and the rest over 18 months.
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Ottawa
Soviet Union
Mitchell Sharp
S. A. Borisov
Russia
Canada
Sharp
Borisov
Teetotaler Runs Bavaria’s 101 Beer Brands Bar
In Starnberg Bavaria Georg Opel a teetotaler operates a unique lakefront bar claiming 101 bottled beers for sale. He serves each in its own glass pairs beer with regional dishes and offers free 101st bottle challenge to climbers Peter Siegert Rainer Kauschke and Gerd Uner who failed to conquer the first 13 without tipsy.
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Georg Opel
Lake Starnberg
Munich
Opel
Bayreuth
Kulmbach
Scandinavia
Ireland
Mexico
England
Peter Siegert
Rainer Kauschke
Gerd Uner
Eiger
High Point Uneasy Truce Over Integration Deadline
High Point NC faces a looming deadline as Negro leaders demand total integration by Oct. 15 during the Southern Furniture Market. The city, famed as the furniture hub and an All American City, braces for possible mass demonstrations if demands aren’t met. Rev. B Elton Cox, a CORE official, pushes for immediate integration, while city leaders favor gradual desegregation to avert violence.
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High Point
South Main Street
Heritage, Drexel and
Henredon
Southern Furniture Exposition
Forrest L. Cates
High Point Enterprise
Cates
B. Elton Cox
Cox
South
East Washington Street
Congress of Racial Equality
Hiring and Upgrading of Negroes May Discriminate Against Whites
An Associated Press survey shows more Negroes hired for better jobs amid pressure for equal employment, while concerns rise about reverse discrimination against white workers. Reports from Dallas Seattle New York Chicago and Cleveland describe varied reactions, with some praising progress and others warning of bias and legal limits.
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New York
Associated Press
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy
Committee On Equal Employment Opportunity
Dallas
Post Office Department
Seattle
Dudley Cameron
California Department of Employment
San Francisco
New York City
City Commission On Human Rights
St. Louis
Michigan Fair Employment Practices Commission
Chicago
Chicago Urban League
Edwin C. Perry
League
Archie Williams
Boston Labor and Industry Committee
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Ernest Cooper
The
Urban League
Cleveland
Turncoat Calls Years in China Complete Waste
Former Army Sgt. Scott L. Rush defected to the Chinese 10 years ago in Korea and returned to Tucson with his Chinese wife and child. He said America will forgive his change and described his time in China as a complete waste except for his wife and daughter.
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China
Tucson
Ariz
Army
Scott L. Rush
Korea
Rush
Helen
Betty Jean
Gertrude Rush
America
Los Angeles
Indians Fight For Distinct Nationhood At Bismarck Meet
Indian leaders at the 20th annual National Congress of American Indians in Bismarck push for recognition as a separate nation with rights beyond equality. The group represents about 400,000 of roughly 600,000 Indians on reservations nationwide. In New York, Claudette Colbert and Cyril Ritchard to star in The Irregular Verb to Love on Broadway next autumn, with Ritchard directing.
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Bismarck
N.D
National Congress of American Indians
Conegress
New York
Claudette Colbert
Cyril Ritchard
Broadway
Ritchard
London
Pittsburgh teen reads 10 000 words a minute
Pittsburgh 17 year old Bill Carmack of Mt. Washington section astounds teachers with reading speeds of 10 000 words per minute. He has been clocked at 30 000 and once 40 000. Principal Roy Mattern says he can glance at a page and know its contents. In a 15 second test he read 1 500 words and accurately summarized Alexander the Great’s military strategy and two dates.
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Pittsburgh
Bill Carmack
Mt. Washington
South Hills High School
Pittsburgh Post - Gazette
Roy T. Mattern
Bill
Alexander the Great
Alexander
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