Haitian Roulette: Real, Deadly Threats Under Papa Doc
AP reports Haiti under François Duvalier is haunted by fear and brutal reprisals. The Tonton Macoutes and security forces terrorize opposition, with prisons like Ft Dimanche filled and many killed or imprisoned for suspected disloyalty. Duvalier’s grip rests in the palace as invasions flare and a doomed myth about the presidential chair spreads.
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Haiti
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Papa Doc) Duvalier
Papa Doc
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Papa Dee
Duvalier
Tonton Macoutes
Ft. Dimanche
National Palace
Massachusetts Baptists to resettle Cuban Catholics
Boston AP Massachusetts Baptists will sponsor the resettlement of 50 to 70 Cuban Catholic refugees from Miami, with Cardinal Cushing’s blessing. The interfaith project, called Flight Good Samaritan, is led by Rev. Kenneth Lloyd Garrison of the Massachusetts Baptist Convention.
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Massachusetts Baptists
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Miami
Cuba
America
Garrison
Friends of All Faiths
Massachusetts
Good Samaritan
Danville Sees First Negro Students Enter Public Schools
Seven African American children attended classes with white students this week in Danville Virginia, the first Black students to break the color barrier in the public schools amid earlier racial violence. Four more are slated to start in other grades as the week progresses. Admissions were directed by the State Pupil Placement Board, with prior segregation still in place at Danville Technical Institute.
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Danville
State
Danville Technical Institute
Auction Report From Chatham Calves and Cattle Prices
Chatham auction lists calf prices by weight from under 6 lbs down to 100 lbs plus. Veals and cattle ranges include prime choice standard and utility grades with prices per hundredweight and per head. Goats and lambs show fresh goat values and sheep figures among varied weights and classes.
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City’s mass protests pause ends as leaders urge restart
Civil rights leaders call for resumption of mass demonstrations Tuesday after police containment with an ordinance and court injunction kept protests off the streets for over a month, despite a crackdown that arrested more than 300 Negroes.
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