Integration Battle Over Louisiana School Order
Louisiana seeks a stay of a Nov. 3 three-judge court order suspending court-ordered school integration as the Supreme Court readiness to act looms. Attorney General Gremillion cites irreparable injuries and interposition claims while New Orleans legislators press to release frozen funds to avert a financial crisis in parish schools. Police guard white students at Frantz school amid ongoing protests and funding tensions.
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Legisla
New Orleans
Jack Poof
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United States
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Frantz
Integration Threat Rocks New Orleans Minister at Frantz School
The FBI opened an inquiry into a white Methodist minister Rev. Andrew Foreman who allows his daughter Pamela to attend the integrated William Frantz School. A man threatened, “We’re going to get you, preacher,” as officers and reporters witnessed tense confrontations amid ongoing protests over integration.
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New Orleans
UPI
FBI
Andrew Foreman
Pamela
William ‘Frantz
Br. Foreman
Stephen Bordelon
Frank Beatty
Bordelon
Beatty
W. W. Bromwell
Foreman
James
Gabrielle
Yolanda
Frantz
Indictment Sees Top Office Furniture Makers Charged
A Buffalo grand jury indicted eight leading office furniture manufacturers for conspiring to fix prices and imitate competition in a multi million dollar industry. Defendants include General Fireproofing Co Globe Wernicke Co Sperry Rand Corp and Steelcase Inc with others named as co conspirators. The case cites $114 million of $210 million metal furniture sales in 1958.
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UPD
Buffalo
N.Y
The
General Fireproofing Co
Youngstown
Ohio
Globe
Wernicke Co
Norwood
Shawn-WalkierMuske
Gon
Mich
Yawmah and
Erte ‘Manufacturing, ‘Co., Inc
Rochester
Art Metal’ Int
Jamestown
Steelcase, Inc
Grand Rapids
Sperry Rand Corp
New York City
All Steel Equipment Inc
Au- Tora
Kennedy Plans To Live In Boston Residence
Ted Kennedy and his wife Joan Bennett Kennedy viewed Beacon Hill apartments as they consider establishing a Boston home. Reported plans indicate Kennedy, a lawyer, intends to work locally, with several more apartment viewings planned in the near term.
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Boston
UPI
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Ted) Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Joan Bennett Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Beacon Hill
Kennedy
National Church Council to Elect Lay President
The National Council of Churches in San Francisco moves to elect a lay president for the first time. J Irwin Miller of Columbus Indiana, a banker and industrialist, will lead the council, while a draft message calls for fuller Christian unity. The plan to grant broader church powers was rejected to avoid creating a super church.
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UPI
National Council of Churches
J. Irwin Miller
Columbus
Ind
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Miller
Disciples of Christ
Christian Church
Call For Unity
Henry Pitney van Dusen
Union Theological Seminary
New York
van Dusen
Truman B. Douglass
Councils of Churches
Message Committee
Legislature Tells Furcolo Goodbye With Transit Setbacks
Boston session ends amid mixed results as Governor Furcolo survives a dual rebuff. Medical school study moves to a basic review with a $168,000 appropriation requested, Old Colony transit bill dies, and probate clerks receive salary boosts. Also formalized are Supreme Court and district court clerk increases and transit right-of-way extension.
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UPS
Furcele
House
Senate
Old Colony
Norfolk County
Furcolo
Superior Court
Vincent R. Brogna
Thomas J. Spring
William D. Fleming
Ways and Means Committee
John E. Powers
New Haven
Robert E. Anderson
Paul G. Kirk
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Hingham-Abington District Court
Constitutional Convention Urged In Massachusetts Rally
Supporters push for a constitutional convention to overhaul aged laws and streamline state government. Bills and petitions filed for consideration in 1961 before the deadline, led by Rep. Richard Caples and Rep. Robert Cramer, backed by educators and business leaders, aiming to place the question on the 1962 ballot if the legislature declines.
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UPI
Richard R. Caples
Robert P. Cramer
Williams,town
Massachusetts
Erwin Griswold
Harvard Law School
Robert Drinan
Boston College Law School
James M. Burns
Williams College
Augustin H. Parker
The
Old Colony Trust
Newport Seeks Outside Help If Jazz Festival Returns
Newport plans outside help for a potential next summer jazz festival. Mayor James L. Maher says he has written five mayors in Rhode Island and Massachusetts seeking officer recruitment. He sent letters to Warwick Providence Fall River New Bedford and Boston. No replies yet. The council shut last year's festival after rioting by teens and college students near Freebody Park.
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Newport
UPI
James L. Maher
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Maher
Warwick
Providence
R.I
Fall River
New Bedford
Boston
Freebody Park
Change of Address Notice for Berkshire Area Subscribers
Informs Berkshire residents of a change of address for mail to avoid service delays. Urges notifying local Post Office and Berkshire Fagle xivirz old markets at Petersfield Massachusetts. Second class posts to be redirected to new address.
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Pittersead
Massachusetts
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