Birmingham Factfinders Finish Job
Presidential racial factfinders Kenneth L. Royall and Earl Blaik completed the Birmingham phase and headed back to New York. They planned to report to President Kennedy in a few days and refused to discuss their findings. Meanwhile Dr. Martin Luther King Jr launched a task force to assess Birmingham’s mood and prepare for possible demonstrations to secure terms of the May 10 agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie Brown
Paul
Joey
R. J. Herbert
Lenox Road
Raymond Brown
Hulloween
Birmingham
Ala
Kenneth L. Royall
Earl Blaik
New York
Royall
Army
Blaik
Kennedy
Steel
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Ben Bella Seeks Easing Of Tension In Algeria
Algerian President Ahmed Ben Bella appoints a mission to ease friction with Morocco as Berber dissidents reject peace overtures. Unrest spreads from Algiers into the south and west with guerrilla bands forming near Cherchell and Tenilet-el-Haad, while anti government actions and bank blockades affect French settlers.
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Algiers
Ahmed Ben Bella
Friday
Morocco
Ben Bella
Algeria
Cherchell
Medea
Tenlet-el-Haad
Orleansville
Tenilet-el-Haad
Calles
Town Changes Needed Burns Tells Selectmen
Prof James M Burns of Williams College urged Lenox and nearby town officials to face social change and population growth to preserve town identity. He proposed four local government reforms including hearings on billboard permits held where the billboard would be located and strengthening home rule. The banquet closed the association's annual state meeting with 270 current and former selectmen registered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squth Egremont
Massachusetts Selectmen
James M. Burns
Williams College
New England
Burns
Lenox
Weslie Crosier
John Pienatelli
Lenox Board
General Court
Jug End Resort
Brookline
Amherst
Lunenburg
Provincetown
Orleans
Oakham
Barrington Hospital hires architects and fund raisers
President R Gordon Granger of Fairview Hospital announced the engagement of Jans H. Ritchie Associates of Boston for architectural work and Haney Associates, Inc., of Newton for fundraising. The project aims to add beds at the hospital at about 1.5 million dollars with potential support from the federal accelerated works program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
R. Gordon Granger
Fairview Hospital
Alaska City Ravaged by 80-MP Hailstorm and Fuel Loss
Barrow, Alaska endured 80 mile per hour winds and 15 foot waves that wrecked homes, ruptured gas lines, and spilled hundreds of thousands of gallons of fuel into the airport area and lake. About 143 people were displaced, whiskey fuel barrels scattered, and cold air followed the storm. No fatalities were reported.
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Barrow
Alaska
Brewersville
Air Force
Flight-Ready Gemini Shipped To Canaveral
McDonnell Aircraft shipped the first flight-ready two-man Gemini spacecraft to NASA at Cape Canaveral. The capsule, built to stay in orbit up to two weeks and rendezvous with another vehicle, will undergo an unmanned orbital test early next year to assess structural strength and compatibility with the Titan II launcher. Recovery is not planned. Delivery came 23 months after NASA awarded the contract.
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NASA
McDonnell
Hungarians To Bath Arrested Drinkers In Cold Water
The Nepszava newspaper reports that Hungarians arrested for drunkenness will be placed in a tub filled with fresh cold water as punishment. The measure signals strict temperance steps amid social concerns in Budapest.
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Budapest
Hungary
UPI
Nepszava
25 Killed in Haiti By Hurricane Flora
Hurricane Flora killed at least 25 people in Haiti and later affected Cuba, with forecasts urging the Bahamas and eastern Florida to monitor advisories. The storm’s western Haiti death toll rose to 42 and it disrupted Cuba’s Oriente Province, while US officials noted potential renewed strength over water. Communications outages hindered early casualty tallies and reports.
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Miami
Fla
Flora
Haiti
Cuba
Bahamas
Florida
Tobago Island
Venezuela
U.S
Oriente
Punta Lucrecia
Havana
Guantanamo City
Santiago de Cuba
Washington
Navy
Guantanamo Bay
Francois Duvalier
NAACP Presses Willis Firing Over Massachusetts Panel
The NAACP plans renewed action to remove Benjamin C. Willis from leadership of Massachusetts public school study commission after his resignation as Chicago schools superintendent amid pressure for school integration. Willis cited court orders on transfers and potential contempt as reasons to step down by late December, while NAACP officials criticized his stance on desegregation and announced continued efforts to replace him. Rep. Thomas C. Wojtkowski chairs the Massachusetts panel Willis led.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association For the [Advancement of Colored People
Benjamin C. Willis
Special Commission
Massachusetts
Willis
Chicago
Associated Press
Peabody
Frank T. Walker
Orlando Ave
NAACP
New England
Chicago School Board
Thomas C. Wojtkowski
Pittsfield
Military Dictatorship Rules Nation in Honduras
Tegucigalpa AP report says the army commander assumed supreme power as ousted President Ramon Villeda Morales surrendered. Provisional President Osvaldo Lopez Arellano, a career officer, declared rule with no junta, citing to end Communist infiltration and unrest. Fighting left 21 dead, 50 wounded. 21 soldiers and 15 civilians listed among the dead. Villeda Morales and his wife prepared for exile in Costa Rica as elections slated for October faced army opposition to civilian control.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Ramon Villeda Morales
Osvaldo Lopez Arellanno
Villeda Morales
Lopez Arellano
Costa Rica
U S Suspends Relations and Aid Over Honduran Coup
The State Department says diplomatic ties with Honduras and U S aid are suspended after the military ouster of President Ramon Villeda Morales. Col Osvaldo Lopez Arellano led the takeover, described as an unfortunate event, weakening stability in the Caribbean and hindering Western Hemisphere interests and the Alliance for Progress.
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Washington
State Department
Honduras
U.S
Ramon Villeda Morales
Department
Osvaldo Lopez Arellano
United States
Caribbean
Alliance For Progress
Robert McCloskey
Lile
Lopez Arelland
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Kes
Selectmen
Lenox Selectmen
Bisbee
Automatic Voting Machines, Inc
Charles A. Bisbee Jr
Barrington Hospital
Gemini
Canaveral
Hartford
Giralomo Santuccio
Bobby Doyle
Santucci
Capital
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