Dr William B Walker to lead Xerox in Rochester NY
Dr William B Walker, Ward 5 school committee member, resigns from GE after nine years to become personnel manager at Xerox Corp in Rochester NY. He leaves Oct 4 and moves with family. resignation from the School Committee is undecided. Walker helped lead reform efforts and advocates for a national superintendent search. Two allied leaders, Robert N Hart and Mrs Mary Kirkpatrick, also have left the city.
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William B. Walker
Ward
Rochester
N.Y
Xerox Corp
Walker
New York City
GE Ordnance
Tor, Court
William J. Hopper
Philip H. Krause
Scarsdale
East Paterson
Dr. Walker
Robert N. Hart
Mary Kirkpatrick
Admiral Beakley's Wife Dies Canceling Ceremony at Shipyard
Mrs. Wallace M. Beakley wife of Rear Adm. R Beakley died today at Boston Naval Shipyard. Her death caused the cancellation of 1 a.m. ceremonies aboard the historic USS Constitution where Adm. Beakley was to assume command.
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Boston
Wallace M. Beakley
Adm
R Beakley
Boston Naval Shipyard
Beakley
Kennedy Warns Vietnamese Saigon Tension Builds Up
President Kennedy urged Ngo Dinh Diem to halt the Buddhist crackdown in Viet Nam, warning that continued repression could cost the anti-Communist war. He spoke after a five day Labor Day leave and noted the regime has grown out of touch with the people. In Saigon, asylum seekers continued to seek refuge in the U.S. Embassy as Buddhist activists faced pressure and reports of a coup plot circulated in media. A new U.S. ambassador to Viet Nam, Henry Cabot Lodge, is taking a crisis posture amid tensions between Saigon and Washington.
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Hyannis Port
Mass
UPI
Kennedy
Saigon
Viet Nam
Washington
U.S
Ngo Dinh Diem
United States
CBS
Walter Cronkite
Henry Cabot Lodge
Diem
Quang
U. S
Times of
Times
Gene Gregory
the Times
U. S. Central Intelligence Agency
CLA
Hadeen
Embassy Persists In Harboring Priest
The U S Embassy offered no surrender of chief Buddhist opponent Thich Tri Quang, deepening U S-Diem tension. Buddhist supporters cheered while about 70 percent of the population, led by Buddhists, consider Quang a hero and fear his handover would provoke widespread resentment.
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U. S
United States
Ngo Dinh Diem
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Quang
East German scholar defects to West Germany
Prof. Hans Mayer, famed East German national prize winner and liberal intellectual, defected to West Germany during a lecture tour. He will not return to Leipzig University where he taught for 15 years, a move expected to shock Soviet bloc intellectuals.
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Hwamburg
Germany
Hans Mayer
West Germany
Mayer
Leipzig University
Soviet Bloc
Dalton Woman Killed In Route 9 Crash
Mrs. Margaret Ruth McCauley Culverwell 50 of 134 High St Dalton died instantly in a one car crash on Route 3 in Dalton at 1 30 a m. Her husband Thomas Culverwell owner of a Dalton Mobil Station was driving. She died of a fractured skull and internal injuries. The car left the road traveled on the grass then overturned ending in front of Ann's Restaurant. She was a native of Dalton, widow of Edward McCauley, mother of two boys Thomas Jr and Robert. Burial is Pittsfield Cemetery. The incident followed by other weekend accidents, page 15.
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Margaret Ruth McCauley Culverwell
High St
Dalton
Thomas Culverwell
Mobil
Main Street
Culverwell
Ann’s
Daniel Carlin
John J. Ayres
Antonio P. Desautels
St.Luke’s Hospital
Charles Reid
John Gorman
Wallace Pero
William White
Ralph Kendall
Walter Decker
Joseph Robins
Donald Price
Edward and
Mary Davison McCauley
St. Agnes’ Church
The
Rosary Society
Thomas Jr
Robert Culverwell
Miriam McCauley
Center School
Foley Funeral
St.Agnes’ Church
Pittsfield Cemetery
Labor Day Traffic Death Toll Sets Record
National holiday traffic produced a record 543 deaths by midnight Monday, surpassing last year’s 501. Six fatal accidents occurred in Michigan and a 10 killed event occurred near Dayton, Texas. Overall holiday deaths reached 609 with 20 boating fatalities and 46 drownings.
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Michigan
Dayton
Texas
28 Persons Killed In New England
UPI reports Labor Day weekend fatalities across New England total 28. Highway crashes caused 16 deaths with Massachusetts eight, Connecticut two, Maine two, Rhode Island two, New Hampshire and Vermont one each. Four boating deaths and eight other accidents also occurred. Massachusetts registered 14 fatalities, Maine six, New Hampshire three, and Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont two each. Maine and Massachusetts each had two double highway fatalities, with a Rhode Island double also noted.
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UPI
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Maine
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Vermont
Battery Theft Hits Patrol Car in St Louis
ST LOUIS Mo UPL police report a battery theft from a patrol cruiser during a routine holiday weekend investigation. Patrolman William Franklin was away from the vehicle when the theft occurred.
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ST. Louis, Mo
UPL
William Franklin
Yugoslav Grand Master Wins New England Open Chess
Svetozar Gligoric, the Yugoslav grand master, captured the New England Open title in Springfield beating Walter Suesman of Providence. Gligoric had placed fifth in the Piatorgorsky International Cup in Los Angeles last August.
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Springfield
Mass
UPI
Svetozar Gligoric
Gligoric
Los Angeles
Walter Suesman
Providence
City Public Schools Wait Record 12 000 Pittsfield Enrollment
Pittsfield public schools expect enrollment to exceed 12 000 for the first time as tomorrow starts a 10 week summer vacation end. Superintendent James P. Reynolds projects about a 245 increase from last year when 11 968 enrolled. Opening times and changes include 9 am start, full day for public schools, mornings only for seven Catholic schools, and a minute of silence replacing the opening prayer. Yellow Coach Line provides bus service with 25 buses on two mile runs, and an overflow high school group will be housed at Crosby Junior High Wight with new shuttle routes tested to Crosby via Cheshire Road Dalton Avenue Tyler Street.
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Pittsfield
James P. Reynolds
U. S. Supreme Court
Yellow Coach Line, Inc
Berkshire Street Railway Co
Charles
Weeks IH
Yellow Coach
Weeks
Berkshire Street Railway
BSR
Rruns
Crosby Junior Wight
John W. Cronin
PHS
Crosby
Cronin
Cheshire Road
Dalton Avenue
Tyler Street
Wahconah
North Streets
Russell School
Board Overruled On Integrating
Gov George Wallace kept Tuskegee Public School closed by force amid a federal desegregation order. He deployed 108 armed patrolmen and mounted deputies to block entry as US court orders faced resistance. Justice Department and Kennedy pressed for compliance while Doar weighed federal action. Alabama schools statewide faced pressure to desegregate.
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George Wallace
Tuskegee
Justice Department
Wallace
Lingo
Macone County
Dallas County
Jim Clark
Consolidated
Macon County Board of Education
Macon
Col
al Lingo
Macon County
E.w.fore
Wadsworth
John Doar
Doar
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
North Alabama
South Carolina Mixes Scholars at Charleston Schools
Eleven Negro children sat with white peers in four Charleston public schools marking South Carolina's first grade level desegregation. No incidents occurred as the first day began with orderly arrival, some accompanied by parents, in the port city behind Civil War memories. Bishop Francis F. Reh announced a voluntary desegregation program after U.S. District Judge J. Robert Martin Jr. ordered admission.
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Charleston
South Carolina
Francis F. Reh
Diocese of
U.S
J. Robert Martin Jr
Integration Begins as Negro Girls Enter Baton Rouge High
Four Negro girls entered Ibernia High School today, the first of their race to attend public schools with whites in Baton Rouge. They were the first of the Negroes scheduled to enter the 12th grade in Baton Rouge’s four high schools, having been registered in private sections last week.
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Istrmia High School
Louisana
Baton Rouge
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