Birmingham Integrates Its Schools
In Birmingham two Negro brothers enrolled at Graymont grammar school as the first Black students in Alabama to attend an elementary on the same day as white pupils. About 100 white protestors clashed outside, police formed barricades, and arrests were made. Governor Wallace, under heavy federal pressure, declined comment as desegregation proceeded with 93 schools opening citywide.
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Birmingham
Ala
Dwight
Floyd A Armstrong
Graymont Grammar School
Alabama
George Wall
National States Rights Party
Wallace
George C. Wallace
Montgomery
Tuskegee
Tuskegee High School
West End
Ramsay
Gulf Coast
Moabite
Board of Education
Montgomeery
Federal
Socal
University of Alabama
Five Day Forecast Sees Cooler Start to Weekend
The five day forecast projects average temperatures about five degrees below the seasonal norm of 62 through Saturday. Temperatures rise over the weekend with rain scheduled for tomorrow night and early Friday. Showers are expected late Sunday.
GE Raises Wages for Ineligible Nonexempt Workers
General Electric boosts pay for nonexempt ineligible staff by 2 percent plus $2 to $3.50 weekly, linking to union talks. About 3,000 Pittsfield nonexempt employees will gain same enhanced vacation, pension, and health benefits, with exempt staff receiving limited enhancements.
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General Electric Co
Ible
Britton W. Saterlee
GE Inland Laboratory
Pittsfield
Saterlee
Sterlee
Pittsfield GE
Ceasefire Pledges After Security Council Veto on Syria Israel
United Nations report says Syria and Israel vowed to uphold a ceasefire on their border after the Soviet Union vetoed a U N Security Council resolution condemning Syria for the Aug 19 slaying of two Israeli farmers. The U S Britain resolution drew eight votes with Morocco and the Soviet Union voting against, and Von Cauda abstaining. The president appealed for continued restraint as UN truce observers prepare to survey the regional peace in two months.
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United Nations
N.Y
Syria
Israel
Soviet Union
U.N. Security Council
Security Council
Moravcn
Arab League
Voncauda
Russia
Jerusalem
bin ‘Karem
Council
Moroesseo
Tthe Council
Fitchburg Area Added to Unemployment List
The Fitchburg Leominster area in Massachusetts was added to the Labor Department’s substantial unemployment list with 6 to 9 percent jobless rate in the total work force. August figures show 19 smaller areas removed, while Spokane Washington was cut from the list due to aluminum industry activity. The total major areas on the list fell to 87, the lowest since July 1960.
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Washington
Fitchburg - Leominster
Massachusetts
Labor Department
Litchburg- Leominster
Spokane
Wash
Congress Cites Gaming as Massachusetts Gambling Debate Rages
In Boston, U S Rep Paul A Fine and Massachusetts leaders clashed over illegal gambling figures. Fine claimed over 1.4 billion dollars in off track betting plus more total illegal gambling, while Senate President John Powers and Public Safety Commissioner Frank Giles branded the figures exaggerated and uncertain. Giles defended state efforts and raids, arguing legal gambling is not rampant, as tensions over a national lottery loom.
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Boston
Massachusetts
U. S
Paul A. Fine
R-N. Y
Bay State
Massachusetts Senate
John F. Powers
and Public Safety
Frank Giles
Fino
Giles
First Frost Anticipated Here Tonight
Berkshire County braces for the season's first frost in low lying areas as warning issued by US Weather Station chief meteorologist George J Bulgarelli predicts scattered light frost in isolated pockets. Gardeners urged to protect tender plants with tonight's expected low around 38 degrees.
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Berkshire
George J. Bulgarelli
Bulgarelli
Senate Unit Stresses Pact's Net Advantage
Yellow Coach Lines faces loss of Berkshire County bus franchise if costs aren’t met by Nov. 1. Spokesman Stephen G. O Connell says higher fares for Pittsfield students may be needed. DPU delays and local criticism spark debate over half fare and legal authority.
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Yellow Coach Lines, Inc
Berkshire County
Stephen G. O'Connell
Transportation Company
Pittsfield
Yellow Coach
Charles M. Weeks II
State Department For Public Works
Weeks
DPU
Norman Mason
Paul Fitz-simmons
Berkshire Street Railway Co
O'Connell
the Eagle
Eral
Greenberg
Citizens J of
State Department of Public Utilities
Boston
Cohn Indicted in McCarthy Counsel Case
Roy M. Cohn was indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to obstruct justice and commit perjury. Murray E. Gottesman, another attorney and former aide to McCarthy, was also indicted for allegedly testifying falsely before the grand jury.
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New York
Roy M. Cohn
Cohn
Joseph McCarthy Land
Asst
U.S
Murray E. Gottesman
Schuman Dies at 77 European Statesman Father of European Unity
METZ France AP Robert Schuman 77 long ill died today. Father of European unity he drafted the coal and steel pool plan linking France West Germany Italy Belgium Holland Luxembourg. The plan helped form the European Community and Common Market. Schuman ally of Adenauer shaped postwar Franco German ties.
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Metz
France
Robert Schuman
Schuman
European Coal and Steel Pool
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Common Market
European Economic Community
Europe
Sehwian
Catholic Popular Republican Party
Alsace
Lorraine
Germany
Countywide adult education courses listed
Scores of adult education courses are offered across the county covering subjects from art to stenography, industrial management to literature. An extensive countywide opportunities list is compiled by adult educators and appears today on Page 12.
Swissair Caravelle Crash Kills 80 Passengers
A Swiss twin jet airliner exploded after takeoff from Zurich and crashed near Duerrenavesch killing all 80 aboard. The disaster near Humlikon, Switzerland, is the worst in the nation’s history, with 74 passengers and six crew dead and one American among the foreigners.
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Duerrenagsch
Switzerland
APIA
Zurich
Duerrenavesch
Geneva
Rome
Swissair
Glauner
Humlikon
Humlikos
Senate panel backs nuclear test ban treaty for U S
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee said it is entirely satisfied the pact would not prevent U S wartime nuclear use and would curb arms races. It urged ratification as a net U S benefit, rejecting Dr Edward Teller's arguments and cautioning against crippling reservations that could sink the treaty.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Russia
Senate
U.S
de. Teller
Edward Teller
Dwight D. Hienhower
Foreign Relations Committee
Teler
Eisenhower
Harrison
Williams
Western Alliance
State Department
U. S
Soviet Union
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Om AP
Fitchburg
The
New Yorker
Pact
Joseph Greenberg
Sev
Six Nations
Konrad Adenauer
Robert Schinnan
Red China
Asia
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