Negro Enrollments Move Into Predominantly White Schools
In Boston and Springfield mass action, about 80 Negro children blocked at Grew School entrance were later admitted to sit at desks as eleven joined others. Across four white schools and Rochambeau in Dorchester, roughly 140 children were bused in under civil rights escort amid protests and a Park Commission dispute over a playground permit.
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Hyde Park
Rochambeau
Dorchester
Rochambeau Elementary School
NATO Sites Shift Considered If France Leaves Alliance
Washington plans to move NATO headquarters and bases from France if Paris pursues withdrawal. Britain West Germany and others are in talks on a new site likely in West Germany. Officials expect possible rapprochement before the 20 year pact renewal in three years depending on De Gaulle's status. France risks losing Article 5 protections if it exits.
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Britain
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Tagged Meter Maids Solve Weighty Issue
New York city meter maids faced six month probation for being too heavy to wear uniforms. Most slimmed down to stay on the force while two did not.
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New York
UPI
Norwegians Ask Russians To Release Sheffield Man
Norwegian authorities formally requested the Soviet Union release Newcomb Mott, a 27 year old American from Sheffield, Massachusetts, who was arrested after entering Soviet territory near Boris Gleb. Investigations indicate Mott deliberately crossed the border. Russians said he was arrested for entering without a permit. Finnish journalists who met Mott reported his uncertainty about returning to Norway.
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Finnmarken
U S Vietnamese occupy hamlet after bombing sweep
U S and Vietnamese special forces moved into the hamlet of Phu ong Xa Tay northeast of Saigon hours after B 52 bombers from Guam dropped hundreds of tons of bombs. The village once seen as a Viet Cong communications center was deserted with 200 to 260 defenders found only on oxcart trails.
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Betsy Devastates Deep South Then Weakens Over Gulf
Betsy ripped through New Orleans Baton Rouge and surrounding sugar country with winds up to 125 mph causing widespread damage and massive power outages. Hundreds of thousands fled as floods and looting reports emerged while the storm shifted inland and weakened to storm status near Alexandria Louisiana.
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Charles Conrad
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Zion City
Thomas Harvey
Canal Street
Rockefeller Culture Grants Near Million
The Rockefeller Foundation announced seven grants totaling nearly 900000 in the second quarter for theater, criticism, and contemporary music. Awards include 115000 to Carnegie Institute of Technology and Pittsburgh Playhouse, 106500 to Arena Stage, 77900 to Minnesota Theater Company Foundation Tyrone Guthrie Theater, 154000 to American Place Theater, 57500 to Tulane University for the Tulane drama review, and 265000 to Rutgers University to enable the contemporary chamber ensemble to become a group in residence.
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New Orleans
Tulane Drama Review
Rutgers University
New Jersey
Defense Dept Move Aims to Curb Military Loan Sharks
Deputy Defense Secretary Cyrus Vance issues a directive requiring at feasible military installations to offer free space for one credit union. The goal is to promote reasonable interest rates and curb usury after hearings showed loan sharks charging up to 50 percent yearly on loans to servicemen at several bases.
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UPI
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Defense
Cyrus Vance
First Churchill Coin Minted by His Widow
London AP Baroness Spencer Churchill minted the first coin bearing Sir Winston Churchill’s portrait. She began a ceremony at the Royal Mint on Wednesday to strike the first five shilling piece valued at about 70 cents. It is the first British coin to carry a portrait of a commoner alongside the sovereign.
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Spencer-Churchill
Winston Churchill
Royal Mint
Lahore Front Fires As Pakistan Shelling Rages
Pakistani artillery pounded Ferozepore as Indian troops withdrew in the north. Pakistan announced a three pronged advance threatening Amritsar, while Indian claims spoke of posts captured in Jammu Kashmir and heavy tank losses. U Thant pressed for cease fire in Rawalpindi, as Delhi endured air raid alerts.
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Rawalpindi
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U.N
U Thant
ZA. Bhuttu
Thant
Lat Bahadur Shastri
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Chayan
Jammusialkot
Karachi
Curity Council
Thant Balked In Peace Bid Over Kashmir Self-Determination
U.N. Secretary General Thant, in Pakistan, pressed Ayub Khan on peace but Pakistan demands a Kashmiri self-determination plebiscite. Ayub warned a simple cease-fire would prolong injustice. Thant plans talks with India in New Delhi before reporting to the U.N. Security Council.
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Father Divine Dies Nearing Hundred in Kingdom of Peace
PHILADELPHIA AP Father Divine, a 5 foot 2 inch leader who called himself God and drew thousands, died today. He never disclosed his age but followers and outsiders estimate near 100. His palatial retreat The Mount of the House of the Lord hosted vast banquets. his life, from Georgia birth around 1880 to racial integration acts, provoked both devotion and controversy. His death was announced by attorney Austin Norris.
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Kingdom of Peace
Mount of the House of the Lord
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