African Racial Crisis Mounts in Durban Riots
Police fired today as protests swept Durban's streets during a racial crisis. Three killed and three wounded in the violence. Columns of Africans marched from Cato Manor toward the jail on West Street, shouting freedom slogans and forcing bystanders into the line. Post riot damage and fingerpointing followed across Cape Town to Durban port cities with buses stoned and boycotts enforced.
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Durban
Ieport
West Street
South Africa
Cape Town
Atlantic
Indian Ocean
Port Elizabeth
Cato Manior
Priests Balk On Prayer At GOP Conclave
In Bangor, Diocese official says no church rule bars benedictions at political conventions after Bangor Brewer area priests declined invitations. Ellen E. Thomas, party arrangements chair, reported seven priests were contacted and all refused, two offering explanations.
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Bangor
Portland
Edward C. O'Leary
Republican State Convention Committee
Bangor Brewer
Ellen E. Thomas
Anson
Whites jailed after dining with Negroes in Montgomery cafe
Eleven white Illinois college students and their professor were jailed for several hours in Montgomery after dining with Black students at a Negro cafe. The group, plus seven local Black students and the teacher’s wife, were released on bond. charges included disorderly conduct and breach of peace.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Montgomery
Ala
Dixie
R. D. Nesmith
MacMurray College
Jacksonville
Ill
Nesmiths
Welfare Department
St Louis Alumni Elects, Re-elects Officers and Council
St Louis High School Alumni association held its annual meeting at the school last evening. Officers were re-elected and five council members retained, with five new members named to the council. The re-elected council members include Robert Gosse lin and Gerard Chretien among others. Newly elected councilors are Paul Gobeil Rene Lacroix Lucien Poirier Roger Legare and Bert Gagne. Afterward Rene Lacroix was kept as collector of dues Urbain Bolduc as treasurer. In Cape Canaveral NASA announced a robot weatherman was launched into orbit at 6:40 am EST to photograph cloud cover and beam data back to Earth. Officials voiced cautious optimism about early data and potential cloud imagery pending White House release. The satellite entered an orbit about 380 miles high, with further details awaited.
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St. Louis High School Alumni Association
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Gerard Chretien
Urbain Bolduc
Adrien Leblond
Richard Jacques
Raymond Cote
Alfred Cloutier
Paul Gobeil
Rene Lacroix
Lucien Poirier
Roger Legare
Bert Gagne
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Missile Test Center
Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
T. Keith Glennan
NASA
Hugh Dryden
White House
Abe Silverstein
Space Flight Projects
Silverstein
Saco River Tributary Flooding After Maine Storm
A tributary to the Saco River in southwestern Maine ran flooded after a storm dropped nearly two inches of rain. Major rivers remained within bounds and no serious flooding was anticipated, according to Charles Chibka, chief flood forecaster with the U S Weather Bureau.
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Saco River
Maine
Charles Chibka
U. S
Burreau
No Evidence Of Jesters
A Journal roving reporter begins rounds with strict rules not to pick up pocketbooks coins or offers of gifts though the April 1 date passes with little fooling noted and All Fools Day not observed as in the past.
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The
Journal
Floods Threaten Midwest as Rivers Rise Across Region
Rivers in Nebraska to New York surged, flooding millions in damage. Thousands of acres of farmland inundated, hundreds of roads closed, and schools halted across many states. Nearly 6,000 homeless, with hundreds rescued by boat, helicopter, and ambulance. Death toll at nine, with multiple states affected. Major rivers Mississippi Ohio Missouri loom, ice damage at Keokuk gate cited.
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Associated Press
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New York
Midwest
Heli
Missouri
Illinois
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Indiana
Michigan
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Mississippi
St. Louis
Charles B. Schweizer
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Keokuk
Upper
New Cancer Immunity Is Tested in Vaccines
Louisville report notes vaccines made from patients own cancers show early promise. Dallas and Buffalo trials described at an American Cancer Society session indicate some men gained higher antibody levels after receiving vaccines derived from their tumors.
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Louisville
Dallas
Tex
Buffalo
N. Y
American Cancer Society
Census takers begin nationwide count as women observe
The scene shows 180000 Americans starting the decennial census. Left to right Miss Margaret Strout of 57 Middle Street Saco, field reviewer, observes as Mrs Fontella Racicot of 5 Wakefield Avenue Saco hands her the form.
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U. S
Margaret Strout
Middle Street
Saco
Fontella Racicot
Wakefield Avenue
Florence Grace
Hall Avenue
Miss Strout
Grace
Eisenhower and Census Count At White House Stop
Washington AP The 1960 census marshals a door to door drive on 55 million U S households. White House among first stops as Census Director Burgess and supervisor Aledis gather data from President Eisenhower and First Lady’s maid Rose Wood. Estimated cost 118 million dollars for the count of about 180 million Americans. Population total stood at 179,921,434 at 8 a m with final figures due later in fall and state totals after the summer.
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Dwight D. Eisenhowers
John Smiths
United States
White House
Robert H. Burgess
Louis J. Aledis
Eisenhower
Ready
Senhowers
Post Office Department
Waite House
Rose Wood
Census Bureau
Commerce Department
House of Representatives
France conducts second nuclear test in Sahara
French nuclear blast in the western Sahara drew a rebuff to Nikita Khrushchev as President Charles de Gaulle met with him near Paris. Khrushchev, who opposed further nuclear tests, was informed in advance but not timed to clash with the talks. De Gaulle pressed for equality for France in world councils? No strong public reaction from Khrushchev followed the Rambouillet meeting.
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France
Nikita Khrushchev
Western Sahara
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
Khrushchev
Moscow
de Gaulle
West Germany
Soviet Union
Rambouillet
Ram
PUC Grants Area Water Rate Raise
The Maine Public Utilities Commission approved a rate increase for the Kennebunk Kennebunkport Wells Water District to raise annual revenue from 252000 to 373000 dollars. The commission noted confusing seasonal meter rates and ordered a refiling, while approving new hydrant rates and higher minimum charges for metered customers to cover increased operating costs.
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Kennebunk
Kennebunkport & Wells
Maine Public Utilities Commission
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