Barred From Cuba Travel Hearings Sparks Outside Tension
In Washington police clashed with a 28 year old New Yorker William Massey during Cuba travel hearings by the House Un American Activities Committee. Massey shouted pro Cuba lines as officers escorted him from the room. About 50 beatniks outside were denied admission and some sat in the hall with protest signs which were removed by police. Massey claimed he was trying to explain the crowd’s stance.
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Washington
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Cuba
William Massey
Massey
Louisiana
Edwin E. Willis
Fidel Castro
State Department
Phillip A. Luce
New York City
Barry Hoffman
Boston
Counse
Alfred Nittle
Luce
Levi Laub
New York
Airlines
Rights
Emergency Civil Liberties Committee
Progressive Labor
FBI
House Un-American Activities Committee
Kennedy Says tempo appears right on integration progress
President Kennedy states the pace on school desegregation seems appropriate as he hails desegregation in 150 Southern cities as an impressive story. The hearing covers more American visitors to Cuba, student journeys, and police precautions amid protests, with opposition figure Luce clashing with the committee.
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Kennedy
Castro
Cuba
House
Air Force
North America
Youths Seek Support For Birmingham School Boycott
A crowd of over 200 teens rallied near a downtown high school to back a school boycott amid broader protests in Birmingham and Mobile. White and Black students clashed over integration while National Guard units were partially demobilized and police moved to disperse gatherings.
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Ala
Phillips High
Phillips
Mobile
Murphy High
Tuskegee
Wallace
Baltimore
Alabama
Jack Cash
J. M. McDowell
Cash
Clarence Lewis
Jones Valley High
Woodlawn
Banks
Ensley
Kennedy Backs Integration Pace In News Conference
President Kennedy said the nation is moving at the right tempo on racial integration and rejected any major shift toward dividing politics by race. He praised Alabama and other Southern states for enforcing desegregation under the law, while warning against a broader racial split and commenting on Viet Nam policy, the nuclear test ban, and international affairs.
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Kennedy
Senate
United Nations
U. S
South Viet Nam
Gallup
Viet Nam
Rockefeller
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Goldwater
Barry Goldwater
Cuba
Pakistan
China
India
Communist China Calls Krushchev Stalin Probe Despicable
Beijing denounces Premier Krushchev's campaign against Stalin's memory as a despicable political intrigue aimed at increasing his own power. The accusation frames Moscow's discourse as a maneuver to consolidate authority amid Cold War tension.
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Tokyo
China
Krushchev
Stalin
Severed Arm Milestone Reaches New Gains at Boston Hospital
In Boston Massachusetts General Hospital reports Everett Knowles, nicknamed Red, continues to regain use of his severed right arm after a 1962 train injury. He shows strong grasp in all fingers, good feeling, and some thumb motion. Surgeons note regeneration in multiple nerves and muscular activity as Red practices with a custom glove to catch and throw balls using the repaired arm.
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Boston
Everett
Red
Knowles
Massacchusetts General Hospital
Lennart Turnquist
Reading Mason
Turnquist
Refugee leader claims Soviets now run Cuba
Rafael Rodriguez, 48, who led 89 Cuban refugees to Cozumel, says Russians dictate Cuba while locals suffer hunger and privation. He recalls a Cuban navy torpedo boat shadowing them, and notes most Cubans are non-Communist. In Mexico City, a U.S. Embassy spokesman said visa requests would get prompt consideration.
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Mexico
Cozumel
Cuba
Rafael Rodriguez
Mexican
Rodriguez
Castro
Fidel Castro
U.S. Nyar
Florida
Mexico City
U.S
United States
Bids On Sewer Opened At Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach officials opened bids for an interceptor and lateral sewer lines in Halfway. The Raymond F. Sargent Corp of Ellsworth offered the low bid. others were Sam Aceto Co 472270, Wyman Construction 520242, Chinchiatte Bros 732041, and Taylor Construction 401031. Construction will start after final approval aided by 218000 state and federal grants and 142000 town bond funds. The town plans a special meeting to form a school building committee and voted to pay a 180 civil defense truck repair bill. Street crew was authorized to clear Seaforth Avenue to the beach.
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Old Orchard Beach
Raymond F. Sargent Corp
Ellsworth
Town Hall
Sargent Couony
Whitman and Howard
Sam Aceto Co
Portsland
Wyman Construction Co
Waterville
Chinchiatte Bros
Pittsfield
Taylor Construction Co
Twen
Leon F. Jones
Reserve Avenue
Ocean Park Road
Ocean Park
Civil Defense
Seaforth Avenue
Cold Air Moves In Across Central and Eastern U.S.
Unseasonably cold air moved south over the central and eastern United States bringing frost and freezes to the midcontinent border. Overnight lows reached 23 in Ironwood Michigan and 25 in Ashland Wisconsin with northern Minnesota and northern Lower Michigan also experiencing freezes. Lows in the 30s were common in the eastern Dakotas Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan. A cooler autumn preview stretched from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Coast with New York City's 46 degree reading a Sept 13 record.
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United States
Ironwood
Mich
Ashland
Wis
Minnesota
Lower Michigan
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Michigan
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Coast
New York City
Air Force reveals ALRI airborne radar system
Washington AP The Air Force announced that four engine patrol planes operating from Otis AFB Massachusetts now patrol with Airborne Long Range Input ALRI a new airborne radar system. The system allows horizon to water surveillance far beyond shore based radar and supports automatic target processing and transmission to East Coast centers. Thatcher noted ALRI helped justify shutting Texas Tower radar stations and announced operational status after extensive tests.
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Washington
Air Force
North America
Herbert B. Thatcher
Air Defense Command
Otis Air Force Base
Mass
Thatcher
Texas Tower
New England
Texas
Electronic Communications, Inc
St. Petersburg
Fla
Air Force Association
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Philip Masse
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K of C Hall
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THE
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Murphy
National Guard
R George C. Wallace
Army
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Joseph J. Mullen
Donald C. Jones
Michael Schoonjans
Leo Larochelle
Henry Rudy
Sidney S. Sclare
Urban Renewal Authority
Back Row
Donald Briggs
Citizen's Advisory Committee
Robert F. Hall
James W. Sewall Co
Old Town
Jack Bonkoski
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
Sulo Tani
Sewall Co
Harry Cowl
Resort Development Corp
Urbain J. Goulet
John Menard
South Carolina
Georgia
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Fea. Corp
Electrolux
Joseph Durfee
Navy
Port Jefferson
Long Island Sound
Coast Guard
Hazlewood
Cmdr
Matthew Faessel
Northfield
Ohio
Mathers Memorial Hospital
Setauket
Donald J. Hanson
Middletown
R.I
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Ngo Dinh Nhu
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
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Saco
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