Georgia Integration Orders Shake State Colleges
Federal court ruled Georgia state colleges must end segregation in admissions and eliminate alumni signing requirements. Incoming Governor Ernest Vandiver urged a temporary halt on new applications as regents review the decision amid related desegregation actions in Arkansas and Atlanta buses.
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George's
U. S. Dist
Boyd Sloan
Georgia State College of Business Administration
Atlanta
Ernest Vandiver
Regents
Robert O. Arnold
State Colleges
Board of
Algeria Rebels Claim 96 French Killed
Algerian rebels report 96 French soldiers killed and 141 wounded in military operations from January 4 to 6, according to a spokesman for the Algerian provisional government.
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Cairo
Soviets propose plan for settling Berlin crisis with treaty
Moscow on Saturday urged a speedy German peace treaty and a 28 nation conference within two months to settle the West Berlin issue. The plan includes a draft treaty similar to Molotov’s 1954 proposal and calls for West Berlin to be an unarmed free city until Germany is unified. Western powers reject the plan in its present form citing unresolved security and bloc questions.
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Soviet Union
West Berlin
Warsaw
Prague
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Kremlin
Germany
W. M. Molotov
Berlin
U. S
Washington
West Germany
Delay and Bomb Threat Delay Mikoyan Plane to San Francisco
Anastas I. Mikoyan faced a bomb threat that postponed his United Air Lines DC7 flight from Chicago to San Francisco 39 minutes. Police searched both originating and alternate planes and the terminal as security teams guarded the party of 11 and 56 passengers on the West Coast leg.
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Chicago
Anastas I. Mikoyan
San Francisco
Soviet Union
United Air Lines
DC7
Midway Airport
Boston
Hartford
U. S. State Department
French sources claim 282 rebels killed in Algeria clash
AP report from Algiers says French sources report 282 Nationalist rebels slain and 15 prisoners taken after a clash near Tizi-Ouzou, about 60 miles east of Algiers. Six French soldiers and two civilians died when rebels ambushed them about 120 miles west of Algiers.
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Tizi-Ouzou
Eisenhower Likely to Face Vetoes on New Bills
Democratic Congress plans to send President Eisenhower a package of bills he may veto. Key items include an airport funding bill raising federal matching funds, an omnibus housing measure, a farm program debate, and a grant program for distressed areas. Democrats expect to override vetoes with increased majorities, aided by some GOP crossovers.
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Congress
Eisenhower
Johnson
Sen
A. S
Mike Monroney
Dokla
Senate
Fire destroys Seven-Up bottling plant in Clarksburg
A late Saturday night fire leveled the Seven-Up Bottling Co. plant in downtown Clarksburg, damaging the Fraternal Order of Eagles Home and Grove Park Inn. Loss rumored to exceed 100000 with no injuries reported. Fire chief blamed wind driven flames and summoned all local units plus neighboring towns for two hours of effort. Traffic rerouted on U S 50 during firefighting.
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Larksburg
Clarksburg
Order of Eagles
Grove Park
U. S. 53
West Pike St
U.S. 50
First Belgium Planes Leave for Congo Spree
The first of six planes carrying 240 paratroops and equipment departed on Saturday night for the Belgian Congo. The aircraft are to land at Kamina in Lower Katanga, within easy reach of Leopoldville, the capital, which remains tense after three days of native rioting demanding independence.
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Belgium
Belgian Congo
Kamina
Katanga
Gleopoldville
Beating Victims Include Fatality in Minneapolis Home
Police say Glenn R. Holseher, 25, is held after a savage Saturday attack in a South Minneapolis home. Patricia Gross, 12, died at the hospital. Colleen 8 and Robert 15, along with Beulah Gully 7, were in critical condition with skull fractures. Holseher allegedly used a gun concealed in his car after a tavern party amid alleged bad feeling tied to Mrs. Irene Gross and another woman.
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Minn
Glenn R. Holseher
Egeland
Holscher
Patricia Gross
South Side
Colleen
Robert
Irene Gross
Beulah Gully
Daily Telegraph Series Tells Of Pesky Ulcers
The Daily Telegraph launches a five article series on ulcers with causes and cures. Readers are invited to follow daily as experts explain the ailment that affects about one in ten Americans and how to manage it.
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Daily Telegraph
The
Case Seeks Filibuster Rule Change in Senate
Senator Clifford P Case says a real chance exists for a three fifths vote to end filibusters as a middle ground between Douglas’s two thirds push and Johnson’s total debate limits. Morton’s plan to halt filibusters with 60 percent support gains momentum ahead of a key Senate vote.
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Washington
Clifford P. Case
R-Nj
Senate
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Douglas
Johnson
Morton
Rebel Factions Yield Arms in Cuban Power Shift
Fidel Castro claimed a peace victory within the Cuban revolutionary movement as two rival rebel groups the Revolutionary Directorate and the Second National Front of Escambray agreed to yield arms and back the provisional government of Manuel Urrutia. Maj Faure Chaumont said his group would hand over weapons while Castro criticized U S policy and stressed arms were sent to defend regions, not prop up dictators.
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Cuba
Fidel Castro
Revolutionary Movement
Revolutionary Directorate
Castro
Second National Front
Escambray
Manuel Urrutia
San Antonio
Fulgencio Batista
Faure Chaumont
Second
National Front
Las Villas
United States
U. S
Ring Smashes Three-State Burglary And Theft Ring
State troopers and local police from Bluefield and nearby areas thwart a three state burglary theft and safe cracking operation. The crew allegedly moved loot using trailers and faced about 50 charges. Everett Little and Kenneth Murphy are jailed with more arrests expected as investigations continue across Virginia West Virginia and North Carolina.
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Bluefield
Virginia
Tazewell County
West Virginia
Princeton
North Carolina
Bearded Youth Steals Seattle Trolley on City Tour
Michael T. Deutsch a 20 year old Beards youth stole a Seattle trolley coach and drove aimlessly for nine minutes through the city sleeping in the coach overnight and picking up two passengers before being halted by a transit inspector. He told police he wanted to drive one all his life and planned to pick up friends in West Seattle for a ride. Police held him in the city jail without charge while they decide next steps.
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Wash
Michael T. Deutsch
Deutsch
Stol
West
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