Danville Sees Negroes Call Off Marches After Talks
In Danville Virginia racial integration leaders meet with the all white Racial Advisory Committee and agree to halt street demonstrations. A teenaged demonstrator is fined and jailed for violating a mass protest injunction as negotiations continue over desegregation measures and possible inclusion of a Negro on the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
William L. Geoghegan
Justice Department
Corporation Court
Julian R. Stinson
Danville Christian Progressive Association
Corporation
Supreme Court bars Bible reading in public schools
The Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 that mandatory Bible reading and Lord's Prayer in public school opening exercises violate the First Amendment. The decision applies to Maryland and Pennsylvania cases and signals neutrality in state religious matters, with Justice Clark leading the majority. Justice Stewart dissented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Tom C. Clark
Congress
Potter Stewart
New York
Clark
William J. Brennan Jr
Maryland Court of Appeals
Madalyn Murray
William
Baltimore
Opinion Divides on Court Rulings on School Prayer
The Associated Press reports church leaders split over the Supreme Court decisions allowing no state requirement of prayer and Bible reading in public schools. Some leaders warn of secularization and loss of parental rights, while others call the rulings a watershed protecting constitutional safeguards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
America
Russian Space Pair Hover as Woman Astronaut Stays Afloat
Lt Col Valery Bykovsky reports lower altitude on day four of the joint flight with Valentina Tereshkova, who remains the world’s first woman in space. Tass says they sleep to greet the dawn. Izvestia notes women withstand weightlessness as well as men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Union
Valery Bykovsky
Valentina
Ereshkova
Tass
Thera Izvestia
Bykovsky
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Izvestia
Miss Tereshkova
Macmillan Wins Confidence Vote Amid Censure Call
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan survives a tough motion in the House of Commons by 321 to 252 after a fierce opposition attack over the Profumo Keeler scandal. The veteran leader, 69, is seen as likely to step down soon to refresh the party image as defections rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
House of Commons
Eastern Kentucky hospital bill heads for final House vote
The Eastern Kentucky hospital bill, backed by Gov. Bert Combs, was introduced and given first reading in the Kentucky House amid push for final passage next week. The measure creates non profit regional hospital authorities, allocates 700000 for indigent care, and outlines standards for operating the five UMW hospitals facing possible closure. The federal 39 million takeover plan and local church negotiations are cited, with second reading set for tomorrow and possible Senate action by Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Eastern Kentucky
House
Bert Combs
General Assembly
United Mine Workers
Kentucky
Combs
UMW
United Presbyterian Church Board of Missions
House Rules Committee
R. P. Moloney
Lexington
Senate
Macmillan under fire as Profumo scandal widens in Britain
Labour leader Harold Wilson accuses Prime Minister Harold Macmillan of grave dereliction over the Profumo affair, calling it Britain's most sensational scandal of the century. Wilson vows Parliament will judge Macmillan if information is withheld as probes reveal security service lapses and Profumo’s relations with Christine Keeler and Stephen Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macmillan
Labor Party
Harold Wilson
Britain
John Profumo
Profumo
Christine Keeler
Stephen Ward
Miss Keeler
Yevgeni Ivanov
Wilson
Parliament
Princeton Man Waives to Grand Jury in Slaying Case
Princetonian Gilmer Farley 21 waived to Mercer County grand jury on murder charges in the shooting of Emmett Martin 26 at Martin’s Mercer Street apartment. Farley held without bond. weapon not recovered. motive undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Adkins
Farley
Adkins
Weap
Senate panel urge tougher U S aid policy and Europe share
Senate Foreign Relations Committee pressed Secretary of State Dean Rusk for steeper cuts in the 4.5 billion foreign aid program and demands Europe raise contributions to developing nations in Africa Asia and Latin America Morse Symington Sparkman urged actions including a 25 percent aid cut Rusk said U S and NATO commitments extend beyond Europe and Europe should boost aid and remove farm product restrictions in talks with the Common Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Secretary of
Dean Rusk
United States
Trage
Ana Aly
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
U.S
Europe
Africa
Asia
Latin America
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Rusk
Congress
Morse
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Two Youngsters Die in New River Tragedy at Thurmam
Oak Hill West Virginia AP reports rescue crews found the bodies of 12 year old Sammy Howington and his 8 year old sister Elizabeth Howington in the New River at Thurmam Fayette County. Elizabeth fell in while playing with friends and Sammy jumped in to save her. Both drowned with dragging efforts continuing through Sunday and Monday. Parents are Mr and Mrs Herbert Howington of Greentown near Oak Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
Princeton
Mason Martin
Lucille Graham
Pipestein
Rosetta Keffer
Gertrude Lord
Baltimore
Raynard Martin
Fairmont
Woodrow Martin
Oak Hill
W.va
New River
Thurmam
Fayette County
Sammy Howington
Elizabeth
Sammy
Herbert Howington
Greentown
Bradshaw Man Bitten By Snake At Church
JOLO AP reports 35 year old coal miner Steve Webb of Bradshaw was bitten three times by a copperhead during a church service in JoLo McDowell County He was listed in good condition on Monday following Sunday's incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolo
Jo1o
McDowell County
Steve Webb
Bradshaw
Nation and World Briefs Highlight Court Rulings and Political Tensions
The Supreme Court rules reading prayers in public schools unconstitutional. Kennedy seeks bipartisan civil rights support and calls for an interfaith panel. Dirksen notes potential agreement in Congress. Macmillan survives a confidence vote amid sex scandal fallout. Spaceflight drama unfolds as cosmonauts Bykovsky and a partner risk intrepid maneuvers. Rusk urged to press Europe on trade aid. Pope John buried in Rome. Concord College and Bluefield State funding tops state board priorities. Gene Farley waives to grand jury for a Princeton killing. Trooper Adkins statements cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Supreme Court
Kennedy
Congress
Senate
Everett Dirksen
Danville
Robert Kennedy
Macmillan
Britain
al. Macmillan
Bykovsky
Dean Rusk
Europe
Pope John
Rome
Concord College
Bluefield
State Board of Education
Concord
Bluefield State
Gene Farley
Princeton
Grand
Emmett ‘Martin
J. L. Adkins
Farley
Hoover Shows Improvement Amid Serious Illness
Former President Herbert Hoover, 88, remained gravely ill in New York after cancer surgery and gastrointestinal bleeding. Doctors reported slight improvement as fever subsided and heart action steadied, though overall condition remained very serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Waldorf Towers
Also Mentioned on This Page
Torn
Ezell Barksdale
A. M. Aiken
Carol McCrorey
Peoria
Ill
Illinois Chiropractor Assn
Carol
Illinois
St. Louis
Majority
Stewart Lane
THE
Associated Press
Franklin Clary Fry
Lutheran Church In America
Central Committee
World Council of Churches
Msgr
John Voight
Archdiocese of New York
Acts With
Ward
Miss Keller
Abby
Graham
Society
Goren Reece Weather
John Moore
Lee Moore
Chicago
Bernetta
Moore
David
John
Princetonian
Norfolk and Western
Hardy
Sgt
Ellis
J. E. Parsons
Steve Kassay
W. R. Hedrick
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!