Should Negro Children Picket Civil Rights Debate
The piece reports on differing views among civil rights leaders over using children in protests. Some ministers defend child participation as protecting stakes in equality, while groups like CORE express concern that children face danger and lack choice. The story notes incidents in Brooklyn and other cities where young children joined demonstrations and recalls varied past child involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mitchell Ayers
Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn
Ministers Recruit Children For Demonstrations In New York
The article notes efforts to mobilize children for civil rights protests, including a plan named Camp Freedom to rally up to 2000 youngsters. Mothers testify their children will march for freedom while police arrest adults, and several minors, including Godfrey Parker, are placed in protective custody during four weeks of demonstrations.
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New York
Brooklyn
Godfrey Parker
Godfrey
Hand Crank Diehards Face Dial Telephone Tide
The piece profiles Central Missouri telephonist leader Cross who resists dial switches for his 500 subscribers. It traces early exchanges and operator roles from 1878 to direct dialing, noting the shift from male to female operators and the rise of direct dialing reducing need for operators.
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Washington
Press T. Cross
Lathrop
Mr. Cross
Alexander Graham Bell
New York Telephone Company
New York City
Poison Mushrooms Tied to Italian Fatalities
In Sonddrio Italy a 19 year old boy and his uncle died after consuming poisonous mushrooms officials say. The boy's mother and another relative who ate the same mushrooms are gravely ill the report notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunice Avery
Irene Parker
Godfrey
Deborah Poore
Claude Jones
Hazel Stewart
Timothy
Hargraves
Sondrio
Italy
Stamp Road to Communism Shifts Power Behind Paper
A satirical report describes life behind the Iron Curtain where bureaucrats wield stamps to process every transaction. It contrasts Moscow and Warsaw practices, noting a ritual of stamping, delays, and cautious officials. The piece mocks the system as a tool of control and labels unauthorized actions as revisionism.
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Lenin
Mother Russia
Moscow
Poland
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