Mayor Hartsfield Leads Atlanta Through Racial Tensions
At 70, William Berry Hartsfield marks 22 years as Atlanta mayor, a record tenure praised by the American Municipal Association. He argues Atlanta avoids racial violence through open dialogue at city hall, while facing segregationist pressure and a 1961 desegregation date. The city reports solid finances, a $3 million cash carryover, and a family of a grown son and daughter.
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Tlanta
William Berry Hartsfield
Atlanta
American Municipal Assn
Georgia
Hartsfield
Associated Press
William Hartsfield
A. T. Walden
House-Hunting Ad Seeks Modern London Flat
A Times of London advertisement from a tired American executive seeks a well furnished, well decorated house or flat with central heating and modern facilities. The note complains of Edwardian decor and requests full details by return.
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London
UPI
Times of London
Eleanor Roosevelt to be questioned on politics on TV
Eleanor Roosevelt will face questions about politics during COLLEGE NEWS CONFERENCE. The event airs Sunday on TV 9 and features analysis from campus reporters and students.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
TV 9
Soviet Union Seen as Oriental World by Duncan
New York photographer David Douglas Duncan argues from visits to the Kremlin that Russia is more East influenced than Western in culture and policy. He says Soviets face East, with a history of invasions shaping a slow moving, oriental mindset.
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Soviet Union
New York
Nea
Kremlin
David Douglas Duncan
Red China
Russia
Duncan
Sian
Douglas
True Style Col Garrett Aims for Democratic Convention
Bay Minette Alabama Colonel C E Garrett plans to arrive at the Democratic national convention in Los Angeles in the true style of a southern gentleman riding in a horse and buggy.
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Bay Minette, Ala
UPI
C E. Garrett
Bay Minette
Los Angeles
Confusing Brooklyn Names Split Illinois Towns
The Illinois map shows two Brooklyns in different counties, with a Lovejoy post office in St. Clair and a second Brooklyn in Schuyler. Mail mixups are sorted by cross-correcting to Lovejoy or Brooklyn, and visitors note extra East and West Brooklyn locations unreachable by name.
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Brooklyn
St. Clair County
East St. Louis
Schuyler
Post Office
Ill
Schuyler County
Lovejoy
East
West Brooklyn
Illinois
Brooklyns
Signed Checks And the Guns
Police seek two men who bought guns totaling 990 dollars and paid with a bouncing check. The weapons were engraved with the buyers' names, aiding investigators in Wichita Falls Texas.
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Wichita Falls, Texas
UPI
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