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Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 10, 1961

Page

14

Court protection sought for Freedom Riders in Jackson

The NAACP filed a petition in federal district court seeking protection for Freedom Riders from police interference in Jackson Mississippi. The request, supported by Core, asks a three judge panel to issue protection against arrests and breach of the peace charges as riders test segregation laws. The action follows ongoing protests and arrests tied to desegregation efforts at terminals and transit sites.

Jackson Miss National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People Freedom Rider Federal District Court NAACP Congress of Racial Equality Core Constance Baker Mot Thur R. Jess Brown Vicksburg

Mock Battle Set Tonight in West Virginia

The piece warns of a nighttime mock battle near Ka Nawha Airport with the West Virginia Air National Guard and Air Police positions in Coonskin Park. It notes blank ammunition sounds after 11 p.m. as a sign of ANG patrols, while naming a civil rights petition by Jackson residents against segregation laws, plus five riders convicted of breach of peace and fined up to 200 dollars with four months jail.

Coonskin West Virginia Air National Guard Kanawha Air Police ANG Coonskin Park NAACI Tlineis Central Railroad Winonah Margaret Beamer Dayton Ohio Central State College (Ohio Edward J. Bromberg Chestnut Hill Mass Columbia University White del Greenblatt Brookown N. Y Cornell University Patricia Elain Brygant Elmira Central State College Negra Heath Cliff Bush Concord N. H James L. Spencer

Edith Piaf undergoes new intestinal operation

Singer Edith Piaf, hospitalized for weeks with an intestinal block, undergoes a new operation as she planned to speak at the sixth annual convention of the National Plant Food Institute in White Sulphur Springs. Secretary Orville Piaf said she remains in hospital and is expected to attend the event’s Sunday registration and ongoing sessions through Wednesday.

Paris Orville Piaf Freeman Willpeak Napital Miss Piaf Ebenes Ene Freeman Ling

West Germany Resists Soviet Berlin Pressure

Bonn officials denounce Moscow protests as artificial and unjustified and vow a firm response. Spokesman Felix Von Eckardt says West Germany will not yield its ties to West Berlin amid quadruple power tensions after the Vienna summit. Foreign Minister Von Brentano and Chancellor Adenauer warn that a Communist coup in Berlin would meet real action, with allied consultation planned.

John Weyland Bonn Germany West Germany West Berlin Felix von Eckardt Moscow London Washington Vienna Khrushchev Kennedy Foreign Office Britain Lincoln White U. S. State Department von Eckardt Soviet Union Berlin Weinrich Luebke Heinrich von Brentano Wiesbaden Konrad Adenauer Kremlin von Brentano West

Science advisor estimates Moon cost per person at 250

A State Department science advisor estimated that putting a man on the Moon and returning him alive would cost 250 per capita. He noted Americans already invest about 60 annually in science and predicted greater public science coverage. The remarks came at a conference funded by the National Science Foundation.

Washington Putational Science Foundation State Department Kennedy Waller Whitman Whitman Science Service The

MacArthur Chinese View Is Cited as Widespread

An Army history argues that MacArthur’s 1950 forecast of no Chinese entry mirrored a broader Washington view. It notes Truman removed MacArthur in 1951 not over intelligence claims but due to policy clashes over pursuing Chinese Reds into China. The volume covers intelligence debate surrounding China’s intervention.

Washington Douglas MacArthur MacArthur Harry S. Truman Truman China Army Historical

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