Silent meditation begun in Pleasantville schools
Pleasantville officials implement a daily silent meditation period followed by the Pledge of Allegiance in response to a Supreme Court ruling. The measure echoes Philadelphian superintendent Boehm’s restart of class prayers after a similar ban, as schools align with state guidance.
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Pleasantville
Boar
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Charles H. Boehm
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Claims New Evidence Due In Ward Scandal
London AP reports Stephen Ward’s last girlfriend Julie Gulliver will present Lord Denning with new evidence in Britain's sex and security scandal. Gulliver says she received Ward’s final letter and plans to meet Denning with fresh details that may shock. Ward died from a drug overdose after a conviction, while Profumo resigned, and Ivanov fled Moscow amid the affair.
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London
Stephen Ward
Lord Denning
Britain
Stephen
Julie Gulliver
Denning
Ward
Christine Keeler
John D. Profumo
Eugene Ivanov
Profumo
Ivanov
Moscow
Macmnillan
Dusk To Dawn Watch Follows Rape Scare
Hallandale Florida police patrols the Negro and white sections after a surge of rapes. Mayor John D. Steele calls the city under a state of panic and orders night sealing of the Negro area until the assailant is caught. He condemns violence and stresses race is not the motive, noting similar dangers in both communities.
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Hallandale
Fin.ap
Florida
John D. Steele
Steele
Civil Righters End Brooklyn Picketing After Arrests
Civil Righters quit picketing at the Downstate Medical Center site in Brooklyn after a ministerial meeting. CORE and NAACP leaders said they were disappointed but would monitor the decision, with a Brooklyn CORE meeting to decide ongoing actions. Over 800 demonstrators have been arrested in a month of protests for more Black and Puerto Rican building trades jobs at state and city financed projects.
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Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn
Congress of Racial Quality
Oliver Leeds
Leeds
William A. Jones
Committee of Job Opportunities For
Jones
New York State
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
National Association For the Advancement, of Colored People
NAACP
Democrats accuse Pa GOP of arranging large deficit
In Harrisburg AP report, David Baldwin assistant to state treasurer Grace Sloan accuses the Republican governor of orchestrating a 14 million dollar budget deficit for the year ending June 3. He notes revenue figures reflect delayed deposits from July and June checks improperly attributed to the wrong fiscal year.
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Pa. Gop
Harrisburg
Scranton
Treasury Department
David R. Baldwin
Grace Sloan
Haldwin
David L. Lawrence
Office of Administration
Department of Revene
Baldwin
Department of Revenue
State Treasury
New Judgeships Established In Three Pa Counties
Gov signed laws creating one Bucks County Orphans Court judgeship and adding Common Pleas judges in Butler and Crawford Counties. New seats to be filled in November with elections in 1955 and interim judges appointed until January. Also provisions on police pursuit across county lines and driver license appeals for non residents. Turnpike widening at Stanton interchange in Westmoreland County awarded to Latrobe Road Construction for 18 million.
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Harrisburg
Bucks
Butler
Crawford
Scranton
Orphans' Court
Bucks County
Common Pleas
Pennsylvania
New Stanton
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Westmoreland County
Turnpike Commission
Latobe Road Construction Co
Close-2 More Dunkirk Area Public Beaches Close-2 More Dunkirk Area Public Beaches
Two Lake Erie beaches in Chautauqua County were ordered closed after water tests showed heavy pollution. Van Buren Bay Beach and Sheridan Bay Beach near Dunkirk were shut, following earlier closures of Silver Creek and Dunkirk beaches, with Burtis Bay on Chautauqua Lake also closed. Barcelona and Sunset Bay remained open.
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Junkira
Chautauqua County
van Buren Bay
Dunkirk
Sheridan Bay Beach
Lake Erie
Silver Creek
Burtis Bay
Chautauqua Lake
Jamestown
Barcelona
Westfield
Sunset Bay
Haiti Invaders Advance Steadily
Dispatches report Haiti invaders advancing while Cap Haitien and Port au Prince see curfews and ordinary street life. Government radio warns Americans to leave war zones though about 20 American families near Phaeton are said to be safe, with U S officials noting no immediate danger.
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Seymunten Uui Age Une
Cap Haitien
Port Au Prince
Duvalier
Berrellez
Phaeton
U.S. State Department
Glion Curtis Jr
U.S
State Department
Vic Cinity
Perry Mason returns as CBS delays start time and fights Kildare
Television critic Cynthia Lowry reviews Perry Mason season seven on CBS noting a smooth cast operation and fewer re shoots. She laments CBS moving the show to 9 pm harming lead in against NBC Doctor Kildare and warns Mason’s complex plots challenge casual viewers and early exit risks. She also previews an upcoming Ep featuring Donald Lam and Bertha Cool private eyes.
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Hollywood
Perry Mason
Perry
CBS
Raymond Burr
William Tallman
Barbara Hale
William Hopper
Gail Patrick Jackson
NBC
Mason
Kildare
Erle Stanley Gardner
Donald Lam
Bertha Cool
Socialite Author Eleanor Bachman Lothrop Dies in Auto Crash
Eleanor Bachman Lothrop, 62, noted author and socialite of Riverhead New York, was killed yesterday in a automobile accident. She wrote Throw Me A Bone a witty memoir of life as an archeologist's wife and authored the novel Sing For Your Supper.
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Riverhead
Eleanor Bachman Lothrop
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