NAACP Leads Jacksonville Bus Boycott Over Jim Crow Merchants
The NAACP calls a boycott of Jacksonville businesses enforcing Negroes restrictions, with leaders urging spending where respected. Violence falls after a four day racial crisis as a gang attack and a fire bomb incident occur amid ongoing tensions. Lester Phillips, 53, hospitalized with a 2 inch forehead laceration from a brick attack.
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Jacksonville
Pla
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Jedge Pearson
Lester Phillips
Haydon Burs
Negro Picketers At Pittsburgh Construction Project
In Pittsburgh's Hill District, Negro pickets demonstrated at a Cost Bros. masonry project over alleged hiring discrimination. About a dozen were arrested for disorderly conduct after blocking a supply truck and police ringed the site to maintain order. Rev LeRoy Patrick warned the protest would resume.
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Pittsburgh
Cost Bros
Acm
John Kelly
Kelly
LeRoy Patrick
MNPE
Be Pilgrims Pope Pleads During Rome Audience
Vatican City AP Pope Paul VI addressed tourists in Rome urging them to be devout pilgrims during the Christmas time. In his weekly audience he urged visitors to profit from their presence in Rome to deepen their participation in the liturgical celebration and the mystery of redemption.
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Pope
Vatican City
Paul VI
Rome
Paul
Loss Of Asia Threats From South Viet Nam Fall in Communist Hands
In Saigon US Ambassador Lodge warns that losing South Viet Nam to the Communists would imperil a 240 million population across Asia. He argues neutralization would equal a Communist victory, while a full withdrawal would be disastrous and China seeks to turn Viet Nam into a satellite.
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South Viet Nam
China
Asia
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
Lodge
France
Gallagher
Philippines
United States
Viet Nam
United
Formosa
Indonesia
Burma
Southeast Asia
South
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
Malaysia
Australia
Burglars Take Cigarettes At Columbus
State Police investigate break-ins at Frank and Verna's Restaurant and Turben's Auto Service in Columbus. Walter Trenatt, a Meadville cigarette distributor, reports about 30 packs stolen from the Frank and Verna's machine and an undetermined amount of change. Turben's Auto Service suffered a smashed rear window but appears not to have losses.
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Corry
Turben
Sul. Dell
Oldest West Point Graduate Dies at 99
Col. John Power Hains, age 99 and the academy’s oldest graduate, died Wednesday. He is listed as a West Point alumnus who graduated in 1290.
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Washington
Col
John Power Hains
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Canine Attack on Girl at Foreman Fence Sparks Humane Inquiry
Report notes a dog trained to attack anyone climbing the Foreman fence mauled a girl who climbed the barrier though it had been friendly to the child before. The canine is under observation by humane society officers per AP Wirephoto.
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Humane Society
Storms Injure Dozens Across Midwest and South
Violent storms crash across the eastern half of the nation injuring more than twenty people. Tornadoes strike southeast Missouri Alabama and Georgia causing injuries and property damage near Clubb Addison Palmview and other areas as snow and cold grip the Midwest with significant snow totals in Green Bay Wisconsin.
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Missouri
Alabama
Georgia
Midwest
Wayne
Butler
Reynolds
Tiny Clubb
Addison
Ala
Palmview
Kentucky
Illinois
Indiana
Logansport
Ind
Severl
Green Bay
Wis
Uncertain reopening for Hotel Corry as bankruptcy hearings loom
A bankruptcy hearing in Smethport set creditors meeting for April 9 while Hotel Corry remains closed. Collateral mortgages total and banks operate Smethport property. private sale talks with James Shearer stalled, Fassett House also closed, Fassett. Public sale possible but weeks away.
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Joseph Willson
Colonial of Smethsport, Inc
Hotel
Corry
McKean County
Smethport
Fassett House
Wellsville
Colonial
Smethport Bank
James Shearer
Shearwood Terrace Development Corp
Citizens National Bank of Corry
Shearer
100 Bags Of Mail Found In Buffalo Truck
Floyd E. Coder, president of Coder Service Inc., reported finding 100 sacks of undelivered parcels in a truck previously marked empty. Postal officials said the load included more than 500 large Parcel Post bags, discovered during a post Christmas inspection. The bags were retired to the rental firm after being set aside.
Council To Wrestle Bond Issue Alone
City Council in a 5 p.m. special session debates a bond issue and loans to fund a sanitary sewer and street paving. With City Solicitor Rozelle away on vacation, officials may rely on a bank loan plus bond method, naming National Bank of Corry Citizens National Bank of Corry and Marine Bank of Erie as potential lenders.
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Douglas Rozelle
Paul Root
Bonding House of
Singer
Dean and Scribner
Pittsburgh
Council
Root
National Bank of Corry
Citizens National Bank of Corry
Marine Bank of Erie
Free TB Chest X Rays Planned in Warren County
The Warren County Tuberculosis Society will run a free chest x-ray survey April 6 through 10 with locations including Schneffers Electric Warren Clarendon fire hall Sheffield fire hall North Warren Bank Russell McJunkins Service Sugar Grove Garland Tidioute Bear Lake Columbus Youngsville and Montgomery Ward Warren. Negative results yield a Good News card. positive results prompt medical follow up at a physician or Warren General Hospital. The event is sponsored by the Warren Lions Club.
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Warren County
Sugar Grove
Garland
Tidioute
Bear Lake
Columbus
Youngsville Post
Montgomery Ward
Warren
Marie Jewell
Society
Warren General Hospital
Jewell
Warren Lions Club
Becomes Citizen on 100th Birthday in Iowa
A Britisher in a wheelchair became an American citizen on his 100th birthday in Columbus Iowa. Nicholas Latimer Charles Martindale took the oath before U.S. District Court Judge J Robert Elliott. Martindale came to Columbus in 1953 to live with Mr and Mrs Haig, his foster son. He was born in 1844 near London and has lived in the United States for 75 years.
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Columbus
Nicholas Latimer
Charles Martindale
U.S. District Court
J. Robert Elliott
Martindale
Haig
Lonedon
United States
Blast Rips Tanker San Jacinto Off Virginia Coast
An explosion early today ripped the American tanker San Jacinto off the Virginia coast 40 miles from port. One crew member was killed as the ship broke in two and the stern bobbed in 1 000-foot seas while the master and most of the crew remained aboard awaiting lift. Two crew members transferred to the Mobile Pegasus and the steward M Dotilla died apparently of natural causes. Coast Guard rel eased the Mobile Pegasus as the San Jacinto was en route from Portland Maine to Houston Texas in ballast expelling fumes from its tanks.
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Portsmouth
Virginia
Harold J. ‘Titus
Pine City
N.Y
M. Dotilla
Coast Guard
Mobile Pegasus
San Jacinto
Portland
Maine
Houston
Tex
Trinidad Corp
New Yorks
Sun Shipbuilding Co
Chester
Todd Shipbuilding Co
Galveston
Norfolk
Fort Mercer
Pendleton
Cape Cod
MacArthur Improves After Critical Surgery Battle
Washington AP General Douglas MacArthur remains seriously ill after two major surgeries at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Brig. Gen. Murphey reports he is satisfactory and improving from Monday’s critical condition, as messages of support come from leaders and citizens worldwide. He eats small amounts of liquid food and speaks little to family and staff.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Henry
Murphey
Waller Reed Army Medical Center
Philippines
China
South Korea
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Milk meeting set for April to push dairy profits
The National Farmers Union calls a dairy conference in Washington the week of April 5 to discuss legislative proposals to raise milk returns. Attendees expected from North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Ohio Kentucky Tennessee Pennsylvania New York and Maryland.
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Washington
National Farmers Union
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
New York
Maryland
Oil City Mayor Wins Look All American Cities Award
At a March meeting Mayor Joseph Barr urged Corry planners to form a dedicated citizens action committee for a downtown plaza. Look Magazine named Oil City one of 11 All-American Cities for revitalizing a downtown center, attracting new industries, a hospital wing, a two year college, and a revived community through citizen action.
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Oil City
Joseph Barr
Corry
Citizens Action Committee
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Barr
Venango County
Look Magazine
Corry's
Look
Chamber of Commerce
New Hope
South Korean Students Intensify Protests Over Tokyo Talks
More than 42,000 students in ten cities demonstrated against Seoul’s negotiations to normalize relations with Japan as President Park pledged to press on in Tokyo. In Seoul 20,000 flooded streets while 22,000 protested in smaller cities. clashes near the presidential palace left several injured as troops restored order.
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Seoul
South Korea
Japan
Chung Hee Park
Tokyo
Park
Syngman Rhee
Korea
Trae
Canta Ou
Hayato Ikeda
Jobless Claims Fall in Pennsylvania Last Week
Government reports show both initial and ongoing unemployment claims decreased in Pennsylvania last week. The department recorded 22,500 initial claims, down 1,996 from the prior period, while the year ago total stood at 25,480 claims.
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Hope Pen Rane
Industry Department
Elsen
Pennsylvania
Woolly
Filey
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