Civil Rights Act a Year Later Shifts South
In a year since Public Law 88-352, the South shows rising desegregation in hotels, restaurants, and schools with federal funds at stake. Yet many Negro teachers lose jobs as classrooms desegregate, while voting rights suits and new hiring rules unfold. Local leaders warn mixed progress amid ongoing resistance.
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Don McKee
Atlanta
South
Andrew J. Young
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Young
Roy Wilkins
The
NAACP
Johnson
Martin Luther King Jr
Albert
Selma
Reid Barnes
Bessemer, Ala
Office of Education
Dave Darland
National Education Association
New York
Darland
Morriston
Ark
Hendersonville
N.C
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
South Carolina
William S. Hall
Justice Department
Sus
Marengo County
Alabama
Department
Mississippi
Wilkins
Ivan Allen Jr
Allen
Solon's Wife Critical After Boating Accident
Mrs Daniel Reid Simpson 35 wife of former Burke County Republican legislator remained in critical condition at Grace Hospital Morganton after losing her left leg in a Lake James boating accident. Deputy Wise said the inboard motorboat struck her when she stood waist deep awaiting towed water skis. The boat was driven by John R Zachery of Asheville who cited a steering malfunction. The Simp son family lives in Glen Alpine and Simpson is a lawyer.
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Morganton
N. C
Morganton Hospital
Grace Hospital
Daniel Reid Simpson
Simpson
Lake James
Glen Alpine
Lawlyer
New York Taxi Strike Ends as Cabs Return
New York taxis resume service after a week long strike by the AFL-CIO Taxi Drivers Organizing Committee seeking union recognition. About 7,000 company cabs rejoined streets while 5,000 privately owned cabs kept operating amid sporadic violence. An arbitration process was agreed upon by both sides.
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New York
Afl-Cio
Taxi Drivers Organizing Committee
International Inventors Exhibition Opens in New York Coliseum
The International Inventors and New Products Exhibition runs September 9 to 12 at the Coliseum in New York. Backed by the International Institute of Patented Products, Ltd., over 200 companies and 200 inventors from 30 countries will present advances from a solar motor to a flying submarine.
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New York
Coliseum
International Institute of Patented Products, Ltd
News From Washington Discrimination push, money saved, and edu
Fourteen government agencies will assist the new Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as it forms a permanent investigative staff. Sen Mundt credits the General Accounting Office with saving taxpayers about 7.5 dollars per dollar spent, citing 321.489 million saved and examples of over expenditure in space, defense, and Pentagon furniture. A study by the National Association of Educational Broadcasters reports growth in educational television with 102 stations since inception, each averaging 540,000 dollars in facilities and 370,000 dollars in annual income, though many stations face financial issues.
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Washington
F ‘News
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Commission
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
General Accounting Office
Manned Space Center
Defense Department
Pentagon
Educational TV
Educational Television
National Association of Educational Broadcasters
New Guinea Girls Welcome Delegates With Flower Sprays
New Guinea girls sprinkled flower scented water on delegates arriving for the sixth conference of the South Pacific Commission at Lae Technical High School. About two hundred spectators watched as locals performed a war dance and garlands were placed around necks. Delegates from 14 territories and two independent nations attend the triennial meeting to discuss juvenile delinquency, housing, water sanitation, and debt issues amid urbanization and cultural shifts.
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Sae
New Guinea
South Pacific Commission
Lae Technical High School
Lee
North
South Pacific
Commission
United Nations
Australia
France
Netherlands
New Zealand
United Kingdom
United States
West Irian
Indonesia
Western Samoa
Mer
New Caledonian
New Caledonia
Noumea
Trust Territories
Tonga
Marianas
Tahiti
mid-Pacific
FBI hides informer in Liuzzo case tied to Klansman trial
Federal authorities kept Gary Thomas Rowe Jr. under wraps after he testified he was with three Birmingham area Klansmen the night Mrs. Viola Liuzzo was killed. Rowe’s whereabouts remain undisclosed amid a civil suit by Klan lawyer Matt Murphy seeking $6,000 in fees.
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Don McKee
Atlanta, Ga
FBI
Gary Thomas Rowe Jr
Rowe
Justice Department
Paul Johnston
Birmingham
Johnston
Matt H. Murphy
Murphy
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Wilkins
Liuzzo
See Mr Green at Doctor Edmonds Mansion event
Mr Green is scheduled to meet at Doctor Edmonds Mansion located at Old Greensboro Road and West Main Street Extension. The notice places the gathering at the mansion for an undisclosed purpose and invites attendees to the venue on the specified streets.
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Mr. Green
Doctor Edmonds’ Mansion
Old
Greensboro Rd
W. Main St. Extension
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Abingdon, VA
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Reynolds
U. S
C. A. Johnson
G. R. C. Stuart
Abingdon
H. BE. Widener, Jr
Bristol
Inventors Delight
Soccey Iron
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George Hartwig
Hartwig
Alaska
the Register
Danville, Va
Ewro
U.S.A
Chevrolet
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