Alabama official brands Freedom Riders as intruders
New York AP report quotes Alabama official Gallion calling the Freedom Rides outside groups bent on trouble and notes Alabama’s readiness with the National Guard and law enforcement. He says federal marshals were unnecessary and denies Alabama condoning violence while urging groups to stay away.
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New York
Macdonald Gallion
Gallion
James Douglas Peck
Congress of Racial Equality
Alabama
Peck
New York City
United States
Most Of State Calls For Rain On Crops
Montgomery report says farmers used fair weather to keep fields clean and cultivated while Alabama crops still need rain. Cotton shows general improvement but moisture is lacking. peanut stands thinning from disease but no excessive damage. Central and southern areas report old corn wilting due to drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alabama
Murder Trial Postponed in McPhearson Case at Choctaw
The murder trial of John Lewis McPhearson was postponed after defense counsel sought to empty and refill the Choctaw County jury box. McPhearson is charged with fatally shooting his wife Irma Lee in January 1959 and hiding her body in an abandoned well.
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Butler
Ala
John Lewis McPhearson
Choctaw County
McPhearson
Silas
William G. Lindsey
Choctaw Jury Commission
Lindsey
Alabama Supreme Court
Irma Lee
Stevenson Faces First Hostility in Chile Tour
In Santiago a group of about 30 leftists smashed the U S Information Agency windows protesting Adlai E Stevenson as Kennedy's envoy. Police arrested one demonstrator while others fled leaving a Go home Steve banner. Stevenson planned talks on the Punta del Este meeting with Chilean President Alessandri endorsing the conference.
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Santiago
Chile
U.S. Information Agency
Adlai E. Stevenson
Kennedy
Stevenson
Cuba
USIA
U.S
Punta del Este
Jorge Alessandri
Bolivia
Richmond Drops Emergency Ambulance Service
Richmond will end its city run EMS service and permit private operators to handle emergency ambulances. City Manager Horace Edwards projects annual savings of 75000 dollars.
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Richmond, Va
Door of Continental Congress courthouse preserved in York museum
The York County Historical Society museum houses the entrance door from the old courthouse where the Continental Congress met. The door remains the sole surviving artifact of the now gone building.
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York County
Kraft Paper Mill Opens With Formal Ceremony
Several hundred visitors from Tennessee, Northeast Mississippi and Northern Alabama attended the formal opening of the $80 million Kraft pulp and paper plant of Tennessee River Pulp & Paper Co in Counce Tennessee. The plant has been in operation since March.
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Counce, Tenn
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Kraft Pulp and Paper
Tennessee River Pulp & Paper Co
Kansas Gets Young Killers
Kansas officers took custody of two AWOL teenagers George R. York and James D. Latham and returned them to Sharon Springs to face trial for one of seven robber y killings. The pair waived extradition after admitting a spree across five states linked to deaths from Georgia to Illinois and Tennessee.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Kansas
Sharon Springs
George R. York
Jacksonville
Fla
James D. Latham
Mauriceville
Tex
Otto Ziegler
Wallace
Kaw
Fort Hood
Ramsas
York
Florida
Valdosta
Althea Ottavio
Patricia Anne Hewitt
Illinois
Albert E. Reed
Litchfield
Inl
Martin Drenovac
Granite City
Colorado
Rachel Marian Moyer
Craig
Tennessee
John A. Whitaker
Tullahoma
Bomb relic found loaded with 52 pounds of explosive
STILL ALIVE Hampton report says J F Stall planned to place a WWI bomb outside his office but an ordnance disposal team from Langley AFB found the relic contained 52 pounds of high explosive. A separate Paris traffic rule imposes fines for women who hug drivers.
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Hampton
J. F. Stall
Langley Air Force Base
Electric rockets may power future space ships
At a major scientific meeting, researchers discuss the electric rocket a small power plant that could drive spacecraft to the moon and beyond. Experts say the system works in lab tests and, with bigger missiles ready in three to five years, could handle propulsion in space while U S and Soviet programs race ahead.
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Moon
Kennedy
Institute of Aerospace Sciences
American Rocket Society
Richard Hayes
Air Force Research
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington
United States
Russia
Soviet Union
Hayes
U.S.S.R
America
Somerville Woman Hurt By Auto
Mrs. Mirdy Nelson of Somerville was struck by a car on Highway 67 at 3:20 PM, injuring her left leg. Driver Charles Barnes of Baldwyn Mississippi, 35, faces a reckless driving charge after speeding in a 45 mph zone. child Lyette Parnell, 3, suffered minor injuries.
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Somerville
Mirdy Nelson
Here
Charles Barnes
Baldwyn
Nelson
Lyette Parnell
Barnes
Wildlife researchers use tiny radio transmitter on birds
Scientists attach a miniature radio transmitter to a game bird to send a two mile signal for over a month enabling study of wildlife habits and migration patterns.
Telephone loan approved for Foley company
The Rural Electrification Administration announced a loan of funds to Gulf Telephone Co. Foley Alabama to build new exchanges and central offices at Bond Summerdale and expand service across the area.
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Washington
Gulf Telephone Co
Foley
Ala
Bond Summerdale
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