Mixed Mississippi Group Says Held Incommunicado
A white Mississippi lawyer reports that he and an integrated group of four college students were held incommunicado for 20 hours by Clarksdale authorities. The group, visiting northern Mississippi to study racial issues, was released the next day without charges. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has contacted the Justice Department on their behalf.
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William L. Higgs
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Mississippi Civil Rights Advisory Committee
Greenville
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Justice Department
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Congress
Merrill Lindsey
Lindsey
Julius Caesar Ides of March and Roman calendar notes
A school quiz winner is named David Winter of York Pennsylvania. The text explains Julius Caesar and the Ides of March, clarifying that the phrase refers to March 15, not a mystery. It notes the Roman calendar had 12 months, names and order, and that January 1 became the new year in 153 BCE. The pontifices governed calendar rules.
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York
Julius Caesar
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Julius Ceasar
Martius
Maius
Junius
Quintilis
Calendar reform and the Julian calendar origin
The passage explains ancient Roman timekeeping from new moon sightings to Nomes and Id es, describing kalends and the counting of days. It notes Julius Caesar’s 46 B C reform creating a 445 day year to fix calendar chaos and the adoption of the Julian calendar thereafter.
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Julius Caesar
Hyannis Cape Cod sees latest Reverse Freedom Ride arrivals
The Alabama request to continue a racial demonstrations injunction extends to Oct 8 as witnesses from Talladega College are away for summer. Six more Southern Negroes including a 17 month old join 71 others sent to Hyannis Mass. by segregationists in Reverse Freedom Rides.
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Talladega College
Hyannis
Mass
Cape Cod
Cells through history and the DNA code
A compact primer traces how Cork observations by Hooke led to cell theory, Virchow’s nucleus concept, electron microscopy, and the roles of chromosomes DNA and RNA. Readers are invited to observe with a magnifier and send in their answer for a prize.
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Robert Hooke
Monesteries
Rudolph Virchow
Tax Assessing Work Complete in Morgan County
Porter Lee Hanes, Morgan County tax assessor, said the Board of Equalization has finished its annual review of real estate and personal property values for 1962. Final values are recorded within 10 days, with court orders as the only changes. The board adjusts real estate to 20 percent of value, with hearings for protests held over 60 to 70 days. roughly 1,400 assessments were made this session and about 100 appeared. The board's members include Dennis Parker, chairman, Barnes, Ross, and former member Chris White, whose seat awaits gubernatorial appointment.
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Porter Lee Hanes
Morgan County
Board of Equalization
Hanes
Dennis Parker
Barnes
Ross
Chris White
White
Drawing contest puzzle leads to Britannica prize
A comic drawing prompt invites readers to finish a diagram for a chance to win a Britannica World Atlas or Yearbook. Entries should be addressed to Drawing Tell Me Why with name age and address. Yesterday's Puzzle Box answer: Billy and Bobby are triplets with a third brother. winner Vincent Lepore, 14, Bronx, NY.
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Billy
Bobby
Vincent Lepore
Bronx, N. Y
Norwegian paint firms form joint export council
Fifteen Norwegian paint and lacquer factories representing about a tenth to a fifth of total production have decided to form a joint export council to coordinate overseas sales and promote their products abroad.
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