Birmingham mixed reaction to CBS People Who Speak For Birmingham
Birmingham residents reacted to a CBS hour on the city with mixed views from fair and well balanced to unfair and biased. Responses included both white and Negro residents sharing opinions and many names were reported. Some commenters declined to be identified or could not view the program.
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Birmingham
CBS
Howard K. Smith
Birmingham Post-Herald
Robert Cargus
W. B. Holmes
Fred Jaco
Yankees
George C.kirkpatrick
James Gatson
Arthur Clarence Williams
Registration For Red Cross Swimming Classes Scheduled
Red Cross swimming classes begin Wednesday at 9 a.m. at the Morgan County Red Cross headquarters beside the county courthouse. E. V. Burnthall, water safety chair, says enrollment is first come, first served with last year’s demand leaving late registrants out.
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Red Cross
Morgan County Court House
E. V. Burnthall
Morgan County Red Cross Water Safety Program
Atlanta Negroes Facing Tests in Desegregation Effort
In Atlanta, 132 Negro pupils applied for transfers to desegregate 11 and 12th grades under a federal court order. They took four hour standardized achievement tests, with longer exams planned. a white transfer applicant also tested. Results will not be released.
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Atlanta
Rual Stephens
Northside High
Howard
Washington
Stephens
Fragmentary quote highlights school program views
A brief OCR fragment notes Mary Patterson, a 17 year old junior at a Negro high school, describing a program as "very air" and praising balance in presenting both sides of the question.
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Clements
Winfred Lumpkin
Linda Joy Hampton
Clements High School
Lumpkin
Miss Hampton
Mary “Patterson
East Limestone
Carol Raby
Johnny Holland
East Limestone High School
Miss Raby
Holland
Mobile contractor pleads no contest to obstructing officer
James F. Pate Sr., 55, of Mobile pleaded no contest to a federal obstruction charge and was fined $100. Federal game warden William R. Edwards said Pate failed to stop a car signaled by the officer as he drove away from a dove field in Mobile County on December 3.
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Mobile (Ap
James F. Pate Sr
Mobile
William R. Edwards
Jackson
Miss
Pate
Edwards
Woman changes name after marriage during gas bill visit
A young woman entered a Lexington Oklahoma gas company office to deposit for a connection and, after being asked to spell her name, left to return with the correct spelling saying she had just married. The note adds a line about the harpsichord dating to the 14th century and Venice as its early center.
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Lexington
Okla
Castro Swaps Offer Divides Cuban Reactions
Cuban exiles favor Fidel Castro’s offer to free invasion captives in exchange for 500 American bulldozers. An anti Castro group pledges funds and plans a meeting to form a prisoners exchange committee. The Revolutionary Schoolteachers Directorate accepts the challenge but says the people of Cuba will send the bulldozers, not Kennedy.
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Iles
Fidel Castro
antiCastro
Revolutionary
Kennedy
Cuba
Sergio Carbo
Prénsa
Scottsboro Manufacturing Co Hit By Destructive Fire
A fire of undetermined origin caused extensive damage to Scottsboro Manufacturing Co Libre, with losses running into thousands of dollars. The incident adds to tensions as Cuba holds about 1,000 detainees from the aborted April invasion and discussions continue over Castro's proposal.
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Scottsboro, Ala
Scottsboro Manufacturing Co
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