Negro Skills Must Be Used Hodges Urges Black Business Talent
Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges at the National Conference on Small Business emphasizes using Negro skills in the economic battle with communism. He warns millions may lack schooling for future highly skilled jobs while unfilled positions rise, urging training and leadership development for Black entrepreneurs.
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Washington
America
Luther H. Hodges
Hodges
United States
Sphinx Caught in Spy Case Over Sound and Light Plan
Cairo reports an Egyptian official linked to a French spy ring admitted taking 5000 pounds to steer the son et lumiere wiring contract for the Sphinx and pyramids to a Paris firm. The ministry of culture funded about 3 million dollars for the ancient site display. Nine people face charges of an espionage network against the Nasser regime.
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David Lancashire
Cairo
Egypt
Ministry of Culture
Jean Bellivier
Mohammed Saad Abdel Maguid
Son Et Lumiere
la Societe Philips Eclairage Et Radio
Paris
Maguid
al Ahram
Picketing by 14 Johnson C Smith Students Sparks Civil Rights Demonstration
Fourteen Negro students from Johnson C Smith University picketed department stores cafeterias theaters and a hotel in Charlotte amid renewed anti segregation protests. A spokesman cited recent incidents including four Indian dancers being denied service at a restaurant and noted Mahalia Jackson was housed in a private home instead of a hotel during her November appearance. One student held a sign welcoming Mahalia but noting restrictions on eating.
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Charlotte
Mahalia
Russians forging ahead in missile and satellite programs
Dr Walter Dornberger, a former German general and missile commissioner, told a Louisiana Tech symposium that the Russians will intercept and shoot down U S satellites within years, while the United States cannot easily shoot down theirs. He cited faster Soviet development and serves as Bell Aerospace System Co vice president and chief scientist.
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United States
William Schak Dies After Illness at 74
William Schak of Roslyn New York, 74, longtime general manager of Metro Associated Services Inc, died after several months of illness.
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Roslyn
N.Y
William Schak
Metro Associated Services, Inc
Wife Charged In Death Of Paratrooper
In Wilmington North Carolina paratrooper Sp Joseph Wood 34 was fatally wounded in his home. Coroner Gordon Doran ordered an autopsy to determine if the injury came from knife or bullet. His wife Mary Louise Wood 26 was charged with murder after she said he slapped her and she stabbed him with a kitchen knife. No weapon found. The slaying occurred in a Negro couple's Wilmington apartment in a public housing development.
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Wilmington
N.C
Joseph Wood
Ft. Bragg
Gordon Doran
Wood
Mary Louise Wood
Fatal fleece hazards on Chilean sheep farms at Strait of Magellan
Thick wet fleeces in rainy weather cause sheep to roll onto their backs and be unable to rise, leading to rescue or death. The Strait of Magellan area reports the most serious losses on local sheep farms due to this condition.
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Strait of Magellan
Evans Calls for $900 Million Road Upgrade Plan
North Carolina Highway Chairman Merrill Evans warned it would cost about 900 million dollars over 12 to 14 years to bring the states primary road network to minimum standards. He told a Highway Users Conference that the state must rebuild 3000 miles of primary highways to avoid losing ground. Ground doves, the smallest pigeons, are said to mate for life.
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Raleigh
Highwa
Merrill Evans Estates
Evans
Soviet Paper Rejects Kennedy Claim of World Communization
Literature and Life in Moscow calls Kennedy's assertion that the USSR seeks to communize the world unfounded and incorrect yet notes the interview was a useful dialogue. The piece argues the Soviet goal is justice and anti colonialism not global communism, and mentions limits on freedom. It also mocks US rhetoric. Venice and Tokyo canal facts follow.
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Moscow
Literature and Life
Kennedy
Izvestia
Soviet Union
Alexei Adzhubei
U.S.S.R
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