White pupils dip at Frantz as New Orleans school boycott persists
In New Orleans 15 to 17 white students attended William Frantz School while 500 taunts greeted the Negro girl in first grade. At McDonogh No 19 three Negro girls entered as officials boosted security amid threats. Louisiana moves to aid private schooling with state funds, racing to open new sites.
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William Frantz
New Orleans
McDonogh No. 19
Louisiana
C. E. Vetter
Pamela
Frantz School
Lloyd A. Foreman
Church of the Redeemer
St. Mark's
Northern Europe hit by violent weekend storm
Britain bore the brunt with floods and 2 deaths, while Holland reports 4 fatalities. France Germany Denmark and Belgium also suffered heavy damage as 80 mph winds and rising rivers unleashed widespread flooding. Volunteers rescued marooned residents as rivers crest warnings were issued.
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London
Europe
Britain
Holland
France
Germany
Denmark
Belgium
Midlands
Wales
England
Friesland
Sweeping Defense Shakeup Proposed By Sen Symington
President-elect Kennedy received a report calling for sweeping Defense Department reorganization of civilian secretaries for Army Navy and Air Force. Sen. Symington said the plan would save about 8 billion annually but reinvest in weapons development and arms control. The proposal abolishes civilian over offices while keeping services separate and reduces 15 civilian posts and seven assistant secretaries.
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Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Air Force
Secretary of Defense
Kennedy
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Pentagon
Symington
Defense Establishmnt
Defense
Kennedy Caena
Washington
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Kennedy to Offer Adlai U.N. Post Says Reports
New York reports say President elect Kennedy plans to offer Adlai E. Stevenson the ambassador to the United Nations. He reportedly favors a cabinet choice between Fulbright and Rusk or Bruce if Fulbright is not selected. Bowles remains a long shot contender in the foreign affairs advisory pool.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Adlai E. Stevenson
United Nations
Daily News
New York Times
Kennedy
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Fulbright
Dean Rusk
Rockefeller Foundation
David Bruce
West Germany
Chester Bowles
D-Conn
Trustees Demand Higher Faculty Salaries To Retain Talent
UNC trustees heard a visiting committee call for higher faculty and administration pay to prevent further losses. The report cited 427 faculty and top staff departures over a decade, including 90 professors and 216 assistant professors. President Friday stressed faculty salary increases as the top budget priority for 1961. A university VP noted UNC ranked low among AAU peers in average salaries and said raises would help hold and attract distinguished faculty as vacancies arise.
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Consolidated University
William C. Friday
State Board of Higher Education
W. D. Carmichael Jr
Carmichael
Association of American Universities
North Carolina
North Carolina House mulls January caucus for speaker
A poll of 105 Democratic representatives shows a majority favor a January 4 caucus to nominate speaker Joe M Hunt Jr. and set committees, prior to Governor elect Terry Sanford’s inauguration. Proponents say it avoids extra cost and speeds February session prep.
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Raleigh
House of Representatives
House
Terry Sanford
H. Clifton Blue
Moore
Herbert W. Hardy
Greene
Blue
Democrat ‘Ie House
Hardy
Joe M. Hunt Jr
Guilford
General Assembly
Hunt
House Democrats
Sanford
H. Cloyd Philpott
Little Boy's Curiosity and a Flashlight Tragedy
In the Bronx a young boy, eight year old Robert Ingraham, used a flashlight to explore dark spaces of a vacant apartment building. After days of search the detective found him inside a refrigerator, dead with the flashlight in his grasp as the battery died.
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New York
Bronx
Robert Ingraham
Robert
John Ingraham
Christopher Kelly
Kelly
Faith Confessed as China Backs Soviet Peace Policy
Moscow reports Liu Shao chi endorses peaceful coexistence, lauding Soviet leadership. He says China gains from Soviet aid, including industrial equipment, documentation, and skilled personnel, affirming strengthened communist unity after the summit.
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Preston Grover
Moscow
China
Soviet Union
Leningrad
Liu Shao Chi
Communist Movement
Communist Party of China
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
People’s Republic of China
Liu
Pravda
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Catholic Church Faces Strain With Castro After Bribery Allegations
In Havana the Roman Catholic Church and Fidel Castro clash over priests accused of taking bribes to oppose the revolution. Archbishop Perez Serantes rejects the charge, while nine bishops defend church independence in a letter read in Santiago. The Vatican reaction is not yet reported.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro
Camaguey
Cuba
Perez Serantes
Batista
Santiago
Manuel Cardinal Arteaga
Typhoon Ophelia Turns Back Into North Pacific
Typhoon Ophelia, missing its 115 mile per hour center winds, swung back into the uninhabited north Pacific today on a northeast course.
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Tokyo
Japan
North Pacific
Plan Presented Sparks Protestant Union Hope
Church leaders reacted with cautious enthusiasm to a plan for broad reunion among American Protestants. The proposal, backed by Rev Eugene Carson Blake, would begin with Episcopal United Presbyterian Methodist and aim to ease long standing divisions. The plan drew keen interest at the National Council of Churches General Assembly as 3000 delegates from 33 denominations gathered.
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San Francisco
Methodist
John Wesley Lord
Boston
Episcopal
United Presbyterian
Eugene Carson Blake
Philadelphia
National Council of Churches
Arthur C. Lichtenberger
New York
Lumumba Backers Take Control of Stanleyville
In Leopoldville, Lumumba loyalists cast a harsh regime over Stanleyville as they retaliate for the ousted premier’s capture. Whites in the northeastern stronghold face entry bans and mistreatment, while officials under Antoine Gizenga tighten military rule amid fears of a Congo civil war and potential recognition of Lumumba’s government by Soviet bloc and Asian African partners.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Stanleyville
Oriental
U. N
Antoine Gizenga
Lumumba
Joseph Kasavubu
Mobutu
Soviet Union
Egypt
Sudan
Commission Eyes North Carolina Battleship Return
Wilmington promoter Hugh Morton said the battleship North Carolina could become profitable within two years. Gov Hodges appointed a Chapel Hill committee to study bringing the ship home to North Carolina with an estimated cost of about 250000 for relocation and first class attraction setup.
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Orville Campbell
Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Morton
Ed Packard
Charlotte
Bayonne
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