Race reporting under fire in Harper's magazine critique
New York dispatch notes Charleston editor Thomas R. Waring’s Harper’s piece accusing metropolitan press of biased race coverage. He cites five supposed Negro white differences in health home life crime and intellect and argues desegregation strains white children.
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New York
South Carolina
Thomas R. Waring
Charleston
S.C
News and Courier
Harper's Magazine
Waring
South
U. S. News and World Report
Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
National
Harper's
Industrialist Charles J Williams Dies in Florida
Charles Judson Williams a noted industrialist and trustee of Davidson College died at his Jacksonville Florida home yesterday. He headed several lumber and wood products firms in the United States and Canada.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Charles Judson Williams
Davidson College
Williams
Canada
Weather Generally Clear and Mild
Generally clear and mild winter weather prevailed across most of the country with above normal temperatures. Readings reached into the 20s and 30s, while northern New England saw as low as 6 below in Caribou, Maine, and sections from the upper Great Lakes to the Pacific Northwest remained below freezing with light precipitation in some areas.
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Associated Press
New England
Caribou
Maine
Mid-Atlantic States
Upper Great Lakes
Dakotas
Rockies
Oregon
Washington
Michigan
New York
Pennsylvania
Weather Forecast Highlights Mixed Temperatures Across Regions
The forecast notes a low tonight near 2 with a high tomorrow of 55, and a 26 low from last night. Sun set at 5 18 PM and rises at 7 31 AM. Snow in New England tonight and snow flurries near the upper Great Lakes, with rain or snow from the central and northern Pacific coast. Warmer southeast and southern New England, colder northern Plains and upper Midwest.
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Weather Bureau
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Asheville
Atlanta
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Chicago Pete
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
San Antonio
Seesessse
San Francisco
Washington
Wilmington
New England
Upper Lakes
Central
North
Misthe
Souer Lakes
North Carolina South Carolina five day forecast
Forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy conditions with little temperature change. North Carolina highs 54 to 60, mountain lows near 20s, elsewhere 28 to 37. South Carolina mostly fair with mid 50s to 60s highs, nights near freezing in north. Light precipitation possible Friday or Saturday.
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North Carolina
Algerian Rebel Forces Getting Arms
A French military source in Algiers reports rebels in Algeria are receiving arms across the Libyan border. The stream includes British grenades traced to Egyptian depots, plus World War II German weapons. Rebels train in Egypt camps under Mohamed el Kettabi. A 13 man French garrison was captured near Algiers with six killed and seven missing. earlier French armor killed 16 rebels near Meskian.
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Algeria
Erwin Rommel
Tunisia
Tripolitania
Mohammed el Kettabi
Abd el Krim
Egypt
Meskian
Wife visits Navy Yeoman held in slaying case
In Cleveland Navy Yeoman William Miller 24 sits in jail over the fatal beating of a girl identified as Carol Martin 21. Miller’s wife Louise Miller of Huntington West Virginia visited him tearfully asking for action to protect their children as police pursue possible insanity defenses.
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Cleveland
Navy
William Miller
Miller
Louise Miller
Huntington
W.va
East Side
Violence at plant protest sparks legal threat from company
One dead in violence as demonstrators tried to drive workers from the plant. The company vows to pursue legal action to enforce a court restraining order against the union, while union spokesmen defend the order and allege police brutality without naming the speakers.
Mirror of Your Mind on Music Harmony and Experience
An abstract essay notes that early training shapes taste for simple tunes while later culture fosters preference for complex tonal intervals. It cites Helmholtz on ear structure and cultural maturity influencing musical complexity. The piece ends with a quip about bachelors and mortality.
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Helmholz
Mortality and behavior: effects of marital status and temperament
By Joseph Whitney two thirds greater than that of married men. Also the mortality of spinsters is a fourth higher than that of married women. Mortality studies show married men and women have lower death rates than singles, widowed or divorced. Wor ries over home problems and raising children appear beneficial. Reticence may hinder thinking, as quiet people are cautious and afraid to show feelings, which can limit free thought.
Stocks Slip In Early New Year Trading Decline Broadens
New York stocks opened the new year with a fast start but turned softer in the afternoon. The market dropped about four points from session highs as declines spread across key issues. gains of about two points at best were recorded in several groups including chemicals and autos. Major names listed by Bache & Company showed mixed results with progress in a few issues like Dow Jones components while many industrials and rail stocks drifted lower.
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New York
Bache & Company
American Can Co
Allied Chemical & Dye
American Tobacco Co
the Borden Co
Bethlehem Steel
Burlington Mills Corp
Chrysler Corp
New York Central RR
Cone Mills Corp
Carolina Light & Power
Douglas Aircraft RR
DuPont de Nemours
Dow Chemical
Eastern Airlines
Consolidated Edison
Eastman Kodak
Greyhound Corp
General Denarice
General Electric
Gulf Oil
General Motors
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
International Harvester
Proamnairy + Tel. & Tel
Oil Co
Jones Laughlin Steel
Johnson
Loew's Inc
Norfolk & Western Ry
Phillips Petroleum
Pennsylvania Railway
Pepsi-Cola
Proctor & Gamble
Reynolds Tobacco
Republic Steel
Sears Roebuck
J. P. Stevens Co
American Tel. & Tel
the Texas Co
Union Carbide & Carbon
United Aircraft Corp
Westinghouse Electric Co
VU. S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
F. W. Woolworth Co
77 Year Old Woman Takes Part in New Year Swim
A 77 year old woman participated in Vancouver British Columbia as Mrs C Bush joined 42 members of the Vancouver Polar Bear Swimming Club for the annual New Year swim at English Bay. Gordon Freeze remained in the water for an hour as temperatures hovered around forty degrees in the sea and thirty five on land.
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Vancouver
B.C
Mrs. C. Bush
Vancouver Polar Bear Swimming Club
English Bay
Gordon Freeze
Boy Scout Training Says Hero Helped Ice Rescue
In St Joseph Missouri Sonny Golden a 11 year old scout credited his Boy Scout training for aiding four skaters who broke through ice on a farm pond. He fetched a rope and ladder and retrieved each person as adults watched, with patrolmen noting his light weight allowed safe access to thin ice. He said it was his training that did it.
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Sonny Golden
Sonny
Chere
Five Powers Eye Postponement of Middle East Meeting
In Colombo Ceylon a group of five powers reportedly seek to postpone a planned January or February meeting over the Arab-Israeli dispute. Indonesia backs delaying due to risk of disunity. Burma's pro Israel stance may hinder any condemnation of Israel for aggression against the Arabs.
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Ceylon
Colombia
Indonesia
Burma
Israel
French Vote Prolongs Unstable Government
France faced a prolonged unstable government after a record voter turnout of about 25 million. Faure urged reunification with Mendes-France to revive moderate coalitions, while Mendes-France warned the outgoing majority’s discredit as no bloc held a majority. Possible coalitions included Faure or Pinay luring Mendes-France back, Mendes-France courting Faure allies, or a Popular Front with Communist influence.
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Mendes-France
France
Assembly
Antoine Pinay
Mendes- France
Red
Two Teens Charged With Baltimore Area Murder
Richard P. Westcott aged 16 and Charles Orem 17 faced murder charges in the knife slaying of Gaither Lee Fischbach Jr., 19, Western Maryland College freshman, stabbed early Sunday near his home after attending a New Year’s Eve party. Fischbach died at his home despite his mother’s and father’s pleas.
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Western Maryland College
Richard P. Westcott
Charles Orem
Gaither Lee Fischbach Jr
Western Maryland
Lemuel S. Eichner
Eichner
Fischbach
Rheba Fischbach
U S Officials Reject Bulganin Call for Early Big Four Talks
Washington officials say Premier Bulganin’s suggestion of early Big Four talks is noncommittal and not endorsed by the United States. They view his remarks as a recorded stance rather than a genuine push for negotiations.
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Washington
Bulganin
Russia
Eisenhower
White and Negro Clergymen Merge in Daytona Beach
White and Negro clergymen in Daytona Beach joined to form the Ministerial Assn. of the Halifax Area, uniting the Daytona Beach Ministerial Association and the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance. Rev. Gordon Poteat called the merger a community example and urged unity in life.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Ministerial Assn
Halifax
Parents urged to vaccinate children against polio
Basil O'Connor, president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, says enough Salk vaccine may be available this year to inoculate all children up to age 4. He warns the vaccine is worthless until it reaches children and urges parents to act now to prevent polio next summer.
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New York
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Governor Attends Burley Leaf Meet In Asheville
Governor Hodges flew from Raleigh-Durham Airport in an Air National Guard plane to Asheville today for a burley tobacco meeting and planned to return to Raleigh late this afternoon.
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Raleigh
Hodges
Asheville
Burley Tobacco
Raleigh-Durham
Air National Guard
Alcohol Free Driving Test Launches Next Month
Louisville report describes a February seminar at the Southern Police Institute featuring Lt. Robert F. Borkenstein and 20 volunteers in an alcohol and road traffic study. Ten motorists will receive alcohol free driving tests with six lab tests and six driving scenarios to measure behavior and response to intoxication.
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Louisville
Southern Police Institute
Robert F. Borkenstein
Indiana State Police Laboratory
Better Homes and Gardens Home Makeover Contest
Readers are invited to enter the Better Homes and Gardens Home Makeover Contest offering 146 cash prizes totaling 25000 dollars. Every entrant wins value through improved home comfort convenience and appeal with entry blanks in stores or in the January issue on sale.
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Better Homes & Gardens
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