MacMillan Ends Visit To Ghana
Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah told Harold Macmillan that time is short to solve Africa’s problems at a state dinner in Accra. Nkrumah urged Britain to join Ghana against colonialism while Macmillan said change is sweeping Africa and both nations must stay in touch to understand each other’s views.
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Louisville integration leader dies at 66
Omer Carmichael longtime Louisville School Superintendent died at 66 from a heart attack while cleaning a ditch in his yard. Carmichael led desegregation efforts, overseeing 1956 racially mixed classes without violence and urged orderly compliance with the 1984 Supreme Court desegregation ruling. President Eisenhower praised him as a model educator.
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Crash Blamed On Neglect In LaGuardia Airliner
The Civil Aeronautics Board concluded the New York LaGuardia crash on February toppling into the East River was caused by a premature descent below minimums. The crew’s preoccupation with certain factors and neglect of essential flight instruments led to the fatal approach. 65 people died and eight survived, including an 8 year old. Ontario nickel production noted at article end.
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Robert Sullivan
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Truman Hits Red Move In Pacific
Former President Harry S. Truman criticized Soviet actions setting up a missile test range outside Pacific waters. He spoke at a $50 Arizona Democratic forum to help Democrats rebound, blasting Eisenhower era domestic policy and urging a 1960 White House bid by Democrats.
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Setback reported in Nye Bevan’s hospital condition
London AP reports Aneurin Bevan deputy Labour leader in hospital after abdominal operation. Royal Free bulletin says he had a troubled night and his condition is not as satisfactory as yesterday. Bevan, 62, underwent surgery 11 days ago for an undisclosed ailment with no cancer mentioned by officials or friends.
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United States
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Socialite heiress Gamble Benedict vanishes amid elopement theories
AP reports eight persons questioned by detectives in the search for Gamble Benedict 18 heiress to the Remington fortune missing since December. Grandmother Katherine Benedict says Gamble disappeared from her Upper East Side home after a dinner dance. Her family notes a possible elopement with a man in his 30s and questions remain about return from Briarcliff College.
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J. Douglass Sharpe
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Urban League Founder Dies in Brooklyn
Dr. George Edmund Haynes 79 Negro sociologist and cofounder of the National Urban League died Friday night in a Brooklyn hospital. He was the first Black to earn a PhD from Columbia and to graduate from the New York School of Social Work. He drafted the plan for the National Urban League and served as its first executive director. He founded the Association of Negro Colleges and Secondary Schools and authored many works. He leaves widow Elizabeth of Mount Vernon N Y and son George Jr in New York City.
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N.Y
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New York City
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