Clemson Enrolls Gantt and Jackson
Negro Harvey Gantt enrolled at Clemson College as a transfer from Iowa State University amid tight security by highway patrol and state police. About 150 reporters watched as Gantt, Charleston native, signed in, paid tuition and living expenses, and became the first Negro student integrated in South Carolina’s public schools. Two men were ordered off campus for making threatening remarks. otherwise the campus remained orderly under federal injunction and police watch.
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Clemson
S. C
Harvey Gantt
South Carolina
Clemson College
Iowa State University
Charleston
D.C
Tillman Hall
Gantt
Matthew J. Perry
Tilman Hall
Robert Scott
Scott
South Ina
Dennis Crocker
Robert C. Edwards
South
U.S. Supreme Court
J. P. Strom
State Law Enforcement Divisin
SLED
Sease Ee
Hoffa Rules Out Nationwide Transport Strike
In a taped TV program James R. Hoffa President of the Teamsters says no nationwide transport strike will occur and such a walkout would defeat the strike’s purpose. Senator McClellan questions the power to call one and warns of legal action. The dialogue covers labor power and potential government control amid freezing conditions and relief efforts in Europe.
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New York
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
America
Nona
Rochester
Minn
Meines
Michael J. Quill
International
Louisville
Afl-Cio
Trans-Chicago
Port Workers Union
Evan
Ville
Indiana
Autuma
Southland
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
ABC
GM Reports Record Profit For 1962
General Motors Corp. announced a record 12 month net income of 1.459 billion dollars, about 5.10 dollars per share, up more than 60 percent from 1961 earnings of 893 million dollars. The NYAP report notes GM as the nation's leading automaker with profits exceeding prior records.
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New York
General Motors Corp
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
ATET
U.S
Snow and cold sweep across vast regions causing deaths
Snowstorms and unseasonable cold plagued broad sections of the nation with a blustery weekend snowstorm in New York State and New England tapering off after up to 18 inches. Below zero readings persisted in the upper Great Lakes and western Appalachians as arctic air lingered over the Mississippi Valley. Also reported: GM and AT&T profits and sales in 1962 with record dividends and earnings, highlighting corporate highs amid the harsh weather.
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Associated Press
New York State
New England
Great Lakes
Appalachians
Ohio Valley
Plains
Mississippi Valley
St. Louis
Duluth
Minn
Missing French submarine found after disappearance
London AP reports one of France's largest submarines, the Requin, was listed missing in the North Atlantic during maneuvers about 350 miles west of Northern Ireland. A British Air Ministry spokesman later said the submarine surfaced and a large air and sea search was launched.
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London
France
North Atlantic
Air Ministry
Northern Ireland
Longshoremen Return To Work On N C Coast
Wilmington and Morehead City ports resume activity as longshoremen end a month long strike. About 150 workers return in Wilmington and 63 at Morehead City. Ships are being unloaded and more arrivals are planned, with a large cargo backlog for export.
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Wilmington
Morehead City
James W. Davis
The
State Ports Authority
Davis
Britain Seeks Common Market Entry Amid Western Split
FiveWestern nations and Britain debate a path to the Common Market as France pushes for a separate European bloc. Informants say if Britain is kept out, Paris would clinch a major victory, shifting influence toward the Soviet era and reshaping Western alliance dynamics.
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Tom Ochiltree
Euman
Brussels
Belgium
Western Alliance
Charlez de Gaulle
United States
Britain
Europe
Wany
Italy
Nethlin
Posas
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
West Gertars
West Germany
Common Market Commission
Walter Hallstein
Edward Heath
Christian Herter
Kennedy
Geneva
Ludwig Erhard
Erhard
Erhard i
Konrad Adenauer
France
Adenauer
de Gaulle
Growth report shows NC leads Southeast in 1962 industry growth
North Carolina led Southeast for 1962 industrial growth with 567 new plants and expansions. 182 new projects and 38 percent expansions, totaling $229.5 million in planned capital, expected to create about 24,687 jobs. Travel and park attendance set records. meals and travel revenue rose 12 percent from 1961. Gov. Sanford spoke at the opening session. A separate note discusses a proposed eastern North Carolina history trail.
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Durham
North Carolina
State Board of Conservation and Development
Division of Commerce and Industry
C & D Board
Thomas C. Ellis
Ellis
Travel Council
Europe
U.S.S. North Carolina Battleship Commission
Sanford
Gov. Sanford
Charles B. Wade
Winston-Sa Jem
Elizabeth City
Calabash
Soviets station four armed combat groups in Cuba
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said four heavily armed Soviet combat groups and MiG fighters capable of carrying nuclear weapons are in Cuba. He stated the presence is a concern but that the forces are mainly defensive, with no confirmed nuclear warheads. Rusk noted some missiles may be REMOVED in time and said penetration of the hemisphere by a Communist regime is unacceptable.
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Washington
Solviet Union
Cuba
IMIG
Dean Rusk
United States
Rusk
U.S
Soviet Union
Congress
Senate
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Unies
Cobe
Servei i
John Farrow Dies in Beverly Hills Amid Paper Strike
New York AP reports mediation at City Hall over a 52 day newspaper strike yields no progress as Mayor Wagner restricts public discussion. In Hollywood, film producer John Farrow was found dead from apparent heart attack in Beverly Hills. his son Patrick discovered him. Farrow’s wife actress Maureen O’Sullivan was in New York when notified.
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NEW York
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Afl‘cio International
Sanjay
Hollywood
John
Row
Fed
Schioss
Beverly Hills
Patrick
Aland
Farrow
Mar
Tren O'Sullivan
Cleveland
Plaig
Press & News
Rennie
Spanied
Mia
Ralph
Locher
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Tenn
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Belmont
Mass
Heart
American Heart Association
Nicoli
Robert FE. Gross
Children’s Hospital
Paul
John Farrow
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