Blair House Closed For Repairs To Modernize Facilities
Blair House, the presidential guest house, shut for upgrades including air conditioning basement kitchen modernization for state guests. A Blair House Fine Arts Committee led by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis will oversee renovations lasting up to two years to restore atmosphere and modern amenities.
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Alabama Governor Wallace Calls Guards in Tuscaloosa Crisis
Wallace orders approximately 500 Alabama National Guardsmen to guard the University of Alabama and Tuscaloosa area for peace and order. Troops to be quartered at Ft Brandon Armory and used only to prevent violence. Federalization possible but not yet signed. Campus sealed and calls for crowd restraint continue.
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Kennedy Plans University Address Amid Civil Rights push
President Kennedy is set to deliver the commencement address at American University as Congress may see a new civil rights bill. Timing remains uncertain as Mansfield joins Kennedy in Hollywood discussions and CORE lines the route for the Los Angeles stay. In Huntsville the university center protest is planned while Ku Klux Klan staged events loom. Birmingham observers note marshals may avoid forcing entry for the two Negroes, with potential federal troop action if Governor Wallace resists.
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Pope John XXIII Studying Russian Late in Life
Vatican confessor Msgr. Cavagna says Pope John XXIII began studying Russian grammar in the final months of his life. The pontiff, who already knew some Slavic, also learned English and had long studied French Turkish Greek and Bulgarian. He rose early to revise speeches and letters, often before dawn, with secretary Capovilla sealing notes for morning typing.
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Loris) Capovilla
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Signaling The Pope's Election In Conclave
Vatican radio explores a fool proof signaling system from the Sistine Chapel to the radio studio while smoke signals remain the public method. Reports say no decision yet though white smoke traditionally signals a pope’s election.
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Christopher Plummer to sing as Holmes in Baker Street musical
Christopher Plummer will sing in the Broadway bound musical Baker Street portraying Sherlock Holmes. The score by Alan Freedman and Dennis Marks includes two ballads adapted to his voice. Jerome Coopersmith writes the show’s book about Conan Doyle's fictional sleuth.
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Chamber Urges Business Action On Integration
Edwin P. Neilan, president of the U S Chamber of Commerce, urges business leadership for prompt peaceful racial integration. He says directors should consider a declaration backing desegregation and warns against delays and extremism, citing Birmingham and other troubled cities as examples.
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Siamese Twins Examined After Birth in Pittsburgh Area
Doctors at Pittsburgh's Children’s Hospital examined 11 pound 2 ounce Siamese twin girls joined at the chest and abdomen to assess separation. They were born Friday at Allegheny Valley Hospital in Natrona Heights to John and Theresa Temoshenko and transferred for X rays and tests. mother in good condition.
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The Flicker: A Large Woodpecker of North America
The flicker is a large beautiful woodpecker native to southern Canada and the eastern United States. It inhabits forests and woodland edges and is known for its bright plumage and distinctive behavior.
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