Marathon Session Resumed in Civil Rights Debates
Washington reporters note around the clock Senate talks resume as civil rights battles persist. Sen. Douglas predicts tough odds to end the filibuster while Engle moves to file a closure vote. Howard University students protest at the White House. Southern leaders criticize court referees proposed for voting oversight as a potential walkout risk looms.
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Senate
Pau H. Douglas
D-Ill
Sen
Clair Engle
Calif
Douglas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Howard University
White House
Howard
Eisenhower
Edwin E. Willis
D-La
Herman E. Talmadge
Democratic Party
Revolucion Ties U S Sabotage Claim to Cuban Crisis
Revolucion editorial claims the United States planned a pretext for intervention by sabotaging the French freighter La Coubre in Havana Harbor. The attack is linked to a rising U S Cuban dispute as Havana releases a death toll from the blast and the United States prepares a formal note to Castro.
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U.S
Cuba
Fidel Castro
United States
Castro
Hel
la Coubre
Revolucion
E. Vasquez Candela
Eisenhower Returns From Latin American Tour
President Eisenhower flies from Ramey to Washington after a 15,500 mile Latin American swing visiting Brazil Argentina Chile and Uruguay. He plans a 7 p.m. ET radio TV address from Andrews Air Force Base and is resting after a long journey with speeches praising improved U S ties and acknowledging ongoing regional challenges.
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Te Y G Force Base
Puerto Rico
Eisenhower
Washington
U.S. Air Force Base
Andrews Air Force Base
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Uruguay
Dorado Beach
Dorado Beach Club
Here
White House
No Warming Trend Seen Immediately
North Carolina stays in a cold wave with no near term warm spell expected. The Weather Bureau warns of possible rain or snow within 24 hours as low temperatures linger well below freezing across Asheville Raleigh Greensboro Charlotte and Wilmington. Mt. Mitchell registered a midday 0 after a 9 below reading.
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Weather Bureau
Asheville
Raleigh
Greensboro
Charlotte
Wilmington
Mt. Mitchell
Rickover Spars Idaho Critics Over Potato Harvest School Closures
Vice Admiral Hyman Rickover criticized closing schools for Idaho potato harvest, sparking barbed remarks from educators. Idaho Education Association president John Booth challenged Rickover’s expertise while Boise schools superintendent T. C. Bird noted local decision making.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Hyman G. Rickover
Navy
Rickover
John Booth
Idaho Education Assn
U.S
T. C. Bird
Boise
Caldwell Installed As State Chancellor
Dr. John Tyler Caldwell was installed as North Carolina State College chancellor pledging a sustained campaign against ignorance. Gov Hodges presided with remarks focusing on expanding education, agriculture, industry and community growth. Caldwell, a Yazoo Mississippi native, succeeds Dr Carey H Bostian and spoke at Reynolds Coliseum.
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North Carolina State College
John Tyler Caldwell
Caldwell
Hodges
Reynolds Coliseum
State College
Carey H. Bostian
J. Wallace Winborne
State Supreme Court
William C. Friday
Consolidated University of North Carolina
General Assembly
Eric A. Walker
Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Caldwell
Yazoo, Miss
Bostian
Hollywood Actors Strike Seizes Major Studios
The Screen Actors Guild begins its first ever strike against film producers, idling about 5,000 workers at MGM Columbia Allied Artists Paramount 20th Century Fox Warner and Disney. The walkout halts work across seven studios with no picket lines planned.
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Screen Actors Guild
SAG
Guild
Assn
SAG Board of Directors
Federal Mediation Service
Universal - International
Independents
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Columbia
Allied Artists
Paramount
20Th Century-Fox
Warner Brothers
Walt Disney
MGM
Writers Guild of America
Bandit Robs Calhoun Street Bank In Charleston
A lone gunman entered the First National Bank of South Carolina on Calhoun Street Charleston and took 4486 after handing a note to teller Mrs Janie Williams. About ten to twelve customers were present but unaware of the robbery. Police seek the 25 to 26 year old suspect described as five eight to five ten, 150 pounds wearing a dark sport coat. The bandit fled unseen. A similar earlier robbery at the same bank occurred March 23 1959 with five men. they were later captured and jailed.
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Charleston
S.C
Calhoun Street
First National Bank of South Carolina
J. W. Strider
Janie Williams
Strider
Williams
17 Year Old Confesses Murders Across States
Dennis Whitney a 17 year old from North Hollywood California confessed to a chain of holdup murders across the West and Florida. He said he shot five men and a woman since February and described the sequence from Victortville California to Miami Florida. Whitney described the victims and noted a confrontation with Virginia Selby in Hialeah during the incident.
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Miami
Fla
California
Dennis Whitney
Whitney
North Hollywood
Calif
Virginia Selby
Hialeah
Ken Mezzarano
Arthur L. Keeler
Foster Parents Fight State Over Custody Of Child Genius
In Old Bridge New Jersey a four year old girl dubbed a near genius faces removal from the only home she has known as the state alleges her foster parents are not meeting her intellectual and cultural needs. The Combs family contest the move in Superior Court in Trenton.
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Richard Combs
Old Bridge
N.J
Alice Marie
State Board of Child Welfare
Combs
Alice
Trenton
Negro student fined after Columbia disturbance
Arnold M. Smith, 23, of Allen University, was convicted in recorder's court of loafing and loitering near a drive-in during racial clashes Saturday in Columbia South Carolina. He was fined $10.50 and argued to be part of a group patrolling the campus while armed with a lumber piece studded with a nail. Judge John S. Rice warned against anyone armed while walking the streets, regardless of race.
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Columbia
Allen University
Recorder's Court
Arnold M. Smith
R. S. Younginer
Smith
Younginer
Allen
John S. Rice
Rice
IRS warns taxpayers about crooked tax consultants
The IRS warns taxpayers to beware of fraudulent tax advisers after recent criminal fraud convictions. One adviser received 31 years for fraudulent deductions and stealing refund checks. another kept client money without filing returns. The agency urges checking competence, permanent address, direct refund mailing, no blank returns, and avoiding percentage-based fees.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
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