Massive Birmingham Demonstrations Prompt Future Protests
Dr Martin Luther King Jr led a mass meeting in Birmingham promising more massive demonstrations after authorities used police dogs and fire hoses to disperse crowds. King urged continued action as hundreds were arrested and school children planned further protests. Public officials urged restraint while warning of potential federal involvement.
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Birmingham
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
Deep South
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference Ip
Kennedy
Javits
Eugene Connor
George Wall
Churchill warns on nuclear shield sparks UK press row
Sir Winston Churchill urged Britain not to abandon its nuclear shield triggering a press controversy. Conservative papers praised the warning while Liberal outlets questioned its political utility. The Independent and Daily Express treated the message as a solemn yet pivotal call amid party tensions.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Manchester Guardian
Independent
Daily Express
Primrose League
The
Express
Sir Winston Churchill
Daily Telegraph
Checks Withheld On Illinois Welfare Deadlock Stalls Aid
AP reports Illinois lawmakers delay May and June welfare appropriations for Aid to Dependent Children and General Assistance. A mother of eight describes layoffs and reliance on emergency checks, while a white couple on relief details sparse purchases and rent. A second family on North Park St. notes limited food and holes in plaster as they care for eight children.
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Chicago
North Claredon St
North Park St
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Francois Duvalier
Duvalier
Negro Republic
U.S
Washington
Cleaning Up Sunday Reading Swells Youth City Effort
The Sunday Enterprise features youth participation in cleaning vacant lots and neighborhoods in the East Central Urban Renewal Area. Students express what cleanup means through posters and essays, highlighting community engagement in Randolph County.
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East Central
Sunday Enterprise
Hopewell Methodist Church
Randolph County
Central Piedmont Area
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Braxton Younts
Hopewell
United States
University of North Carolina Memorial Hospital
Enterprise
Rockefeller Buys New Central Park Area Apartment
Gov Nelson A Rockefeller has purchased an apartment in a building under construction next to his existing two floors. The two overlooking Central Park are reportedly being connected, creating a spacious home. Architects Harrison and Abramovitz filed plans for the new unit on February 18.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York Daily News
Central Park
Harrison & Abramovitz
Rockefeller
Plane Crash Kills 32 In Sao Paulo
A Brazilian airliner crashed into a densely built area near Sao Paulo killing 32 aboard and injuring many on the ground. Rescue efforts were hampered by a large crowd as 20,000 gathered. 17 survivors were pulled from the wreckage. one victim was a Uruguayan GE director James Goss Hughes.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
James Goss Hughes
General Electric
Miguel Bahury
Rena K. Consorte
Rio
Emilton Batista
Planes collide during midair refueling near Idaho Wyoming border
Two Air Force aircraft collided while refueling above mountains near West Yellowstone Montana. A KC135 tanker landed safely at Mountain Home AFB Idaho. a B47 bomber is missing after a downed hit in heavy snow near the Idaho Wyoming line. Five crew aboard bomber presumed injured.
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Mountain Home Air Force Base
Idaho
Air Force
West Yellowstone
Mont
iOne
Idaho-Wyoming
Fremont County Sheriff's Office
St. Anthony
Idaho- Wyoming
Mike Nielson
Yellowstone Park
Stewart Orgill
National Park Service
Nielson
Legislators impressed by North Carolina trade fair
About 110 lawmakers and wives visited the North Carolina International Trade Fair in Charlotte on Friday. They toured the event, heard it had drawn 104,000 attendees so far and could exceed 114,000 from the 1961 fair, arriving by charter buses and private cars.
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Charlotte
N.C
North Carolina
Raleigh
Assembly
Formul A
Ex Mental Patient Surrenders in Virginia Kidnap Case
Millard Mathew Curry a 20 year old from Leaksville surrendered to police in Spray North Carolina facing FBI kidnapping charges for abducting Norma Harris Craddock 24 of Spray driving her to Virginia and shooting her when she tried to escape. Virginia charges include malicious wounding and attempted murder and she remains in critical condition in Martinsville Virginia. Curry told police he wanted a second chance and surrendered on lawyer advice. He was arraigned on federal charges in Mayodan and held on 50000 bail. He aided by a sheriff account reenacted the shooting and police found a .22 pistol near Leaksville.
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Millard Mathew Curry
Leaksville
FBI
Norma Harris Craddock
Virginia
Curry
U.S
Will Vernon
Greensboro
Rockingham County
Carl Oxsom
Martinsville
Craddock
Umstead State Hospital
Butner
Millard Matthew Curry
SBI
J. N. Minter
Pray
Mayodan
Norma Harris Crad
Florida senator backs 65000 dogfly eradication funds
In Tallahassee the senator voiced an unusual aye on a billion-dollar bill by supporting a 65000 appropriation to eradicate dogflies. Another lawmaker quipped about letting the dogs handle the flies.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Harry Stratton
Senate
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Republic
Port Au Prince
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Organization of American States
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SPRAY
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