Bi Racial CORE group reports bus terminal assault
A CORE led bi racial group claims they were roughed at a Greyhound terminal in Rock Hill South Carolina. Albert Bigelow and John Lewis said they faced attacks after entering the white waiting room while Genevieve Hughes was knocked down. No charges were filed and the tour to challenge segregation continues with slated stops in the South.
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Rock Hill
D.C
Albert Bigelow
Cos Cob
Joe Perkins
New York City
Charlotte
N.C
Edward Blankenheim
Tucson
Ariz
Bigelow
Lewis
Trailways
Sumter
Atlanta
Birmingham
Montgomery
Ala
Jackson
Miss
New Orleans
Greensboro
Rites for Silent Film Star Anita Stewart Converse
Funeral services for silent film star Anita Stewart Converse were attended by more than 150 people in Hollywood. The Rev. David Eagle conducted the rites at Wee Kirk o the Heather with early film notables Vivian Duncan, Barbara Shields, Claire Windsor, Laura La Plante, May MacAvoy and Mae Murray among the mourners.
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Hollywood
Anita Stewart Converse
David Eagle
All Saints Episcopal Church
Wee Kirk O' the Heather
Vivian Duncan
Barbara Shields
Claire Windsor
Laura la Plante
May MacAvoy
Mae Murray
Pigs in Transit Crash Kills and Injures Pigs in Park
An overturned tractor trailer carrying 216 pigs to slaughter blocked Fairmount Parkway in Philadelphia for five hours. About 80 pigs weighing 200 to 220 pounds each were killed or fatally injured and euthanized by a veterinarian.
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Philadelphia
Fairmount Park
Squirt From Wrong Bottle Disastrous
Television writer Cynthia Lowry reports on TV related mishaps including an elderly viewer mishearing the Mercury recovery as a Lake Champlain landing, Garry Moore’s pajamas at home, and a shoe polish hair incident. NBC delayed The Renegade to cover the Eichmann trial while Martin Agronsky returned with new film. Perry Como Show and Moment of Panic are recommended tonight.
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Cynthia Lowry
NEW York
Lake Champlain
Garry Moore
Morfit
Garry
NBC
Eichmann
Martin Agronsky
Israel
Perry Como
Paul Anka
Marion Marlowe
Circle Theatre
CBS
18 Arrested in West Germany for Distributing Pamphlets
Karlsruhe Germany AP reports the federal prosecutor's office said 18 people were arrested Monday in West Germany on suspicion of distributing communist pamphlets and periodicals.
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Karlsruhe
Germany
Federal Prosecutor's
West Germany
Philosophical Well Digger Sparks Poetry
Raleigh reporter notes Rep Ike Andrews as unofficial poet laureate for the Legislature. During a talk on a well diggers bill Rep John Kerr jokes about his past as a well digger, prompting Ike to improvise a verse about Kerr as a "philosophical well digger." The quip highlights legislative wit and playful character portraits.
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Ike Andrews
Chatham
John Kerr
Ike
Republican bid to loosen North Carolina voting oath stalls
In Raleigh a House Elections Committee hears Rep. Bill Osteen's measure to drop the requirement that newly registered voters swear to support all nominees of their chosen party. Critics argue the oath overreaches and may be unconstitutional. Debate centers on party loyalty and ballot integrity.
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Lynn Nisbet
Raleigh
Bill Hunt
ABC Board
ABC
Hunt
House Committee On Elections and Election Laws
Bill Osteen
Democratic Committee
Rep. Osteen
Osteen
Guilford
Ed Kemp
Baptist Church
Winston - Salem
Bill Wood
Duplin
Hugh 8. Johnson Jr
Laos Talks to Get Title
Britain and the Soviet Union agreed on the official title for the Laos talks in Geneva. The meeting of 14 nations will be called the International Conference for the Settlement of the Laos Question.
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Geneva
Britain
Soviet Union
Laos
Rhee Freed After Hospital Confinement in Hawaii
Former South Korean president Syngman Rhee was released from Tripler Army Hospital in Honolulu after three weeks of confinement for a back abscess. Hospital spokesmen described his health as good and improving.
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Honolulu
Syngman ‘Rhee
Tripler Army Hospital
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