Case attacks economic boycott of Negro voting in Tennessee
Sen Clifford P Case R New Jersey condemned the effort to starve out Negroes in Haywood County Tennessee to block voting. He cited a Justice Department suit against 27 individuals and two banks over threats and intimidation and noted the large black unregistered population amid years of suppressed elections.
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Newark
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
Lincoln Park
Fayette and
Haywood Counties
Tenn
Case
America
Justice Department
Haywood County
Election Commission
Communists Return From U N Visit With Mixed Signals At Home
Six Communist satellite leaders wrap up their United Nations trip amid cautious verdicts about its value. Khrushchev’s influence looms as Gomulka Novotny Zhivkov Shehu Gheorghiu Dej defend Soviet lines on peaceful coexistence and German issues while Kadar pleads for Hungarians to return home after the revolution.
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United Nations
N.Y
United Nations Assembly
United States
Iron Curtain
Khrushchev
Washington
Hungary
Janos Kadar
Albania
Mehmet Shehu
Manhattan
Poland
Vladweplan Gomulka
Czechoslavikoja
Antonin Novotny
Bulgaria
Todor Zhivkov
Romania
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej — Fee
China
Gomulka
Novotny
Adam Rapacki
Learn tricks to count bushmen in arid South-West Africa
A census taker in Windhoek used tobacco and light liquor to attract bushmen for counting. When the gifts led to double counting, he marked each counted individual with indelible ink on the arm, arguing water was scarce and washing impractical.
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Windhoek
South-West Africa
Koot Theron
Theron
South - West Africa
Negro Youth Claims KKK Beat Him Up
Duval County investigators pursue a 16 year old Curtis Patterson's claim that three armed white men, posing as Ku Klux Klan members, beat him on a suburban road as he rode a bicycle. He says they forced him into a car, threatened him with a sawed off shotgun and a revolver, then fled. He was treated at Duval Medical Center and released.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Duval County
F. K. Petty
Joe Anderson
Curtis Edward Patterson
Duval Medical Center
Patterson
Conference On Religion Continues at Southern Region Meet
In Montreat North Carolina the Southern Region Christian Endeavor Conference enters its second day with a panel discussion and election of regional officers. New officers include Alice Goodman as chairman Violet Keith as vice chairman Phyllis Link as secretary and Bobby Adams as treasurer. Phyllis Rike led a publicity session outlining plans to mark the International Society of Christian Endeavor 80th anniversary during Christian Endeavor Week starting February 2 1961. The conference concludes Sunday.
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Montreat
N.C
Southern Region Christian Endeavor
Alice Goodman
Roanoke
Violet Keith
Birmingham
Ala
Phyllis Link
Bobby Adams
Burlington and Winston-Salem
Phyllis Rike
Columbus
Ohio
International Society of Christian Endeavor
Christian Endeavour
Parade Ground Casualty At Fort Hood
Oklahoma Gov. J Howard Edmondson was the only casualty as the 45th Infantry Division held its annual review. He pricked his finger pinning a distinguished service medal on Maj. Gen. Hal L. Muldrow Jr.
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North
Fort Hood
Tex
Oklahoma
J. Howard Edmondson
45Th Infantry Division
Hal L. Muldrow Jr
Bear Kill Shot Draws Outcry For Roy Cardew
Roy Cardew of National Mine Michigan drew protests after shooting six of seven bears in a tree near his home to protect children. He said there was no sport in hunting bears and he acted out of concern for safety.
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Ishpeming, Mich
Roy Cardew
Cardew
Upper Michigan
Here
Bears
Constellation Navy Christens New Carrier in New York
The Navy christened the 60 000 ton carrier Constellation at the New York Naval Shipyard with Mrs. Christian A. Herter naming the ship. Franke said the vessel is needed to replace aging Essex‑class carriers and to keep the fleet edge with modern Forrestal class design and 200 000 horsepower delivering over 20 knots. The ship uses Terrier surface to air missiles instead of guns and has advanced catapults for heavier aircraft.
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New York
Navy
Constellation Franke
Christian A. Herter
Franke
New York Naval Shipyard
Constellation
Forrestal
Permit sales for hunting drop slightly
Washington AP reports 11,924,033 people in 46 states bought hunting licenses in 1959, down 2.2 percent from 1958. Four states Colorado Michigan Minnesota Wisconsin lack complete data and contest a rule tying federal wildlife funds to license holders rather than total licenses sold.
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Washington
Interior Department
Department
Colorado
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Police Fire On Rioters In Africa
Police opened fire on rioters in the Harare township near Salisbury, killing six Africans and wounding many as stores burned and vehicles were attacked. Riots followed a white motorist striking an African in the township and spread across Harare and Highfields with beer halls burned and looted.
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Salisbury
Southern Rhodesia
Harare
Harara
Highfields
Leopoldville Police Brief Mutiny Over Pay Demands
Leopoldo ville police briefly mutinied to press for higher monthly pay and detained district commissioners and three provincial ministers for three hours. A Congolese bystander was slightly wounded by a stray bullet as the force announced a wage strike. The officials were released after pledges for better pay, while loyalty to Lumumba persisted amid political friction.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Leopoldville
Lufungula
Patrice Lumumba
Lumumba
Joseph Mobutu
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