Meredith criticizes Army and NAACP over desegregation row
James Meredith, the Negro student at the University of Mississippi under federal guard, denounces the Army for segregating troops in Oxford after his appearance nine days earlier and questions the claim he was selected to integrate the university. He urges leaders of unquestioned integrity and says the military units have been re separated since his first two days on campus.
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Oxford, Miss
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Meredith
Oxford
Mississippi Naacp
Aaron Henry
Henry
Fireworks Over Cuba Expected at United Nations
United Nations delegates anticipate renewed clashes over Cuba after Dorticos Torrado's tirade against the United States. The Cuban leader urged the UN condemn U.S. blockade as an act of war, while Adlai Stevenson rejected the accusations as false and insisted the U.S. will defend the hemisphere against aggression. Gromyko's forthcoming remarks on the Soviet buildup in Cuba were also anticipated.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
Cuba
Osvaldo Corticos Torrado
United States
Assembly
Dorticos
General Assembly
Fidel Castro
United Nations
U.S
Andrei A. Gromyko
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Hemisphere
Castro
No Evidence Of Help Soblen Died From Hidden Pills
A coroner jury ruled Dr. Robert A Soblen killed himself by swallowing a sleeping potion hidden in his trousers pocket after collapsing in an ambulance en route to London Airport. The 61 year old New York psychiatrist, a fugitive spy, died five days later at Hillingdon Hospital.
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London
Robert A. Soblen
United States
Soviet Union
Hillingdon Hospital
James McKay
McKay
Soblen
New York
Brixton
U A R forces bolster Yemen regime amid royalist push
In Aden AP report troops and planes of the United Arab Republic back the Yemeni revolutionary government as royalists claim a two pronged attack to encircle Sana. U A R forces guard airports and port while Yemen’s rebel premier Sallal touts self reliance and foreign backing.
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David Lancashire
Aden
United Arab Republic
Yemen
Sana
U.A.R
Sana’s
Hodeida
Abdullah Sallal
U.A.R. Middle East
Taizz
Sallal
Yemen Army
Italy
Cairo
Legation
Washington
Saif al Islam al Hassan
Saudi Arabia
Congress Hopes to Finish This Week Says McCormack
House Speaker John W. McCormack says Congress may wrap up this week after reporting 73 of 108 Kennedy-recommended major bills approved, a stronger record than Eisenhower era 29 of 67. A pension bill sits on the President’s desk with a Wednesday deadline and risk of pocket veto. There is little House business due to Rep. Clem Miller’s death and Senate action centers on foreign aid.
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Washington
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
McCormack
Kennedy
Congress
lCongress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Capitol
House
Clem Miller
California
Senate
Ways and Means
Tee
Railway Granted Free Hand in Telegraphers Discharges
An arbitration board ruled the Chicago and North Western Railway may discharge telegraphers deemed obsolete or unnecessary with layoff benefits. The decision, final and binding, lets management make the final call after advance notice and union discussion. The ruling ends a month long Midwest strike settled by binding arbitration with Adams.
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Washington
Chicago and North Western Railway
Sylvester Garrett
George E. Leighty
Afl-Cio Order of Railroad Telegraphers
Ben W. Heineman
Garrett
Kennedy
Girl faces expulsion over gym shorts demand in Ohio
Judy Rae Bushong 17 refuses to wear knee length shorts in Springfield Township High School gym class citing religious beliefs. The board voted unanimously to expel if she does not comply within a week. principal James Stone and Superintendent Charles Rieger defend the rule amid parental and ministerial opposition.
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Akron, Ohio
Judy Rae Bushong
Township
Judy
Harbert Bushong
Church of Saul's Harbor
Waynesburg
Canton
Springfield Township High School
James Stone
Charles Rieger
Boards of Education
Rieger
Stone
Miss Bushong
Norman Ott
I. D. Swinehart
First Wesleyan Methodist Church of
Akron
B. W. Hale
Missionary Gospel Church
F. E. Satterfield
Tallmadge
Trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd escapes Arizona hospital
Winnie Ruth Judd known as the Tiger Woman escaped Monday night from Arizona State Hospital. Though convicted of murder in 1931 and later deemed insane, she is 57 and not considered dangerous by Hospital Superintendent Samuel Wick.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Arizona State Hospital
Samuel Wick
Judd
Wick
Western Prestige Shaken by East German Ambulance Blockade
Western Allies protest East German guards blocking a British army ambulance near the Berlin Wall after a man was shot. Soviets refuse to accept the protest and Western officials fear further actions yet foresee no immediate punitive measures. Mayor Brandt’s party calls for Soviet vehicle bans, but no plans emerged.
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Berlin
Berlin Wall
East Berlin
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Socialist Party
New York
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Calif
Ing Class
Knudsen
Trunk
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