Racial Controversy Moves Through Courts Monday
The Associated Press reports a Knoxville protest yielded 55 arrests on disorderly conduct as black and white demonstrators clashed outside three downtown theaters. Meanwhile in Jackson Mississippi 14 Episcopal ministers, including the son in law of Gov Rockefeller, pleaded innocent in a prayer pilgrimage desegregation case.
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Associated Press
Knoxville
Tenn
Neal Long
Jackson
Miss
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Robert L. Pierson
Evanston
Ill
Hinds County Court
Russel Moore
Freedom Riders
Hinds
Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
Memphis
Fishermen Bodies Found After Storm Sinks Pamlico Sound
In Belhaven North Carolina two shrimp fishermen Vernon Gutherie and Ted Gutherie cousins were found dead after their 55 foot trawler the Thomas J sank in 30 feet of water in Pamlico Sound during a fierce wind storm. The bodies were recovered 12 miles northwest of the Ocracoke Island Lifeboat Station as Lonnie Gutherie father of Ted and crewman on a nearby boat brought them ashore. Coroner J B Paul ruled drownings as the cause of death. The Thomas J left Belhaven October 2 and had been due back last Thursday.
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Belhaven
N.C
Pamlico Sound
Vernon Gutherie
Ted Gutherie
Pamlico Beach
Ocracoke Island
Thomas J
Beaufort County
J. B. Paul
Lonnie Gutherie
Paul
Rejection Of Negroes Confirmed By Kings Mountain Board
Kings Mountain School Board reaffirmed its decision to keep Kings Mountain High School all white by denying transfers for Leroy Hastin Davis a 15 year old tenth grader and Lela Inez Davis a 17 year old twelfth grader from Compact Davison High School for Negroes. The board cited overcrowding and best interests of pupils. Mrs. Mable Davis appealed the decision. Dr. P G Padgett cast the lone vote against the motion.
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Kings Mountain, N.C
Kings Mountain School Board
Kings Mountain High School
Leroy Hastin Davis
Lela Inez Davis
Compact- Davison High School
Kings Mountain High
Davis
Mable Davis
P. G. Padgett
Actor 38 Of 39 Cubic meter 40 Compass point
The clue hints at a crossword style entry about an actor connected to the number 38 and unit 39, with a compass point 40 and term 42 consum. It notes he made an odyssey to refugee camps in Europe and the Middle East and is a film figure.
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Europe
Middle
Irish Ready Troops For Congo
London AP reports the Irish Republic prepares a new battalion for U.N. Congo service to relieve the 1st Infantry Group and the 35th Battalion. The unit will include veterans who have previously served in Congo and volunteered for another tour amid recent fighting at Elizabethville and Jadotville in Katanga.
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London
Irish Republic
Congo
U.N
Elizabethville
Jadotville
Katanga
Sam Rayburn Nears Death as He Holds House Speakership
AP reporter William F. Arbogast portrays Sam Rayburn as ailing yet still holder of the Speaker's title. The piece traces Rayburn from rural Tennessee to political power, highlighting his insistence on House prerogatives, tough leadership, and long tenure, ending with June tributes as his health falters.
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William F. Arbogast
House of Representatives
Sam Rayburn
U. S
Rayburn
Arbogast
Washington
Democrat
United States
Texas
Tennessee
Texas House of Representatives
U.S. House of Representatives
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
William Bankhead
Alabama
Speaker
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
Bush League
John Nance Garner
Lyndon B. Johnson
House Rules Committee
Henry Clay
Man versus Squirrel in Nutty Tampa Backyard Feud
Tampa resident Cling Peterson battles a determined female squirrel over a pecan tree. He rigged a metal mesh barrier around the trunk sliced back launch pads and tethered branches to prevent leaps while offering a half share of nuts. The wily rodent may adapt but for now he claims victory.
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Tampa
Fla
Peterson
Shaw Named N C Superior Court Judge
Eugene G. Shaw of Greensboro was appointed by Gov. Sanford to serve as resident Superior Court judge for District 18 A. The term runs to January 1, 1963, succeeding L. Richardson Preyer who becomes U S Middle District judge. Shaw, 62, formerly revenue commissioner and Medical Care Commission chairman, was endorsed by Guilford County Bar.
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Raleigh
L. Richardson Preyer
Eugene G. Shaw
Greensboro
Guilford County
Sanford
Shaw
Preyer
U.S
Medical Care Commission
Pittsburgh
Oak Ridge Military Institute
University of North Carolina
W. Kerr Scott
Soviet links probed in Bang Jensen death case
A Senate subcommittee questions whether former U.N. official Paul Bang Jensen was murdered by Soviet agents or died by his own hand. The 50-year-old Danish diplomat, noted for Hungarian revolution work, disappeared November 1959 and was found shot with a suicide note. investigators say the evidence remains unclear and open.
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Washington
Senate
U.N
Paul Bang-Jensen
Senate Internal Security
New York
Bang-Jensen
CARE
Queens Park
Bang- Jensen
Bananas Appeared As Fruit in Ancient Indian Texts
Early references show bananas consumed as fruit in ancient Indian epics and religious writings. The passages indicate fruit use precedes later botanical classification and widespread cultivation in the region.
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Walian
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Love Valley, Inc
Cint
F & ¢ Finance Co., Inc
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