Governor Tawes Refuses Freedom Ride Ultimatum
Maryland Governor J Millard Tawes rebukes CORE leaders for planning a November 11 demonstration on Route 40 and declares he will not yield to their ultimatum. He notes public accommodations progress and warns the event would disrupt a delicate state situation as arrests of five CORE members occur near Baltimore.
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Baltimore
J. Millard Tawes
Maryland
General Assembly
Congress
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
CORE
Tawes
Freedom Riders
State Department
Kennedy
New York
District of Columbia
Picasso Birthday Celebration in Valleruis for Picasso
Picassos birthday party drew townspeople to the village square in VALLAURIS, France as crowds gathered for a weekend celebration. Although Picasso planned to attend, he remained at his Cannes villa due to a slight indisposition. Early guest Jacques Duclos attended.
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Vallauris
France
Riviera
Pablo Picasso
Picasso
Cannes
Jacques Duclos
Gunman Eludes Michigan Police in Night of Abductions
Police across Southern Michigan hunted Bill Weingardner 30, and accomplice John L. Rodgers 39 after a spree that included abducting two Jackson police officers Frank Miller 30 and Norman Richmond 31. Rodgers was wounded. Weingardner fled in patrol car and seized a second vehicle.
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Jackson
Mich
Michigan
Bill Weingardner
Cleveland
John L. Rodgers
Phillip Maiville
Ingham County
Weingardner
Marville
Lansing
Rodgers
Frank Miller
Norman Richmond
Newspaper Pioneer Alton Baker Dies in Yakima Meeting
Alton F. Baker, 67, former editor and publisher of The Eugene Register-Guard and long part of a storied newspaper family, died Friday in Yakima while attending a meeting. His father Elbert H. Baker once led The Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Yakima, Wash
Alton F. Baker
Eugene, Ore
Register-Guard
Yakima
Elbert H. Baker
Cleveland Plain Dealer
NAACP Leader Calls Meeting With Sanford Productive
NAACP state president Kelly M. Alexander of Charlotte said his Friday meeting with Governor Terry Sanford was encouraging and productive. The delegation pressed the governor on using race as a criterion in private industry job selection and handed him a written plea on Negro employment.
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Raleigh
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Terry Sanford
Kelly M. Alexander
Charlotte
NAACP
Three Face Kidnaping Charges In Monroe Riot Case
Three suspects including Richard Crowder Harold Reep and John C Lowry face trial in Monroe on charges of kidnapping Mr and Mrs G Bruce Stegall after an interracial riot on August 27 The Stegalls were held captive for about two and a half hours by a crowd of roughly 250 in the Negro area A fifth suspect Robert Williams is being sought and reportedly fled to Cuba Mrs Willie Mae Malory is also charged in the case and is free on bond awaiting a hearing in Cleveland Ohio
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Monroe
N.C
G. Bruce Stegall
Marshville
Stegalls
Crowder
Willie Mae Malory
Macon
New York
Cleveland
Ohio
Robert F. Williams
Cuba
State Employment Service Files and Separate Militias Studied
Officials plan creating files for the State Employment Service and have requested a legal study of a North Carolina law that requires separate enrollment of Negro and white militias.
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North Carolina
Cambodia Threatens Break With Free World Over Aid
Prince Norodom Sihanouk warned Cambodia would sever ties with the free world if U S military aid cannot be used to defend against neighbors. He accused the United States of coercing neutrality and independence, citing renewed tension with Thailand and South Vietnam amid border closures and alleged Cambodian militia clashes.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
Thailand
United States
Free World
Sarit Thanarat
Sihanouk
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Egyptian Candymaking Uses Honey With Nuts and Dried Fruits
Sugar remains unknown in ancient Egyptian sweets as candymakers blend honey with figs dates and nuts and spices. Confections are formed in rough molds and colored vividly to draw attention.
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