Dr Henry Jordan withdraws from governor race
Dr Henry Jordan of Cedar Falls withdrew from the North Carolina Democratic gubernatorial race due to health reasons from Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro. He endorsed Dan K Moore of Canton while noting his 65th birthday and his inability to sustain the campaign.
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Greensboro
N.C
Henry Jordan
Cedar Falls
Dan K. Moore
Canton
Moses Cone Hospital
Jordan
Moore
Champion Paper & Fibre Co
U. S
Everett Jordan
State Highway Commission
W. Kerr Scott
Highway Commission
Sen
Randolph
Alamance
Harriman Says Khrushchev Aims Arms Cutback
Under secretary of State W Averell Harriman says Khrushchev wants to curb military spending to grow the civilian economy. He cites three reasons for backing the test ban including avoiding nuclear war and isolating Red China. He warns ratification is vital to the United States to prevent a Khrushchev victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W. Averell Harriman
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Harriman
Khrushchev
Red China
United States
Russia
Quiet Rules After Racial Uproar in Falcroft
In Falcroft Pennsylvania tense quiet returned after violence erupted when the first Negro family moved into a previously all white development. Col E W Purdy and about 100 state troopers patrolled the Horace Bakers home area and searched approaching cars. Police horses assisted troopers and liquor sale venues were temporarily closed to prevent further disturbances. Four people were injured, including a trooper and a civilian, but none seriously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Baker
Falcroft
Folcroft
Philadelphia
Col. E. Wilson Purdy
Pennsylvania
Horace Bakers
Lee
Bakers
Singleton Shaeffer
Schaeffer
Glenolden and
Darby
World Council of Churches denounces racial segregation
The World Council of Churches declared that Christians supporting racial segregation betray Christ and the church. The statement, adopted unanimously by the Central Committee, calls radical changes to remove barriers worldwide including South Africa and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N.Y
World Council of Churches
Christ
Council
South Africa
United States
Kathleen Bliss
England
Eugene Carson Blake
Philadelphia
United Presbyterian
Diem relaxes Buddhist restrictions as Lodge tours Saigon
In Saigon the Diem government eases martial law limits and allows the main pagoda to reopen after 10 days. U S Ambassador Lodge walks unguarded with his wife amid guarded streets as Buddhist leaders and officials describe a cautious peace gesture from Diem.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Xa Lai
Diem
U.S. Information Agency
Lodge
Presidential Palace
Tu Nghiem
Missing Michigan girl linked to New York trip
Jacqueline Wilson 16, last seen after a civil rights rally in Washington. Friends say she planned to go to New York with Michigan student Allen Ehrlich, possibly seeking a waitress job. Her father Dr. Russell Wilson appeals to police and FBI for help tracing her.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Washqueline Wilson
Daughington
Lutzier
Jacqueline
Patricia
New York
Paul Lutzier
Washington
The
Society of Friends
Russell Wilson
Michigan
FBI
Kennedy
Wilson
Detroit
Allen Ehrlich
Ehrlich
Student Non-Violent Coordinating
Laurie Wender
Dr. Wilson
Charles Thomas
Lincoln Memorial
Quads' Mother Seeks Normal Life After Births
Delores Harris, 19, mother of the United States first known identical quadruplets, seeks education and a steady job. A court ordered her estranged husband Bernard to contribute $30 weekly support while public aid and gifts assist the quads and their brother Shawn. The grandmother says Lawrence Smith provides $193 monthly for Harris home. Smith also works as a car hauler and earns about $90 weekly.
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Chicago
Delores Harris
United States
Bernard
Shawn
Harris
Dunbark High School
Sheena
Shawna
Sherry
Shannon
Davenport
Nellie Smith
Lawrence Smith
Smiths
Rally of Klan Draws 2000 to Salisbury Farm
About 2,000 people gathered on a farm wagon bed in Salisbury to hear Imperial Wizard Robert M. Shelton denounce the civil rights movement as Communist inspired. A 25 foot cross was burned as he spoke, with hooded Klansmen guarding the event and a security detail in uniform. Shelton urged letters to Congress opposing civil rights legislation and framed the rally as part of a broad effort to counteract the movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
N. C
Robert M. Shelton
United Ku Klux Klan of America
Shelton
South Carolina
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Congress
Klan
Frances Daniels
Atlanta
The
Ladies of the Ku Klux Klan of America
Ed Earnhardt
Here
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Rowan County
Byrd Attacks White House Jet and Car Fleet Critique
Sen. Harry Byrd at Berryville criticizes President Kennedy’s use of military and government aircraft, yachts, and a private eight million dollar Boeing 707. White House sources defend the fleet noting existing planes, new additions, and lawful government use.
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White House
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Kennedy
Byrd
Berryville
House
Ian
A Force
Air Force Douglas
Air Force
British Defector Burgess Dies in Moscow Hospital
Guy Burgess a British Foreign Office official who fled to the Soviet Union in 1951 with Donald Maclean died in a Moscow hospital after a heart attack. Burgess aged 53 admitted homosexual and Communist sympathizer. Maclean’s wife Melinda confirmed the death. The pair left Britain on May 25 1951 and later appeared in Moscow in 1956 defending Soviet policy.
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London
Guy Burgess
Foreign Office
Soviet Union
Wth
Donald Maclean
Moscow
Friends
Burgess
Cambridge
Eve Bassett
Melinda Maclean
Fof
Maclean
Washington
Middle East
Washington Post
Britain
France
Enfield Protest Over Segregation Draws Troopers
About 1,000 to 1,200 African Americans demonstrated in Enfield North Carolina with highway patrols deployed. Officers reported nearly 100 arrests amid reports of hoses and bottle brick throwing though no injuries were confirmed.
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Enfield
N. C
North Carolina
Highway Patrol
William Lentz
Raleigh
Robert Blow
New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Blow
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