Hope Inc mobilizes parents in fight over Georgia public schools
Atlanta parents form Hope Inc to guard public education amid segregation crisis. The inchoate group claims 18 000 to 20 000 members or supporters statewide and 13 000 in Atlanta, vowing to resist any plan to close schools or delay desegregation while the Atlanta Board of Education appeals a federal desegregation order due by December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
Hope, Inc
Hope
Atlanta Board of Education
William Pauley
City
Mob violence cools in Indian city after arrests
In an Indian port city the unrest wanes though tensions persist. Communists blame the West Bengal government for allowing hooliganism after 90 movement leaders were arrested two weeks ago. They frame the uproar as a political weapon tied to food grain control and Kerala's ousting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Son Seees
West Bengal
Kerala
India
Long Wins Bout In Committee In Louisiana Gov Race
The Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee voted 93 to 1 that Gov Earl K Long must resign to run for another term. It rejected barring his candidacy entirely and set December 5 as the date for the Democratic primary for governor and state offices. The panel censured Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler and demanded his ouster.
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Baton Rouge
Democratic State Central Committee
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Paul Butler
Long
Garrett
Vacation ends in tragedy for husband and five children
In Townsend Wisconsin a family vacation turned deadly when leaking coal or bottle gas filled a one room cottage. John Rouge 44 found his wife Gloria 32 and five children Kathleen 9 Christopher 7 Cynthia 6 Kenneth 3 Carolina 1% dead inside. Authorities say the children likely died at least 24 hours earlier with bottled gas used for the fridge stove and lights.
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Townsend
Wis
Wisconsin
John Rouge
Milwaukee
Gloria Rouge
Laona
Kathleen
Christopher
Cynthia
Kenneth
Carolina
Oconto County
Clarence McMahon
Here
Rouge
Kennethie
Cypress Tree of Sorrowful Night Memorial in Mexico City
The Cypress tree in Mexico City is linked to Cortez pausing in 1520 to mourn a crushing Spanish defeat in the New World, a somber moment under its boughs that locals recall as part of colonial memory.
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Mexico City
Cortez
New World
Finance Move Urged to Boost Federal Gas Tax
Washington Senator Byrd urged a penny gas tax increase to fund highway programs amid deficits from 1956 1958 funding choices and rising costs. The plan would raise the rate from 3 to 4 cents and run Oct 1 1960 to June 30 1961 with further funding debates shaping alternative uses of federal excise taxes.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Senate
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Byrd
Congress
Lars
Aen Pia Oy
Gore
Special
Senate Committee
House
Stay In School For Good Job
Washington AP Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell urged youths to return to school this semester. He cited government research showing education and training drive job success and higher pay, noting white collar work surpasses blue collar and high school non-graduates face higher unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Labor
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
Labor Department
Americans in Cuba citizenship status debated
A Cuba based AP report says most Americans who joined Fidel Castro’s rebel forces have returned to the United States to try to keep U.S. citizenship. Washington has refused to allow some to stay without losing citizenship and notes those who remained since Jan. 2, 1959 face potential revocation. Capt Herman Marks and Lt Gerry Holthaus among those mentioned, with others cited as advisors or deserters.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
Cuba
U.S
U.S. State Department
Castro
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
House Committee On UN
State Department
Morgan
Her
Man Marks
Milwaukee
Wis
la Cabana
Gerry Holthausn
Decatur
Ill
Paul Hughes
Atlanta
U. S. Naval
James Gentry
San Antonio
Tex
Weird Light Seen Over England Stirs Pilots Coast Guards
London reports flood of sightings of a vivid green line and red flash over southern England. Captain Herbert Bailey of BEA says the light filled a third of his cockpit window at about 20 000 feet before breaking into fragments that moved away. Golfers near Daventry witnessed a green flash break into white fragments. Coast guards initially treated it as a distress rocket but lifeboats found nothing. Air Ministry suggests a meteorite as a possibility.
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London
England
Herbert Bailey
British European Airways
Paris
Daventry
South Midlands
Coast Guards
Air Ministry
Vasco Balboa First European To See The South Sea
The article credits Vasco de Balboa as the first European to reach and glimpse the Pacific Ocean, which he named the South Sea, marking a pivotal discovery in early exploration.
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South Sea
Vasco de Balboa
Pacific Ocean
Migrant Worker Johnnie Perkins Sought On Multiple Charges
Hendersonville police issued four warrants for Johnnie G. Perkins 34 a Negro migrant worker in the assault with intent to kill rape and robbery of Mrs E B Quinn Jr. The case includes burglary of 400 and a wristwatch plus larceny of the Quinn car. A fingerprint linked Perkins to the home and Quinn remained hospitalized in improved condition.
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Hendersonville
N.C
William V. Powers
Johnnie G. Perkins
E. B. Quinn, Jr
Perkins
Quinn
Claude Davis
State Bureau of Investigation
Prisoner Made to Wash Sheriff's Patrol Cars and Repair Truck
Charles Fowler, a county prisoner in CLATHE Kansas, was ordered to wash the sheriff's patrol cars in the courthouse parking lot. While washing, a telephone repair truck in a vacant stall was also washed after his supervisor said to wash everything in the line. A sympathetic repairman gave him a dollar. The water supply was provided by the county.
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Clathe
Kan
Charles Fowler
Fowler
Dog Jumps On Gun Fatally Wounds Man In Louisiana
A hunting dog leaped onto a 12 gauge shotgun in a car as a man named J. F. Fairchild, 62, talked with a friend near Sandy Creek. The gun discharged, injuring him in the stomach and he died about 30 minutes later. Coroner ruled the death accidental.
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Greenwill Springs
J. F. Fairchild
Livestock Branch Commission
Sandy Creek
Robert Buhler
Buhler
Fairchild
Jesse Fairchild
Laymen Protest Church Race Role in Montgomery
A group of over 200 Methodist lay officials from 15 Montgomery churches protest using church resources to promote racial integration. They condemn northern church leaders and say continued agitation strains Southern churches and risks loss of membership and resources. They contend most thoughtful Negroes prefer their own churches and call for mutual good will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
South
Methodist Conference On Human Relations
Dallas
Tex
Crop duster pilot falls after throttle release
Chester Bone, crop dusting pilot, landed to check a field when the throttle accidentally opened. He grabbed a wing but fell off as the aircraft ran over him three times and crashed into a fence. Bone sustained minor injuries.
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Hopkinsville
Chester Bone
Bone
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