Josh White Sings Blues and Gospel Roots in a Storied Career
Josh White, a celebrated folk blues and gospel singer known for Strange Fruit and Hard Time Blues, was born in Greenville Washington DC. He rose to fame with the Chain Gang Album at the start of World War II and performed at Café Society and the Blue Angel in New York. He toured the college circuit later, often with his children, and lived in New York City. White died at North Shore Hospital in Manhasset after years of inactivity due to heart trouble.
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Murder Charge In Gun Death In Greensboro
Mrs. Rochelle of Eton College is held without bond on a murder charge in the gunshot death of her husband, 29, whose body was found on a road near their home by a passing motorist. Deputies say she reported the shooting when the body was discovered.
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William Rochelle
Eton College
Guilford County
Senate Republicans debate interim leadership after Dirksen illness
Senator Scott Smith and Senator Allott share the mantle of Republican leadership as Dirksen undergoes lung cancer surgery. Margaret Chase Smith and Gordon Allott join in a collective leadership with Milton Young, while Dirksen’s six week hospital stay prompts Scott to cover floor duties and Smith to handle the military authorization bill.
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Dirksen
Senate
Eady
Roman L. Hruska
Hugh Scott
Gop Braska
Ceut Mk
Laikset
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Gordon Alliott
Colorado
Milton R. Young
North Dakota
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Pennsylvania
Dirk
Armstrong Arrives Home With Family After Return
Neil Armstrong steps from the plane with wife Janet and two sons Eric 12 and Mark 6. A crowd gathers behind the airport fence as officers escort the family in an eight car caravan to their parents' brick ranch on Neil Armstrong Drive named after his Gemini 8 flight.
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Janet
Purdue University
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Mark
Neil Armstrong
Barricades Breached As British Troops Enter Belfast
British troops breached barricades in Belfast's Falls Road Catholic stronghold seeking to restore order. Infantry used tear gas, spoke with entrenched vigilantes, and later agreed with the defense committee to remove barriers while providing street protection.
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Northern Ireland
Albert Road
Falls Road
Defense Committee
Senate
Allott
Nixon
Dirksen
Black calls for swift end to school desegregation
Justice Black attacks delays in desegregation, urging full court action by start of next school year. He says all deliberate speed is a euphemism for delay and cites Mississippi districts where desegregation was allowed to stall. Fund advocates seek full court review after summer recess.
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Supreme Court
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Mississippi
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Virginia
Tennessee
Jack Greenberg
Arkansas
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