Negroes Return To School in Prince Edward County
In Farmville Virginia Negro children returned to school at Mary Branch Elementary No.2 and other sites today ending a four year drought. An estimated 1200 to 1600 pupils are expected this week in the free private schools created to bypass integration. Two white children joined the black students in the new schools as private schooling continues, with about $200,000 raised to fund the effort.
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Farmville
Prince Edward County
Mary Branch
Kennedy
Prince Edward
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
The
School Association
Virginia
Colgate W. Darden
Fischer Quintuplets Doing Fine
ABERDEEN South Dakota AP The Fischer quintuplets four girls and a boy were doing fine as they neared the end of a 72 hour critical period Doctors said they may switch to a formula diet today The babies were born Saturday to Mr and Mrs Andrew Fischer The father aided by milking cows and planning to stay at work Mrs Fischer rested in hospital Doctor Berbos reported the quintuplets were fed about four cubic milliliters? and continued to improve
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Fischer
Andrew Fischer
Aberdeen
S.D
James Andrew Fischer
James Berbos
Nash-Finch Co
Birmingham Calm After Deadly Bombing Sparks Federal Probe
A special federal grand jury was ordered to probe Birmingham racial outbreaks amid a church bombing that killed four children and injured 23. President Kennedy voiced outrage, while calm returned as FBI bomb experts searched the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church and National Guardsmen kept watch.
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George C. Wallace
Albert Boutwell
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
Pittsburgh teen reads 16000 words a minute and more
AP wirephoto reports Bill Carmack a 17 year old student from Mt Washington Pittsburgh. Teachers say he can read 16000 words per minute with peaks to 30000 and once 40000. He demonstrated rapid reading with a 1500 word article about Alexander the Great and summarized it with two dates correctly. He can also breeze through about 50 newspaper columns in a minute at top speed.
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Pittsburgh
Bill Carmack
Mt. Washington
South Hills High
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Ischool
Roy T. Mattern
Bill
Alexander the Great
Alexander
Elsie M. ‘Murphy
George Orwell
Arge
Senators Clash Over Limited Test Ban Pact in Senate Debate
Washington AP senators voiced fierce views on ratification with Robertson warning of terrifying blackmail by the Soviet Union if approved. Sparkman Neuberger and McGovern defended the pact while Neuberger framed the vote as a defense of children and future generations. The historic debate neared its second week as lawmakers prepare to vote a two thirds majority is required.
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Washington
A. Willis Robertson
D-Va
United States
Russia
McGovern
Sen. Neuberger
Clair Engle
D\Calif
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Soviet Union signs massive Canada wheat deal
Ottawa AP reports the Soviet Union agreed to buy nearly 500 million dollars worth of Canadian wheat and flour for delivery over 100 months in a three year trade pact. Mitchell Sharp and Borisov signed the agreement, projecting Canada’s 1963 64 wheat exports to reach a record 550 million bushels with over a billion dollars in foreign exchange earnings. Russia pays 25 percent cash with the rest due over 18 months.
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Soviet Union
Mitchell Sharp
S.A. Borisov
Russia
Ideputy
Canada
Sharp
Lin
Borisov
Bee Sting Fatal in New Canaan Yard Incident
Jack Creamer, 47, was stung by a bee while working in his yard in New Canaan. Despite allergy pills, cortisone, adrenalin, oxygen, and external heart massage, he died shortly after arrival at Norwalk Hospital. He carried the pills since a previous sting and sought medical help with Dr. Horace J. Crary.
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New Canaan
JFK Outraged By Bomb Killings in Birmingham
President Kennedy voiced outrage and grief over the bomb killings of four Negro children in Birmingham Alabama. He urged the nation to unite for peaceful progress and domestic justice, praising Birmingham’s Negro leaders for counseling restraint amid rising violence.
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Washington
Kennedy
Birmingham
Ala
United States
Pierre Salinger
White House
Robert F. Kennedy
Salinger
Newport
R.I
Alabama
Rights Action Urged After Birmingham Church Bombing
In the Senate the bombing of a Negro church in Birmingham Alabama was deplored as a tragic blow to race relations and spurred calls for quicker civil rights action. Majority Leader Mike Mansfield called the act reprehensible and outrageous and urged swift punishment of the guilty.
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Washington
Birmingham
Ala
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Birminggrdiham
Alabama
United States
Jacob K.javits
R-N.y
Birmingham Speech and Civil Rights Debate Over Federal Action
Senators reacted to the Birmingham church bombing and pledged swift civil rights action. Jacob Javits urged immediate consideration of a public accommodations bill, while Mansfield delays the overall seven point program. King warned of a potential racial holocaust without federal steps, and Javits blamed Alabama Governor George Wallace for promoting law disrespect.
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House
Senate Commerce Committee
Soo
Kennedy
Mansfield
Thomas H. Kuchel
California
America City
Kuchel
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Birmingham
Javits
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Martin Luther. King Jr
School Boycotts Continue Across Alabama Public Schools
In Birmingham and Tuskegee segregationist boycotts hitting recently integrated schools persist. Tuskegee High School reported only thirteen Black students attending while Birmingham schools showed lower overall attendance, tied to ongoing protests though some early signs hinted improved desegregation. Police guarded West End High amid prior demonstrations but were not needed today.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Tuskegee
Tuskegee High School
West End High
Graymont Elementary
Ramsay High School
Mobile
Huntsville
Plane Crash Kills Pilot Near Pembroke North Carolina
An Air Force trainer aircraft crashed and burned near Pembroke North Carolina killing the pilot. The plane circled the area several minutes before slamming into a cornfield northwest of town. The pilot’s name was withheld pending notification of kin. An Air Force investigation team was dispatched to the scene.
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Pembroke
N.C
Air Force
Ares
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