Racial Strife Persists in Chester Pa Civil Rights Push
In Chester Pennsylvania clashes over school integration continue after five months of demonstrations. Mayor James T. Gorbey defends orderly lawfulness while James Farmer of CORE likens Chester to Birmingham. Demands include desegregation, better housing, and equal job opportunities amid a rift over neighborhood schools and busing.
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Lee Linder
Chester
Birmingham
Worth
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
James T. Gorbey
William Penn
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Frances P. Donahoe
Stanley Branche
Side Glances on School Integration and Board Action
Chairman of the Committee for Freedom Now opposes busing to balance schools and urges the school board to act. Superintendent Long says integration exists with 11,150 pupils, 6,725 Black, while Branche calls for tokenism and equality. NAACP official Savage wavers between protests and legal routes as tensions rise. Nearby, national forests cover more than two million acres in the Ouachita and Ozark ranges.
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Branche
Charles Long
Tri-State
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Savage
State Human Relations Commission
Ouachita and
Ozark Mountains
Castro Will Take Steps Against U S Recon Flights
Fidel Castro warned Cuba would defend sovereignty to the limit and seek to prevent U S reconnaissance flights. He did not specify use of Soviet missiles and spoke at a Japanese diplomatic reception in Havana. The U S said it would continue flights despite Cuban protests and Soviet support.
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Fidel Castro
Cuba
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Castro
Puzzle: Bird Watching Across Harbinger of Spring
Puzzle items mix bird names, clues and wordplay across themes of nature and history. The list includes extinct birds, seas, creatures, instruments and linguistic twists with cryptic style hints. Answers point to a connected word puzzle, blending biology, geography and culture with a vintage newspaper vibe.
Methodists Debate Racial Issue at 1964 General Conference
In Pittsburgh delegates continued debate over civil disobedience and race within the Methodist Church. The report Christian Social Concerns backed limited civil disobedience while integrationists pressed for voluntary, gradual church integration. Critics warned the report risked endorsing anarchy and sought to restore a stronger integration plan. Demonstrations and kneel-ins challenged the conference as activists urged merging Negro and white jurisdictions for swift action.
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The
Methodist Church
Harold A. Bosley
Christ Church
Methodist
New York
G. Ross Freeman
Atlanta
Freeman
East German freed American prisoner ends 2 year term
John Frederic Loba, 41, of Altadena, California, was released after nearly two years of a 242 year sentence for helping East Germans flee to the west. Other world items note Panama Canal talks, Ghana hospital serum shortage, Kashmir talks, U N racial conflict action, and Polish Cardinal Wyszynski's Austrian visit.
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John Frederic Loba
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U.S
Washington
Panama Canal
Accra
Ghana
Lawrence R. Abavana
New Delhi
India
Sheik Abdullah
Nehru
Kashmir
Srimalayan
Pakistan
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N.Y
Security Council
South Africa
Vienna
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Poland
Warsaw
Europe
Austria
Rome
Ecumenical Council
Franziskus Cardinal Koenig
Descendant of Royalty Dies in Ireland at 62
KILLARNEY Ireland AP Francis Alexander Eveleigh Ross De Moleyns a descendant of King James IV of Scotland and a major landowner died at his Irish home Wednesday at age 62. His Balnagown Castle estates in northern Scotland spanned 300000 acres until he sold 100000 acres for 420000 pounds last year. Cause of death was not announced.
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Killarney
Ireland
Francis Alexander Eveleigh- Ross-De-Moleyns
James IV of Scotland
Britain
Balnagown
Scotland
Faubus doubts gambling will raise Arkansas crime
Governor Faubus said legalized gambling in Hot Springs likely won t raise statewide crime and Nevada data shows low resident crime but higher visitor crime. He notes safeguards against crime syndicates and opposes gambling on moral grounds while backing a flexible rural road plan with no interference from the Mack Blackwell Amendment.
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Little Rock
Orval E. Faubus
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Faubus
Nevada
Garland County
Garland
Highway Commission
Ben Casey may rethink neurosurgery says TV advisor
AP reports ABC medical drama Ben Casey relies on nurse Alice Rodriguez as technical advisor not a neurosurgeon. Three medical consultants aid writers. she checks operations, orders supplies, and flags medical inaccuracies. The show faced season lows after shifting to a competing time. CBS plans to cancel Made in America as a replacement unfolds.
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NEW York
Ben Casey
ABC
Alice Rodriguez
Max Warner
CBS
NBC
Las Vegas
Imatch
Churchmen divided on prayer issue in schools
Washington AP report shows religious groups split over amending the Constitution to permit prayers in public schools. Opponents include American Jewish community and Pennsylvania clergy. supporters include the National Association of Evangelicals. Critics warn of chaos and tension while proponents seek a carefully worded measure.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
House Judiciary Committee
National Association of Evangelicals
Chad P. Combs
United Presbyterian Church
Supreme Court
Robert A. Cook
Irwin M. Blank
Teple Sinai
Tenafly
Mwd
Synagogue Council of America
Synagogue Council
Columbia University
Philip H. Phenix
Incident on Wilson Street documentary by NBC
NBC presents a documentary focusing on children living in an underprivileged neighborhood on Wilson Street. The program examines daily challenges, schooling access, housing conditions, and community resilience, highlighting voices of local youths and guardians.
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Wilson Street
NBC
Boy Rescued From Niagara Gorge
A 15 year old boy, George Lawrence of Niagara Falls Ontario, fell about halfway down a 200 foot gorge and was rescued. Fire crews used a ladder and rope system to lower five rescuers into the chasm, securing the teen in a basket to withdraw him from the edge and river danger. Ken Goodman, also 15, witnessed the fall and described the moment he disappeared into the gorge.
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Ont
Niagara River
George Lawrence
Ken _Goodman
Lawrence
Faubus Speeched at National Insurance Meeting
Gov. Orval Faubus told about 350 commissioners and insurance men from eight states at Hot Springs Arkansas that cooperation between states and the industry kept federal supervision away. He expanded a three page text into a 90 minute talk praising Arkansas industrial growth during the National Association of Insurance Commissioners meeting.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Orval
Faubus
Arkansas
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Five Rescuers Pulled From Elevator Cab After Fall
Firemen retrieved five rescuers and a man named Lawrence from an elevator cab during a rescue. Lawrence underwent emergency abdominal surgery and was listed in satisfactory condition.
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Lawrence
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