Knoxville School Case Continues Desegregation Battle
Attorneys for 17 Negro students press federal court to desegregate Knoxville public schools. The proposed trade-a-year plan mirrors Nashville approved by the Sixth Circuit. Judge Robert L. Taylor notes circuit limits. Lawyers say the stairstep plan is unacceptable as graduates finish before integration of grades.
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School Board
Nashville
U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S
Robert L. Taylor
Taylor
New Wage Pacts To Give Most Workers Raise
Washington data from a Labor Department/BLS survey shows about half of 11 million workers under new wage contracts in early 1960 will gain roughly 10 cents per hour. Only 1 percent of workers in major settlements will receive no raise. About 14 percent will see increases of 17 cents or more, including 125,000 men’s clothing workers getting their first general raise since 1956.
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UPI
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Rape Victim Dies Prompting Murder Charges Faced by Teens
In Nashville two teen suspects, both charged with murder after a 12 year old rape victim died from head injuries. Ruth Carolyn Weaver died Monday from injuries sustained Friday night when she fell or was driven from a speeding car. Funeral services were set for Aubrey H. Butler said he ordered murder charges against Jerry Wayne Stewart and Don Johnson. They allegedly picked up the girl at a carnival and she died after allegedly being taped and then leaping from a car.
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Ruth Carolyn Weaver
Hendersonville
N.C
UPI
Howard
Aubrey H. Butler
Mellinger
Jerry Wayne
The
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Stewart
Don Johnson
Civil Defense
Butler
West Tennessee harvest date moved six days earlier
Benton AP report says the State Game and Fish Commission moved quail and rabbit season opening from November 15 to November 21 to protect farmers in West Tennessee. The closing date remains January 25, after farmers urged to extend the season free of hunting interference.
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Benton, Tenn
West Tennessee
State Game and Fish Commission
Parksville Lake
Governor Offers $1,000 Reward For Raby's Capture
Governor Buford Ellington offers a $1,000 reward for tips leading to Clarence Leon Raby’s capture on charges including two fatalities. The alert anchors a wide, multi city wire with various obituaries and notes from New York to Paris and Birmingham.
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Nashville
Buford Ellington
Clarence Leon Raby
Hiroshima Seeks Real Peace Fifteen Years After A-Bomb
Hiroshima marks 15 years since the atomic blast with a citizen-led peace vigil and calls for complete disarmament. Prof Yoshida urges absolute peace while visitors reflect on the horror of war and the impact on civilians amid a shifting peace movement in Japan.
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Hiroshige Yoshida
Hiroshima University
Asia
Hugh Jennings
Brisbane
Australia
Hou
William Dilworth
New Orleans
Unclear sports playoff game reported in Kingsport Today
The readable fragments indicate a Kingsport Today note about a playoff game or match. Names and precise details are damaged, hindering a clear event, participants, or venue. The item appears to reference a gathering or meeting related to a playoff context with possible teams or players, but no concrete outcomes or dates are legible.
Incomplete Returns Declared Official in Monroe County
Monroe County Tennessee officials say election results are official though not complete after a precinct ballot box was stolen. Republican Glenny Morrow led 4329 to 4308 for Ry man Tucker, a Democrat, who was later declared winner of tax assessor. The Notchie Creek precinct box was taken by four armed men. Notchie Creek was predominantly Democratic. Morrow conceded.
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Madisonville
Train Auto Crash Kills Four Near Birmingham
Four people died when a Louisville and Nashville freight train struck a gasoline truck at a crossing near Birmingham Alabama. The engineer Albert M. Johnson 52 brakeman Thomas D. Marfin 83 fireman Mitchel Jones 51 and truck driver Archie M. Boothe 35 were killed as the truck exploded and sprayed flaming gasoline onto the locomotive.
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Birmingham
Ala
UPI
Louisville
Nashville
Albert M. Johnson
Thomas D. Marfin
Mitchel Jones
Archie M. Boothe
Demos To Certify Nominees Aug 24
The State Democratic Executive Committee will meet in Nashville at 10 am to certify nominees from last Thursday's primary. State Chairman James Peeler of Covington announced the plan Monday night. The committee will convene in the House chamber at the Capital.
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Nashville
Democratic Executive Committee
James Peeler
Covington
Balloon Satellite Launch Delayed at Cape Canaveral
Space scientists postponed the Echo balloon satellite launch after Thor Delta booster problems halted the attempt. The 10-foot sphere aimed to test global communications via radio, telephone, and television. Countdown started smoothly but halted minutes before liftoff, then canceled by NASA due to rocket technical issues.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space
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