Invisible Language Frontier Splits Belgium into Two
Brussels reports a language frontier divides Belgium with Flemish north and French south. The Flemish movement seeks to erase French influence in Flemish areas while Brussels remains bilingual. Government efforts to designate six Brussels suburbs bilingual sparked clashes and a royal intervention.
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Belgium
Brussels
la_ frontiere _linguistique
Antwerp
Ghent
Wemmel
Baudouin
Wagner's son ill in Paris prompts emergency trip from New York
New York Mayor Robert F. Wagner flew to Paris after learning his 19 year old son Robert Jr underwent surgery for a ruptured appendix and peritonitis. The Harvard student was in Paris for a summer job when ill. CORE protesters gathered at City Hall demanding more minority construction jobs and vowed to stay until actions were taken. Wagner met them for twenty minutes and said he would await a committee report before deciding on proposals.
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Paris
UPI
New York
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Robert Jr
Harvard University
Eva Kerr
Illegitimacy Rate Tripled Since 1938
The Family Service Association of America reports illegitimacy in the United States has tripled since 1938, signaling a sharp rise in out of wedlock births nationwide.
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New York
UPI
Family Service Association of America
United States
Quotes In The News: Kennedy Rusk and More
A series of concise quotes from UPI dispatches cover President Kennedy on the railroad dispute and its economic impact, Dean Rusk on domestic racial tensions affecting foreign policy, Eva Kerr of CORE demanding jobs in New York, and Carl Fowler confessing in Reno about a past death and his guilt.
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Kennedy
Dean Rusk
U.S
Reno, Nev
Carl Grant Fowler
Air Force
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