Integration Groups Challenge Troop Ban Over North Carolina Town
Civil rights groups challenge Defense Secretary McNamara’s order barring uniformed troops from racial demonstrations as they target Havelock North Carolina near Cherry Point Marine base. CORE and NAACP attorney Floyd McKissick say desegregation of local night clubs and theaters is needed and may trigger direct action if businesses remain segregated.
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AL Kuettner
United Press International
Defense
Robert McNamara
Havelock
Cherry Point Marine Air Station
North Carolina
Cherry Point
Floyd McKissick
Durham
N.C
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
McNamara
Cubs
Japan
2Nd Marine Air Wing
Defense Secretary
South
McKissick
Defense Department
15 Bodies Sought In Boat Tragedy
Rescue crews hunted for 15 bodies after a collision between the ore carrier Tritonica and the freighter Roonagh Head 45 miles northeast of Quebec. The Tritonica sank eight minutes after impact in fog, killing 33 aboard, including 31 Chinese, a Canadian and a Briton. 12 passengers aboard the Roonagh Head survived.
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Quebec
St. Lawrence River
Tritonica
Childress School Reunion Slated
A reunion for all ex students of Childress high school will be July 27 and 28 in conjunction with the Greenbelt football game. Registration will be at the Hotel Childress from 2 to 5 p.m. July 27 with a business session at 4 p.m. On the agenda are the Greenbelt game, a social hour at the Elks club after the game, and a morning address by Joe A Gibson on July 28.
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Childress High School
Childress
Elks Club
Joe A. Gibson
Changing Attitudes Of Sicilians Aid In Campaign Against Mafia
A Sicilian woman Rosa Messina’s family massacre spurs a campaign against the Mafia. Police hunt 29 mafiosi amid mass arrests after seven Palermo police killed in a June blast. Parliament backs emergency anti Mafia measures and social reforms to end the state of necessity.
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Palermo
Sicily
Rome
Basta
Messina
Cairo Roosters
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Mrs. Messina
Mediterranean
Mounties Don’t Always Catch Their Man Says Chief
Commissioner C W Harrison of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police admits in a UPI interview that Mounties do not always pursue or catch suspects. He notes the force has diverse duties and emphasizes a motto to maintain the right rather than chase every offender. He also warns recruits that life in the force is not a romantic Rose Marie myth.
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Harrison
U.S. News and World Report
Mounties
The
Force
Cartland Buys Union Jacks for Queen Visit in Welwyn
Novelist Barbara Cartland, angered by Welwyn Garden City's refusal to provide decorations for Queen Elizabeth II's visit, purchased 1,500 Union Jack flags to distribute to the crowd.
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Welwyn Garden City
Verbal Brickbats Fly Over Fourth International Brick Contest
Stroud Oklahoma reports clash over 1960s international brick throwing title. Britain’s Staff Sgt Tony O Neill claims a record 116 foot toss with lighter bricks from America, while local official Harold Hughes notes Stroud ships bricks worldwide and that practice bricks weigh six pounds vs five in competition. Stroud had held three straight titles before England won this year both individually and for the team.
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Stroud, Okla
England
Tony O'Neill
America
Harold Hughes
Strouds
Canada
Australia
Stroud
Early Earth Atmosphere Likely Methane Primeval Mix
Scientists propose that two to three billion years ago Earth’s atmosphere was dominated by methane, ammonia, and hydrogen rather than oxygen and nitrogen, suggesting a radically different early climate and chemistry.
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Earth
Queen cancels Windsor visit over chickenpox outbreak
Queen Elizabeth canceled her planned prize presentation at the Royal School in Windsor Great Park on doctors advice due to a chicken pox outbreak among pupils. In Stockholm, health authorities said the capital would soon be declared free of smallpox after a virulent outbreak that killed four and infected twenty five more, likely linked to a sailor.
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London
Elizabeth
Royal School
Windsor Great Park
Palace
Stockholm
UPI
Father Collapses As Girl Drowns
Diane McCormick, 15, of Olustee drowned in Salt Fork of Red River west of Elmer while swimming with parents. Her father J A McCormick collapsed during the search and was hospitalized in generally good condition. Initial reports misattributed the illness to a heart attack. physicians called it nervous shock.
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Elmer
UPI
McCormick
Income rises push 1960 family earnings to new high
About 17 percent of the nation’s 55.9 million family units had incomes of 10000 dollars a year in 1960 a record high.
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