Singing Negroes Defy Federal Protest Restraint in Plaquemine
In Plaquemine Louisiana on Wednesday night 84 Negroes were arrested as they marched toward a prison after a City Hall protest. Sheriff’s deputies and state troopers stood by as the demonstrations continued challenging racial segregation in a town of about 5700 near Baton Rouge. A federal judge had issued a temporary restraining order against further protests and set September 9 for a hearing.
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Plaquemine
Therville Parish
Mississippi River
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Charles P. Sehnebelen
Earlher
U.S
E. Garden West
West
Congress of Racial, Equality
John Doe
Mary Doe
Heat Wave Blamed For Sudden Dallas Woman Death
Summer heat sparked a Dallas fatality as 106 degree highs topped Cotulla and Laredo while Victoria saw a brief storm that drenched areas west of the city. Rain eased conditions in parts of Texas with high winds and reduced visibility in Harris and Montgomery counties. Zebulon Pike fact note adds a burial correction at Sacket’s Harbor.
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Dallas
Texas
Cotulla
Laredal
Acreas
Victoria
Houston
West
Ira E. Nash
Seid
Boone
Town
Mercury
San Jacinto River
Huntaville
Harris County
Montgomery County
San Antonio
South Texas
Laredo
Prasidio
Galveston
Miner Recalls 24 Hour Trapping at Hazleton Shaft
Herman Trent, 57, describes being trapped 600 feet underground in 1939 Hazleton shaft colliery. He recalled isolation and cold as fellow miners dug 35 feet to reach him after a cave in. He left mining in 1955 to become a chauffeur, saying he should have left sooner.
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Hazleton
Herman Trent
Sheppton
Trent
Governors Speak Against Use Of Guards In Strife
Southern governors at the conference condemned federalizing National Guard troops to enforce integration and the McNamara directive allowing military commanders to close off segregated civilian facilities. Faubus, Wallace, Russell, Connally defended or criticized guard use and budget limits as conflicts over National Guard reorganization. Two teen deaths in a Monahans crash and a Mexico City train hitting a bus, killing three.
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W. Va
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Little Rock
Faubus
George Wallace
Alabama
Donald S. Russell
South Carolina
Defense
Robert McNamara
Russell
John B. Connally
Texas
Lyndon Johnson
National Guard
Connally
Army National Guard
Miners trapped as rescue plan outlined for Bova and crew
Officials reported contact with trapped miner Bova and described a surface pull system using safety belts if a 17 inch hole worsens. His wife and infant son waited above as rescuers supplied heat packs and dinners to Fellin and Throne in a 40 degree, possibly waterlogged shaft amid a rumble from a rock slide.
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H. Beecher Sharmbury
State Secretary of Mines
Bova
Fellin
Johnny
Mra Bova
Throne
PKU screening kit to aid early newborn diagnosis in Galveston hospital
In Galveston Hospital a new PKU program uses a simple card test for newborns. Mothers dip the kit’s color-changing end in the baby’s urine or wet diaper, returning results at three and six weeks to identify phenylketonuria, enabling a low phenylalanine diet to prevent mental retardation.
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Joh Realy Hospital
Nichole
Ite
Ito
John KU
Bealy
PKU
Myron Nichols
University of Texas
Oranch
Nichols
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Wise
Clark Jacobs
H. BH. Hill
Tom Hunter
W. M
P'Pool
Jack Jones
C. M
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Pike's Peak
Sacket's Harbor
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Colorado
Limestone County
Paris
U.S.D.A
Hollywood Candy Sales
Jane Parker Large
Angel Food
AME
Parker
A&p
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Washington
Mayonmaise
Tehdee Leas
AM Tour Alp
Lampon
Bel
Yous Agp
Corre
AF OU
Gavnen Gand
Monahans
Moneghana
Alton Hilley
Monapans
Linda Bracken
Kermit Hospital
Mexico City
Monterrey
USA
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