Illinois students arrested in Alabama cafe sit in
Eleven white students from Illinois and their sociology professor were jailed in Montgomery after sitting at a cafe with Negro patrons. The group and seven local Negro students were charged with disorderly conduct. they were released on bond. The incident marks a flare in Southern lunch counter protests and related boycotts.
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Montgomery
Ala
Richard Nesmith
Illinois
Dixie
R. D. Nesmith
MacMurray College
Jacksonville
Nesmiths
Welfare Department
Gas House Gang Closes Beatnik Beachfront Pad in Venice
Venice California AP reports the Gas House, a famed beatnik hangout, has closed after vandals and outraged residents pressured the end. Co owner Eric Nord and Lawrence Lipton seek another Southern California site as clashes over culture and property values marked the final chapter in Venice’s beach district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Calif
Eric Nord
Lawrence Lipton
California
Los Angeles
Beats
Boycott Spreads Across Southwide Cities
The boycotts began in Tallahassee Florida along with Little Rock Arkansas and Marshall Texas signaling a regional protest that expanded to multiple sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Fla
Little Rock
Ark
Marshall
Texas
Civil rights boycott and sit-in wave across Southern cities
The NAACP in Little Rock declared the boycott will stay until all racial discrimination is removed from public facilities. Florida circles urged no downtown shopping for Easter outfits and dry cleaning. In Marshall, police fired hoses to disperse 700 Negroes from the courthouse lawn after a sit-in. Demonstrations spread to Birmingham as ten young Negro students joined the actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Negro Southern University
Baton Rouge
Felton G. Clark
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Little Rock
Tallahassee
Marshall
Birmingham
Alabama
Trout Escape Flood Capsizes Museum Ponds
Flood waters from the Des Plaines River reach three ponds at the Lake County Museum of History in Waukegan releasing trout that populate the ponds. Museum workers failed to stop the escape with screens as the river rose eight hundred feet into the enclosure. A prized four pound trout named Herman is among the escapees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukegan
Ill
Des Plaines
Lake County
Herman
Thaw Floods Buckle into Ohio River Flooding
Mud and thaw reshape Northeastern Ohio as river crests shift lower than forecast. East Liverpool reaches flood stage with 36.8 feet, Ohio 7 and Ohio 148 closures amid evacuations. West Virginia districts along the river also evacuate hundreds as officials coordinate Civil Defense relief.
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East Liverpool
Ohio 7
Toronto
Powhatan
Belmont County
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Wheeling
New Cumberland
Floods and mud strand Ohio communities and schools
Water rose around Wheeling Downs as residents moved to higher ground and basements were emptied in Wheeling Island. Ohio towns face flood and mud with shutdowns feared for Wheeling Steel, and jeeps and a helicopter prepared for emergencies. Schools closed and recess begun due to road damage. Wayne County officials call frost damage the worst in 32 years.
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Wheeling Downs
Wheeling Island
Wheeling Steel Co
Stewbenville
Martins Ferry
Yorkville
Ohio
Benwood
W. Va
Geauga County
Burton Lakes
Louis Robusky
Robusky
Chagrin Falls
Ashtabula County
Wayne
Holmes
Sidney Bucher
Wayne County
Door Bells Being Rung For Census
Washington AP reports the 1960 census begins with a door to door canvass aimed at every US household. The White House was among early stops and President Eisenhower met officials Burgess and Alexis for a brief five minute census briefing. The drive targets fifty five million households nationwide.
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Washington
White House
Robert H. Burgess
Louis J. Alexi
Eisenhower
Alexis
Burgess
Census Form Triggers Fuse Blows at Sheraton Hotel
The Sheraton Hotel in Philadelphia installed a U S census form in every guest mailbox and turned on room lights to signal messages. The electrical load caused a fuse to blow, interrupting power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Sheraton Hotel
Census forms streamline 1950s presidential household survey
The Eisenhowers prepared their census data in advance on a questionnaire delivered by the Post Office Department. Census workers will copy data onto their own forms, reducing questions. Three residents are listed: Mr and Mrs Eisenhower and Rose Wood, first lady's maid.
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Post Office Department
White House
Eisenhower
Rose Wood
1960 Census Cost and Early Population Estimates
The 1960 census is the largest and costliest, with an estimated 118 million dollars spent to count about 180 million Americans. As of 8 am today the population estimate stood at 179,921,434. Final figures will emerge later, with state totals published after summer and a potential realignment announced before Sept 1, 1962.
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Census Bureau
Commerce Department
Congress
Bandit Bypasses Surrounding Police in St. Louis Heist
A lone robber mobbed the Missouri State Auto License Bureau in downtown St. Louis stealing about 12000 dollars. He wore a mask or makeup and escaped as officers stood nearby on patrol and directing traffic. Cash and checks were bagged and the cashier was bound before an employee freed him and alerted others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Missouri State
Francis Schoo
Schoo
France Conducts Second Nuclear Test Near Oran
Paris reports France detonated a plutonium bomb at the Reggane site 1,500 miles south of Oran as Khrushchev visits Rambouillet for talks. De Gaulle rejects Soviet opposition to nuclear tests, asserting France’s equal status in world affairs while indicating no immediate political accord.
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Paris
France
Nikita Khrushchev
Western Sahara
Charles de Gaulle
Khrushchev
Maennar Gindav
de Gaulle
West Germany
Soviet Union
Rambouillet
Reggane
Oran
Weekend Wet Weather Forecast for Miami Valley
A low pressure system moves through the Miami Valley bringing showers and thundershowers through Saturday. Today remains mostly cloudy with a high near 66 and a night low around 55. Saturday stays windy and warm with a 65 high and thundershowers. Sunday turns cooler as rains end. Midletown official high reached 45 and low 42. rainfall totals were not recorded.
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Miami Valley
Midletown
Chuckle Sketch on Meeting and Missteps
A playful modern quip warns that skipping a promised meeting leads to amusing fallout, inviting readers to laugh at social misfires and the chaos of unkept plans.
Space Shot Launches Tiros I Satellite for Weather Pictures
A 270-pound weather watch satellite named Tiros I was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard a Thor Able rocket at 6 40 a m EST. It reached orbit about 400 miles high with a planned three month life and carries two television cameras to image earth cloud cover for meteorologists.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington
Earth
Space Agency
Ft. Monmouth
F. Monmouth
Tiros I
Kaena Point
Lhange
U S and Soviet urged to ban space weapons now
At Geneva the United States and Soviet Union were urged to lead a mass destruction ban in outer space. Ambassador Frederick M. Eaton appealed to Soviet delegate Valerian Zorin at the ten nation disarmament conference. Eaton said only the two powers can fire such weapons and a unique opportunity exists for an arrangement now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Frederick M. Eaton
Valerian Zorin
Eaton
Tiros I experiment signals start of weather satellite program
The space agency states Tiros I is an experimental meteorological satellite, with a second, more advanced model due late summer carrying infrared detectors to map earth temperatures. Tiros, meaning television and infrared observation satellite, aims to test weather satellite usefulness and could lead to a global network of near real time weather reporting from polar orbits.
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The
Space Agency
Tiros I
Tiros
Tiros Satellite Speaks Of Solar Power Orbit Range
The Tiros satellite resembles a large hatbox with 42 inch diameter and 19 inch height. Its surface hosts about 9 000 solar cells to harvest energy for its batteries. Four transmitters extend from the base and a single receiver sits on top. It aims for a circular orbit about 400 miles high spanning from 50 degrees south to 50 degrees north latitude, covering a Western Hemisphere track from Santa Rosa Argentina to Montreal Canada.
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Tiros
Santa
Argentina
Montreal
Canada
U.N Security Council veto threatened on South Africa action
Britain informed Security Council members it would veto a resolution condemning South Africa's racial policies. In Durban police fired on a crowd marching to the jail, with initial reports claiming three Africans killed and three wounded. FBI disclosures reveal admissions from Parker lynching suspects, and William Presser of the Ohio Teamsters Council pleaded not guilty to obstructing justice.
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Britain
U.N. Security Council
South Africa
Durban
Cleveland
William Presser
Ohio Teamsters Council
Paul Jones
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Rufus Talley
South
Gas House Gang
Nord
Police Commission
Detroit
Elsie Simpson
Weather Bureau
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Dr. Crane
Valley
Dwight D. Eisenhowers
John Smiths
Max Q Oboler
Oboler
New York
Bandit
By Richard K. O'Malley
Tiros T
Caribbean
Howard Benedict
T. Keith Glennan
Ft. Monimouth
N. J
Hawaii
Bulletins
United Nations
N.Y
FBI
Mississippi
J. Edgar Hoover
Francis J. Connell
Holy Redeemer College
Washington, D. C
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