New Orleans School Integration Faces Recurring Tensions
In New Orleans and nearby parishes, white parents resist desegregation as McDonogh No. 19 and William Frantz Elementary remain mixed while most white students attend segregated classes or withdraw. Police guard campuses. Baton Rouge debates repeal attempts. NAACP seeks to block St Helena ballot on privatized segregated schools.
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New Orleans
St. Bernard Parish
Ethel Arieux
McDonogh No. 19
St. Claude Avenue
Frantz
East Baton Rouge
St. Helena
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Work Force Surge Confounds Unemployment Trends
Washington AP reports a puzzling rise in the U.S. labor force despite economic recovery. The Labor Department notes unemployment fell to 5.495 million in February, but the drop underperformed expectations of 300,000, hinting that more women and possibly teens are entering the job market as breadwinners struggle to find work.
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Washington
Labor Department
Economic job gains amid high unemployment forecast by adviser
Employment rose by 861 000 to 65 516 000 in March, a record for the month, while unemployment hit its highest March level in two years. Walter W Heller, Kennedy administration economic adviser, forecasts a near turnaround but cautions the rate may stay above 4 percent until 1962.
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Walter W. Heller
Kennedy
Persistent High Joblessness Amid Rising Labor Force
Seymour Wolfbein, manpower statistics chief, notes that both high employment and high unemployment persist. He warns unemployment will stay serious for months as 25 million students enter the labor market, with March idle rate at 7.7 percent and the work force expanding sharply.
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Seymour Wolfhein
Wolfbein
Four Die As Planes Collide In Riverside
Two light planes, a Cessna 172 and a Beechcraft Bonanza, crashed in a Riverside area injuring no one on the ground. All four aboard were killed: Del Ronk, 29, Riverside instructor, with passenger Phillip Henry Loucks, 34, of Loma Linda formerly Mount Vernon Ohio. Stanley Pidduck Jr., 46, Oxnard, and Charles Newton Kimball, 31, Ventura.
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Calif
Riverside Municipal
del Ronk
Phillip Henry Loucks
Loma Linda
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Stanley Pidduck Jr
Oxnard
Charles Newton Kimball
Ventura
Cali
Laotian Forces Press Rebels Near Muong Kassy
Laotian government moves to counter Pathet Lao threats around Muong Kassy as about 300 government paratroopers are said to be dropped to outflank roughly 300 rebel fighters who parachuted from Soviet planes along the highway south of Muong Kassy. The town lies on the Luang Prabang to Vientiane route, and control remains contested as diplomatic talks gain momentum.
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Vientiane
Laos
Muong Kassy
Pathet Lao Rebe
Here
Luang Prabang
Kennedy Macmillan meet on Laos crisis and more
President Kennedy and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan meet to discuss the Laos crisis with Allied unity as a priority. Reports from Moscow signal possible Laos cease fire, while other agenda items include Red China UN membership, Cuba Congo Berlin and a nuclear test ban treaty talks.
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White House
China
U.N
Congo
Berlin
Moscow
Irish UN Guard Lands at Elisabethville Airport
An advance guard of about 1,530 Irish U.N. troops landed in Elisabethville, Katanga, to secure the airport with little resistance. They expect another 500 in the next hours as Indian Gurkhas prepare to move in, while Swedish troops retire to camp after an earlier clash.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
U.N
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
GOP Vote Getters Big Cities Elusive In Texas Runoff
GOP gains in Texas showed strength for John G. Tower who led a seven man field in the Senate special election to succeed Lyndon B. Johnson. Second place was hotly contested between Blakley and Wright as final returns narrowed the field with Tower leading and Lindenbusch finishing lower in the mayoral race. In St. Louis the GOP faced a setback as the party failed to win big city support despite national committee backing.
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St. Louis
Big City
John G. Tower
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas Election Bureau
Tower
William A. Blakley
Jim Wright
Blakley
Wright
Ben H. Lindenbusch
Thacker
Lindenbusch
Republicians
GOP
Republican National Committee
St. Lewis
Tucker captures third term in St Louis race
In St Louis, Democrat Ray mond R. Tucker won a third term.
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St. Louis
Raymond R. Tucker
Seasonal cool spell continues with scattered showers
Temperatures over the next five days average eight degrees below normal with a high near 62 and a low around 36. Showers are likely Friday and Sunday. Tonight will be cooler with lows in the 30s. Tuesday’s high reached 36 with a 36 degree overnight low around 3 AM.
Ohio man dies from crash injuries at base
John G. Grimm age 62 of near Groveport died at Lockbourne Air Force Base Hospital from injuries after a collision near the base Tuesday night.
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Columbus, Ohio
John G. Grimm
Groveport
Lockbourne Air Force Base Hospital
Force Prices Farmers Holding Cattle At Home
Des Moines AP three days into the National Farmers Organization holding cattle hogs and sheep off markets to push prices closer to production costs. NFC President Oren Lee Staley said the action starts to show today and will continue indefinitely with predicted large supply reductions.
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National Farmers Organization
NFO
Midwest
NFC
Oren Lee Staley
Corningtown
Staley
Doje
Scotland Gift Scarves From Germany Draw Southern Curiosity
In Louisville travelers describe a silk scarf labeled Made in West Germany and boxed in a heather and tan package with an inscription A gift free bonnie Scotland. The item came as a souvenir from Scotland by a tourist returning home.
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Louisville
Scotland
Bonnie Scotland
West Germany
NFO Forms Beyond Hog Focus Expands to Cattle and Sheep
The NFO, a farming group formed about three years ago amid hog price slumps, began in Iowa and Missouri and has launched membership drives. It has conducted test holding actions on hogs and now includes cattle and sheep in its agenda.
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NFO
Iowa
Missouri
Clevelander killed In Bible Argument
James Jarman of Cleveland, 31, was shot and killed Tuesday night after a dispute over whether the Bible condones drinking. Robert Robinson, 58, also of Cleveland, was held without charge in connection with the shooting.
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Cleveland (Ap
James Jarman
Cleveland
Robert Robinson
Western powers plan cease fire appeal in Indochina talks
Britain and the Soviet Union, cochairmen of the 1954 Geneva Indochina armistice, expect to issue an order within two days calling for a cease fire. The move comes amid hectic diplomatic activity as the Pathet Lao threat is addressed.
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Soviet Union
Cochairmen
Geneva
Finch Jury Hangs Between Death Penalty in Two Murder Case
In Los Angeles the Finch trial jury enters a third round of life or death deliberations over the murder of Dr. R Bernard Finch's wife. Dr Finch and his former mistress Carole Tregoff await the verdict as jurors reach the eighth hour of discussion. The judge ordered a night lockup in Hall of Justice.
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R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Hall of Justice
Superior Court
David Coleman
Floating command post eyed as safeguard for national command
U.S. officials discuss a seagoing command post to ensure continuity of leadership in a nuclear attack. The nuclear cruiser Long Beach, the Northampton, and the Triton submarine are noted as possible platforms. Kennedy seeks 16 million for invulnerable command centers and secure communications.
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Washington
Kennedy
U.S
Long Beach
Northampton
Congress
Pentagon
Bethlehem Steel Co
Quincy
Mass
Leaders plan four talks before Macmillan departure
The President and Prime Minister will hold four meetings before Macmillan leaves for Canada next Sunday. Session times include today and more sessions Thursday and Saturday. Adenauer will visit next week for talks with Kennedy. Kennedy plans to fly to Europe May 31 to meet de Gaulle and may confer with Italian and other Allied leaders.
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Macmillan
Canada
Konrad Adenauer
Kennedy
Europe
Charles de Gaulle
Today's Chuckle
An old timer defines a joke about memory linking life stages to work. The quip frames aging as recalling when a job was once the first steady commitment.
Cubans Quiet at UN Over U S Aggression Claim
At the United Nations Cuba showed reluctance to press its long standing charge that the United States plans aggression against Fidel Castro's regime. The political committee paused its aid to Africa debate with no immediate move to raise the issue.
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United Nations
N.Y
Cuba
United States
Fidel Castro
Assembly
Debate enthusiasm cools as Soviet hints restraint urged
Informed sources say Cuba cooled on a debate after the Soviet Union signaled reluctance to engage. Since the assembly cleanup session began March 7, the Soviet Union and Western powers urged colleagues to avoid inflammatory topics and focus on housekeeping matters.
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Cuba
Soviet Union
Disarmament Talks Stalled Until Fall Amid Cold War Debates
The United States and the Soviet Union agreed to pause disarmament debate until fall as the assembly plans only token consideration of Hungary Tibet and the Soviet charge against U S recon missions. Cuba may study the State Department call for Castro to sever ties with the Communist movement before presenting its charge to the assembly.
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United States
Soviet Union
Hungary
Tibet
U.S
State Department
Castro
International Communist Movement
Cuba
Vice-Crusaders Name Ratterman for Campbell County Sheriff
A new group of vice-crusading businessmen in Newport Kentucky chose former Cleveland Browns quarterback George Ratterman to run as an independent for sheriff of Campbell County. He said he would run only if the group seeks a full vice cleanup and if supporters wage a perfectly honest campaign.
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Newport, Ky
George Ratterman
Cleveland
Campbell County
Ratterman
Katanga Officials Unaware of Irish Arrival in Congo Landing
Katanga leaders were caught off guard as Irish Skymaster and C119 transports landed from the Kamina base in west Katanga. Tshombe met with General Sean McKeown of Ireland, the U.N. Congo commander, amid a Katanga mob attack on U.N. troops in Elisabethville. Local radio and Elisabethville papers claimed Tshombe’s government had won a great victory before the Irish arrival.
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Katanga
U.N
Elisabethville
Tshombe
United Nations
Tsombe forces clash at Elisabethville airport amid U N troop tensions
Tshombe incites mobs after 24 Katanga army troops and a Belgian officer are detained at the airport while Indian U N troops face opposition. The U N command agrees to joint control with Katanga police as thousands march and the airport area tightens under patrols.
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Tshombe
Katanga
U.N
Nehru
Elisabethville
Driver’s License Fine Tied to Price Hike in 1935
Hopkinsville Kentucky reporting L D Jones failed to renew his license in 1935 as the renewal fee rose from 5 to 10 cents, leading to an arrest for driving without one and a judge imposing an 108 dollar fine.
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Hopkinsville
L.D. Jones
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