Atlanta Prepares For Integration Measures In 1961
Atlanta advances security as nine Negro students plan to enter white public high schools for the first time in Georgia. Damaris Allen withdrawn from Brown High to attend Spelman College with a full scholarship. Remaining entrants assigned to Murphy Grady and Northside. Police distribute boycott literature. chief Jenkins notes security against possible incidents. Mayor Hartsfield says picketing expected. School official Letson predicts peaceful desegregation. In Waycross, lawyers seek injunction to bar state funds from segregated schools. Pre-trial conference held.
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Atlanta, Ga
Georgia
Damaris Jeannette Allen
Negro Spelman College
Atlanta
Brown High
Robert L. Allen
Brown
Murphy, Grady
Northside
Herbert Jenkins
Jenkins
Murphy High
City Hall
William B. Hartsfield
Seattle
Wash
John Letson
Chamber of Commerce
Middletown Weather: Hot Dry Episode Ahead
The Weather Bureau forecasts fair weather in Middletown with little temperature change through tomorrow. Tonight’s low is 65, tomorrow’s high 90, and yesterday’s official high reached 9 at 5 pm with an overnight low of 68 at 1 am.
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Middletown
Weather Bureau
Nothing But Trouble Miss Oregon Will Compete No More
Sharon Wiley 21 of Hammond Oregon arrived in New York for Miss U S A duties in Miss World. She lost a diamond ring several luggage pieces $100 sleep and her enthusiasm while awaiting judging and photos in rainy conditions. She borrowed an oversized gown for competition and praised Jo Ann Odum who won Miss World representing the United States.
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New York
Sharon Wiley
Hammond
Ore
U.S.A
Jo Ann Odum
Miss Oregon
Sharon
Oregon
Pearance
Huntington
W.va
London
Jo Ann
Brazil in crisis as Congress clashes with military chiefs
In Rio de Janeiro Brazil's Congress battles three military chiefs who defied the constitution to block leftist Vice President Joao Goulart from taking office. A commission was named to study the move and 48 hours given to report.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Joao Goulart
Congress
Goulart
Europe
Barcelona
Spanish Mediterranean
Fidel Castro Calls for Brazilian Uprising Against Regime
In a televised address Fidel Castro urged Brazil to follow Cuba's example and resist a putative fascist regime after Janio Quadros resigned. He warned of reactionary military forces blocking Joao Goulart and said peasants workers and military units would win a guerrilla struggle even against NATO forces. He also offered renewed talks with the United States on equal terms while stressing Cuba's revolution remains solid.
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Brazil
Rio Grande Do Sul
Santa Catarina
Parana
Ney Braga
Congress
Janio Quadros
Braga
Quadros
Havana
Fidel Castro
Joal Goulart
Castro
Cuba
Honor
NATO
United States
Jet Cuts Cable Car Wire: 9 Die in French Alps
CHAMONIX France AP reports nine killed as a low flying jet severed a mountain suspension cable sending a cabin into White Valley. Other cars struck Gros Rognon rocks while sections locked against failures kept some passengers trapped in stalled cabins. Police helicopter aid dispatched and the jet returned to Luxeil base.
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Chamonix
France
Gros Rognon
White Valley
4Th Escadrille
Luxeil
UAW Eyes Strike Target Among Big Three Auto Makers
Detroit reports the United Auto Workers will decide Friday which of GM Ford or Chrysler to strike as current three year contracts near midnight. GM is seen as the likely target while leaders weigh authorizing action to press for improved wages and benefits.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Detroit Free Press
UAW
International
Fall Phenomena Move Students to College by Various Means
Students travel to college by train, bus, or even a football coach in a humorous local observation. The piece captures quirky transportation trends among learners responding to the new term.
Talks at UN Assembly Could Shape Berlin Talks
Secretary of State Dean Rusk may meet Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in about three weeks at the United Nations as the General Assembly opens to gauge the Soviet position on Berlin. Western ministers eye a possible informal parley to keep a peaceful path without forcing an East West conference, with Khrushchev offering negotiations only on West Berlin rights.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Andrei Gromyko
Berlin
Tne
United Nations
General Assembly
Rusk
Kennedy
White House
New York
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Adlai E. Stevenson
Gromyko
U. N
State Department
Khrushchev
West Berlin
Ham Imarskjold
Stevenson
Ralston Dropped From U.S. Team For Bad Conduct
Dennis Ralston of Bakersfield California, a U S Davis Cup team member and third ranked player, was suspended by the U S Lawn Tennis Association for bad conduct. He was declared ineligible for the national championships starting Friday and other amateur events.
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N.Y
Dennis Ralston
Bakersfield
Calif
U.S
U.S. Lawn Tennis Association
USLTA
German Youth Flee to Denmark on Patrol Escort
Two East German youths fled to Denmark seeking freedom. They said they came ashore from a pleasure yacht and were escorted by police to Grossenbrode in West Germany. Names were withheld.
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Vordingborg
Denmark
Grossenbrode
West Germany
U S Berlin Unit Holds Field Test
Berlin AP reports the U S Berlin garrison 1st Battle Group 18th Infantry held a field test of combat readiness after lectures and tours. The exercise occurred with 12,300 Big Three troops total across the garrisons. East German youth opposition to service noted by Information Bureau West. four youth group leaders removed for pressuring members.
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Information Bureau West
Bal Jenstedt
Walter Ulbricht
East Germany
Berlin
Ballenstedt
First U S Peace Corps Contingents Depart
Washington AP President Kennedy sends 80 volunteers abroad as the first two Peace Corps contingents head to Ghana and Tanganyika. The Tanganyika group of 28 includes geologists civil engineers and surveyors. the Ghana team of 21 women will teach in secondary schools after training at UC and Legon. Kennedy aims for 2,700 volunteers by June 30.
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Washington
Peace Corps
Kennedy
Ghana
Tanganyika
Africa
Texas Western College
Puerto Rico
University of California
University College of Ghana
Legon
Accra
Ministry of Educcation
Congress
Senate
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