New Orleans Mayor Urges Media Pause on Desegregation Coverage
New Orleans mayor Morrison appeals to news outlets for a 3 day holiday from on the scene desegregation reporting. He urges a press pool and police film support to reduce demonstrator exposure. The move follows federal desegregation orders at William Frantz and McDonogh No 19 schools.
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New Orleans
deLesseps S. Morrison
WO Basse Wuey
Morrison
William Frantz
McDonogh No. 19
Louisiana
McDonagh
Frantz School
Catholics Fire Back At Castro
In Havana the Catholic Church denied Castro’s accusation that priests took bribes to denounce his revolution. Archbishop Enrique Perez Serantes of Santiago was reportedly detained briefly in Camaguey but said he would stay in Cuba. A letter from nine bishops disputed the government indoctrination program and the payola claim, while no official reaction followed.
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Havana
Vide Castro
Castro
Enrique Perez Serantes
Santago
Camaguey
Cuba
Perez Serantes
Batista
Santiago
Sunaay
Manuel Cardinal Arteaga
17 Rescued From Ship Off Michigan Coast
Coast Guard plucked 17 men from the stranded Sun Cay near South Manitou Island. The Francisco Morazan’s 14 crew members faced immigration checks after the freighter ran aground. The Mackinaw, standing by, took off the captain, 12 crewmen and three insurance agents, and anchored in Grand Traverse Bay for processing.
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Traverse City
Mich
Coast
Suncay
Francisco Morazan
U.S
Mackinaw
Manitou Island
Grand Traverse Bay
Boy dies after flashlight fascination in Bronx basement
Eight year old Robert Ingraham explored dark areas of a vacant Bronx building with a flashlight. After hours of searching, detectives found him in a refrigerator inside the basement, battery burned out and the light extinguished.
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New York
Bronx
Robert Ingraham
Robert
John Ingraham
Christopher Kelley
Kelly
Kennedy to Name Udall Interior Secretary in Cabinet Plan
President elect John F Kennedy moves to reorganize the Defense Department and plans to name Rep Stewart L Udall as interior secretary at a $25 000 a year post Sources say the announcement may come during a Washington trip after a Pentagon revamp session and a mid morning talk with Senator Symington.
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Palm Beach, Fla
John F. Kennedy
Defense Department
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Kennedy
Udall
House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
Lumumba Henchmen Held City in Congo Crisis
Reporters describe Patrice Lumumba’s faction tightening control in Stanleyville after his escape and capture near Leopoldville. Mobutu’s troops retook Lumumba back for trial on mutiny charges as Western diplomats weighed recognition of a Lumumba government in Stanleyville amid Cold War tensions.
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Leopoldville
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Stanievile
New York
Udall
Oriental
Lumumba
Stanleyville
Joseph Kasavubu
Col
Joseph Mobutu
Vial
3Stanleyville
Mobutu
Lake County Girl Crowned Ohio Cherry Pie Queen
A Lake County girl from Fairport Harbor High School won the 19 9 Ohio cherry pie queen title in a take off among 13 other junior and senior girls from local high schools. The winner will advance to Chicago for a national contest this month.
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Columbus, Ohio
Lake County
Ohio
Dean Kapostasy
Fairport Harbor High School
Chicago
Lzer
Penny scale promises more value at corner drugstore
A lighthearted note claims the penny scale at the corner drugstore offers greater returns today than a decade ago, a playful take on thrift and simple pleasures in daily life.
Weather pattern brings alternating mild and gloom this week
The forecast describes erratic conditions with brief warm spells between cold stretches. Expect rain tonight and tomorrow after a near 60 degree day, then colder air follows with a warming trend by next week. Middletown posted a 61 degree high yesterday and a frigid minus 38 at 8 p.m.
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Middletown
College populations rise again as large and small schools grow
University of Cincinnati educator Dr. Garland G. Parker reports at 1,016 accredited four year colleges 2,039,854 full time students up six percent from 1959 and 2,952,541 students including part timers. The ten largest full time enrollments include New York State SUNY and City College of New York among others.
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Cincinnati
Colleges and Universities
University of Cincinnati
Garland G. Parker
Journal “School and Society
University of California
State University of New York
College of the City of New York
Minnesota
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan State
Allies Of France Seek Delay On Algerian Debate At UN
At the United Nations in New York allies of France push to delay the General Assembly debate on Algeria to help President de Gaulle sell his policy to end the fighting. Congo Brazzaville and Chad request postponement while Algeria’s rebels call for immediate discussion.
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White House
Kennedy
Eisenhower
New York
United Nations
France
United Nations, N. Y
General Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
Assembly
Congo
Brazzaville
Chad
Algeria
Paris
de Gaulle
Shocking But Christian Protestant Reunion Proposed
A plan for a wide reunion among American Protestants would merge Episcopal, United Presbyterian, Methodist and United Church of Christ with others invited later. Proposed by Rev. Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, the proposal aims to unite more than 20 million members, with eventual goal of reuniting the whole church.
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Associated Press
SAN Francisco
John Wesley Lord
Boston
Episcopal
United Presbyterian
Methodist
United Church of Christ
Eugenie Carson Blake
Philadelphia
National Council of Churches
Arthur C. Lichtenberger
New York
Episcopal Church
Ans
Congregationalists
Blake
United States
Evangelical and Reformed Church
of Christ's Church
Ohio River Bridge Traffic Jam Tied to New Route Openings
A seven hour traffic jam on both ends of the Huntington Chesapeake bridge over the Ohio River was cleared by 9 p.m. Sunday. Police cited the new U S 52 section opened last Thursday as the cause with drivers testing the route. Cars lined Huntington West Virginia streets and Chesapeake Indiana? Ohio? for a mile in each direction. Extra police were on duty and a car fire occurred near a Huntington fire station. Transmission fluid spill on the bridge blocked access further.
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Ironton
Ohio
Huntington-Chesapeake
Ohio River
U.S. 52
Huntington
W.va
Chesapeake
Ghana Breaks With Belgian Government Over Congo
ACCRA Ghana breaks diplomatic relations with Belgium charging Brussels with responsibility for Congo developments. Belgian Ambassador Gerard Walras was ordered to leave within 48 hours. President Kwame Nkrumah labels Congo leader Joseph Kasavubu as pro Belgian and possibly guided by Belgian advisers.
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Ghana
Belgaum
Brussels
Bong
Congo
Gerard Walra
Ens
Presiden Kwame Nkrumah
Joseph Kasavubu
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