Quiet Integration Brings First Black Students to UGA Classes
Charlayne A. Hunter and Hamilton E. Holmes, both nineteen or eighteen, attend psychology and zoology classes at the University of Georgia as federal court rulings end two centuries of segregation. The campus is calm with students filing to 9am classes while state leaders debate funding tied to integration. The U.S. Supreme Court had refused Georgia’s delay request.
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Athens
University of Georgia
Charlayne A. Hunter
Hamilton E. Holmes
Atlanta
George L. Smith
B. FE. Thrasher Jr
U.S. Supreme Court
Georgia
Ham radio suspected in 1960 New York airliner crash
Civil Aeronautics Board investigators floated the possibility that an amateur radio operator near Colts Neck New Jersey may have interfered with navigational signals used to locate the Preston holding area. The United Air Lines DCS jet collided with a Trans World Airlines Constellation over New York, killing 128 aboard and six on the ground.
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New York
New York City
Civil Aeronautics Board
Edward Lowe
CAB
Colts Neck
N.J
Red Bank
Preston
New Jersey
United Air Lines
DCS
Idlewild
Trans World Airlines
Brooklyn
Weather outlook stays mild this week with cooling by Sunday
The five day forecast shows temperatures about four degrees above normal at 41 and two. The weatherman promises fair skies for outdoor work. Snow flurries or light snow possible Sunday or Monday. Tuesday high reached four degrees and overnight low was 18 at 2:30 a.m.
Boy Shaffer, 13, in Ohio death during rope play
William Shaffer Jr., 13, of Dresden, Ohio, apparently hanged himself accidentally Tuesday while playing with a rope in an outbuilding at his home. Sheriff Uffner says county coroner S Dan withheld a verdict. A 3 year old brother, Stevie, found him hanging by a rope looped over a beam.
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Zanesville
Ohio
William Shaffer Jr
Dresden
Fred Uffner
Dan
Stevie
William
Todays Chuckle on government seed giveaways
An old-timer recalls a time when critics blasted the government for extravagance in giving away free seeds.
Castro rallies keep heat on imagined invasion
In Havana Fidel Castro hints he may tell Cubans the strength of the people's army repelled American invaders before Jan. 2 as U.S. Navy maneuvers near Guantanamo Bay draw protests. Demonstrations flare in Montevideo and Buenos Aires as anti Castro forces shelter in U.S. bases and casualties are reported.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Eisenhower
White House
John F. Kennedy
U.S. Navy
Caribbean
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Guantanamo Bay
Castro
United States
Puerto Rico
U.S
Montevideo
Uruguay
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Uncle Sam
U.S. Information Agency
First National City Bank of
New York
Leopold Seeks Parole Cut to Marry and Teach
Nathan Leopold seeks reduction of his parole to three years to allow marriage and teaching duties in Puerto Rico and at the University of Puerto Rico. He was imprisoned for the 1924 thrill slaying of Bobby Franks and later commuted after 33 years. The Illinois Parole Board may rule next week and set a hearing date.
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Than Leopold
Leopold
Stateville
Joliet
Charles F. Kinney
Illinois Parole and Pardon ‘Board
Elmer Gertz
Chicago
Puerto Rico
Tthe University of Puerto Rico
Kinney
University of Puerto Rico
Illinois
Richard Loeb
Ferguson Nears Mark
Columbus Ohio AP State Treasurer Joseph T Ferguson enters his third year of a four year term setting a state record for elected service. He will surpass Ralph Osborn who was auditor 1915 to 1933 with 18 years in public office. Ferguson began his term January 12 1959 after 16 years as state auditor.
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Columbus
Ohio
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ralph Osborn
Ferguson
Strangers with Burns Aid Burned Girl in Nevada
In Las Vegas Nevada a three year old girl with burns covering three fifths of her body receives blood from eleven strangers all burned themselves. Blood donors from Honolulu Boston and Seattle offered to help via Nelis Air Force Base. The blood drive began after the girl’s nightgown caught fire from a cigarette lighter and doctors say her condition remains critical for a month.
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Las Vegas, Ney
Joha Howe
Nelis Air Force Base
Honolulu
Boston
Seattle
Points
Air Force C47
Los Angeles
Nellis
Utah
Simons
Julia
Laos demands Soviet airlifts end amid Laos arms aid
Laos warns it will take appropriate steps unless the Soviet Union halts airlift to pro Communist Pathet Lao rebels. The U S delivers four armed patrol planes and additional planes and helicopters to Laos for defense and to monitor rebel movements in Plaine des Jarres. The Geneva agreement authorizes defensive weapons, but Moscow and Hanoi deny large scale incursions despite Laos claims of substantial outside forces.
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Vientiane, Laos
Laos
United States
Central Plaine Des Jarres
U.S
Pathet Lao
Kong le
North Viet Nam
Haiti Bishop and Priests Deported in Vatican Strain
Haiti reports the deportation of Bishop Remy Augustin and the expulsion of an archbishop amid charges of meddling in politics. The government accuses church leaders of aiding anti-government students, while the Vatican protests the actions as a grave episode in church relations.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Francois Duvalier
Vatican
Duvalier
University of
Francois Poirier
France
Sweden to Build Six Subs and Missiles Budgeted at 3.3B
Stockholm AP reports Sweden will construct six long range submarines and spend 10.4 billion dollars on guided missiles in 1961 62 as part of a record 3.3 billion kronor budget submitted to Parliament.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Kennedy fills top State and Treasury posts in new administration
President-elect John F Kennedy names George W Ball as undersecretary of state for economic affairs. Ball, 51, long served as Stevenson adviser and will be the No 3 at State. Henry H Fowler, a Washington lawyer, is named undersecretary of the Treasury. Robert V Roosa becomes monetary affairs undersecretary. Angier Biddle Duke is named chief of protocol.
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Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
State Department
Adlai E. Stevenson
Kennedy
New York
Boston
Washington
George W. Ball
Ball Long
Stevenson
United Nations
Ball
Palm ‘Beach
Treasury Department
Henry H.fowler
the Treasury
Government guard goes berserk in shooting spree
A Washington government building guard opened fire wounding three others and killing four before killing himself. Two victims died at once while two others were in critical condition.
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Washington
Guatemala Confirms US Advisers Aid Guatemalan Army
Guatemala acknowledges U S military officers act as advisers to troops in intensive guerrilla training at Retalhuen base. Defense Minister Enrique Peralta Azurdia calls it routine and denies plans against Cuba. He notes American missions provide valuable guidance to the army.
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Guatemala
U.S
Retalhuen
Enrique Peralta Azurdia
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Thieves Loot Tonkawa Restaurant Steaks Beer Lamb Chops
In Tonkawa Oklahoma thieves looted a local restaurant Tuesday taking 57 steaks several cases of beer a 10 pound bag of lamb chops and a hotile of seltzer tablets that relieve indigestion according to Sheriff Forrest Walker.
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Tonkawa
Okla
Forrest Walker
Slayer On Way Back To Dayton
Dayton officials were to return with 21 year old Michael Hugh Compton amid confession to beating Harvey Whetstone 31 to death in a Gibbons Hotel Dayton room. Compton and John David Holden 33 were arrested in Knoxville on stolen vehicle charges. Compton extradition waived.
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Dayton
Ohio
Charles M. Teeter
Jack Reay
Clinton
Tenn
Michael Hugh Compton
Knoxville
Compton
John David Holden
Mascot
Teeter
Harvey Whetstone
Lombard, Ill
Gibbons Hotel
Holden
French Harris
Ohio Proxy Named DENVER AP New Methodist college head
Dr Carl Bracy president of Mount Union College Alliance Ohio becomes new head of the National Association of Schools and Colleges of the Methodist Church. He was elected Tuesday succeeding Dr Willis M Tate president of Southern Methodist University.
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Denver
Carl €. Bracy
Mount Union ‘College
Alliance
Ohio
National Association of Schools and Colleges of the Methodist Church
Bracy
Willis M. Tate
Southern Methodist University
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