Color Line Is Broken At 6 Nashville Stores
Six Nashville stores agreed with white and Negro civic leaders to serve Negro customers at previously all white counters during slack periods. The plan aims to end violence threats and end downtown boycotts. Separate trials and other incidents across the region followed, including sit-ins and arrests in Winston-Salem and Alabama, with community leaders urging equal rights.
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Nashville
Mnerchants
Winston-Salem
N.C
John D. Gold
Plucky Hostage Breaks Up Siege in Marysville
A 25 year old hostage, Laverne Midgett, seized two pistols from gunman James W. Owens and escaped with officers charging through a sandbag barricade after a 20 hour siege. Owens, 34, sought police surrender after forcing a hospital stop and grabbing officer weapons.
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Marysville
Calif
Sible Reading
James W. Owens
Owens
Yuba County
James Brown
Miss Midgett
Laverne Midgett
Students to Get Sabin Vaccine in Cincinnati
Cincinnati officials plan to offer Sabin live-virus oral vaccine through public schools starting Monday. Parents must consent for their children in all grades. The vaccine, developed by Dr. Albert Sabin, is not yet licensed for public distribution, though about 70 000 Cincinnatians, mostly preschool youngsters, were inoculated in experimental tests last month.
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Cincinnati
Sabin
Albert Sabin
University of Cincinnati
Bender Missing At GOP Meeting in Cleveland
Cuyahoga County Republican precinct committeemen met in Cleveland for their first convention in about 3 years. Former U S Senator George H Bender did not attend after losing a precinct race to a woman. A L Sonny DeMaiori bus was reappointed GOP county chairman and Ray C Miller elections board clerk named vice chairman to replace Bender.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
U. S
George H. Bender
A. L
Sonny) DeMaioribus
GOP
Ray C. Miller
Elections Board
Bender
Lost Springs reelects Nora Wanek unopposed as mayor
In Lost Springs Wyoming voters returned Nora Wanek to the mayor's chair after she ran unopposed. The small town of six residents saw Wanek win the vote with no opposition, continuing her family’s local leadership legacy.
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Lost Springs
Nora Wanek
Deaf Boy Loses Earless Companion Teddy
In Louisville a deaf 11 year old boy, Leslie Sayer, rides his bicycle shouting the name of his lost dog Teddy. The boy has relied on the dog as his ears for years, with his mother noting they shared a special understanding. Teddy disappeared a week ago.
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Louisville
Leslie Sayer
Teddy Leslie
Edgar Stayer
Leslie
Teddy
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Durham
Richard Nesmith
MacMurray College
Jacksonville
Montgomery
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Nesmith
Illinois Party
Kenneth McMillan
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Monroe
Robert F Williams
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
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Fla
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Florida A. & M
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Stockton
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