Ministers Face Racial Showdowns
Associated Press profile of clergy resignations and firings over race in American churches. It notes deacons at a Linden Alabama Baptist church debating black membership, pastors resigning, threats and harassment, and broader trends in the South and handful in the North. It cites Methodist and Southern Baptist leaders, with Bishop Marvin Franklin and Rev W B Selah among those affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Deacons of
the Baptist Church
Community of Linden
Ala
Joe Patterson
Patterson
South
Methodist Church
Southern Baptist Convention
Albert McClellan
Nashville, Tenn
Southern Baptist
McClellan
Mississippi
Methodist
Marvin Franklin
Franklin
W. B. Selah
Galloway Methodist Church
Jackson
Miss
Massamba-Debat Named Premier In Congo Republic Crisis
Alphonse Massamba-Debat, described as a moderate leftist, was named to lead a provisional government after Fulbert Youlou resigned amid riots and corruption charges. The army dissolved the National Assembly and promised a seven-man cabinet, while a general amnesty was declared for political prisoners.
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Brazzaville
Congo Republic
Alphonse Massaamba-Debat
Massamba-Debat
Fulbert Youlou
Republic
France
Youlou
National Assembly
Paris
Radio
Massamba Debat
Atheist to Start New Court Fight Against Catholics
Mada lyn Murray of Baltimore says she will sue to bar Catholic nuns teaching in Kansas public schools and to challenge church tax exemptions. Her plan follows a Supreme Court Bible reading ruling in a Maryland case. She seeks land in Stockton area for an atheist center and hints at more land offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton, Kan
Madalyn Murray
Baltimore
Stockton
Kansas
Murray
William
Maryland
U.S. Supreme Court
Garth
Hays
Harold Chapman
Oakland
Calif
Chapman
Television notes show militant demands for more Negro representation
Hollywood wires report unions back NAACP on Negro representation while technical unions resist crew integration. They warn of NLBR filings, sponsor boycotts, and picketing if demands are unmet. NBCs Hazel cited as target. industry fears affect hiring, budgets, and careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
UPI
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
National Labor Relations Board
Nbc-Tv
Hazel
Ford Motor Co
Ford
United States
Father and two sons drown at Fort Gibson Dam
In Waggoner Oklahoma Mary Lou Richardson leapt into the dam waters to save her husband James H Richardson 66 and two sons Ronnie 15 and Robert 12 but all three drowned. Mrs Richardson 35 and Ricky 7 were treated for shock. Ricky witnessed the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waggoner, Okla
Mary Lou Richardson
Fort Gibson Dam
James HH. Richardson
Okmulgee
Ronnie
Robert
Richardson
Ricky
Muskogee
High Court To Blow Away Reapportionment Haze
The Supreme Court plans to hear four reapportionment cases on November 12 in Virginia Maryland New York and Alabama to clarify federal jurisdiction and standards for districting. Cases involve questions of the little federal system fit and how strictly population must drive legislative districts amid political vetoes and state reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Meisler Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
Virginia
Maryland
New York
Alabama
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Charles Nesbitt
Congress
Associated Press
Man as deciding element in future space flights
Chris Kraft, NASA flight director, says future U S crewed spaceflight will blend pilot and automatic systems, with man as the deciding factor in Gemini and Apollo. He cites Glenn Carpenter Schirra and Cooper manual control during reentry and notes Mercury observers helped gauge rendezvous and navigation for later programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacksburg, Va
U.S
Chris Kraft
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Manned Spacecraft Center
United States
Mercury
Kraft
John H. Glenn Jr
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr
Gemini
Apollo
Schirra
Cooper
Ancient mammoth barbecue remains found in California
Workmen at the San Luis reservoir site uncover bones of mammoths and prehistoric horses with charcoal fragments and a bone tool, suggesting a monumental prehistoric cookout dated 10 000 to 20 000 years ago. State archaeologist Francis Riddell calls the find nationally important. some remains are still in blue clay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
San Luis Reservoir
Francis A. Riddell
State Park
Riddell
Oil Industry Seeks More Military Orders From Kennedy
The Independent Petroleum Association of America urged President Kennedy to boost domestic oil purchases for military use. It cited 85 percent refinery capacity and a $340 million foreign oil bill in 1962, urging defense budget shifts to reduce the U.S. payments gap and support import controls. The Defense Department limited overseas purchases to 1962 levels starting July 1, 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Kennedy
IPAA
U.S
Jones
Secretary of Defense
Defense Department
Diamonds as space transistors rewrite space science
A Stillwater Oklahoma State University physicist Dr William J Leivo heads a research team funded by Air Force and National Science Foundation says some diamonds may serve as semiconductors and withstand temperatures up to 1000 degrees Fahrenheit aiding space exploration The diamond was discovered in 1952 by Dr J F H Custers in South Africa and identified as a potential semiconductor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma State University
William J. Leivo
Air Force
National Science Foundation
J.F.H. Custers
Diamond Research Laboratory
South Africa
New Ice Readings Pinpoint Ancient Earth History
In snow and ice samples scientists read climate history dating back to 1558 and 1500, using ice core dating methods. Dr. Henri Bader of the University of Miami discusses drilling deeper at Byrd Station and the South Pole to track 75,000 years of climate, noting past warm trends and reduced snowfall.
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Los Angeles
South Pole
Henri Bader
University of Miami
Greenland
Antarctica
U.S. Army
Bader
Byrd Station
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