Six Arrested In Outbreak Of Violence In New Orleans
Police broke up a violent scene as more than 100 teenagers tried to break into McDonogh 19 and McDonogh Frantz schools after four first graders entered. Six teens were arrested. one man in a tin helmet clashed with officers. a girl with a protest sign was dragged to a car. a toy pistol was seized from another man. mounted police dispersed the crowd as streets near St Claude Avenue were closed to traffic.
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New Orleans
McDonogh 19
McDonogh
William Frantz
George Simon
Theodore Mitchell
Simon
Orleans
Legislators To Continue Battle On Integration
Baton Rouge reporters chronicled Louisiana’s clash over New Orleans school integration. District Judge J Skelly Wright issued restraining orders halting the Legislature after it voted to remove four Orleans Parish School Board members. The 12 day session ends sine die tonight, then a new 30 day session begins to head off federal arrest. House 88 12 and Senate 28 9 supported removals. Emile Wagner spared due to lack of contact with others. Lawmakers also urged states to aid in defending sovereignty.
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Sam Hanna
Baton Rouge
J. Skelly Wright
Louisiana
New Orleans
Wright
Orleans Parish
House
Lloyd Rittiner
Matthew Sutherland
Louis Reicke
Theodore Shepard
Senate
Emile Wagner
Mader
Guatemala moves against rebel remnants in Zacapa recaptured
Government forces launched mop up operations in eastern Guatemala and recaptured Zacapa from rebels. The army said rebels fled toward Puerto Barrios and pledged to wipe them out within 24 hours as public health aid rushed to Zacapa. President Ydigoras asked the OAS to act on Cuba's alleged aid to the insurgents.
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Guatemala
Zacapa
Miguel Ydigoras
Organization of American States
Cuba
Puerto Barrios
Mariano Lopez Herrarte
Julio Prado
Rescue Craft Crashes Toll Reaches 10
Two U S Navy plane crashes near Subic Bay claimed ten lives including Rear Adm Arthur F Spring commander of the base. Also killed were his wife Clare aide Lt Karl Ziegenhagen pilot Lt Cmdr Wade K Smith copilot Lt Kenneth Cowles and airman Cecil G Johnson. Four more, including a Marine and three Philippine personnel, died in a helicopter crash nearby. eight aboard the helicopter, pilot and copilot uninjured. one Navy doctor slightly bruised and an enlisted man with minor burns.
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Manila
Subic Bay
Arthur F. Spring
Clare
J.g
Karl Ziegenhagen
Gary
Ind
Wade K. Smith
Clinton, Tenn
Philippine Constabulary
Hornet
U.S
Morrison Praises Conduct Of Public In New Orleans
Mayor deLesseps Morrison commends the public and police for orderly behavior on New Orleans first day of school integration. He notes jeering and sign carrying at two grade schools where four Negro girls integrated and urges citizens to maintain good judgment to spare the city trouble seen in other Southern cities.
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New Orleans
UPD
deLesseps Morrison
Morrison
Monroe JCs back Louisiana school integration halt wire
Wired Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce members urged Oua chita Parish legislators in Baton Rouge to resist federal integration. The message argued that the rights of the sovereign State of Louisiana must not be surrendered to a dictatorial U S court.
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Monroe
Open Meeting Set by Ouachita Parish Council
The Ouachita Parish Citizens Council schedules an open meeting tonight at 7 30 at the council office on North Fifth Street to discuss the school situation in New Orleans.
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Ouachita Parish
Death Of Two Children Here Questioned
Houston authorities urge Ouachita Parish to reopen investigations into the deaths of two infants in Monroe, while a Houston mother, Alline Hogan, 22, is jailed for psychiatric evaluation as a third child is treated after severe injuries. A three month old girl presented with broken legs, fractured ribs, and extensive bruising, with doctors noting welts and stripes not caused by a fall. Hogan reportedly said she was holding the baby aloft when her grip faltered.
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Houston
Texas
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
John P. Burton
Leo Horton
Houston Police Department
Ouachita
Horton
Alline Marie Hogan
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Russians Declare Ruble Value To Surpass Dollar
Moscow reports that the Soviet Union will issue a new heavy ruble worth more than the dollar under a Jan 1 currency revaluation. Official exchange shifts from four rubles per dollar to one ruble per 1.11 dollars, with a ten old rubles to one new ruble exchange. Tass cites higher gold content and bank instruction to raise ruble value against foreign currencies. Premier Khrushchev had announced the plan last May without detailing gold content or dollar value.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Khrushchev
Davis Urges Calm as Orleans Teens Try to Break School
Governor Jimmie H. Davis urged New Orleans residents to keep cool heads as police repulsed 100 or more teenagers attempting to break into an integrated school. He noted widespread opposition to integration but stressed restraint and calm amid the city’s tensions.
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Baton Rouge
Jimmie H. Davis
New Orleans
Associated Press
Guatemala leader appeals to OAS over Cuba role in revolt
President Miguel Ydigoras of Guatemala asked the Organization of American States to press for aid to rebels fighting his government. Rebels hold Puerto Barrios and Zacapa near the Atlantic coast as Ydigoras claims Fidel Castro’s government backs the uprising. He vows to continue until Marxist-Castro influence is removed. In Nicaragua, 14 rebels surrendered after a counterattack at a teachers college.
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Guatemala City
Miguel Ydigoras
Guatemala
Organization of American States
Cuba
Puerto Barrios
Atlantic
Zacapa
Ydigoras
Fidel Castro
Washington
OAS Inter- American Peace Committee
Nicaragua
Metals Gases Explored Lubricants For Space Flights
San Antonio AP report to a space craft symposium notes the Air Force and industry study liquid metals and gases as lubricants for satellites and spacecraft. Col. W A Anderson cites fluids like liquid potassium and rubidium aiming for maintenance free operation and functioning in temperatures from 400 F to 1500 F for early weapons system designs.
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San Antonio
Tex
Air Force
W. A. Anderson
Anderson
Wright Air Development Division
Dayton
Ohio
Man Hanged For Murder Of Dad
FORT SASKATCHEWAN Alta AP Robert Raymond Cook 23 was hanged early today for the murder of his father more than a year earlier. He claimed innocence. The bodies of his father, stepmother, and five children were found in a grease pit behind the Cook home in Stettler in June 1959. Cook willed his eyes to the Edmonton eye bank and his body to the University of Alberta medical faculty.
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Fort Saskatchewan
Alta
Robert Raymond Cook
Cook
Stettler
Edmonton Eye Bank
University of Alberta Medical Faculty
Mild Cloudy Outlook With Scattered Showers Forecast
Weather forecast predicts mostly mild, partly cloudy conditions for Tuesday and Wednesday. Scattered showers are possible with highs near 84 Tuesday and a low around 66. Monday topped 83 with a 59 low and no rainfall at Selman Field.
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Selman Field
Kennedy Finds Nixon Cool To Appointments
President-elect Kennedy discovered that Vice President Nixon has reservations about Republicans taking top positions in the new Democratic administration. After a 63 minute Key Biscayne conference, Kennedy planned lunch talks with Gov. Ribicoff regarding a Cabinet post or other top role for a Democrat.
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Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Kennedy
Nixon
Key Biscayne
Connecticut
Abraham Ribicoff
Eisenhower Praises Submarine Deterrent For Surprise Attacks
President Eisenhower hailed the Navy’s Polaris submarines as a deterrent to surprise attacks, noting the George Washington’s maiden patrol from Charleston. He said roving subs with 16 thermonuclear missiles each, including the George Washington, Patrick Henry, and Abraham Lincoln, offer a powerful stake in world peace.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Free World
Charleston
S.C
George Washington
Louisiana Population Jump Raises State Rank
Louisiana's population grew from 2,683,516 in 1950 to 3,257,022 in 1960, a rise of 573,506, moving the state from 21st to 20th in the nation. The 1960 census lists show Louisiana keeping eight House seats and ten electoral votes.
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Washington
UPI
Louisiana
Census Bureau
House of Representative
Electoral College
House reapportionment shifts seats after 1960 census
The Commerce Department announced that 25 states will gain or lose seats in the U.S. House based on the 1960 census. California leads gains with eight seats, while Pennsylvania loses three. Nine states gain one seat, including Arizona Hawaii Maryland Michigan New Jersey Ohio and Texas. The changes take effect in the 1962 election following formal White House transmission in Augusta.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Commerce Department
House
Eisenhower
Augusta
Frederick H. Mueller
California
Florida
Arizona
Hawaii
Maryland
Michigan
New Jersey
Ohio
Texas
Pennsylvania
New York
Massachu
Atlas Missile Capsule Caught Off Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral reports the Air Force fired an Atlas missile and recovered a data capsule in a second success within 12 hours of tests. The bulky rocket launched a dummy warhead and instruments into the Atlantic off Africa, with the Timber Hitch range delivering the capsule from the nose.
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Cape Canaveral
UPD
Air Force
United States
Africa
Today’s Chuckle at the Airport
A light quip about a wife telling her husband to write even if it is only a check. The joke hinges on the idea of sending a message or note as a form of payment or sentiment during travel.
Robot scientists may spot disease prone individuals
Dr. Roger J. Williams of the University of Texas told NAS members that high speed computing machines could identify innate susceptibilities to diseases from inherited biochemical weaknesses. He described a personal pattern of anatomical, physiological, neurological, biochemical, and psychological factors that could indicate vulnerability or resistance to illnesses.
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Frank Carey
Philadelphia
University of Texas
Roger J. Williams
Dr. Williams
National Academy of Sciences
Williams
Dobie Ranch Auction Opens Over $1 Million Start
The 55,700 acre Dobie ranch near San Diego Texas goes up for sale on the Duval County courthouse steps to satisfy creditors of political boss George Parr. Auction terms require 20 percent to Parr’s bankrupt estate with Duval County collecting the remainder.
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San Diego
Tex
South Texas
George Parr
Dobie
Duval County
Parr
Corpus Christi
Here
J. M. Dobie
J. Frank
Sweeping Probe Ordered Into New York Police
Mayor Robert F. Wagner ordered a broad inquiry into police corruption. The Citizens Emergency Committee alleged graft in granting nightclub entertainer licenses and misuses of license funds. Wagner named Louis I. Kaplan to probe all aspects as a police hearing featured charges and countercharges. Richard Buckley known as Lord Buckley was accused of bribery during a police Honor Legion dinner.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
Citizens Emergency Committee
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Wagner
Louis I. Kaplan
Stephen Kennedy
Richard M. Buckley
Lord Buckley
Police
Honor Legion
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Kennon
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Isaac Abramson
Twin City
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Atlas
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