Orleans Parochial Schools Integrated In New Orleans
Negro pupils began desegregated attendance in all white Catholic elementary and high schools in New Orleans with about a dozen at St. Leo the Great and small numbers at St. Mary of the Angels and Mater Dolorosa. No incidents were reported. In Baton Rouge a 14-year-old Negro girl was denied entry to all white Baton Rouge High School despite a visit with NAACP officials. the principal cited lack of authority to enroll her.
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New Orleans
Archdiocese of
St. Leo the Great
St. Mary of the Angels
Mater Dolorosa
Joseph Pyzikiewicz
Baton Rouge
Franzella la Motta
Capitol High School
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Dennis F. Burge
Peeping Tom Youth Charged With Murder
Falls Church Virginia AP report details how 17 year old John Vinson Jr. admitted shooting Lewis Goldfein after windows were watched through a telescope. Vinson allegedly fled home before midnight last Friday and fired five shots when he realized someone approached.
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Falls Church
Lewis Goldfein
Goldfein
John Vinson Jr
Washington, D.C
Fairfas County
William Currer
Vinson
Saralee Goldfein
Falls Church High School
Carrer
Solomon Goldfein
Lewis
Durrer
Sterling Springston
U S Soldiers Guard Berlin Checkpoints At Midnight Order
U S troops in full battle gear man key crossing points in Berlin to block Soviet convoys after Allied orders to reroute took effect at midnight. Russians did not attempt a crossing at their usual 12:30 p m central time.
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Berlin
UPI
United States
Algiers Rebels Hit Back in Encounters South and East
Rebel guerrilla forces stalled a column of Deputy Premier Ahmed Ben Bella’s troops south of Algiers and repulsed another east of the capital. In Oued Djenane near Aumale dozens were killed or wounded as Ben Bella’s men attacked. guerrillas reinforced Wilaya No. 4 with requisitioned trucks. Berber forces in the Kabylie casbah remained vigilant amid renewed clashes between Ben Bella supporters and Wilaya No. 4 fighters.
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Algiers
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Bella
Oued Djenane
Aumale
Ahmed Ben
Wilaya No. 4
Wilaya No. 3
Kabylie
Casbah
Wrestling Match Canceled Over Bear Safety Protest
In Brighton England a planned bout featuring 180 pound Australian wrestler Dennis Dean against a 350 pound bear named Igor was scrapped after animal lovers protested. The organizers cited safety concerns and public outcry as the reason for canceling the event.
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Brighton
England
UPI
Dennis Dean
Igor
Senate Tackles Tax Revision Amid 80 Amendments Pending
The Senate reopens debate on President Kennedy's tax revision bill with over 80 amendments. Key battles loom over expense deductions lobbying costs foreign earnings taxes and a self employed private pension plan measure backed by Dirksen. The plan faces revenue concerns but Democratic leaders doubt they can kill it.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
Senate Finance Committee
Robert S. Kerr
Dokla
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Iran Quake Toll Rises Amid Wider Aftermath
Tremors in Sirap Dan-Isfahan area terrify 300 survivors from weekend quake that toppled 100 villages in northwest Iran. Deaths pass 4,000 with Red Cross warning up to 10,000. aid rush includes U.S. airlift of blankets tents and hospital unit.
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Dan-Isfahan
Iran
Sirap
Iranian Red Cross
U.S
Germany
Tehran
Nation Sets Grim Holiday Death Record
The National Safety Council reports 484 deaths from motor vehicle crashes during the holiday period ending at midnight, with 22 boating fatalities, 54 drownings, and 91 other mishaps. The toll could rise to 500 as belated reports come in, surpassing prior records from 1951. Millions drove home on Monday.
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National Safety Council
Degree Conferral Tonight at West Monroe Masonic Lodge
A Master’s degree will be conferred at 7:30 p.m. tonight at West Monroe Masonic Lodge No. 419. Two candidates will be presented. All Master Masons are invited to attend the ceremonies. Refreshments will be served.
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West Monroe Masonic Lodge No. 419
Soviet protest over U2 flight violates Far Eastern border
Moscow charges a U S U2 reconnaissance aircraft overflew the USSR for nine minutes on August 30. Tass reports the note claims Sakhalin Island was involved and warns of retaliatory measures and UN talk if America does not punish the flight organizers.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States U2
Far Eastern
United States
U.S.S.R
Tass
General Assembly
United Nations
Giorgi Pushkin
U. S
J. McSweeney
Sakhalin Island
Pacific
Shared Time Plan Tests Public Parochial School Partnership
In a Pittsburgh area trial, about 35 11th graders from St. Thomas School will spend half days in advanced science at Forbes Trail technical school with 300 public school peers. The rest of the day they attend St. Thomas for religion and humanities, as 14 eastern Allegheny County districts back the program to share funds and facilities.
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Pittsburgh
Forbes Trail Area
Monroeville
St. Thomas School
North Braddock
Technical
Allegheny County
Weather outlook stays warm with scattered afternoon showers
Partly cloudy and warm weather forecast through tomorrow includes widely scattered showers in the afternoon. After a faultless Labor Day weekend the forecaster promises more of the same for the next two days. Holiday celebrants enjoyed near perfect weather except for a few showers Monday afternoon which provided a cooling effect in affected areas.
Fire walking practiced worldwide per Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica notes fire walking is still practiced by religious followers in Bulgaria Trinidad India Japan Tahiti and other lands. The passage highlights the global spread of this ritual tradition across diverse cultures.
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Bulgaria
Trinidad
India
Japan
Tahiti
Britannica
Albany enrollment defies Klan warning in race clash
Negro pupils planned to enroll in three white Albany schools amid a massive Ku Klux Klan rally urging mass resistance. Klan leader Calvin Craig lauded boycott calls and segregationist votes as Imperial Wizard Shelton warned of bloodshed in the fight against integration.
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C. H. Maddon
Savannah
Albany
Grand Dragon
Calvin Craig
Georgia
Calvin F. Craig
Atlanta
Craig
Robert M. Shelton
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Chicago
New York
Connecticut
William D. Watkins
Over 26 000 Students Trek Back To Schools
Ouachita parish and Monroe area schools opened for fall term with over 26 000 students returning. City and parish schools began classes this morning, half day for book issuing and orientation, full day starting Monday, traffic aided by patrols. West Monroe also reported smooth traffic flow.
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Ouachita Parish
Advice To Parents Imagination Runs Wild On First Day
Public service guidance for nervous parents as children return to school. First graders spin tall tales of butcher knives and whipping machines while older students may exaggerate conditions. Keep perspective, translate rumors, and respond with humor and reassurance to help families adjust after the start of the school year.
Wreck Kills Three In Labor Day Crash Near Mangham
A head-on collision near Mangham late Labor Day night killed Winnsboro woman Mrs. B R Duplissey aged 34 and her mother Mrs. Rob Simon 60 and Eugene Lawrence 37 Baskin. Injured were Billy Duplissey 42 and Linzey Johnson 32. The victims were returning from a rodeo in West Monroe.
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Mangham
Here
Winnsboro
Leavin
B. R
Billy) Duplissey
Rob Simon
Ft. Necessity
Eugene Lawrence
Baskin
Billy Duplissey
Linzey Johnson
Duplisseys
West Monroe
Lousiana
Earnie D. Scott
Southern University
Tallulah
State Kwy
Lawrence
Butler
Negroes Fail To Show Again At Burns School
In Buras Louisiana the desegregated Our Lady of Good Harbor Catholic school again saw no black students as 150 spectators watched. Twelve white children entered with two priests leading them, amid ongoing FBI threat investigations and protests insisting the school remain white.
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Burns School
Christopher Schneider
Malachi Brogan
FBI
U. S
Robert F. Kennedy
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