White Boy Breaks Total Segregation At New Orleans School
In New Orleans a third grade white boy ended the 100 percent segregation boycott at Mc Donogh No 18. The boy Gregory Thompson left with a federal marshal amid demonstrators shouting traitor. His father said the family moved to McDonogh in November and the boy had been attending St Bernard Parish schools since then. The incident follows four Negro girls entering previously all white schools on November 1.
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Save Our Schools
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Redmond
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Nations push UN to act on Lumumba Congo crisis
Seven countries including Ceylon Ghana Guinea Mali Morocco and the U A R urged the UN Security Council to convene and address Patrice Lumumba's imprisonment and alleged mistreatment. They warned of pulling troops from the UN force if Lumumba remains jailed and demanded renewed talks and peace in the Congo. The council president for January Omar Loutfi of the United Arab Republic was expected to call a meeting in February. President Loutfi's term ends soon and he consulted with members beforehand.
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Congo
U.N. Security Council
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United Arab Republic
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
United States
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Dag Hammarskjold
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Ghana
Guinea
Mali
Morocco
U.A.R
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Loutis
United Nations
Lumumba
Loutsi
Leopoldville
Katanga
Net Profit Down for Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad released a preliminary report showing a 1960 profit of 2.4 million, down from 14.8 million in 1859. Operating revenues for last year were 389.4 million, slightly below 395.1 million in the prior year.
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House Hits Car in Birmingham Move
A five room bungalow being moved under police direction collided with a parked car in Birmingham, Alabama, causing about 200 dollars in damage to the vehicle.
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Georgia Abandons Segregation Reform Passes Four Bills
In the historic session the Georgia legislature abandoned rigid school segregation laws. Four bills replace prior statutes, including a local option to close schools by referendum, a grants program for students who opt out of integrated schools, and a constitutional amendment to preserve freedom of association. Senator Carl Sanders compared the measures to laws in North Carolina and Virginia, noting their lack of federal court challenges.
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Nether
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Boy Burned In House Fire Near Brookeville
Fire crews from Sandy Spring and Laystonville responded to a blaze at 12 20 PM on the Brookeville and Mt Zion Road in Montgomery County near Sandy Spring. The home belonged to Mrs Melinda Russell and was rented by the Ray family.
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New Idea
Fire destroys Carters’ house injures boy in kerosene stove blast
A house fire enveloped by flames injured the Carter boy who had splashed kerosene on a wood stove. He rolled in snow to extinguish flames after his clothing caught fire. Neighbors rescued three other children as the house lost two rooms. Parents were away. $2500 in damage reported. The boy to Montgomery County Hospital in good condition. Firemen remained on scene for two hours. In Honolulu a separate AP item reports Bette Bao, a China born Fletcher School graduate, named assistant to East-West Center director. She is a Chinese citizen seeking U.S. citizenship. her father Sandys Bao is the Nationalist Chinese representative to the UN Sugar Council. Also in Tuscumbia, Marshall James Grigsby of Killen to hospital after a crash. passenger M. A. Chandler, 81, of Corinth, treated for bruises after watermelon splatter incident.
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Montgomery County Hospital
Honolulu
Bette Bao
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Massachusetts
Murray Turnbull
Bao
Sandys Bao
United Nations International , Sugar Council
Casualty Tuscumbia. Ala
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Killen
Grigsby
M. A. Chandler
Corinth
Farmers' Efficiency Up While Income Is Down
The 1960s saw farm output rise about 20 percent since 1933 under Freeman, with crops expanding due to better seed, fertilizers, and machinery. Yet farmers faced a nearly 20 percent drop in income from 1952 to 1960 as prices fell and costs rose, while surplus investments ballooned and export values edged higher.
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Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Orville L. Freeman
Ezra Taft Benson
Secretary of Agriculture
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Farm parity trends and farm population shift reported
The piece notes parity as a standard for farm prices, with 1952 at 100 percent and 1960 at 30 percent, reflecting declines in farm population from 24,203,000 in 1952 to 21,172,000 in 1959, fewer farms, larger average farm size, and reduced farm employment from 9,149,000 in 1952 to 7,118,000 in 1960.
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