Integration Advancing as Three Negro Girls Enter Hall High
Little Rock on the second day of school integration reports three Negro girls entering Hall High School with minimal disruption. Police kept order as white protesters outside hurled phrases and arrests were made after a mass rally at the state capitol.
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Little Rock
Central High School
Capitol Lawn
Ark UP
Hall High School
Faubus
Central
Jefferson Thomas
Elizabeth Eckford
State Capitol
Orvald. Faukus
Miss Kojima and bust surgery claim before Miss Japan win
Tokyo plastic surgeon Toshizo Matsui said he performed a bust enhancing injection on Akiko Kojima before she won Miss Japan and Miss Universe. Sankei Shimbun denied the report as unfounded and noted no need for such surgery. Kojima, 24, reportedly visited Matsui’s clinic shortly before the June Miss Japan contest.
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Tokyo
Akiko Kojima
Miss Kojima
Toshizo Matsui
Matsui’s
Sankei Shimbun
Long Beach
Cal
Kojima
Inside Classifieds and Obituaries Highlights
Classified sections cover radio and television listings, Phoenic and Fulton items, brine related notices, and funeral announcements. Obituary and funeral notices summarize recent deaths with brief tributes and essential details.
Steel Industry Rejects Suggestion of Price Cut
Washington reports the steel industry rejected a proposal by Rep. Chester Bowles to cut prices ten dollars a ton in exchange for a wage increase amid the monthlong strike. Officials say public costs would rise with higher labor costs, and a settlement seems unlikely without government intervention.
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Washington
Chester A. Bowles
Dconn
F Esenhower
Directl
Roger Blough
U.S. Steel Corp
Blough
United Steelworkers
Bowles
New York
Mamie Eisenhower Visits Ailing Mother In Denver
Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower arrived in Denver and went to the bedside of her mother Mrs. Elivera Doud. A Secret Service man said there was no major change in the 81 year old Doud's condition. Eisenhower traveled from Washington by train Tuesday night. In Gettysburg Acting White House press secretary Wayne Hawks reported Doud's health had been poor for some time.
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Denver
Mamie Eisenhower
Elivera Doud
Secret Service
US proposes peace committee for Caribbean crisis
At the Inter-American Foreign Ministers Conference in Santiago Chile Secretary of State Herter proposed a special peace committee to study Caribbean tensions and report to the Quito conference. The panel would help resolve issues before they threaten regional peace and could assist states unable to negotiate directly.
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Santiago
Chile
United States
Caribbean
Christian A. Herter
Inter-American Foreign Ministers’ Conference
Quito
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Herter
Organization of American States
inter-American Peace Committee
Castro
Mexico
Manuel Tella
House Fights Over Labor Racketeering Rules Narrowly Rests
In Washington the House battles over labor racketeering controls hinge on a razor thin balance. A moderate bill backed by Democrats faced defeat 245 to 132 while a Powell civil rights amendment failed 215 to 160. Uncertain members hold power as leaders push for tighter reporting and anti racketeering provisions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Afl-Cio
John F. Shelley
D-Cal
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
National Labor Relations Board
Reds retreat from Laos into Vietnam after border withdrawal
Laotian government reports most Communist forces that infiltrated northern Laos from North Vietnam have withdrawn across the border. Col Phoumi Nosavan says about 1000 remain, mostly Black Thai and Pathet Lao fighters. He expects further attacks in the dry season October to December.
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Vientiane
Laos
Viet Nam
Phoumi Nosavan
Defense
Pathet Liao
Sam Neua
Phong Saly
Phourmi
United States
Red China
Peiping
Indochina
Senate Banking Group Drafts Housing Bill
The Senate Banking Committee began work on a compromise housing bill after June’s veto of a $1.375 billion package. Senator Sparkman says the full committee will mirror a trimmed-down $1.05 billion measure from his subcommittee, while Senator Capehart predicts Eisenhower would sign with minor changes.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Homer E Capehart
Rind
Eisenhower
Navy to wed space monkey Miss Baker in Pensacola
The Navy plans to marry Miss Baker a space traveling monkey to study potential radiation effects on reproduction. A bridal suite seven by five by seven and a half feet with formica walls air conditioning and special lighting is being built for the ceremony and honeymoon.
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Pensacola
Fla
Navy
Miss Baker
Naval School of Aviation Medicine
Officials Find Leftover Marble Block in Washington Monument
A 200 pound marble block, one of 189 donated for the Washington Monument, lay in a stairwell for about eight decades. It bears the Carthage inscription and was missed during construction and later repairs. Historians speculate it was lost during the 1860s to 1880s work gap and now faces uncertain fate.
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Washington 4
Washington Monument
Carthage
Edmund J. Fitzgerald
New Yorkers cool toward Khrushchev trip
A statewide AP survey finds New Yorkers mixed about Khrushchev’s planned September visit. Opinions range from optimism about limited impact to fear of violence, with some urging demonstrations and others stressing safety and security concerns.
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Albany
Nikita Khruschev
United States
Khrushchev
Gas Tax Hike Approved to Pave Road Construction
Washington reports the House Ways and Means Committee voted a one cent increase in the federal gasoline tax effective Sept 1 to sustain the highway program. It also diverts portions of auto and auto parts taxes to the highway fund, with estimates of 1.8 billion dollars for 1961 and 2 billion for 1962 to states for interstate construction.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Eisenhower
General Fund of the Treasury
Congress
Havana Gunmen Attack as Castro Moves Out
Havana police clashed with anti Castro gunmen near the Mexican and Peruvian embassies and the 26th of July Movement building. Castro led forces against 60 to 70 insurgents in Las Villas and promised a nation address on the conspiracy. About 3000 people were reportedly held for questioning.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro
Las Villas
Trinidad
Revolucion
Paul
Quaker Group Appeals Governors to End Death Penalty
A Quaker group asked the governors of New York New Jersey Connecticut and Vermont to abolish the death penalty. The letters argue that taking human life conflicts with Christ’s teachings and the New Testament.
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New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Vermont
Los Angeles Butler Spat Over Convention Tickets
A ticket dispute threatens the 1960 Democratic National Convention with Paul M. Butler urging a settlement by Monday or consider a new site. Kenneth Hahn expects a compromise by Saturday or a new group may finance and accept Butler’s 1500 tickets. Oilman Edwin Pauley sought 5000 daily tickets, later agreeing to 3133, while Butler sticks to 1500. Philadelphia’s offer included cash and fringe benefits totaling about 350000. In New Bedford, thieves steal 60 coats and 1200 dollars in a shop break-in after a sign urged restraint.
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Los Angeles
Paul M. Butler
Kenneth Hahn
Butler
Hahn
Edwin Pauley
Cochairman
Daly
Norris Poulson
Buller
Washington
Philadelphia
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L. C. Bates
Arkansas
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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RBA
James P. Mitchell
Taft-Hartley
U. § Steel
U. S. Steels
Mamie
Mother
Tella
Brazil
Colombia
Dominican Republic
el Salvador
Guatemala
Costa Rica
Romulo Betancourt
Revolutionares
Prme
Rafael Trujillo
Ernesto de la Guardia Jr
Panama
Senate Banking Group
New York State
Syracuse
Geneva
Auburn
Norwich
Sle
Oswero
FBI
Rome
American Legion
Pougshkeepsie
New York City
Hungarian Freedom Fighters Federation
Edward M. O'Connor
Buffalo
U. S
Endicott
Raymond Lee
Mayo John J. Burns
Binghamton
Calvin L. Keller
Niagara Falls
Falls
Jamestown
Carl F. Sanford
Long Island
Moscow
General Electric
East River
New Bedford
Mass
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