No Compromise Seen In Civil Rights Battle
Washington reports Lyndon B. Johnson says the Senate will start round the clock debate on a civil rights bill Monday after a week of sessions centered on the issue. Sen. Richard Russell challenges any compromise while Southern foes vow to wear down opponents with a marathon session and possible time limits. Johnson notes a test vote and warns against bloodshed in nonstop talks as allies and foes prepare for extended action.
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Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Johnson
Richard B Russell
D-Ga
Russell
Spa
Russel
John Stearis
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Armed Services Committee
Space Committee
Appropriations
Backman Breaks World 10,000m Speed Skating Record
Kjell Backman of Sweden set a world record in the 10,000 meter speed skating at the Winter Olympics with 16 minutes 14.2 seconds. The prior world best was 16 minutes 32.6 seconds by Hjalmar Andersen of Norway in 1952. The Olympic record of 16 35.9 was by Sigvard Ericsson of Sweden in Cortina in 1956.
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Squaw Valley
Calif
Kjell Backman
Sweden
Hjalmar Anderson
Norway
Sigvard Ericsson
Cortina
Italy
Margaret's Engagement Stirs Britain
Princess Margaret wore her engagement ring, a ruby surrounded by diamonds shaped like a flower, at Windsor Royal Lodge with Antony Armstrong-Jones, the commoner future husband. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother announced the betrothal, sparking global excitement while the couple shared their joy in sunshine.
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London
Princess Margaret
Royal Lodge
Windsor
Antony Armstrong-Jones
Armstrong-Jones
Queen Elizabeth
Friday
Margaret
Woo
Pimlico
Princess Engaged To Commoner Shocks British Society
British social circles reel as Princess Margaret selects a young commoner over aristocratic suitors. Jane, staying in a lodge with six guest rooms, is up early for important visitors. The engagement keeps her fourth in line to the throne and raises her government income from 9,000 to 15,000 pounds annually.
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Armstrong
Janes
Britain
Margaret
Trapped In School By Snow In Oakfield
Thirty five snow stranded students from kindergarten to high school age remained overnight at Oakfield Central School in Genesee County as buses could not traverse clogged rural roads. Two teachers and the school secretary stayed with them while civil defense crews provided Army cots. Snowplows worked to clear Western New York roads so the rest could return home.
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Oakfield
Oakfield-Alabama Central School
Genesee County
New York
Boycott Threats Grow in Dixie Segregation Fight
Associated Press reports mass demonstrations in North Carolina and other Southern states pushing for integrated lunch counters. Over 300 Negroes at Winston-Salem voted to boycott stores with segregated counters amid sitdowns in Henderson and Orangeburg. Protests spread from Greensboro to Alabama, with NAACP involvement and mixed police accounts. Alabama State College students protested at Montgomery’s courthouse as Gov Patterson warned possible school closure.
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Associated Press
South
Winston-Salem
S.C
Henderson
Orangebore SC
Montgomery
Rose Five
Kittrell College
F W
North Carolina
Virginia
South Carolina
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Carl] Matthews
Orangeburg
Howell Hall
NAACP
New York
Melvin Flood
Hall
Naacps
Alabama State College
John Patterson
Buffalo man held after heroin package arrives at bus terminal
Buffalo police arrest Stephen B. Doyle 26 on a felony charge of illegal possession of heroin after a package claimed to contain a $2,500 heroin shipment arrived by bus from New York at a downtown terminal. Narcotics investigators had a tip about heroin movement into the city.
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Buffalo
Stephen B. Doyle
New York
Ravena Man Killed in Route 144 Crash
Harold Marr age 56 of Ravena died Friday when his car crashed through a guard rail and overturned on Route 144 at Cedar Hill south of Albany. Local authorities released initial details of the fatal incident and investigations continue.
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Albany
Harold Marr
Ravena
Cedar Hill
Church leaders demand apology from Rep Walter
Six leading Protestant churchmen demand Rep Francis Walter apologize for an alleged untrue statement accusing churches of Communist infiltration. Walter invites leaders to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Air Force Secretary Sharp is urged to repudiate a withdrawn manual. Two leaders offered cooperation to seek truth, while others criticize the charges as slander. An Albany obituary notes Henry Ziehn, 74, dies from injuries after Friday night automobile collision.
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New York
Francis E Walter D-Pat
Walter
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Air Force
Dudley C Sharp
Walters
Sharp
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
National Council of Churches
Indonesia to receive 250 million Soviet credit
Indonesia and the Soviet Union agreed on a 250 million dollar Soviet credit with a longer payback period. Subandrio said the talks also covered a peaceful nuclear reactor grant under existing credit and a cultural accord. Military aid possibilities were discussed but no firm decisions made.
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Indonesia
PC Sovie Premer Nisita Khrushene
Sukarno
Presidents Palace
Miister Supandrio
Soviet Union
China
Kamishchey
Suaharno
Subandrio
Andrei Gromsko
Userl
United States
Defense Calls Medical Experts In Van Rie Trial
Defense brings three medical experts to testify for Dutch radio officer Willem Van Rie charged with murdering Lynn Kauffman on the freighter Utreen. Dr Milton Helpern leads the lineup alongside Dr J Stewart Rooney and Dr Charles C Lund as cross examination continues and Van Rie maintains innocence.
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Tae
Willem van Rie
Pretty Lynn Kauffman
Joan F. MeaAuliffe
Milton Helpern
New York City
Boston
J. Stewart Rooney
Charles C. Lund
van Rie
W. Langdon Powers
Walter, Jr
McAuliffe
van Rue
Singapore
Lynn
Argentines Cheer Ike Arrival in Mar del Plata
Thousands of Argentines greet President Eisenhower in Mar del Plata with open car reception and cheers as Arturo Frondizi accompanies him. The pair travel to Hotel Provincial where Eisenhower receives a welcome note and flag handoff before proceeding to Bariloche for talks and leisure.
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Arturo Frondizi
Eisenhower
Buenos Aires
Mar del
Liseunowec
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Bree Ik
Sas
Barcae
Tae
Mar ‘le
Viala
Frivas
United States
Jia
Mua 1
Lanestower
Blom
Sur-muile
Bariloone
Buenos Aes
Mar del Plata
Tne Sa
Prevaning
Equator
Nota
U. S
U.S Secret Service
Agai
Juan D. Peron Durin
Uruguay
U. S. Sets 1961 as Date For Man in Space Flight
The United States targets 1961 to place a man in orbit with Cape Canaveral activity and NASA plans. Officials report a one orbit test by a 10 ton capsule using Atlas rocket, with ground communications a key part of the effort. Weather delays and satellite tests cloud the schedule as Congress funds Mercury projects and space telemetry advances proceed.
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Qibbias
Cape Canaseral
Fla
Spacerman
Whicn
Midas
Figal
Conto
Senate Appropriations Committee
Washington
Sationa Aeronautica
Space
Stitt Congress
Eady
May
Vic Hammond
Tha
Thang
Somme
Nba
George Las
NASA Space
Praiscal
Staslionadt
S.o
Atlantic Ocean
Puerto Rico
Low Saint
Cape Canavera
Mostiga
Atlantic Massi
Vmissie Defense
United States
Wallops Island
NASA
Cape Canaveral
Keeps Appointment but the Hard Way
George Fotinos kept his appointment with the doctor when his broken right foot, in a plaster cast, was in a 25 mile car. As he moved to depart the room his foot slipped, his car roared through a wall into the examination room, but Fotinos was uninjured. his car was wrecked.
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Los Angeles
George Fotinos
Nord
Fotinos
Fofinds
Flis
City council survey seeks more space for compact cars
Los Angeles notes a council survey pushing for larger parking spaces to accommodate compact autos. Commissioner Harold Ler cites frequent rear end collisions when drivers misjudge empty spaces due to nearby larger cars.
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Los Angeles
Harold Ler
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