Kennedy forms committee to study distressed areas
President elect John F Kennedy names a 10 member panel led by Sen Douglas to craft a federal program aiding regions with chronic unemployment. The group targets West Virginia and other distressed areas including parts of Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Wise
N.Y. Herald Tribune
Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kenedy
West Virginia
Paul Douglas
D-Ni
Kanawha Valley
Ohio Valley
United States
Congress of the United States
Illinois
Kentucky
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Minnesota
Miles C. Stanley
West Virginia Labor Federation
Aflcio
Charleston
W. Va
Don B. Potter
Monongahela Power Co
Fairmont
Burl A. Sawyers
Wayne Fletcher
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Huntington
Clyde L. Colson
West Virginia University Law School
Morgantown
William L. Batt, Jr
Labor and Industry
Camp Hill
Lawrence E Tierney, Jr
West Virginia Coal Association
Bluefield
Michael F. Widman
United Mine Workers
Washington, D.C
Harry Hoffman
The
Charleston Gazette
Supreme Court Desegregates Interstate Bus Terminal Dining
The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that white restaurants in interstate bus terminals must serve Black travelers across state lines. Bruce Boynton, a Howard University student, was fined in Richmond for refusing to leave a white restaurant during a 1958 Christmas trip. Justice Black wrote the majority opinion, saying the Interstate Commerce Act protects the right of interstate passengers to be served without discrimination.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Black
Whittaker
Clark
Bruce Boynton
Trailways
Richmond
Boynton
Virginia
U. S
Walter E. Rogers
Thurgood Marshall
Justice Black
Judges void New Orleans board shift ruling to halt replacement
A three judge federal panel blocked the Louisiana Legislature from enforcing a plan to replace New Orleans five member school board amid ongoing desegregation tensions. White pupil turnout sagged at William Frantz and McDonogh No 19 with police patrols increased amid boycott fears.
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New Orleans
William Frantz School
Richard Rives
J. Skelly Wright
Herbert Christenberry
McDonogh No. 19
McDonogh
Soviet China Grow Closer After Summit Unity
Moscow reports that China’s president Liu Shao chi endorsed the Soviet peaceful coexistence policy after the Communist summit. He praised the USSR as a bastion of world peace and noted China’s dependence on Soviet production for industry and tech advances.
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Preston Grover
Associated Press
Moscow
China
Ioday
Soviet Union
Leningrad
Liu Shao Chi
Communist Movement
Communist Party of China
Communist Party of the
Liu
Pravda
Communist Party
Khru
Shchev
Khrushchev
Boy's Body Found After Bronx Basement Search
Eight year old Robert Ingraham died in a vacant basement apartment while obsessed with a flashlight. Police traced the device to neighbors who had gifted the boy the light and led to the final discovery in a refrigerator with the battery burned out.
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New York
Bronx
Robert Ingraham
Robert
John Ingraham
Christopher Kelly
Kelly
Lumumba Aides Tighten Grip on Stanleyville
Hordes under Patrice Lumumba’s faction seize Stanleyville declaring a communist style rule. Whites barred from Oriental Province as locals report mistreatment by military police under Antoine Gizenga. Mobutu’s troops recapture Lumumba and plan trial for mutiny while diplomats warn of potential recognition of a Lumumba government in Stanleyville.
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Patrice Lumumba
Stanleyville
Oriental
U. N
Antoine Gizenga
Lumumba
Leopoldville
Congo
Joseph Kasavubu
Col
Joseph Mobutu
Mobutu
Plan to Unite Protestant Denominations Stirs Leaders
Church leaders in San Francisco hailed a proposal for a wide reunion among American Protestants. The plan envisages merging Episcopal, United Presbyterian, Methodist and United Church of Christ with others invited later. The move follows the United South India union model of 1947 and drew cautious optimism from top church figures.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
John Wesley Lord
Boston
Episcopal
United Presbyterian
Methodist
United Church of Christ
Eugene Carson Blake
Philadelphia
National Council of Churches
United Church of
Kennedy to Meet Bunche During New York Visit
President-elect John F Kennedy plans a meeting with U N Under Secretary Ralph J Bunche in New York later this week. Bunche would not confirm or deny and speculation grows that a post in the new administration could be offered to the Nobel laureate. Kennedy will also confer with Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold at a breakfast meeting Wednesday. Bunche, 56, has served in the U N secretariat since 1946 after leaving the State Department.
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John F. Kennedy
U. N
Ralph J. Bunche
New York
Bunche
Kennedy
U. N. Secretariat
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
State Department
Symington
Congress
Atlantic Shore
Washington
Joint Chiefs
Joint Staff
Secretary of Defense
Report Urges Elimination of Three Civilian Secretaries
Palm Beach Florida December 5 AP reports a Voluntary plan to abolish civilian secretaries of Army Navy and Air Force to give the secretary of defense instant control in a nuclear age. Symington committee says savings could reach about 8 billion yearly, with funds redirected to weapons development and arms control.
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Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Air Force
Secretary of Defense
Kennedy
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Pentagon
Symington
Defense
Weather and water levels report for spillway area
Temperature changes show a low of 48 yesterday and 51 this morning, with a high of 64 today. Precipitation total reached 0.34 inches from yesterday morning to 7 am today. Lake levels indicate spillway at 27 inches below and Little Grassy Lake 13 inches below, Devil's Kitchen Lake 20.2 feet below.
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Little Grassy Lake
Devil's Kitchen Lake
Buy American Plan Backfires Overseas Says Shopkeepers
Foreign merchants near U S military bases predict tougher times for Eisenhower's buy American drive as soldiers seek foreign goods abroad. Okinawan editors warn strict rules could hurt local US Ryukyu economies while Tokyo exchanges push Japanese cameras and foreign whiskey despite higher prices.
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Associated Press
U.S
Eisenhower
Okinnawa
Tokyo
Post Exchange
Air Force
Heidelberg
Germany
Robert Prosser
Okinawa
Morning Star
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