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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1960
Page
1
Gen Charles de Gaulle shortens his peace tour of Algeria and rushes to Paris as rioting in Algiers and Oran leaves 79 dead and hundreds wounded. Rebel leaders in Tunis condemn his home rule plan, urging UN intervention.
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld a lower court ruling striking down Louisiana’s desegregation blocking laws. It rejected interposition as a constitutional doctrine and denied stays, allowing desegregation orders to take effect. The ruling ties to oil and offshore resource ownership in the Gulf of Mexico.
Fair for Southern Illinois with generally fair conditions tonight and Tuesday. A bit warmer on Tuesday. Lows near 20 tonight, highs 35 to 40 Tuesday. Yesterday’s low 29, today’s 22 at 6 pm. yesterday’s high 39, today 28 at 11 am. Precipitation 0.10 inches from yesterday 7 am to today 7 am. Sunrise 7:13 am, sunset 4:36 pm.
Laos deputies in Vientiane push to oust Quinim Pholsena's government after Assembly leader travels to Luang Prabang to seek a special session. Rightist rebels hold 34 of 58 seats and vow to block the regime as Soviet air support flows to leftists surrounding the capital.
Renewed demonstrations by Negroes followed by a dynamite blast damaged the Atlanta school auditorium and nearby classrooms at 2 20 am. Six or seven sticks were used, with windows shattered in the school and nearby homes. FBI agents investigated possible 1960 Civil Rights Act violations as mass marches pressed for desegregation of lunch counters.
A pre winter blizzard and coastal storm shut down transportation, closed government offices in Washington, halted stock exchanges in New York, and blanketed cities from New Jersey to Maryland. At least 15 deaths were linked to the storm, with heavy snow up to 18 inches and winds up to 40 mph.
President elect John F Kennedy announces Dean Rusk as secretary of state and Adlai Stevenson as United Nations ambassador while Chester Bowles is named undersecretary Stevenson and Bowles not present at the announcement on Kennedy's Atlantic shore porch. Rusk accepts the role and praises Stevenson and Bowles.
Government figures show unemployment rising to 4 031 000 in November from 3 579 000 in October, the highest for the month since the 1930s. Total employment fell by 150 000 in factories while the average factory work week shortened by 0.3 hours.
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