Strikes Held Teachers Across Land Revealing Discontent
Nationwide teacher unrest grows as Utah, East St. Louis, Jersey City and Gary see strikes or threats over pay and conditions. NEA and AFT battle over voice in schools while school boards resist collective bargaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Utah
East St. Louis
Jersey City
Gary
Ind
New York
South Bend
Louisville
National Education Association
American Federation of Teacher
Afl-Cio
AFT
NEA
Union
New York City
Detroit
Milwaukee
Wis
American Public Education
National School Boards Association
The
Demonstrators Picket City's Realty Offices in Evanston
On May 23 in Evanston Illinois demonstrators set up at four real estate offices. Police removed 49 men and nine women under Capt William Bartlett orders. The conduct was organized by the Congress of Racial Equality to press dealers to oppose an open occupancy referendum and support a fair housing code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Tll
Wiliam Bartlett
Congress of Racial Equality
Chicago
Patrolman Answers Call as Father Kills Wife then Commits Suicide
Chicago May 23 Patrolman Charles Hansen 25 rushed to a home after a call and found his father 47 dead and his mother 46 dying Police said William Hansen shot his wife Stephanie then killed himself during a family dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles Hansen
William A. Hansen
Stephanie
Patrolmen save woman from Bronx ledge threat
Three New York patrolmen responded to a Bronx rooming house ledge incident. Laura Evert, 39, sat on the four floor ledge in nightclothes. After Arrigo, Fiore, and McCann talked her down and secured her door key, she was taken to Jacobi Hospital for observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bronx
Laura Evert
Angelo Arrigo
Joseph Fiore
Miss Evlent
James McCann
Arrigo
Miss Everts
Jacobi Hospital
Civil Rights Bill Senators Face Stiff Fight In Debate
Senators confront a stubborn hurdle to end debate on the civil rights bill with a possible two thirds vote needed to invoke cloture. A May 23 AP poll shows 56 in favor of debate limits, 27 opposed, with key support and opposition spread among Democrats and Republicans. Leaders hope a Kennedy drafted amendments package will bolster support and move the measure forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
Senate
Midwest
Rocky Moun
Tain Area
John G. Tower
Texas
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Robert F. Kennedy
Curfew Enacted After Church Bombings in Leopaldville
In Leopaldville, a dusk to dawn curfew p.m. to 4 am is imposed after terrorist saboteurs bombed two Roman Catholic churches, killing a worshipper. Security police chief Nendaka and interior minister Maboli announce martial law and curfew amid ongoing attacks linked to exiled extremists in Brazzaville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopaldville
The
Congo
Victor Nendaka
the & P.m
Joseph Maboli
Maboli
Church of Christ the King
New Eastern Europe Effort Urged By LBJ
President Johnson and Dwight D. Eisenhower attended the dedication of the Marshall Research Library at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington. Johnson urged renewed Western effort toward closer ties with Eastern Europe and expansion of Marshall Plan ideas beyond the Iron Curtain. Truman tribute was read by General Omar Bradley as the ceremony honored Gen George C. Marshall, the long-time statesman and WWII Army chief of staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George C. Marshall
Europe
Eisenhower
Virginia Military Institute
Marshall Research
Marshall
VMI
Army
Defense
United States
Harry &. ‘Truman
Missouri
Omar Bradley
Truman
April storm damage may hit 20 million in St Louis area
St Louis on May 23 AP reports insurance adjustors estimate property damage from the April storm could reach 20 million in the St Louis metropolitan area. John McKendrick a field supervisor for Mutual Loss Research Bureau in Chicago provided the estimate for storm ravaged Missouri and Illinois sections of the metro area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
St. Lows
Mllnois
John McKendrick
Mutual Loss Research Bureau
Chicago
Missouri
Finois
Kidnap of Dassault Wife Sparks Political Motives Theories
Paris May 23 AP reports a mid pre-dawn abduction of Mrs. Marcel Dassault, wife of the missile aircraft maker, by three men including a driver. Anonymous calls to Le Monde and the French Press Agency claimed ransom angles tied to Gaullist foes or the Secret Army Organization. Police could not verify the threats or motives as Dassault and chauffeur Louis Dubois recover from shocks. the hijacked sedan was later found abandoned in a Paris district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Marcel Dasigault
Charles de Gaulle
Dassault
Paris Evening
Ken France-Soir
Raoul Salan
Salen Lis
Algeria
Secret Army
Tims
Cranks
Marcel Dassault
Louis Dubois
France
Boulogne Woods
Dassaults
Mighty Blast Loosens Ore Climax Mine Explosion
Climax Colorado May 23 The largest underground mining blast in the United States rocked the snow capped Rockies. The detonation aimed to dislodge over a million tons of molybdenite ore and drop it 600 feet into the glory hole at Climax Molybdenum Company. Explosives weighing nearly 500000 pounds were used atop Bartlett mountain, about 100 miles west of Denver, with thousands watching from two miles away as a black dust cloud rose 1500 feet skyward. Officials from Simex and DuPont Explosives Division said the blast proceeded smoothly, marking a record mining event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Climax
Colo
Rockies
Climax Molybdenum Company
Glory Hole
Bartlett Mountain
Denver
Symax
DuPont Co. Explosives Division
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alalina
City
Realty
St. Peter
Dendale
Brazzaville
French Congo
Eastern Europe
LBJ
Catalina
Etalina
Charming Daisy DO
Cataline
Zwick’s Ladies Store
Neerin
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!