Negro Protest Marches Across South on Christmas Eve
Civil rights forces staged Christmas Eve actions in Fayette Mississippi Natchez and Bogalusa Louisiana while Dr Martin Luther King Jr spoke in Atlanta and announced a two day weekly stay in Chicago to push a civil rights campaign. Hundreds marched peacefully in Fayette and Bogalusa saw a brief turnout. Evers urged renewed boycotts as Natchez officials had earlier met Negro demands including street lights sewers and hiring of Negro police. Dr King praised slow but real progress since the Montgomery boycott and framed Chicago as a testing ground for desegregation efforts.
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Fayette
Natchez
Atlanta
Martin Luther King Jr
Bogalusa
City Hall
NAACP
Charles Evers
Jefferson County
Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Mississippi
Dr. King
Montgomery
Ala
South
Chicago
Chi Cago
Consuls Car Fired Upon By Dominicans
Dominican troops fired on Argentine consul Victor Renoso's car on the airport road after it failed to stop at a checkpoint. A bullet punctured a window but no one was hurt. The incident follows security fears amid rebel attempts to smuggle arms into Santo Domingo and parallels the earlier detention of U. S. Consul Leslie A. Scott in Santiago.
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Santo Domingo
UPI
Victor Renoso
Renenoso
Dominican Republic
U. S
Leslie A. Scott
Santiago
Shimer College to launch six week scholarly study leave
Shimer College will implement a six week scholarly study leave for students and faculty starting next Sept. 4, announced President F. J. Mullin. The program provides free time for scholarly work, though students will be unable to use campus libraries and facilities during the period. All 471 students from 43 states will undergo comprehensive exams after 42 days of freedom.
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Mount Carroll
UPD -Shimer College
Shimer
F. J. Mulin
Mullin
Illinois
Robinson Scouts Collecting Trees
Burglars broke into the Bargain Center in Robinson NL and escaped with items valued near $2,100. Thieves entered by prying off an attic fan, dropping through the hole to the store. Stolen goods include electrical equipment transistor radios watches and tools.
City auditor finds sprout grows into crabgrass mystery
Toledo Ohio city auditor Arthur S Johnson noticed a sprout in a planter in his office and let it grow to identify its origin. The plant emerged as crabgrass, believed to have blown in through a window.
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Toledo
Ohio
Arthur S. Johnson
Weather sweep hits wide sections with snow and rain
A strong low pressure system from Missouri brought rain sleet and heavy snow across a seven state region from Missouri to Michigan. Milwaukee Wisconsin and parts of Wisconsin and lower Michigan saw several inches of snow while Chicago area had heavy rainfall. gusty winds up to 55 mph hit Chicago Midway and Nashville. Eastern Arizona faced flooding from snowmelt and rain. Northeastern Oregon Idaho and Montana reported fresh heavy snowfall as temperatures rose in the east with highs in the 50s in several states.
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Associated Press
Missouri
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Michigan
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Dubuque
Lamont
Iowa
Oklahoma
Chicago
Lansing
Indiana
Gulf of Mexico
Midway Airport
Nashville
Arizona
Phoenix
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Idaho
Montana
Lakeview
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Maine
Massachusetts
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Connecticut
New York
Salt
Gila
Kelvin
Tucson
Santa Cruz
Marana
Eloy
Putnam Co. Agent Takes New Post
Greencastle Indiana special Kenneth Harris Putnam County agriculture extension agent assigned as liaison cooperative extension official with State Department for Natural Resources in Indianapolis Replacing Harris as local extension agent will be Paul Jackson currently Allen County agent Jackson will assume his new duties in Putnam County Jan. 3.
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Greencastle
Ind
Kenneth Harris
Putnam County Agriculture Extension
State Department For Natural Resources
Indianapolis
Harris
Paul Jackson
Allen County
Jackson
Putnam County
Floods Isolate Arizona Families During Severe Winter Floods
Large portions of Arizona were flooded isolating farm families for the Christmas holiday and displacing at least 80 people from homes as rivers swollen by rain and heavy snow caused extensive damage. Gov. Sam Goddard declared a state of emergency to access funds for repairing public facilities while rescue operations saved airmen and relocated Papago Indians from Chiu-Chiu to an Army armory.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Arizona
Sam Goddard
Tucson
Phoenix
Goddard
Carl N. Smith
Civil Defense Director
Safford
San Francisco
Gila
Chiu-Chiu
Casa Grande
Air Force
Mt. Lemmon
Rob and beat shop operator killed in Alton robbery
Earl Bopp, 64, tire shop operator in Alton, was beaten with a chair and a tool by three bandits who robbed him Friday. He was found unconscious by a delivery man as the robbers fled, and died about three hours later at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. The amount stolen from his pockets was undetermined.
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Alton, Ill
Alton
Earl Bopp
Bopp
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Top Chefs Enjoy A Night Out In New York
Joseph Castaubert, executive chef at the St. Regis Hotel, hosted a dinner for renowned chefs Rene Verdon of the White House and Maxime Chalnin of the United Nations, arranged by the Association des Maitres Cuisiniers de France. Diners praised the menu and the host after the meal.
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New York
Joseph Castaubert
Castaubert
St. Regis Hotel
Rene Verdon
White House
Maxime Chalnin
United Nations
Association Des Maitres Cuisiniers de France
Layoff at AMC Hits Kenosha Holiday Shopping
In Kenosha Wisconsin 14000 AMC workers were laid off to trim Rambler production ending January 17 leaving about 2300 not recalled. Stores faced quiet shelves as shoppers bought gifts at the last minute with unemployment benefits offsetting pay.
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Kenosha
Wis
American Motors Corp
Montgomery Ward
L. F. Bashford
AMC
Richard Gail
Gail
Bashford
Illinois Road Deaths Rise With Winter Storm
Snow and ice across Illinois caused eight fatal crashes and other accidents over the Christmas weekend. Victims include Benke family of Xenia three members, plus Rogers of Roscoe, Doyle McKeever of Holton, Mark Franke of McHenry, Sharon Penley of St Anne, Robert Dummer of Garden Prairie, John J. Sarna of Harvey, George Lorentz of Homewood, Medi Sahedi of Houston, and several others in Chicago area incidents.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Charles Benke
Xenia
Benke
Tracy
Rita
U.S. 50
Clay County
Howard Rogers
Gladys
Rockton
Rogers
Roscoe
Holton
Kan
Doyle McKeever
Springfield
Mark Franke
McHenry
Franke
Sharon K. Penley
St. Anne
Harvard
Robert Dummer
Garden Prairie
John J.sarna
Harvey
Chicago
George Lorentz
University of Illinois
Homewood
Medi Sahedi
Houston
Tex
Clay City
Virginia Reich
Mary L. Morrison
Crowds Thwart Protest March In Bogalusa
In Bogalusa Louisiana police diverted a Christmas Eve civil rights march as about 65 demonstrators sought a downtown route. Officers opened two lanes to traffic and gave the others to marchers. rain later ended the protest with small groups demonstrating at white-owned stores.
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Bogalusa
UPI
First Street
Thoughtful teens gift cookies to on-duty police
Three Portville girls Pamela Tillow 14 Diane Tillow 13 and Nancy Ray 14 baked three pounds of Christmas cookies for the police on Christmas Eve in Thoughtful Teens Clean New York AP report.
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N.Y
Gilbert and Sullivan
Portville
Pamela Tillow
Diane
Nancy Ray
Pine Tree 4-H project stolen in Lockport area
A family of eight on welfare planned to cut a Christmas tree from a white spruce grown for a 4-H Club project after five years. Police learned of the theft and, later, visited the Wilson home to replace the tree with one from the state police.
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Lockport
N.Y
Wilson
Instruments fail at O'Hare during rainstorm
In a Friday night rainstorm at Chicago O'Hare International Airport instrument landing facilities failed for about 10 minutes causing 12 jets to divert to Midway. Power surges blew fuses and breakers in the main power plant, origin of the surge undetermined. Jets’ vibrations reportedly shattered a Dimitri's restaurant plate glass window near the airport, damage about 150 dollars.
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Chicago
O’hare International Airport
Midway Airport
Midway
Dimitri
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