Attacks on Black protesters stir Houston sit-ins
Four masked white men abducted a Black man, beat him with a chain, carved racist symbols on his body, and left him hanging in a tree near Houston after a sit-in at all white lunch counters. Felton Turner, 27, survived and sought help at a local oil-field shack. Police and NAACP officials condemned the act as intimidation aimed at stopping demonstrations.
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Houston
Tex
UPI
Ku Klux Klan
Felton Turner
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Turner
Uttle
NAACP
Texas Southern University
Clarence A. Laws
Southwest
Dallas
Laws
Eisenhower
South America
South
Southern Negroes Report Two Victories in Campaign
The movement’s sixth week sees two victories in a southern state as Negro students visit two Salis bury NC drugstores and are served at soda fountains while two others refuse service. The protests extend into the Midwest and border states with no incidents at Winston Salem NC or the Southern demonstrations.
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South
Midwest
Salisbury
N.C
Winston- Salem
Weather and protest notes across the United States
Northeastern Ohio reports partly cloudy and cold with a high of 22. Night will be cloudy and not as cold, around 11 to 16. In Tennessee and Virginia protests continue and sit-ins involve Alabama State College and Petersburg public library while demonstrations flare in Texas, West Virginia, and Ohio.
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Ohio
Greensboro
8.C
Texas
West Virginia
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama State College
Auburn University
University of Alabama
Nashville
Tenn
Lamch
Twins Weigh 18 Pounds At Birth In Michigan
In Mount Clemens Michigan at St. Joseph Hospital Barbara Mitchell, a 31 year old mother of five, delivered twin babies both weighing about 18 pounds combined reported by UPI.
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Mount Clemens, Mich
UPI
Barbara Mitchell
St. Joseph Hospital
Wedemeyer Files Candidacy Amid Turbulent Text
Fragmented report notes retired Gen Albert C Wedemeyer filing as a Republican candidate in Maryland's 6th Congressional District. OCR text is garbled with stray measurements and unclear figures for a boy and weights.
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Boyds. Md
UPI
Army
Albert C Wedemeyer
Bermhas
House of Rep
Maryland
Elvis Sidelined by Fans After Army Fame
Memphis report recalls Elvis Presley delivering toy panda dolls to soldiers and breaking a plank with his fist while his teenage fans, now grown, feel butterflies in the stomach at the sight of him.
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Memphis
Tenn
UPI
Elvis Presley
Atom Test Predictions and Elvis Homecoming Dominate Parliament
A Congress member claimed China will test an atomic bomb at 9 am on March 28 in Sinkiang, a claim the government denies. Separately Elvis Presley returned from the army to his Graceland home, unveiling a slimmer frame, martial arts training, and no toy dolls.
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New Delhi
India
UPI
Congress
China
Sinkiang
Warm air arrives. heartland warms in severe late winter
Warm air from the Gulf of Mexico lifts temperatures across Kansas and Nebraska by up to 23 degrees as a harsh late winter cold wave loosens. The Weather Bureau expects the cold snap, centered over Illinois, to ease as it moves southeast. Subzero readings appear in Pennsylvania mountains while Washington DC fears an overnight low near 15 degrees, close to a March record.
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Gulf of Mexico
Mercury
Kansas
Nebraska
Plains States
Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania
Washington, D.C
50 Cars Derailed In N Y Crash
Nearly 50 cars of two New York Central trains derailed near Herkimer New York with no injuries reported. East west tracks blocked, traffic diverted 70 miles via West Shore Line. One eastbound freight and one westbound mail train involved. 30 freight cars carrying meat and perishables derailed and damaged a bridge.
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Herkimer. N.y.upd
New York Central Railroad
West Shore Line
New York City
Mediator Seeks Settlement as SAG Actors Strike Drags On
Federal mediator Jules Medoff met with seven major studios and the Screen Actors Guild on Monday to arrange separate or joint conferences aimed at ending the strike. Despite talks, little hope of an early settlement persisted as about 12 000 workers, both full and part time, faced layoffs alongside star actors.
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Hollywood
UPI
Jules Medoff
Screen Actors Guild
SAG
Economic Boycott Of Cuba Rejected Xenia Picketing Halts
Picketing by Negro students from Wilberforce University and Central State College began after restaurant owner George D. Geyer Jr refused service to a group of 30. The Columbus case prompted review of an 1884 civil rights law. Geyer then agreed to serve the students and tensions eased with a commission observer report.
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Peatee
Wilberforce University
Central State College
George D. Geyer Jr
Xenia
UPI
Columbus
DiSalle
Gerre Noornoc
Commission
Frank W. Baldau
Con
Robert R. Williams
National Food Service Assn
Geyer
Ohio Civil Rights Commission
Mystery Lights Investigated Across Eastern U S
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida Air Force officials studied reports of a brilliant light display seen from Lake Erie to Key West Monday night. The Defense Department said a meteor is the likely cause though some missilemen noted a satellite appearance as it broke up during reentry. NASA confirmed the Soviet Lunich TV rocket was expected to reenter this month.
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Cape Canaveral
National Space Agency
Washington
Lunich TV
Moon
Brisene Tours United States to Promote Ireland Travel
Robert Brisene former Jewish major of Dublin left for a U S tour to attract American industry to Ireland and boost tourism and commerce. Brisene aims to sell Americans on Inch whisker and stimulate travel between the two nations.
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Dublin
UPI
Robert Brisene
Dubln
Tacmobirth
United
Sates
Briscor
Ireland
Rough Election Year Seen By Bernard W Caughley Manager
UPI report from Manchester New Hampshire notes a rough election year with Kennedy and Nixon trading charges ahead of the New Hampshire primary. Critics question Kennedy’s religion while polling suggests a high impact of anti Communist positions as voters prepare to cast ballots.
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Bernard W. Caughey
Gov. Westoresin
Nixon
United Press International
Powell
Norris Cotten
R-Nhh
Manchester
N.H
UPI
John F. Kennedy
Massa
Kennedy
New Hampshire
Beng
Paul C
Fisher
University of New
China
Hampshire
Richard M. Nixon
Train Crash in Berlin Kills Foster Mother and Seven Children
A New Haven Railroad passenger train struck a station wagon near a private crossing, killing Mrs. John Whitaker and seven state wards aged 6 to 14. Five bodies were buried in a nearby field. three others were trapped in the wagon, submerged in five feet of water. Husband watched from his home as the crash occurred. The five car Nathan Hale originated in Springfield, Mass., en route to New York City. The wards were Joseph Cormier 14 Patricia Heaume 14 Marian Da Cruz 12 Byron Battle 6 Kenneth Salmioraghi 6 Doris Gomez 6 Shelley McCaslin 8. The Whitakers had cared for state wards for years.
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John Whitaker
Staten
Whitaker
New Haven Railroad
Nathan Hale
Springfield
Mass
New York City
Joseph Cormier
Patricia Heaume
Marian da Cruz
Byron Battle
Kenneth Salmoiraghi
Doris Gomez
Shelley McCaslin
Whitakers
The
Catholic Transcript
Love
Nasser Attacks Kassem Again in Damascus Address
In Damascus, President Gamal Abdel Nasser renewed his attack on Jordan's rulers and Iraq's Abdul Karim Kassem. He told troops at a camp southwest of the city that Amman's governors yielded to British and American influence against Arab nationalism.
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Damascus
UPD — United
Arab Republic
Gamal
Abdel Nasser
Jordan
Premer Abdul Karim Kassem
Iraq
Nasser
Amman
America
Plans Stall In Elyria as Fees Await Permit
Elyria council hears renewal protests over fee payments as sections of a project face delays. The Marer awaits a permit fee, and production at National Gypsum Ca. is set to start only after wheels turn.
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Marer
Elyria Commission
National Gypsum Ca
Mares
Elyria Council
Pet
Castro's Read Off By Herter
Washington reports the State Department will not move beyond a verbal rebuke of Cuba after Fidel Castro accused U.S. officials of the Havana harbor ship explosion. Secretary Herter decried Castro's remarks as baseless and vowed the U.S. will question their good faith. In Ashland a church incident ended with Leo Wharton, 66, armed with a shotgun, arrested after a disturbance, with one shell found in the weapon.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
Cuba
Christian A. Herter
Fidel Castro
Castro
U.S
Havana
Enrique Patterson
United States
Raul Roa
Herter
Ashland
First Baptist Church
North Ash
Explo
Leo K. Wharton
Horace Nutt
Ter
Sion
Wharton
Herbeen
Eugene Puglisi
Patterson
Embezzler Edna Arndt Begins Federal Term
Spinster Edna E. Arndt tested to voices that urged embezzling 107000 dollars from the Cuyahoga Falls Branch of the First National Bank of Akron. She started a three year term at the Women's Federal Reformatory at Alderson Washington.
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Cleveland
UPI
Edna E. Arndt
Cuyahoga Falls
First NationalBank of
Akron
Women’s, Federal Reformatory
Alderson
PUC Set Hearing in Train Dispute Across States
The Public Utilities Commission plans hearings in Dayton and Cincinnati over New York Central’s bid to abandon a Columbus to Cincinnati train. A fire at a hospital in Tokuyama, Japan killed three and left ten missing as the hospital bus route was disrupted.
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Columbus
UPI
Public Unities Commission
Dayton
Cincinnati
New York Central
Cincinnat
Tokuyama
Japan
UPU
Cleveland
Columbin
IQ and Love Clash in High Stakes Foster Case
Four year old Alice Marie, with an IQ of 138, is at the center of a custody dispute in Old Bridge New Jersey. The state seeks to place her with foster parents who can offer greater development potential and has filed custody papers to remove her from the Combs home.
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Alice Marie
Richard Combs
Old Bridge
N. J
UPI
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