Greenwood posse shootout leaves six Black victims dead
In Greenwood Mississippi a posse of about 136 men formed after Whey Crump 87 attacked neighbors and fired at a burning house killed six Black people including Crump’s sister Effie Frankline and two white men were wounded. Sheriff E R Cogan identified the six slain as Mary Suttle Mandy Griffin John Trotter Tieaac Truell Charles Johnson and Effie Frankline.
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Greenwood
Miss
E. R. Cogan
Whey Crump
Crump
Philippa Delta
Dogan
Mary Suttle
Mandy Griffin
John Trotter
Tieaac Truell
Charles Johnson
Effie Frankline
Red China Admission to U N to Be Debated in Full Assembly
In a historic move the United Nations Steering Committee agreed to a full General Assembly debate on admitting Communist China, with the United States seeking to block a seat for Beijing while the Soviet Union backs restoring China’s U.N. rights. The issue hinges on two competing draft descriptions and a future assembly decision.
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United Nations
N. Y
China
U.N
People's Republic of
United States
U. N
Peiping
Assembly
Washington
Decision awaits Khrushchev on Berlin crisis
In New York Khrushchev weighs whether to accept Western terms for a negotiated Berlin settlement or push for tougher concessions. Rusk told Gromyko that the Western powers will not yield on basic rights in Berlin and seek a peaceful outcome. A meeting is set for next week as both sides report to Kennedy and Khrushchev.
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New York
Khrushchev
Berlin
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
Germany
West Berlin
Rusk
Gromyko
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
Welfare officials deny paying migrants to move to New York
Rochester AP report quotes Monroe County welfare commissioner William Woods who cites three cases where Florida and Georgia officials allegedly offered year one checks in New York before applying for welfare. Florida and Georgia deny enabling payments while stressing aid to those in need.
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Rochester, N.Y
New York
Florida
Georgia
Williamb. Woods
Monroe County
Wood
Mysterious sounds heard by Des Moines walkers at lake
Two Des Moines women strolling along a lake shore early in the morning reported hearing persistent strange sounds. No further details were provided about the source or nature of the noises.
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Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines
Communists Strike in Mountains North of Ban Methuot
Government reinforcements move in as Viet Cong launch a fresh offensive to the north of Ban Methuot. Paratroops dispatched to strengthen the area after rebels overran an outpost and contact was lost with a relief unit. Two battalions, possibly 500 to 1,000 fighters, attacked about 20 miles from Ban Methuot amid rising rebel activity across the north.
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Baigon
South Viet Nam
Ban Methuot
Phuoc Thanh
Here
Debark Dogs Plan Abandoned in Droxford Village
In Droxford Hampshire seven miniature poodles and a berry blue terrier faced a debarking plan after complaints over barking. Loyal dog lovers backed Mrs Harbottle as the village council, after review, decided the eight dogs were not a nuisance and halted the operation.
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Droxford
Enchant
Hampshire
Britain
Second Arrest In Boy's Death Made in Cairo
Grady County youth Mack Aris Brown 17 was killed in a Monday hit and run. His older brother Carroll Brown Jr. 19 was arrested as an accessory and released on 1000 bond. A statewide alert sought suspect Winston Daughtry 21, last known in Cairo, after the death car was found with hair and flesh traces. Junior Williamson 23 remains jailed as a possible passenger. Daughtry’s whereabouts prompted cross state patrols and potential federal action if he flees.
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Cairo
Mack Aris Brown
Grady County
Carroll Brown Jr
Milledgeville
Grady
Jimmy T. Hicks
Hicks
Winston Daughtry
Albany
Daughtry
Tampa
Fla
Georgia State Patrol
Florida Highway Patrol
Junior Williamson
Horace Daughtry
Winston
Policewoman’s yawning injury sends her to hospital
Milwaukee AP reports police Matron Albina Jenko was rushed to a county hospital with a dislocated jaw after yawning at 3 30 a m during night duty.
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Milwaukee
Albina Jenko
County Emergency Hospital
NASON ON EDUCATION Studying As You Go Beats Exam Cramming
Professor Nason argues for the study as you go method over cram tactics. He outlines drawbacks of last minute sessions such as increased total effort and poor organization, urging systematic daily study for efficiency and enjoyment.
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Leslie J. Nason
University of Southern California
Thorndyke
Rusk urges UN Assembly to name temporary world leader
Secretary of State Dean Rusk asked the United Nations General Assembly to appoint an outstanding world leader to assume the powers of the secretary general temporarily following Dag Hammarskjold's death. He pressed for rapid action to fill the void, aiming to counter Soviet opposition and avert leadership drift amid the Berlin crisis.
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United States
Soviet Union
General Assembly
Washington
Heiping
World Organization
Moscow
Peipin
Assembly
Britain
U.N
Sweden
Denmark
Dag Hammarsfjeld
U.N. Secretariat
Berlin
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
New York
United Nations General Assembly
Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Congo Cease Fire Pins Adoula in a Cabinet Squeeze
United Nations Congo command adopts military neutrality after Katanga cease fire. Premier Cyrille Adoula faces a potential cabinet crisis as Lumumbist and moderate factions clash, while Katanga leader Masako Norbert Muke vows the truce is temporary and fighting subsides briefly.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
U.N. Congo
Katanga
Cyrille Adoula
U.N
Adoula
Katana
Masako Norbert Muke
Elisabethville
Brandt Says Air Freedom Vital to City
Berlin mayor Willy Brandt urged that freedom in air corridors be protected as essential to Berlin’s future amid Cold War tensions. He spoke as East Germany’s Neues Deutschland accused West German officials of provoking the city’s politics by planning to attend Berlin’s Opera House opening.
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Berlin
Willy Brandt
Communist Party
Neues Deutschland
Heinrich Luebke
Tuebke
Bonn
Aooo
West Berlin
Brandt
Annual Kids Day Slated Saturday
Thomasville Kiwanis joins 4800 towns in celebrating the 13th annual Kids Day with a 10 am cartoon Karnival at Rose Theater. Thomasville High Key Club plans a newspaper sale downtown to fund civic projects and a Kids Day Dance at the YMCA with prizes and refreshments.
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Thomasville Kiwanians
United States
Canada
Rose Theater
Thomasville High Key Club
Thomasville High School
YMCA
Eiwanis Cub
Bob Dillon
America
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