Ruby Nell Bridges Quietly Starts First Grade in New Orleans
In the Frantz School intake, six year old Ruby Bridges sits between two US deputy marshals as crowds jeer outside. She speaks fondly of her teacher and first reader while her family faces local protest and a national debate over school integration.
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William Frantz School
Ruby Nell Bridges
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Abon
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Ghana orders 350 in Leopoldville to quit Congo
Ghana mandated 350 citizens in Leopoldville including diplomats and UN troops to leave the capital at once after Nathaniel Welbeck met with Kwame Nkrumah amid the Congo gunbattle that forced Welbeck from the country. UN protection increased around headquarters.
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Accra
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Kwame Nkrumah
Congo
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Rajeshwar Dayal
Indarjit Kikhye
U.N
Joseph Nkokolo
Welbeck
Joseph Mobutu
United Nations
Embargo Delays Cuban Harvest and Sugar Output
Cuba faces sugar grinding delays as a U.S. embargo blocks spare machinery parts. Mills lack gaskets for heavy duty compressors and face sabotage risks, while refinery catalyst issues and a shift to a Russian substitute threaten production and foreign revenue during Fidel Castro's regime.
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Cuba
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Revolutionary Time
Waltonians Planning For Wild Game Feed
The Chicagua Chapter of the Izaak Walton League will host its annual Wild Game Feed in the YMCA community room on Monday night December 5. President Phillip Kneen of Washington announced that Art Thompson of Gravity Illinois will present a film and discuss Island Paradise about Alaska’s islands. Tickets are sold at Kneen and Jarvis appliance stores, with a cap of 200 tickets for the banquet and program.
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Phillip Kneen
Washington
Art Thompson
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Paradise
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Kneen
Jarvis
Washington High School to Host Second Jaycee Football Banquet
Tickets are on sale for the Jaycee football banquet honoring the 1960 Washington High School squad. The event on Monday December 5 will be in the old high school gym with Robert White City High athletic director as speaker. One ticket covers meal and program for the holder and one player. Fewer than 120 tickets available. purchase at Schoonover Drugs Falks Clothing Osincup Drugs and Atchison Paul Shoe Store.
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Washington High School
Robert White
City High School
Iowa
Jaycees
Washington
Harold Stevens
Jim Rossen
Schoonover Drugs
Falk's Clothing Company
Osincup Drugs
Atchison & Paul
Thanksgiving Day Foresees Heavy Travel and Fatalities
The National Safety Council warned about high holiday danger as 90 people could die before midnight in non holiday periods. The United Press International tally logged 22 fires and miscellaneous incidents by 3 30 am EST. Weather remained mild to cool with rain in the Northwest and Southeast showers. Airline and rail travel surged toward record levels amid rising highway risk under President Eisenhower's Thanksgiving proclamation urging mindful gratitude and global sharing.
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Weather Bureau
Northwest
Eisenhower
Iowa governor floats production controls for farm surpluses
Gov. Herschel C. Loveless of Iowa urged rigid production controls when Kennedy takes office to curb farm surpluses. He argued subsidies should go to those not in the open market and warned against the soil bank and parity, citing rising storage costs and long term land reclamation plans. Loveless discussed Kennedy contact but said no cabinet offer had been made.
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Iowa
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Bill to Censure Eisenhower Resolution Dies in Louisiana
In New Orleans the censure measure against President Eisenhower and federal courts dies in the Louisiana Legislature. It urged a day of prayer against continued racial integration in city schools and faced quick adjournment and parliamentary hurdles. Demonstrations by integrated school families marked the moment as broader officials debated school funding and court orders.
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UPI
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Federal
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US. Supreme Court
Senate
House
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William Frantz
Mc.Donagh
Quiet Thanksgiving Observance Locally
Washingtonians observed Thanksgiving with church services across the area. The Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church drew a large crowd as families and students gathered for meals and reflection. Stores closed for the day will reopen Friday to begin the Christmas shopping season. Weather was mild with overcast skies.
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Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church
Army to Release Hush-Hush Civil Defense Report
The Army will reveal a secrecy bound report by Johns Hopkins researchers saying the air raid warning system is inadequate. The study urges buzzer alarms in private homes and public buildings and notes current sirens fail to reach all residents.
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UPI
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Government Information Subcommittee
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Arms Subcommittee
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D-Calif
OCDM
Civil Defense Agency
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Hoegh
Moore
Leo A Hoegh
Theodore J. Wat
Nations
America
Eisenhower Spends Thanksgiving at White House with Painful Burisitis
President Eisenhower spent Thanksgiving at the White House with his wife as he endures painful bursitis. He did not reveal the menu, but traditional turkey is expected. This marked his third Thanksgiving at the executive mansion after past holidays at Gettysburg and Augusta. He had returned from Albany, Georgia, where quail hunting interrupted his August golf vacation. He described the shoulder pain as severe, noting X rays are the only effective treatment.
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Blue Springs
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Boy 6 Dies After Being Found in Field
Keith Leroy Kroeger six was found critically injured in a field on his parents farm near Stockton Iowa by a hunter. He was rushed to Davenport Hospital but died en route. Authorities say he was apparently run over by a farm wagon and had been missing until the hunter alerted others. The Kroeger farm lies about two and one half miles northeast of Stockton.
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Eight Indictments In Narcotics Clean-Up
Polk County grand jury returned eight indictments on narcotics charges in Des Moines. Defendants include Lee Palmer Banks Mary Frances Preston Betty Jean Diggs for fraud and deceit and Ilan McClain Howard Junius Peters Richard Don Carter Calvin Coolidge Gilmore for attempting fraud. Chester Douglas Bolden was also indicted. Cases stem from raids by Des Moines vice squads and state narcotic agents who say the suspects sought drugs with forged prescriptions.
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Des Moines
UPI
Polk County Grand Jury
Lee Palmer Banks
Mary Frances Preston
Betty Jean Diggs
Ilan McClain
Howard Junius Peters
Richard Don Carter
Calvin Coolidge Gilmore
Chester Douglas Bolden
Mrs Virnus Bradford Dies in Kansas City
Mrs Virnus Bradford a longtime Washington resident died Wednesday in Kansas City at the home of a son. Her home was in Lebanon Missouri and funeral services will be held there either Saturday or Sunday. She was an aunt of Mrs Marsh Atkinson of Washington.
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Kansas City
Washington
Lebanon, Mo
Bradford
Marsh Atkinson
Golden Rule Driving Campaign Aims for Safety
Des Moines reports that the State Safety Department will launch a golden rule driving campaign from December to February. The effort, led by William Burnett, stresses the brother’s keeper duty, with clergy, media, outdoor ads, and civic groups promoting safe driving and drunken driving prevention during the Christmas season.
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Des Moines
UPI
State Safety Department
William Burnett
Burnett
Insurance Institute of Iowa Burnett
Kennedy at Home For Thanksgiving
President-elect John F Kennedy plans a traditional Thanksgiving at his Georgetown home with wife Jacqueline and daughter Caroline. A midday turkey meal, possible drive with family, and Caroline's birthday on Sunday mark a quiet personal holiday before resuming transition duties in Palm Beach.
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Washington
UPI
John F. Kennedy
Florida
Kennedy
Georgetown
Jacqueline
Caroline
Gill
Palm Beach
Fla
Still No Trace Of Missing Airliner In Philippines
A large air sea search failed to locate the Philippines airliner missing since Wednesday with 3 people aboard. Fears rise it was hijacked by a passenger.
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Manila
UPI
Philippines
Weather outlook for Iowa turns windy and warmer
Partly cloudy skies persist through Friday with increasing winds and rising temperatures. Friday brings cooler air while Saturday remains mild with a chance of colder conditions in the north as the system shifts.
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United Press International
Iowa
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