Nixon Calls For an End to Discrimination
Richard M. Nixon urged an end to discrimination nationwide in a televised interview. He said desegregation will take time and a new mindset, stressing nondiscrimination as a moral, not only legal, issue. He spoke in Honolulu after touring Hawaii and highlighted national security and foreign policy themes.
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Honoully
Richard M. Nixon
United States
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Honolulu
Iolani Palace
Hawaii
Ed Tie
Tien
Africa
Asia
Petala
Kennedy
Arizona
Pearl Harbor
Sidewalk Super and City Engineer Gift Ice Cream
Two children watching Miller Street construction received ice cream cones from James R. Brandon the city engineer, via the Sidewalk Superintendent. A Town Crier report notes an unknown insect found by TALMADGE WAYBRIGHT and comments on locust appearances in Virginia. Diane Kolwalchick and Catherine Lofton appeared on the Dick Clark Show in Philadelphia presenting Mayor Claude Smalls with a letter and a key to Winchester.
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Miller St
James R. Brandon
Diane Kolwalchick
Catherine
Cookie’ Lofton
Dick Clark
Philadelphia
Miss Lofton
Clark
Claude Smalls
Miss Kowalchick
Winchester
X15 Rocket Ship Reaches 2150 MPH Fastest Manned Flight
Edwards Air Force Base California AP report notes X15 reached 2150 mph, 78000 feet in four minutes. Pilot Joe Walker, 39, had previously hinted at higher speeds with X15 flights and future thrust upgrades aim for 4000 mph.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Joe Walker
And
Space National
Air Force
Milburn G. Apt
Walker
Maj
Joseph W. Rogers
Elias Polbeet Poe
Ieee
Silver Lake
Desert Test Center
Rogers Dry Lake
NASA
Probers Seek Cause of Train Wreck in W Va
Investigators probed the Williamson West Virginia yard to determine why the Norfolk and Powhatan Arrow rammed the Cavalier. Fifty four passengers and crew were injured, two hospitalized overnight, as the Arrow collided on a wrong track near the depot.
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Williamson
Kentucky Bar
N&w
Here
Norfolk
Yard Party At Burnt Factory Methodist Church
A yard party fundraiser at Burnt Factory Methodist Church is planned for Saturday August 13 at 5 PM featuring country ham and chicken dinners. A Friday August 5 meeting at 8 PM includes a door prize and other notices for Macy sale at 128 North Loudoun.
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Burnt Factory Methodist Church
Nudists Gather for Virginia Convention Despite Rain
The American Sunbathing Association hosts its first Virginia convention at Buck's Kin Lodge with 1500 attendees. Bad weather dampens outdoor events though business sessions and card games proceed. firework display proves the lone highlight as campers wait for sun.
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Walter
Buck” Young
Virgina
The
ASA
Canada
Kefauver Faces Close Race in Today's Primary
Tennessee Democrats face a tight Senate primary between Sen Estés Kefauver and Judge Andrew T Taylor. Kefauver campaigns on a 22 year House Senate record while Taylor appeals to segregationists. turnout may hit record highs with East Tennessee backing Kefauver and West Tennessee leaning Taylor. Returns from East Tennessee expected early with later county tallies in Nashville Memphis and Chattanooga.
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Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee
Estés Kefauver
Andrew T. Taylor
Senate
Kefauver
House
Jackson
East Tennessee
Taylor
West Tennessee
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Nashville
Memphis
West State
Fayette
Haywood
West Tennesse
Kennedy Plans Midwest Farm Parley and Policy Group
Sen. John F. Kennedy announced a Des Moines conference to discuss progressive farm policies and long range legislation. He will form a National Policy Committee of Agricultural Progress and establish Farmers committees in every county while seeking input from producers and Midwest leaders.
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Hyannisport
Mass
John F. Kennedy
Harry S. Truman
Ineas Mo
Kennedy
Herschel Loveless
United States
Agricultural Progress
Truman
Des Moines
Esayelbeear
Stahenen
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Loveless
Congress
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Ezra Taft Benson
Pupil Placement Board Desegregates Warren County High
The Virginia Pupil Placement Board assigned one Negro pupil to Warren County High School, while turning down 18 Warren County requests to attend white or predominantly white schools. The meeting behind closed doors touched on applications from several Negro students for white school admission across Richmond and Roanoke regions.
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Richmond
Warren County High School
Virginia
Warren County
Sev
Roanoke
Front Royal
William J. Phillips
U.S. District Court
Isenburg
John Paul
Phillips
Paul
Arlington County
John S. Battle Jr
Charlottesville
Warren County School Board
Dismsal
Wiley Charges Tax Funds Used By Johnson
Senator Alex Wiley charged that tax funds were used to drum up propaganda for a political campaign. He cited a lack of coordination in a Space Committee report on life sciences tied to the man in space program and questioned the timing of its release.
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Washington
Alexen Wiley
R-Wis
Dama Lyndon B
Johnson
Wiley
Senate Space Committee
Defense Department
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Committee
Gibson School Opens Sept six in Frederick County
Frederick County completes its consolidated Gibson Elementary School at 108000 dollars on a 5.03 acre Smithfield Ave site bought from I Fred and Herman B Stine. About 85 pupils will attend. grades one through seven with a hot lunch program planned next year and a sewage system. The one room schools at Middle town Stephens City and Cedar Hill will close, with sale petitions filed in Frederick County Circuit Court.
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Frederick County
Gibson
Keecates
Frederick County School Board
Smithfield Ave
I. Fred
Herman B. Stine
E. Ayler
Powell W. Gibson Douglas
Aylor
Middletown
Stephens City
Cedar Hill
Clearbrook
Ayler
Winchester
UN Moves Toward Katanga Intervention Amid Tensions
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold sent top aide Ralph Bunche to Elisabethville after assuring the Congo that UN forces will not enforce the central government in Katanga. Katanga warns of fighting if troops advance, as Tshombe mobilizes and Katanga seeks a loose federation with regional control over revenues from uranium and copper.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Katanga
Tshombe
Congo
Storms Leave Dead and Injured Across Midwestern States
Severe storms swept from Wisconsin to Illinois Indiana and Iowa causing two deaths and seven injuries. A Decatur Michigan construction worker died and several workers were injured as a half built warehouse collapsed in 50 mph winds. Weather Bureau reports ongoing damaging winds hail and possible tornadoes in the region.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Illinois
Mick
Indiana
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Decatur
Mich
Ahich
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