New Orleans School Boycott Narrows Amid Taunts
In New Orleans the integrated William Frantz School sees between 15 and 17 white students attend, while the Negro girl in first grade faces boos. At McDonogh No 19 only three Negro first graders enter as police increase patrols amid expected white boycott. Louisiana moves to back private schooling with state aid, while volunteers rush to prepare facilities for white students.
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New Orleans
William Frantz
McDonogh No. 19
Louisiana
C. E. Vetter
Pamela
Frantz School
Lloyd A. Foreman
Church of the Redeemer
Trusting Soul and Parking Changes Note At Hospital Lot
A young man parked his sports car in the hospital lot, removed hubcaps, left them in the trunk, returned two hours later to reattach them and drive away. The west side of N Loudoun Street adopts buddy parking, now extended to the block between Piccadilly and Boscawen with meters active Mon-Thu 9 am to 6 pm and Fri-Sat 9 am to 9 pm. Claude Baker of 620 Ross St brought a 4 1 2 pound, 21 inch turnip to The Star. It was grown in his garden along Valley Pike where springlike warmth drew a roadside picnic.
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N. Loudoun St
Piccadilly
Boscawen
J. Thomas Boyd
Claude Baker
Ross St
Star
Mr. Baker
China Leader Backs Soviet Peaceful Coexistence Policy
President Liu Shao Chi endorsed the Soviet Union's peaceful coexistence policy after a Communist summit. He praised Moscow as a bastion of world peace and stressed China’s dependence on Soviet industrial support and technical aid.
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Red
China
Moscow
Soviet Union
Iian
Contaik Wce
Liu Shao Chi
Communist Party of China
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
People's Republic of China
Moscow Radio
Liu
Pravda
Soviet Communist Party
Khrushchev
Arson Suspected In Middletown Farm House Fire
Middletown fire marshal investigates arson possibility after a 9 30 p m blaze in a tenant house on the F A Thomas farm. The owner extinguished the fire using water from a nearby well and was aided by local fire trucks. Curtains burned in a downstairs room and the upstairs bedroom was the origin. Sheriff and state police were notified and turned the case over to the Culpepper marshal. A separate grass fire on Golds Hill near Apple Pie Ridge was reported later.
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Middletown
F. A. Thomas
Here
Mr. Thomas
Thomas
Culpeper
Gold’s Hill
Apple Pie Ridge
Shawnee Fire Dept
Yugoslavia Seeks Monetary Reform To Ease Trade
Belgrade plans a year end monetary reform as a step to cope with Western trade blocs. Yugoslavia, dependent on West trade, aims for full GATT membership, replacing current coefficient system with a regular customs regime and unified exchange rates. Current rates vary widely from 300 to 5 000 dinars per dollar, with tourist and remittance rates different.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
European Common Market
Free Trade Association
GATT
Car and Tanker Crash Leaves Man Injured in Berryville
A Berryville man, Marshall Edward Lewis, 27, was hospitalized after a collision between a 1953 Pontiac and a 1956 White gasoline tanker on Route 340. Damage totaled about 10 650 dollars with the tractor loss at 10 000 dollars. John Alexander Norton rode the tanker, owned by J S Cooley Inc. of Front Royal. The crash occurred in the northbound lane, a wheel member detached from the tanker trailer north of the scene. The Pontiac sustained 400 dollar damage and the trailer 250 dollars. Lewis was in satisfactory condition at Memorial Hospital. A four year old girl, Patty Gaylor Moore, suffered bruises when struck on Fairview Avenue by a car. she was treated at the hospital.
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Berryville
Marshall Edward Lewis
Josephine St
Memorial Hospital
John Alexander Norton
Strasburg
J. S. Cooley, Inc
Front Royal
D. A. Sheetz
Winchester
Patty Gaylor Moore
Fairview Ave
R. L. Bowers
Weldon Tee Walker
Fairmont Ave
Delay Sought on UN Debate Over Algerian War
United Nations debate on the Algerian war faced a postponement plea from Congo Brazzaville and Chad within the French Community. France plans to boycotte the discussion while Algeria seeks immediate discussion and UN supervision for a final self-determination referendum.
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United Nations, N. Y
France
General Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
Assembly
Congo
Brazzaville
Chad
Algeria
United Nations
Paris
Africa
de Gaulle
North
Security Council
Mauritania
Soviet Union
Poland
Ceylon
Two-Headed Calf Reported Near Luray Farm
A two headed calf was born Friday night on John Heiston’s farm about two miles east of Luray. The mother is a Guernsey. The calf was reported eating yesterday but could not stand due to the weight of the second head, with both heads connected to one neck.
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Luray
John Heiston
Here
Northern Europe storms leave heavy toll across several nations
A violent weekend storm sweep across Britain Holland Belgium France Germany and Denmark causing at least six deaths and widespread flooding. Britain faced record rainfall and 80 mph winds damaging property and isolating Wales while volunteers rescued hundreds. Amsterdam and Hamburg suffered structural damage as floods closed roads and ferries were disrupted.
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London
Europe
Britain
Holland
France
Germany
Denmark
Belgium
Midlands
Wales
England
Friesland
Amsterdam
Hamburg
St. Paul's Church
French
Curious Boy Dies in Bronx Basement With Flashlight
Eight year old Robert Ingraham explored dark areas of his Bronx neighborhood with a flashlight tied to his waist. After three days of nocturnal search his body was found in a vacant basement refrigerator with the battery burned out, ending his curiosity.
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New York
Bronx
Robert Ingraham
Robert
John Ingraham
Christopher Kelly
Kelly
Lumumba Henchmen Clamp Communist Rule in Stanleyville
In Stanleyville the Lumumba loyalists imposed a harsh regime with whites barred from entering or leaving Oriental Province. Antoine Gizenga leads the local government under a military police grip as Col. Mobutu rests control and Lumumba faces trial after his capture. Western diplomats warned of a potential Korea-like civil war if Lumumba had escaped.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Stanleyville
Oriental Province
U. N
Antoine Gizenga
Lumumba
Joseph Kasavubu
Col
Joseph Mobutu
Congo
Mobutu
Soviet Union
Egypt
Sudan
Kasai
Oriental
Equator
Lower Congo
Kasavubu
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Supreme Court Ends Segregation In Bus Terminal Eateries
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that interstate bus terminals must serve travelers of all races. Bruce Boynton, a Howard University student, was fined $10 for entering a white restaurant at the Trailways terminal in Richmond Virginia after being denied service at the colored seating area. The decision, with Justice Black authoring the majority and Justice Whittaker dissenting, centers on Virginia law penalizing staying in a premises after demand to leave.
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Supreme Court
Justice Black
Whittaker
Clark
Bruce Boynton
Trailways
Richmond
Boynton
Howard University
Washington, D.C
Selma
Ala
General Fund Revenues Jump 40 Percent in Virginia
Virginia's General Fund revenues for the first four months of the fiscal year rose 40 percent from the same period a year earlier. State Controller Sidney C. Day Jr. said gains occurred across most tax categories with the smallest rise in profits from ABC stores. Total for July through October reached 26,021,131 compared with 18,508,042 last year.
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Richmond
Virginia
Sidney C. Day, Jr
Symington Plan Aims 20% Defense Cut With Reorg
President-elect Kennedy received a Symington committee report proposing sweeping Pentagon restructuring. The plan would abolish civilian secretaries of Army Navy and Air Force and 15 civilian offices, creating two new under secretaries and a new arms control post. It foresees about $8 billion in annual savings redirected to weapons development and disarmament effort while keeping services intact as separate entities. Kennedy called the study constructive and said it would be analyzed by Congress and the new administration.
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Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Air Force
Secretary of Defense
Kennedy
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Pentagon
Symington
Defense Establishment
Congress
Atlantic Shore
Washington
Kennedy Reportedly Has Decided On His Man For Secretary of the Interior
Stewart L. Udall
D-Ariz
Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs
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George Washington Hotel
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