Five Hundred Students Protest Segregation In Hampton
More than 500 Hampton Institute students walked silently down Queen Street to protest segregated lunch counter service. They returned to campus after groups carried placards, while elsewhere sit ins and picketing continued in Richmond and surrounding cities amid new trespassing penalties.
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Hampton
Queen Street
Hampton Institute
Khrushchev
Richmond
Portsmouth
Norfolk
Suffolk
Petersburg
Virginia General Assembly
Thalhimer
Supe Thalhimer
Mailman’s German shepherd halts delivery with knockdown hit
In Academy Circle, Midnight the German shepherd belonging to Lackey Sem foe lunged at two pursuing neighbors, bowling them into the gutter and clearing the mail route for Jimmy Huyett. The incident interrupts deliveries as the town’s chatter focuses on local canine drama and personal notices.
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Jimmy Huyett
Academy Circle
Midnight
Lackey Semfoe
Jimmy
Princess Margaret Engaged to Antony Armstrong-Jones
Princess Margaret, 29, wore her engagement ring a ruby surrounded by diamonds in a flower shape at Windsor's royal lodge. She and Antony Armstrong-Jones, 29, the Society photographer, announced their betrothal to Queen Elizabeth II, as Britain buzzed with royal romance.
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London
Margaret
Royal Lodge
Windsor
Antony Armstrong
Jones
Princess Margaret
Armstrong-Jones
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Mother
Pimlico
Antony Armstrong-Jones
Boycott Threatened For Equal Service In Lunch Counters
Negroes may begin boycotts to obtain integrated service at lunch counters in the South. In Winston-Salem 300 plus met to back a boycott against segregated stores while demonstrations spread from Henderson to Orangeburg and Montgomery. At Henderson stores a bomb hoax closed a shop. whites jeered as the counter remained empty of Black patrons. The Winston-Salem rally urged unity and said ministers would speak, backing boycotts of Kress and Woolworth and any store denying equal service. Demonstrations began in Greensboro Feb 1 and spread across several states.
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South
Winston-Salem
N.C
Henderson
Orangeburg
S.C
Montgomery
Ala
Kittrell College
F. W. Woolworth
Woolworth’s
Greensboro
North Carolina
Virginia
South Carolina
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
Winston- Salem
National Assn
Carl Matthews
Jerry Drayton
Kress
U S Payroll Costs Taxpayers 6 3 Billion
Washington AP A Congressional survey shows the federal civilian payroll cost taxpayers 6 326 billion in the first half of the fiscal year with 2 329 261 civilians on payroll in January 1960 The report by Senate Byrd committee cites higher half year totals versus prior periods.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd
Dva
Senate
House Committee
Byrd
Rae
Leap Year Specials at Lovett's Shoe & Dress Shoppe
Lovett's Shoe & Dress Shoppe announces Leap Year Day specials with a large selection of coats outfits dresses and footwear at sale prices. Dance tomorrow night at the Eagles Club features Jimmy McCoy and the Melody Playboys for entertainment.
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Lovett’s Shoe & Dress Shoppe
Eagles Club
Jimmy McCoy
The
Melody Playboys
Senate Budget Adoption Expected After House Revisions
Lt. Gov. A. E. Stephens predicted the State Senate would adopt Gov. Almonds budget by a sufficient margin when the revised version reaches the Senate. The House revised budget adds about 8 to 10 million dollars for state services, including 5.4 million for school teachers salaries, and is seen as proof the original budget was a bare bones plan.
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Richmond
A. E
Stephens
State Senate
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
House of Jes
Almond
House
Virginia House Moves Toward Cigarette Tax and Budget Fix
The Virginia House advances a cigarette tax of 3 cents per pack and a 10 percent liquor tax. A one shot tax windfall speeds up capital and intangible property payments, expected to raise about 60 million dollars over two years. A revised 498 million dollar general fund budget faces floor debate amid likely Senate opposition.
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Richmond
House Appropriations Committee
Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad
House
Senate
Sen. Armistead
Literary Fund
House Finance Committee
Del
Robert Whitehead
Senate Finance Committee
Almond
Civic Club Ballot Battalion Forms to Boost Voters
A Joint Civic Club Ballot Battalion forms to urge citizen registration before next Saturday the last day to qualify for the April 5 Primary. Smith chairs with Emmart Shiley Welied Whitmore and more serve on the committee. Buttons posters and folders order for distribution to the public.
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Civic Club Ballot Batallion
Civic Club
Smith
Mr. Smith
Wade C. Emmart
Exchange Club
Strother Shiley
Junior Chamber of Commerce
al Welied
Optimist Club
Woodrow Whitmore
Lions Club
E. R. Meses? Jr
Kiwanis Club
Joint Civic Club
Winchester
Russell Doubts Compromise Possible in Civil Rights Battle
Washington Senator Richard B. Russell leading Southern opposition to civil rights legislation doubts any compromise can be found. He said no compromise has been proposed and none could likely be accepted. The Senate debates a marathon schedule intended to wear down the Dixie bloc, with talk of possible Sunday sessions and a test vote on adjournment. Johnson pushes a dawn-to-dawn approach while denying intent to engage in a prolonged clash.
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Washington
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate
Russell
eSen
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
Kenneth B. Keating
Johnson
Burn Victim Miss Beulah Adams Dies After Stove Explosion
Miss Beulah Adams of Nain died at Memorial Hospital from extensive third degree burns received when an oil stove exploded as she attempted to fill it. The 70 year old woman was found in the snow in her yard Thursday morning. funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Army cots moved into Capitol for Senate sessions
Forty Army cots are moved into the Capitol to house weary senators during round the clock sessions on civil rights. Cots will line in committee rooms and cloak rooms near the Senate as Lyndon Johnson presses continuous sessions to break a Southern filibuster.
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Washington
Capitol
Senate Chamber
Senate
Joseph C. Duke
Dixie
Lyndon B Johnson
Texas
Heart Sunday Residential Drive Tomorrow
Tomorrow at 2 p m sirens mark the start of a door to door residential drive. Volunteers with ID collect funds for heart and blood vessel disease research and hand out sealed envelopes for donations. Contributions go to Mrs Kenneth Thomas 141 Lambden Ave.
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Heart
Kenneth Thomas
Lambden Ave
Winchester to gain later mail pickups and new routes
The Winchester post office will add an 8 15 p.m. collection from street boxes and dispatch at 10 a.m. to Washington and a new messenger route to Martinsburg linking with westbound trains. Sunday dispatch moves from 8 p.m. to 6 p.m. starting tomorrow, with 5 30 p.m. pickups shifted accordingly.
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Winchester
Wilbur Johnston
Greyhound
Washington
D.C
Martinsburg
Philadelphia
Richmond
Pittsburgh
Johnston
Johnson
Staunton
Harrisonburg
Eisenhower Receives Rousing Welcome in Mar del Plata
President Eisenhower arrives in Mar del Plata amid massive crowds as he tours Argentina en route to Bariloche. He rides with President Frondizi, receives the key to the city, pledges friendship, and waves an Argentine flag before boarding for the long flight across Argentina.
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Mar del Plata
Argentina
Eisenhower
Atlantic
Bariloche
Andes
Buenos Aires
Arturo Frondizi
Provincial
United States
Frondizi
Indonesia Gains $250 Million Soviet Credit Agreement
Soviet Premier Khrushchev agreed to extend Indonesia a $250 million credit and the USSR would build one or two peaceful reactor facilities under the existing 118 million dollar credit from 1956. Sukarno and Khrushchev discussed a cultural accord and potential future military aid, with terms on an economic agency to follow.
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Indonesia
Nikita Khrushchev
Sukarno
Subandrio
Soviet Union
China
Khruhchev
Andrei Gromyko
United States
Rhodes Drug Co
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Capitol Building
E. Rhodes Huntsberry, Jr
Alvin Crawford
H. D. Koontz
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