Mississippi State enrolls first Negro student amid quiet desegregation
Starkville Mississippi AP Mississippi State University quietly enrolls its first Negro student in eight years Richard Holmes a 21 year old foster son of a Starkville doctor registers as a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences Desegregation came without a federal court order the university had pledged to accept Negroes to remain eligible for federal funds Dr Dean W Colvard announced Holmes would be admitted for the second six week summer term with little public reaction
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Mississippi State University
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College of Arts and Sciences
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Wiley College
Texas
Local National Guard Units Return from Camp Pickett
Area parents and children sang as 26 local National Guardsmen returned from a two week summer encampment at Camp Pickett. Units included Headquarters Winchester and Company B and A Company Berryville. They are part of the 29th Infantry Division with 7,600 total officers and men in Virginia and Maryland. The main training occurred at Camp A. P. Hill and Camp Pickett with bivouac days and nights. The First Battalion 116th Armored Division includes a tank company in Harrisonburg, totaling 340. Advance detail departed Winchester July 1. officers listed for Headquarters and A and B Companies.
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Rabbi Seymour J. Cohen Elected Leader Of Synagogue Council
The Synagogue Council of America selects Rabbi Seymour J. Cohen of Anshe Emet Chicago as new president, succeeding Rabbi Uri Miller of Baltimore. The organization encompasses Reform Conservative and Orthodox wings.
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Synagogue Council of America
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Seymour J. Cohen
Anshe Emet Synagogue
Chicago
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Lions Club to Screen Red China Film at Meeting
The Lions Club will show Red China-1965 a U S Army information film at the George Washington Hotel tomorrow at 1 p m The film includes inside China shots and a rare Chinese atom bomb moment Narrated by Lowell Thomas the documentary depicts a regimented society and military expansionists aided by James Wilkins and Congressman John O Marsh Jr The screening is open to the public Northern Virginia Liberal Arts Committee arranged the showing
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