Birmingham’s uneven progress marks a brighter post crisis era
One year after Birmingham's 1963 clashes, Negroes sit alongside whites at lunch counters and baseball games while schools show token integration. Evangelist Graham draws 35,000 with integrated crowds. The city still faces threats and guarded tensions as white and black leaders debate progress and action.
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Railroads Face Vepco Ultimatum Over Coal Rates
Virginia Electric & Power Co.Vepco orders railroads to cut coal freight to about 3.40 to 3.60 per ton by August or the firm will build plants not requiring coal. President A H McDowell Jr cites Mt Storm W Va as site context and notes an August deadline to decide plant type.
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Mt. Storm
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Norfolk Desegregation Plan Expands Transfers to White Schools
About 1,200 additional Negro students will attend predominantly white schools in Norfolk next fall, bringing total integrated enrollment to about 1,700. The plan, tied to a freedom of choice approach, faces opposition and requires judge Hoffman’s approval.
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Television Listings Mix With Classic Sitcoms and News
A dense schedule lists programs across channels with shows like Mickey Mouse Club Popeye Hercules Friends The Lone Ranger Destry The Rifleman and News programs plus films such as Dragon Seed Yellow Tomahawk and 711 Ocean Drive. Sports and late night fare appear including Alfred Hitchcock Hour The Tonight Show and Steve Allen Show.
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Cuba to take fitting measures after Guantanamo clash
Cuban Foreign Minister Raul Roa says Havana will respond to attacks on Cuban soldiers at Guantanamo Naval Base. He protested a Tuesday night wounding of a Cuban and the U.S. Defense Department denied the charge, suggesting Fidel Castro’s troops may have shot the guard.
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Lal Bahadur Shastri
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Sinking Eggs in Fresh Water Explained
An egg sinks in fresh water because its density is higher than the water. If the density is reduced by adding something, the egg will float.
Flood Threatens Montana Dams Near Shelby
New flooding looms in Montana as Shelby residents sandbag two large reservoirs after a dam in a chain failed Thursday, flooding about 300 homes with no injuries reported. The Jefferson River and other Missouri tributaries flood lowlands and have torn out bridges. the prior week floods left at least 30 dead and many missing.
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Shelby
Jefferson River
Missouri
Methodists Name Racial Study Group
The Virginia Methodist Conference formed a committee to study the church relation to the Methodist Conference Center at the former Blackstone College for Girls in Nottoway County. Earlier the conference deleted a request to open the facility for racially integrated use after lay delegates and clerical delegates voted separately.
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Virginia Methodist Conference
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Blackstone College For
Nottoway County
Blackstone College
Virginia Appeals Ruling Over Certificate of Residence Voting Law
Virginia filed an appeal to the U S Supreme Court challenging a federal court ruling that the states certificate of residence voting requirement is illegal for federal elections. The decision, issued May 20, had allowed poll tax for state votes but struck the certificate rule as unfair to federal voters.
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Richmond
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