Judge rules on desegregation stance in Birmingham schools
In Birmingham Judge Lynne refuses to order desegregation though warns state pupil placement law must be applied without discrimination. He cites the 1956 statute granting boards wide authority and says if applied unconstitutionally he may require a desegregation plan. He notes good faith testing and other suits in the case.
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Lynne
Theo R. Wright
Lyntie
Sap Meg
T. N. Nelson
Pony Sheenere
Aederal
Albert Boutwell
Birmingham
Handley High School Class of 1943 Reunion Planned
The Class of 1943 at Handley High School holds a 20th year reunion on June 15. Members seek addresses for Leo Campbell Dorothy Jane Jakimer Jeannette Shirley and Virginia Lee Triplett. Class gent is Dr. William H. Pifer.
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Handley High School
Leo Campbell
Dorothy Jane Jakimer
Jeannette Shirley
Virginia Lee Triplett
William H. Pifer
Willow Lawn Pool Opens Thursday May 30 at 10 A M
Summer season kicks off with the Willow Lawn swimming pool opening at 10 A M on May 30. G C E Barry's Drug Store announces a Thursday closing. Memorial Day observance prompts Rhodes Drug Co to close. Rental listings note Modern Apts and Houses for rent via Pine Motor Co. Memorial Day closures and local business notices summarized.
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Willow Lawn
G. CE Barry’s Drug
Apts
Pine Motor Co
Rhodes Drug CO
Jackson Debates Over Racial Concessions Tension in Mississippi
Tense talks in Jackson involve city officials and 17 Negro leaders seeking desegregation steps. Plans include removing segregation signs, hiring Black employees, biracial committees, and voluntary integration of facilities and schools. The meeting produced little progress and possible demonstrations or violence were feared.
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Jackson
Allen Thompson
Thompson
Percy Greene
Greene
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Famaic
Front Royal Okays Flooridated Water Plan
Front Royal council approves a proposal to flooridate the water supply after a near two hour hearing. Councilman Sam Zuckerman says he supports the plan and motion passes unanimously costing about five thousand dollars in year one and thirteen hundred in year two. Dr Ray Collins calls the plan safe effective odorless and tasteless. Clinton Miller opposes saying public choice should decide.
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Council
Sam Zuckerman
William Lillard
Douglas Blanton
Blanton
Ray Collins
Clinton Miller
National Health Federation
Washington
Dr James L Robertson to Deliver JWHS Baccalaureate
Dr James L Robertson administrator of Hermitage Methodist Homes of Virginia will deliver the baccalaureate sermon to James Wood High School seniors Sunday at 8 p m marking the start of commencement for 185 graduates. Graduation is June 5 on the school lawn at 7 p m.
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James L. Robertson
Hermitage Methodist Homes
Virginia
James Wood High School
James Wood
Robertson
Augusta County
Randolph - Macon College
Randolph-Macon College
Melton F. Wright
Frederick County
Living Costs Stay at Record March Level
Washington AP report shows April CPI holding at record March level with no overall decline. Bureau official Clague cites lower food and gasoline costs but higher housing prices offsetting gains. He notes beef and pork drop 3.5 percent while sugar prices rise and weather pushes frozen orange juice concentrate up 50 percent since December.
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Washington
Ewan Cage
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Clague
Florida
California
Five Die When Car Smashes Tree in Virginia Crash
Five construction workers returning to Richmond from West Point were killed when their car veered off U S 60 near Bottoms Bridge eight miles east of Richmond and struck a tree. Driver David Reed 45 and passengers Robert L Joyner 46 Lexie Smith 51 and George Allen Easley 45 also perished. The loaded car crossed lanes and crashed five feet from the highway.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Sagen
Richmond
West Point
U.S. 60
David Reed
Robert L. Joyner
Lexie Smith
George Allen Easley
Bottom’s Bridge
Soviet Editor Denies Five Cosmonauts Died in Space Launch
Izvestia editor Alexei Adzhubei rejected a New York Journal American report of five Soviet cosmonauts dying in a space launch. He called the claim false in a letter to Hearst papers' editor William Randolph Hearst Jr. in Moscow.
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Moscow
Alexei Adzhubei
Izvestia
Adzhubei
Khrushchev
New York Journal-American
William Randolph Hearst Jr
Journal-American
Hearst
Kentucky Voters Go to Polls Today in Governor Race
Kentucky voters chose nominees for governor as A. B. Happy Chandler sought a third term while Edward T. Breathitt Jr. pressed a strong Democratic bid. Louie B. Nunn led the Republican side amid predictions of a toss up with showers expected and turnout near 525000, a Kentucky primary record.
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Louisville
Kentucky
A. B
Happy
Chandler
U.S
Gary teachers strike 42 public schools in Gary Indiana
The 1,200 member Gary teachers union walked out, leaving students in abbreviated sessions as 300 teachers crossed picket lines. Mayor Visclosky demanded board resignation or union recognition, while Gov. Welsh appointed labor commissioner Butler to mediate. The term ends June 7.
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Gary
Ind
John S.vis
Closky
Hobart L. Butler
Matthew E. Welsh
Local 4
American Federation of Teachers
Indiana
O Rings Recovered In Thresher Search Effort
Fifteen small boxes of O rings repair parts aboard U S Navy ships were recovered by the Lamont laboratory ship Conrad while operating with drag lines near the Thresher search area. The Thresher submarine sank April 10 off Boston with 129 crew. A fleet spokesman noted currents hinder sound device placement. A naval court of inquiry in Portsmouth NH studies new ocean floor photos to probe the sinking.
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Norfolk
U.S. Navy
Lamont Laboratory
Conrad
Naval Court of Inquiry
Portsmouth
N.H
Attention Turns To Cardinals In Pope Illness
The Pope’s illness shifts focus to the College of Cardinals, the pope’s senate and advisers who head Vatican bodies. Cardinals will meet in secret conclave to elect a new pope, likely from among their own. Amleto Cicognani, Vatican secretary of state, may bear extra duties during this interregnum.
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Vatican City
John XXII
Vatican
Amleto Cardinal Cicognani
Washington
John
Hungary
Poland
St. Peter
Benedetto Aloisi Masella
Rome
Pope John XXIII Fights Bleeding Amid Illness Update
Vatican reports persistent hemorrhaging in Pope John XXIII as doctors treat a stomach growth described as gastric heteroplasia. The 81 year old pope remains grave but stable after hours of intensive care and a long illness that began last fall.
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Vatican
L’osservatore Romano
L’osservatore
Piero Mazzoni
Rome
Apostolic Palace
Antonio Gasbarrini
Pietro Valdoni
Italy
Mazzoni
Gasbarrini
Valdoni
Fox Rabies Suspected After Woodstock Encounter
Town Officer Paul Neff shot a fox that ran through Woodstock streets and grabbed at a man’s leg. Authorities await State Laboratory results from Luray to confirm rabies. The animal previously tussled with a dog owned by Mrs. Cook and carried clothing from Mrs. Flagle’s yard.
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Woodstock
State Laboratory
Luray
Paul Neff
Mary Flagle
W. Spring St
Robert Cook
Neff
Handley Council 634 UC T to Meet May 31
Handley Council 634 UC T holds regular meeting at Rotary Shelter at p.m. Friday May 31. Auxiliary meeting scheduled at Exchange Shelter. Jas R. Secy Bugs Corrigan Rug Cleaners. Memorial Day hours for Smalts Garden Center list geraniums in 3 inch pots at 25e each. Open all day Wed May 29 and closed Thu Memorial Day.
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Fleet &0
Handley Council
U.C.T
Rotary Shelter
G P.m
Exchange Shelter
Jas. R. Secy
Bugs Corrigan Rug Cleaners
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Eng
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JWHS
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Teachers Union
Boston
Frank. A. Andrews
Thresher
DuPont
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Chief of Naval Operations
Andrews
Woods Hole
Vice
John XXIII
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