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September 1, 1960

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SCHOOLS TO SPEED INTEGRATION HERE BY TRANSFER PLAN; 3,000 Pupils in Segregated Areas Will Be Allowed to Enroll Elsewhere SCHOOLS TO SPEED INTEGRATION HERE

By Leonard Buder

Educ Bd revises school zoning policies to speed integration, Silver and Theobald statement; gives some Negroes and Puerto Ricans option of attending integrated and predominantly 'white' pss; move affects 21 'sending,' 28 'receiving' jr hss and 2 sr hss; list; policy to be extended to grade schools by Sept '61; 3,000 pupils may transfer this fall; Greater NY Urban League, United Parents Assns hail move

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U.N. HEAD SCORES BELGIANS ON LAG IN CONGO PULL-OUT; Protests Failure to Remove All Troops -- Reply Blames Lack of Transportation COUNCIL GETS REPORT Secretary Asks Immediate Evacuation -- Soviet Again Objects to Technicians U.N. HEAD SCORES BELGIANS ON LAG

By Lindesay Parrottspecial To the New York Times

Hammarskjold makes 3d rept to UN Security Council on situation; formally protests Belgian failure to withdraw all troops; requests immediate evacuation; Belgium says remaining troops lack transportation, Amb Loridan lrs to Hammarskjold; USSR again protests continued presence of Belgian troops

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FORMER U.S. AIDE AT WORK IN SOVIET; Ex-Boston U. Professor Was in O.S.S. in World War II FORMER U.S. AIDE AT WORK IN SOVIET

By Jack Raymondspecial To the New York Times

US State Dept reveals that Dr M H Halperin, alleged Leftist, is now in Moscow working for USSR Govt presumably on Latin-Amer affairs

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Overhaul Is Urged For Nursing Homes; OVERHAUL URGED IN NURSING HOMES

By Morris Kaplan

NYS Mediation Bd repts tentative agreement in hotel employes union dispute with NY Nursing Home Assn and Met Nursing Home Guild

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Pennsy Shut Down by Strike; 136,000 Affected in 13 States; Joint Talks Break Up in Final Hour Over Job Classification 136,000 PERSONS AFFECTED DAILY Shop Employes and Road Fail to Reach Accord in Last-Hour Efforts

By William G. Weartspecial To the New York Times

TWU and System Fed 152 union strike PRR after final efforts to reach accord fail; shut down PRR for 1st time in history; 136,000 riders in 13 states affected; map; work rules remain main issues; Quill leads pickets, Phila; illus; J M Symes scores Quill; holds there is no reason for strike; NMB Chmn O'Neill says separate talks will continue

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Notable Births

1960Ralf Außem, German footballer and manager^[†]

Ralf Außem is a German football manager and former player who is youth team manager of 1. FC Köln.

1960Karl Mecklenburg, American football player^[†]

Karl Bernard Mecklenburg, nicknamed "the Albino Rhino", is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers.

Historical Context for September 1, 1960

In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people^[†]