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November 14, 1960

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Headlines from November 14, 1960

JUNTA CHIEF OUSTS 14 TURKISH AIDES; General Shakes Up Regime -- Moderates Seen Gaining JUNTA CHIEF OUSTS 14 TURKISH AIDES

By Special to The New York Times

Gursel reorganizes mil junta; ousts 14 Natl Unity Com members, forms new 23-man com; dismissed men reptd under house guard; shake-up seen gain for moderates; Gursel says move was necessary because differences of opinion had turned com chamber into battleground; says new com will reinstate dem principles, let outsiders participate in Govt; most important figure ousted is Col Turkesh; speculation that coup against Gursel was forestalled

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Charges of Police Corruption Made by Citizens' Group Here; CITIZENS' GROUP ACCUSES POLICE

By Arthur Gelb

Citizens Emergency Com meets to draft petition urging Gov Rockefeller order probe of NYC Police Dept, charging transfer to police Pension Fund of fees from licenses required of cabaret performers; 2d group urges NYC probe Dept system for their licensing; coms moves stem from efforts on behalf of late actor R M Buckley to regain identification card taken from him by police, Oct, for allegedly falsifying application; Deputy Comr Arm warns coms on charges without evidence

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Wagner Assailed fey Ryan As Reform 'Fence Sitter'; WAGNER ASSAILED AS 'FENCE SITTER'

By Unknown Author

Ryan discounts Wagner role, TV int; calls him 'fence sitter'; says reform group plans '61 primary fight to oust DeSapio; J T Harrington, reform leader of Yorkville, urges Tammany exec com meet to weigh DeSapio ouster; cites election losses; DeSapio seen gaining support in coming merger of young Dem groups that worked for Kennedy election as Pres; merged group to work within party

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Historical Events

Ruby Bridges

1960Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.[โ€ ]

Ruby Nell Bridges Hall is an American civil rights activist. She was the first African American child to attend formerly whites-only William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on November 14, 1960. She is the subject of a 1964 painting, The Problem We All Live With, by Norman Rockwell.

Historical Context for November 14, 1960

In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[โ€ ]