Suez crisis stalemate in Cairo as London talks loom
Menzies mission concludes with no agreement on canal crisis after 25 minute session with President Nasser. London talks tomorrow will include Mollet Eden Lloyd to seek next steps. Mollet calls Nasser rejection of international control a grave situation amid buildup on Cyprus.
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Cairo
Egypt
Menzies
Nasser
London
Eden
United Nations
Mollet
Christian Pineau
Selwyn Lloyd
Cyprus
Amarillo to Test Citywide Civil Defense Sirens Today
Six sirens will blast at 3 42 p m marking Amarillo first citywide test of warning system. Sirens placed at 6th and Fillmore 3608 Bowie 601 Western 611 N Hughes NE 13th and Grand and Tri State Fairgrounds. Red Cross to organize first aid classes and Ground Observer Corps recruitment during Civil Defense Week. Harold Johnson directs classes requiring six one hour lectures and 2 5 hours of duty.
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Amarillo
6Th
Fillmore
Bowie
Western
N. Hughes
13Th
Grand
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Red Cross
Ground Observer Corps
Harold Johnson
Amarillo Weather Forecast From US Weather Bureau
Amarillo and vicinity expect continued fair and mild conditions. Low around 55 and high near 87. Panhandle and South Plains see little temperature change today and tomorrow with morning temperatures from 58 to 70 rising to 75 and 86 yesterday highs 86 and 90, sunrise at 6.26 a.m., sunset 7.02 p.m.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
South Plains
Tom
North Carolina votes to preserve school segregation
Governor Luther Hodges welcomed a wide margin for a constitutional amendment aimed at maintaining segregated public schools. The measure passed about 4 to 1 with 600,000 voters, urging a moderate path to comply with desegregation rulings while keeping segregation by voluntary attendance and assignment laws.
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Raleigh
N. C
Luther Hodges
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Hodges
U. S. Supreme Court
High Court
Three Amarillo Area Residents Escape Injury in Plane Crash
Three Amarillo area residents aboard a Continental Air Lines DC3 collided with a private Cessna 170 during approach to Bartlesville Municipal Airport. Both aircraft landed safely with no injuries. DC3 occupants included 14 passengers and pilots B M Richards and J F Folk with four children on the Cessna.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Amarillo Area
Continental Air Lines
Peggy Rawley
Lubbock
N. P. Slaughter
Clovis
N. M
L. Ingram
Portales
Continental
F. E. Bowen
B. M. Richards
el Paso
Tex
J. F. Folk
Carthase
Bowen
F. Sewell
Oklahoma City
L. Wooley
Lawton
G. Spence
Detroit
Verna Taylor
Carlsbad
Luck
Fl Paso
Texas Price undecided on Stevenson Kefauver ticket support
Fort Worth Sept. 9 Senator Price Daniel said he would issue a clear statement when a candidate ticket stance emerges but refused to guarantee backing for Stevenson and Kefauver. He arrived to take command of a fractious Texas Democratic convention amid factional rivalry with Lyndon Johnson urging unified support.
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Dave Cheavens
Fort Worth
Price Daniel
Texas
Tide
Lyndon B. Johnson
Adlai Blasts Ike's Administration At Jersey Rally
Adlai Stevenson assailed the Eisenhower administration as corrupt from start to finish in a New Jersey rally speech at Palisades Park. He cited state and national misconduct while attacking GOP ties to private business and natural resource exploitation. Stevenson defended farm aid while Sen Aiken accused him of misrepresentation on farm issues during the five day regional swing.
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Associated Press
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Palisades Park
N. J
Gettysburg
Washington
Pennsylvania State University
Milton S. Eisenhower
Stevenson
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Harold Talbott
Air Force
Senate
Pentagon
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
New York
Connecticut
Sen
Aiken
R-Vt
Sen. Frear
Babies Eat Solids At 9 Weeks of Age
Dr. Walter W. Sackett Jr. of Miami asserts solids can start within days of birth, guiding 600 babies to a complete diet by 9 weeks. Introductions include vegetables at 10 days and meats at 14 days with six hour feeds and no bedtime bottle. AAGP headquarters are in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Miami
Fla
Walter W. Sackett Jr
15 U S Sailors Arrested in Japan
Navy shore patrol arrested 15 American sailors after a street brawl with Japanese civilians in Yokosuka. One Japanese injured, two or three sailors involved facing Japanese authorities. all were held overnight and released. A news report described the incident as a free for all sparked by inebriated sailors.
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Yokosuka
Japan
P— ‘Navy
Navy
Kodo News Service
Manila Woman Responds to Amarillo Help Wanted Ad
Archie Williams advertised for a middle aged housekeeper. forty applicants replied from Manila Philippines including Mrs G Dalida. The story notes a local want ad drew international responses with Mrs Dalida among those who answered.
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Archie Williams
Amarillo Daily News
Philippines
Williams
G. Dalida
Manila
National Guardsmen Guard Sturgis High Amid Racial Protests
About 600 Kentucky National Guardsmen stood ready in Sturgis to curb demonstrations against seven Black students at Sturgis High School. Adjutant General Williams called the situation tense as the turning point loomed Monday. Four tanks were deployed and more than 35 state police were expected to assist.
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Sturgis
Kentucky National Guardsmen
Sturgis High School
Adj
J. J. B. Williams
Union County
Clay
Sturgis Students Turned Away as Integration Fears Rise
The Sturgis school faced resistance as two grade school Negro children were barred entry. Over two days residents refused photo coverage and warned they'd resist integration. Guardsmen patrolled as FBI agents probed intimidation and civil rights violations amid escalating tensions.
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Clay
Sturgis
FBI
National
A. B. Chandler
Maine To Elect Governor Today
Maine voters go to the polls to decide whether Democratic Gov. Edmund S. Muskie seeks a second term and whether three GOP held congressional seats stay with Willis A. Trafton Jr. as opponents frame the race as a referendum on Eisenhower.
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Portland
Maine
Ike
GOP
Edmund S. Muskie
House
Willis A. Trafton Jr
Muskie
Eisenhower
Weather fragments from Amarillo 1956 reading
Fragmentary weather notes show 239 of 252 possible sunny days around Amarillo with scattered readings for Houston Dallas Oklahoma City and Amarillo. Entries list time 3 p.m. Sunday and conditions primarily clear with winds and visibility noted.
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Amarillo
Houston
Pily City
Dallas
Okla
Kelton Teenager Dies as Truck Crash Kills Driver
A pickup rollover two miles west of Twitty injures five others and kills 17 year old Jack Danner Daberry, driver from Kelton. Remaining injured include George Gene Harris, Mickey Reeves, Jackie Reeves, Wayne Sanders, and Donna Gaye Marshall. Funeral services pending. Daberry survived by parents, sister Norma Jean, and grandfather F. D. Brown. He was a Kelton High senior born December 2, 1938.
Clinton Quiet as Guards Leave Town in Tennessee
The National Guard returned law enforcement to local authorities and reduced Clinton detachment to about 50 hand picked men. Governor Clement ordered 600 guardsmen a week earlier after high school integration sparked mob violence. The drawdown continues with remaining troops mainly WWII and Korea veterans and three armored personnel carriers.
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Clinton, Tenn
National Guard
Tennessee
Frank Clement
East
Korea
Clement
Glad Woodward
Clinton High
Joe Henry
Air Force lags behind Reds in air armada says Quarles
Secretary of the Air Force Quarles said the United States probably lags Russia in adding to its air power. He stressed not a superior military value for the Soviet force and noted the U S maintains clear air superiority, especially in long range striking forces.
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Washington
Quarles
United States
Russia
Menzies Calls Suez Crisis Most Serious World Problem
Australian Prime Minister Robert G. Menzies said the Suez Canal dispute is the gravest issue facing the world as he leads a five nation commission in talks with Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. He announced release of conference documents outlining the arguments for and against internationalizing the canal and stressed the Egyptian claim that the canal remain Egyptian.
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Cairo
Robert G. Menzies
Menzies
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
London
Washington
Civil Defense Urged for Universal Peace by President
President Eisenhower urged national civil defense support during National Defense Week. He said Civil Defense requires understanding and participation of every American family and training to make communities self reliant in daily emergencies. He framed civil defense as investment in readiness and citizenship toward universal peace.
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Washington
Eisenhower
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