All-Out Battle Looms Over Little Rock Integration
The Little Rock clash between Gov. Faubus and federal court escalates as the school board resists indefinite delay of integration. Judge Davies rejects a temporary delay while Faubus refuses to specify conditions for Negro students to attend white classes, signaling a potential long legal fight shaping the region's social pattern.
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Faubus Keeps National Guard Orders Amid Court Fight
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus says the National Guard remain under orders to bar Negroes from entering Central High School. In an exclusive interview, he maintained the orders have not changed since last week despite a federal judge’s decision to proceed with integration. The interview followed the judge’s refusal to delay integration and occurred after Faubus had not appeared publicly for hours.
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Eisenhower vetoes post office Civil Service pay hike bills
President Eisenhower used a pocket veto to block two bills raising pay for more than 1.5 million federal workers including 500,000 postal employees. The move aims to curb inflation and avoid pushing the debt limit higher, despite broad Congressional approval.
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Probe aims at Texas Tech firings by college board
Southern Association committee plans an on the spot probe into the July 13 dismissal of three Texas Tech professors Byron Abernethy Herbert Greenberg and Per Stensland. The investigation will consider hearings denial and reasons for ouster with findings to be reported at the December convention in Richmond Virginia.
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Byron Aber
Eisenhower may federalize Arkansas National Guard
The Arkansas Democrat reports President Eisenhower is weighing federalizing the Arkansas National Guard. The Joint Chiefs of Staff allegedly recommended the action if Gov. Orval Faubus continues to deploy state militiamen amid the Little Rock school integration crisis. The meeting reportedly occurred yesterday at Newport, Rhode Island.
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Baseball Scores From Western and National Leagues
Western League games include Amarillo 3 4 Colorado Springs 13 Albuquerque at Pueblo and late finishes Des Moines at Topeka and Sioux City at Lincoln. National League results: St Louis 7 Cincinnati 4 Brooklyn 5 New York 4 Pittsburgh 6 Philadelphia 8 Milwaukee 7 Chicago 2. American League scores show New York 4 Washington 1 Chicago and Kansas City 2 Cleveland 5 Detroit 4 Boston 4 Baltimore.
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Jailed Man Found Dead in Amarillo Jail
Jessie Messer a 60 year old from National City California was found dead in Amarillo Police Department jail after being booked for drunkenness. He apparently hanged himself with a belt from a coat rack in a sobering up cell. Messer arrived by bus earlier Saturday and left San Diego September 5. He leaves two sons and two brothers in Amarillo and his wife Beatrice Messer of National City. funeral plans will be announced by N S Griggs and Sons.
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Beatrice Messer
How To Get and Keep a Husband
Editor notes a condensed advice series by Kate Constance on finding and maintaining marriage. The piece frames marital happiness as a practical goal, drawing from a best seller and promising guidance from dating to sustaining trustful companionship.
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Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo Sunday News-Globe
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Despite Mild Temperatures
The U S Weather Bureau forecast for Amarillo and vicinity and the Panhandle and South Plains calls for generally fair and slightly warmer conditions today and Monday. Expect clear to partly cloudy skies with mild temperatures. highs around 80 and lows near 47. Precipitation in the last 24 hours ending 4 p.m. was trace. Sunrise at 6 25 a m and sunset noted.
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Are You Ready for Marriage Quiz Guide to Readiness
A vintage self assessment lists questions on selfishness responsibility and joy in daily life. It urges honesty and offers scoring where yes answers earn ten points each and totals guide readiness, improvement, or caution before marriage.
Fall Fashion Festival Preview by Amarillo Merchants
Amarillo merchants present a Fall Fashion Festival with live models and beauty queens from the Golden Spread. The event features a style show in stores and display windows and will be reviewed Thursday night.
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Marilyn Van Derbur Crowned Miss America 1958
Marilyn Van Derbur of Denver was chosen Miss America 1958 in Atlantic City ahead of 50 rivals. The 20 year old Coloradoan won with an organ medley talent and two questions, earning a prize valued at 60 000 to 85 000 dollars and scholarships. Jody Shattuck of Atlantic GA was first runner up. Mary Denner of Alva OK second. Lorna Anderson of Sacramento CA third. Dorothy Steiner of Boca Raton FL fourth.
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Atlantic, Ga
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Alva
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Sacramento
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Boca Raton
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Miss van Derber
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Colorado
Sharon Kay Ritchie
Bert Parks
Russia
Wellington Girl Chosen as Farm Bureau Queen Candidate
Vada Bell, 16, of Wellington, selected Saturday from a field of 12 contestants as a candidate for the Texas Farm Bureau queen. Bell, daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Bell, represented Collingsworth County in District No 1 during Cotton John's Farm and Home show on KGNC-TV. Donna Black of Dumas, the 1956 Farm Bureau queen, crowned the winner in a studio ceremony with J Walter Hammond of Tye presiding. Rosalyn Baugh and Diana Porterfield earned second and third, and Bell will vie for the state title in Dallas in November.
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The Story of Aviation in Amarillo Part I
In 1918 Amarillo welcomed the first pilots and aircraft amid public excitement and a clamoring for a larger airport. Delbert D. Eaves chronicles the early landings, city wonder, and the beginnings of aviation history in Amarillo with local color and context.
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Sunday News-Globe
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Globe-Times
Amarillo Sunshine Rides 1957 Weather Readings
The report notes Amarillo enjoyed sun on 219 of 249 days in 1957 with readings at 3 p.m. on Saturday showing varied conditions. Observations list Houston Dallas Oklahoma City Amarillo with wind gusts around 8 to 15 MPH and cloud cover ranging from cloudy to clear.
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