Alaska Statehood Vote Signals Strong Support
With 113 of 297 precincts reporting, Alaska voters favor statehood by about 19,860 to 3,814. Proposals to set new state boundaries and transfer 103 million acres of public lands pass, while the election also elects first state officers and federal representatives. The proclamation creating the new state is expected by late December or early January.
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Juneau
Alaska
U. S. Senate
E. L. Bartlett
Ernest Gruening
R. F E. Robertson
Mike Stepovich
Fairbanks
Arlington School Board seeks federal judge guidance on desegregation clash
The Arlington County School Board asked Federal Judge Albert V. Bryan for guidance on how to proceed with about 30 African American children seeking admission to Arlington white schools amid a conflict between a desegregation order and Virginia state law. Earlier, in Harrisonburg, Judge John Paul rejected parts of the Charlottesville School Board's proposed districting plan as part of the broader resistance to integration.
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Arlington
Arlington County School Board
Albert V. Bryan
Bryan
Harrisonburg
John Paul
Charlottesville
Parade to honor Nautilus crew culminates in Broadway salute
New York ends a three day salute to Cmdr. William R. Anderson and the Nautilus crew with a ticker tape parade up lower Broadway. The submarine will depart for New London Connecticut, its home port, on Thursday.
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New York
Cmdr
William R. Anderson
Broadway
New London
Conn
Reds Push Bombardment as Invasion Fears Rise
The heavy bombardment of Quemoy and the Tan islets continued for a fifth day with no reported Communist air or sea activity around the Nationalist islands. Observers believe the Reds may attack the Tan islets near Amoy to provoke U S intervention, as Washington dispatches back the assessment. Nationalists claim returns fire hit artillery on Wuyu and Ting Ta teng, while nearly 100000 shells have been fired since the escalation began last Saturday.
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Formosa
Quemoy
Tan Islets
Amoy
Washington
Amoy Bay
Tatan
Erhtan
Red Port
Wuyu
Ting Tateng
Formosa Strait
Heavy Alaska Moves Toward Statehood by Big Margin
President Eisenhower signaled he may favor slowing the pace of school integration. He denied at a news conference that he wished the 1954 Supreme Court ruling to end or reverse.
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Alaska
Washington
Eisenhower
Supreme Court
Arkansas Legislature rushes anti integration bills in Little Rock
The Arkansas Legislature pushed 12 measures aimed at blocking forced integration as Gov. Faubus calls special session. A key bill would allow shutting any school the federal government seeks to integrate and another would let displaced students carry state funds to a chosen school. The session comes ahead of the Supreme Court’s Thursday ruling on Little Rock. President Eisenhower warned of costly litigation if states close schools to avoid integration and said he will push deficit reduction in campaigns.
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GOP
Ohio
Washington
Teamsters
James Hoffa
Bender
Hoffa
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
U.S. Supreme Court
HOUSE
National Assn. For
Supreme Court
Orval E. Faubus
Eisenhower
Justice Department
New York
Sylvania announces two year pay and benefits plan
Sylvania Electric Products Inc announced a two year schedule of hourly and salary pay increases for non union and union represented workers. Increases range from 5 to 9 cents per hour with phases on Sept 1 1958 and Aug 31 1959. Salary employees receive comparable base salary increases. The company will continue its cost of living formula through Aug 31 1960.
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Nelsonville
Sylvania Electric Products Inc
C. B. Tanguy
Alcorn Predicts GOP Upsets in November Elections
The Republican National Committee outlines campaign plans with chairman Meade Alcorn foreseeing the party to score major upsets in November. He claims no Senate or House seat or governorship should be lost and asserts Republicans can win offices currently held by Democrats.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Meade Alcorn
Harry Truman
Senate
House
Pacifist Earle Reynolds Convicted Over Nuclear Test Protest
Honolulu reports Earle L. Reynolds former anthropology professor at Antioch College was convicted for illegally sailing a ketch into a restricted Pacific zone to protest nuclear tests. He faces up to two years in jail and a $5000 fine after probation reports are filed.
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Honolulu
Earle L. Reynolds
Pacific Ocean
Antioch, Ohio
Hiram Alum Cumings Named Lake Erie College Director
Edgar C. Cumings former dean and vice president of Hiram College from 1952 to 1956 is appointed director of general studies and advising at Lake Erie College in Painesville Ohio.
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Painesville
Edgar C. Cumings
Hiram College
Lake Erie College
Ohio State Fair sees turnout slip from prior year
Tuesday at the 104th Ohio State Fair drew 37 921 paid admissions, below last year’s 38 130 and the 1956 record 41 695. Butch Harmony, an out of state entry owned by Harry Eckert of Huntington WV and driven by Clyde Snook, won the Buckeye State Pace in 2 05 35 after a 2 08 heat. Carolyn Banbury, 15, of Danville, collected top honors for the grand champion ram and reserve, plus the American Shropshire Registry trophy for seven animals.
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Columbus
Butch Harmony
Buckeye
Ohio
Harry Eckert
Huntington
W. Va
Clyde Snook
Carolyn Banbury
Danville
American Shropshire Registry Assn
Sitdown for Service Continues in Downtown Luncheonette
Oklahoma City NAACP Youth Council says a sitdown protest by 85 Negro youths will press for white and Negro diners to receive equal food service at John A. Brown's luncheonette. Barbara Posey, 15, serves as secretary amid a stalemate with the store management.
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Oklahoma City
Barbara Posey
Naacp Youth Council
John A. Brown
Eleanor Speaks Students To Make Decisions
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt urged college students at the National Student Congress in Delaware Ohio Wesleyan University to embrace decisions and responsibilities. Delegates approved a resolution for a federal scholarship program for at least 60 000 students, to be voted on by about 1000 delegates in upcoming sessions.
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Delaware
America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ohio Wesleyan University
CBS Probe Clears Shows
CBS says its week long inquiry into quiz shows on its network found no improper procedures. Dotto was withdrawn from CBS and NBC 11 days earlier by sponsor Colgate Palmolive. District Attorney's investigation followed a standby contestant complaint to the Federal Communications Commission alleging a Dotto contestant was fed answers.
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New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
Dotto
CBS
NBC
Colgate- Palmolive Co
District Attorney’s Office
Federal Communications Commission
Bicycle Show Owner Dies From Head Wounds
In Cleveland an East Side bicycle shop owner, Louis Burkhardt 53, died at St. Vincent Charity Hospital from skull injuries believed caused by blows. He was found by his landlady, with two young men reportedly seen in the shop minutes earlier.
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Cleveland
East Side
St. Vincent Charity Hospital
Louis Burkhardt
Elmer Krokovitz
Nehru Defends US Seventh Fleet in Indian Ocean
In New Delhi Prime Minister Nehru said the U S seventh fleet is on a normal cruise in the Indian Ocean and its Singa pore presence has no military significance replying to Communist and Socialist demands to seek UN action during a foreign affairs debate in Parliament
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
U. S
Indian Ocean
Singapore
Dag in Jordan To Open Talks
Dag Hammarskjold arrives in Amman for the first round of talks to calm the Middle East so U S and British troops can withdraw. He meets Premier Samir Rifai at King Hussein's hilltop palace and travels with three aides from Beirut.
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Jordan
Dag Hammarskjold
Middle East
U. S
Samir Rifai
King
Hussein
Hammarskjold
Beirut
Geneva
Cairo
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Baghdad
Saudi Arabia
UN General Assembly
Soviet Subs Pose Peril to U S Cities
A panel of experts warned that by the early 1960s missile firing Soviet submarines could devastate American cities. The Underseas Warfare Panel urged expanding submarine and antisubmarine programs to avert grave peril.
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Washington
House-Senate Atomic Energy Committe
United States
DiSalle Urges Better Ohio Road Plan and Federal Funds Push
Middletown Ohio. Democratic governor candidate Michael V DiSalle of Toledo criticizes current highway construction planning and administration. He says state officials have not pursued a share of 101 million dollars in federal funds sought by other states.
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Middletown
Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle
Toledo
Hogan Keating To Face Senate Rematch In New York
Democratic leaders nominate Frank Hogan for the U S Senate seat formerly held by Irving M Ives with a prolonged convention in Harriman’s hotel. Republican Kenneth B Keating wins unanimous nomination after a Nixon call, amid a possible three man race with Liberal Thomas Finletter.
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Eisenhower Hogan
Harriman
Thomas E. Murray
Atomic Energy
Air Force
Thomas K. Finletter
Hogan
Liberal Party
New York State
Finletter
Murray
Democrats
Liber
Baker Suffers Heart Attack Before Testimony
Robert Barney Baker aide to Teamsters Union bosses suffered a severe heart attack just before he was to testify in rackets hearings. The illness was announced as the committee opened the session and reports indicated his condition was critical. Baker was to be questioned about an envelope of $100 bills and alleged corruption in Teamsters Union affairs.
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Washington
Senate
Robert
Barney) Baker
Tmsters
Baker
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Robert F. Kennedy
Iowa
Jacob More
Teamsters
Union Organizer Fails As Election Revealed
In Cincinnati Jack Widmeyer and 10 others claimed to form an independent union for auto salesmen and mechanics. A Tuesday meeting drew about 100 people, none joined. Widmeyer announced he was elected president for five years, and said he will continue his campaign.
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Cincinnati
Jack Widmeyer
United Auto Salesmen, Mechanics and Helpers Union
Widmeyer
Postman's Feet Tired Not at Big Convention
Five thousand are attending the National Assn. of Letter Carriers convention in San Francisco. They marched along Market Street for two hours and spokesmen said the bands will march and play through downtown daily for the rest of the week.
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National Assn. of Letter Carriers
Market Street
San Francisco
Eisenhower Says No Need for US to Take First Nuclear Blow
President Eisenhower stated it is silly to claim the United States could be defeated by a first nuclear strike and that retaliation would deter any aggressor. He argued retaliation power makes an attacker foolish to strike, predicting the aggressor would be destroyed.
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Eisenhower
United States
Eisenhower Defers Question On Red Invasion Of Off-Shshore Islands
Eisenhower declined to say if the United States would intervene if Red forces invaded Quemoy Matsu and nearby offshore islands. He noted Nationalist China has deployed about one third of its military strength to the area, underscoring the islands' rising importance.
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Eisenhower
United States
Quemoy
Matsu
U. S
China
Freeway Route Study Aims at Canton to Ohio River Link
Ohio officials study a new four lane freeway from Canton to the Ohio River near Marietta to ease access to Route 21. Howard Needles Tammon and Bergendorf and J E Greiner Co are finalize location reports, with no at grade intersections and no traffic signals on the 125 mile route connecting with Cleveland Canton superhighway plans.
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Columbus
Canton
Ohio River
Marietta
Ohio Department of Highways
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Howard Needles, Tammon and Bergendorf
Cleveland
U. S. 40
Cambridge
J. E. Greiner Co
Baltimore
U. S. 21
Lake Erie
Cincinnati- Conneaut
Cincinnati-Toledo
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