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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1958
Page
1
A narrative describes entering the U S Supreme Court chamber for a special session on the Little Rock school integration case. It details the marble columns and gilt ceiling, the 29 foot bench with Chief Justice Earl Warren, the court’s ceremonial process, and typical decision procedures including open and closed sessions and Monday announcements.
The piece outlines thumbnail sketches of the opposing lawyers before the Supreme Court in the Little Rock school segregation case. Thurgood Marshall, 50, NAACP special counsel, noted for civil rights wins, is described as skilled and respected. Richard C. Butler, 48, Little Rock board attorney, with John Haley as assistant. J Lee Rankin, 57, U.S. solicitor general, presents the government view as a friend of the court.
The government asked the Supreme Court to remove all barriers to immediate integration at Central High School in Little Rock. It supported NAACP efforts to overturn a 2½ year delay by the Little Rock court order and the Circuit Court stay.
The Supreme Court began a special term to decide whether to delay readmitting Negroes to Little Rock Central High School. NAACP argues for immediate admittance while Little Rock counsel seeks delay. The case cites 1955 desegregation ruling and recent Arkansas anti integration measures.
A Northwest Orient DC6-B struck a wire fence and burned in a cornfield near Minneapolis after takeoff at 3:40 am. Sixty people escaped through a fuselage hole, 56 passengers and 4 crew survived with injuries, including Rep. Don Magnuson. Rescue teams aided dazed travelers while flames consumed the interior.
A federal grand jury indicted eight men in a three million dollar gambling syndicate based on forged evidence and telephone noise from a Terre Haute restaurant. Named defendants include Leo Shaffer Jules Horwick Edgar M. Wyatt Buck Sumner Joey Jacobs Philip Share Irwin Gordon James Tanner.
Daisy, a hurricane, lashed the Atlantic 240 miles southeast of Wilmington as winds freshened along the North Carolina coast. Gale warnings extended from Morehead City to Cape Henry with small craft urged to seek protection as the storm moved north northeast at 18 miles per hour and top winds reached 125 miles per hour.
Junko Nishikawa a 25 year old hostess testified she saw no evidence of ill feeling between Joseph P Crowley and his brother in law T A D Jones Jr the night before Jones died in a Tokyo hotel suite Crowley a New Haven Conn businessman is on trial for manslaughter in the death judged to have occurred after a night of drinking during a bid to buy an oil tanker in Tokyo
U S Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson left Moscow aboard an American Air Force plane for a three week vacation in Germany and Italy.
General Motors stopped all 1959 auto production after United Auto Workers strikes hit two stamping plants in Hamilton Ohio and Grand Rapids Michigan. A company spokesman confirmed the shutdown affecting the assembly schedule and related output.
Columbus report: W. S. Loom of Concord New Hampshire becomes a special representative of Lions International and is named state secretary of the Ohio Lions Clubs.
Peiping warned Nationalist defenders on Quemoy to withdraw on grounds of imminent landing. A Fukien Province leaflet threat said Communists aim to liberate coastal islands and Taiwan. Nationalist and U S planes held joint air defense drills over Formosa as Red China bombarded the offshore islands.
Delegates from 360 colleges and universities at the National Student Congress at Ohio Wesleyan University adopt a resolution urging federal aid to education. The plan seeks a federal scholarship program for at least 60 000 students based on examinations and usable at any accredited institution, paving the way for debate on a school segregation issue before Friday's end.
Paris mourns George Lecomte permanent secretary of the French Academy and a member since 1924. The author of 14 novels 10 major essays two plays and several works on impressionist painting died Wednesday at age 91.
Washington Senate Rackets Committee probes focus on circuses and carnivals to show violence in labor dealings by the Teamsters Union. The panel seeks why several circuses closed after a 1956 dispute, while major shows like Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey shifted away from canvas tents to cut costs.
The atom powered submarine Nautilus and its crew head for home base of New London Conn today after a triumphant stop in New York. The craft completed the first undersea passage beneath the North Pole amid cheers from about a quarter million spectators as bands and color guards escorted them up Broad Street.
City Manager Russell W. Rink halted charity bingo and ordered police to enforce the law starting Tuesday amid protests. Local officials had urged compliance with existing regulations and licensing requirements.
The Arkansas Legislature moved toward final passage of Gov Faubus anti integration bill to close any public school facing forcible integration and lease it to private operators. Representative Ray S Smith Jr opposed some sweeping powers but supported the bill's goals. The scene overlapped with a Supreme Court session in Washington on the Little Rock integration case.
Dr. Ernest O. Lawrence nuclear fission pioneer and Nobel laureate died after surgery in Palo Alto at age 57. He directed UC Radiation Laboratory and invented the cyclotron in 1930, building a major Berkeley lab whose work helped develop the first nuclear bomb and produce the first self exploding uranium 235.
The 10th Jupiter rocket fired from Cape Canaveral covered 1500 miles across the Atlantic in a test hailed by the Defense Department as a complete success, marking a major step toward operational status for the Army weapon.
In Silverton Colorado the lone local doctor Dr Charles O Spencer about 35 fired at least eight shots at a group of children and friends before being wounded and captured. He collapsed with a shattered rifle and suffered facial metal splinters and a bullet crease on his right leg as officers and volunteers detained him. No injuries reported among bystanders.
The Timken Roller Bearing Co. told the United Steelworkers it will try to rehire former workers laid off from its three plants. Strike talks that began July 23 stalled after a Wednesday meeting with no negotiations planned.
Two diesel engines and 19 freight cars of a 66-car Pennsylvania Railroad train derailed early today at the Mystic Park crossing, four miles north of Titusville.
Washington nine Supreme Court members are profiled. Chief Justice Earl Warren, Hugo Black, Felix Frankfurter, William O. Douglas, Harold H. Burton, Tom C. Clark, John Marshall Harlan II, William J. Brennan Jr., and Charles E. Whittaker are described by age, temperament, and notable traits as the court prepares for key cases.
Columbus notes Gov C William ONeill to share spotlight on Governors Day at the Ohio State Fair featuring sheep shearing contests and a three year old harness race for the governor’s trophy. Taft Day Ladies Day and Legislator's Day mark the seventh day. Harry's Dreams posted the fastest mile this year in the three year old $20 050 feature.
City and federal narcotics agents raided a hidden opium shipment and seized raw opium valued at 10 million dollars on the illicit market. Six men were arrested, all identified as Chinese.
More than 600 scholars from 26 nations opened the annual two week congress of the International Association for the History of Religion in Tokyo. The event marks a major gathering for experts studying religious history.
Ralph L. Nathanson vice president of Cleveland Raceways Co reports a disappearance of an antique silver collection valued at 8500 dollars from ten specially designed closets in his apartment.
Governor C William ONeill proclaimed September including Labor Day weekend as children and youth traffic safety month in Ohio urging awareness and safe driving practices across the state.
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