Arkansas Governor Halts Integration at Little Rock High School
President says tax cuts unlikely this year Faubus orders National Guard to block integration at Little Rock Central High School as 200 white adults gather outside while nine Negro entrants fail to appear. The school board halts plans to integrate. federal judge Davies had ordered integration to proceed.
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Ark
Little Rock Central High School
Orval Faubus
Faubus
National Guard
U. S. Dist
Ronald Davies
Fargo
N. D
Arkansas
Davies
Train Wreck Toll Nears 200 in Jamaica Disaster
In Mandeville Jamaica nearly 200 people died as a Roman Catholic excursion train derailed nine of twelve coaches plunging down a 100 foot embankment. About 700 were injured with 500 in area hospitals as relief and identification efforts continued.
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Mandeville
Jamaica
Kingston
Montego Bay
Kendal
Spalding
Mandeville Hospital
Akron Police Shootout Ends In Driver's Death
Akron police chase ends with Jackie Lee Ayres, 23, killed as his 1957 convertible stops. Officers fired seven shots during the pursuit through downtown Akron at speeds up to 85 mph. A bystander, David Rhodes, 35, was wounded by a ricochet as Ayres was struck. Three companions, Robert Weyrich and Everett Perkins both 18, plus one more from Akron, were held on open charges.
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Akron
Jackie Lee Ayres
Ayres
Glenn Louthan
Jack
David Rhodes
Robert Weyrich
Everett Perkins
Clinton High School Integrated Without Incident
Seven African American students entered Clinton High School in Clinton Tennessee for the second year of integration without incident. No picketing or protest groups were observed as the school day began.
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Clinton, Tenn
Clinton High School
Woman Drowns After Fall From Boat in Ohio River
Mrs. Betty Webster, 29, of Cincinnati drowns late Monday in the Ohio River near the Kentucky shore after apparently slipping from a boat. Local authorities reported the incident and search efforts continued.
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Cincinnati
Betty Webster
Ohio River
Kentucky
Weather O1ab Partly cloudy and cooler in Virginia and more
Partly cloudy with cooler temperatures on Wednesday. Lows around 60s in Virginia and nearby areas. Other cities report varied conditions from clear to cloudy with temperatures in the 50s to 80s across the nation.
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Virginia
Albuquerque
Chicago
Massie
Cleveland
Seaserees
Des Moines
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Setseney Es
New Orleans
New York
Omaha
Portland
Ore
Ste. Marie
Signs Protective FBI Bill Signed Into Law
President Eisenhower signed a law shielding FBI files from broad defense attorney searches. Congress passed the measure after the Jencks decision, which allowed defendants to inspect government witness reports. Attorney General Brownell called the ruling a grave policing emergency. Hoover warned that confidential files must be protected to keep law enforcement functioning. The act sets procedures aligning with Jencks and limits on the scope of file disclosure.
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Washington
Eisenhower
FBI
Congress
Justice Department
Hoover
Supreme Court
Jencks
Atty
Brownell
Clinton Jencks
Harvey Matusow
Young Ohio Father Dies of Gun Wounds
Gordon Young, 29, a farmer and father of two, died at Mercy Hospital from shotgun wounds suffered while cleaning a gun at his home near Mount Vernon Ohio. Officials say the discharge was accidental as he prepared to go squirrel hunting Sunday night.
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Mount Vernon
Ohio
Gordon Young
Mercy Hospital
Young
Here
Warehouse Destroyed in Dayton Fire
DAYTON Ky. A large fire destroyed a half block square warehouse of the Perry and Derrick Paint Co and damaged eight nearby homes in the early hours today.
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Dayton
Perry and Derrick Paint Co
Urban League opens 1957 convention amid race relations debate
Detroit hosts the National Urban League as race relations policy dominated the agenda. Delegates discuss integration and civil rights issues shaping the conference in a tense southern context.
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Detroit
South
National Urban League
Confederate Vet Lundy Dies at 109 in Florida
William A. Lundy, Florida's last Confederate veteran and one of three in the nation, died Sunday night at 109. He will be buried with full military honors near Crestview, having served with the Alabama home guard at Elba at age 16. Walter Williams, 114, of Houston, predicted he would be the last survivor of the war.
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Fla
William A. Lundy
Florida
Lundy
Walter Williams
Houston
Tex
Williams
Albert Woolson
Duluth
Minn
Troy
Ala
Home Guard
Elba
Journalists Forum Opens in Corning for Global Small-Town View
Corning New York hosts an international journalism forum with 23 countries represented including Russia. Foreign newsmen will meet newspaper representatives from small American cities, aiming to move away from the New York Washington axis.
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Corning
N. Y
Russia
New York-Washington Axis
Robbers Escape With 3200 At Columbus Grocery
Two men robbed a Hilltop district grocery in Columbus on Monday. One held a revolver as the pair escaped with about 3200 dollars in cash.
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Columbus
62 Out of Every 100 Belong Church Membership Up 3 Per Cent
New York reports that church and synagogue membership rose to 103,224,954 in 1956, up 3 percent from 1955. 62 of every 100 Americans belong to a house of worship, with Protestants leading at nearly 20 million across 27 Baptist bodies.
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New York
America
National Council of Churches
The
Baptists
Western Big 4 Agree on Policy in Disarmament Talks
The United States Britain France and Canada coordinated a policy to keep disarmament talks with Russia alive if Moscow shows serious intent. They met before the UN Disarmament Subcommittee resumes in London amid East-West rifts over test bans production halt and inspections.
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London
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Canada
Valerian Zorin
Moscow
Zorin
Russians and NATO to hold Arctic naval maneuvers this month
Moscow announces Soviet war games from Sept 10 to Oct 15 near Novaya Zemlya, warning ships and planes to stay clear. NATO exercises run Sept 19 to 28, in waters north of the North Sea, with operations planned thousands of miles apart.
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Soviet Union
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Moscow Radio
Defense Ministry
Ural Mountains
Novata Zemlya
New Land
Barents and
Kara Seas
Scandinavia
Arctic Norway
North Atlantic Alliance
North Sea
Miss America Contest Opens in Atlantic City Parade
Fifty one contestants from 45 states plus Puerto Rico Canada Hawaii Chicago Washington New York City and more take part in the Miss America 1958 pageant opening ceremony on the boardwalk. Competition runs Wednesday through Saturday with categories swim suit evening gown and talent and a $30 000 scholarship prize.
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N. J
Marian Ann MeeKnight
Manning
S. C
States
Puerto Rico
Canada
Hawaii
Chicago
Washington, D. C
New York City
Ohio Hero Pilot Receives Fifth Distinguished Flying Cross
Maj. John H. Glenn of New Concord Ohio, a Marine jet pilot, earned his fifth Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery in Korea. He left formation to protect a crippled jet and repelled attacks by North Korean MIG fighters. The award was presented at Muskingum College during commencement. Glenn recently set a transcontinental speed record from Los Angeles to New York.
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New Concord
Ohio
John H. Glenn
Marine Corps
Muskingum College
Glenn
Los Angeles
New York
Last Minute Agreement Keeps 2000 on Job
A weekend labor accord kept 2000 mouldmakers on the job at 34 glass container firms nationwide. The contract between the American Flint Glass Workers Union and the Glass Container Manufacturers Institute was approved Saturday night, hours before the old pact expired at midnight.
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Pittsburgh
American Flint Glass Workers Union
The
Glass Container Manufacturers Institute
Red Faced Firemen Return Minus Truck
In Harrisonburg Hose Co. 4 returned from a grass fire Monday to find their $15,000 fire truck burned up in the blaze. The department faced embarrassment and loss as crews assessed the damage and continued duties without the vehicle.
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Harrisonburg
Hose Co
Union Wives Hang Labor Leaders in Effigy
On Labor Day thirty wives of union members hung five union officials in effigy before Steamfitters Local 250 and Plumbers Union headquarters. An effigy of Peter Schoemann, international president of the Plumbers Union, was displayed along with four other officials as a protest over discrimination in job dispatching.
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Los Angeles
Steamfitters Local 250
Aflcio Plumbers Union
Peter Schoemann
Plumbers’ Union
Negotiations Continue As No Progress Made
In New York negotiations between Western Electric and 23,000 CWA central office installers resumed with no progress reported after a 90 minute meeting. The strike threat remained in place as talks continued.
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New York
Western Electric Co
Bell Telephone System
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Hawaii Names Quinn as 12th Governor and States Statehood Aim
Honolulu Hawaii Governor William F Quinn took the oath to become the 12th governor and pledged to push for statehood. TheHarvard trained lawyer, 38, was appointed by President Eisenhower after arriving from St Louis ten years ago.
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Honolulu
William F. Quinn
Hawaii
Quinn
Eisenhower
St. Louis
Ohio reports near deathless Labor Day traffic in 24 hours
Ohio State Highway Safety Director Gordon Jeffery praised a near deathless Labor Day period with no traffic fatalities across the 24 hours until midnight. Yet three drownings and a baby death on a pretzel accident troubled the holiday, as overall weekend deaths reached 35.
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Ohio
Highway Safety
Gordon Jeffery
Jeffrey
Associated Press
Declaration of Buenos Aires Rejects Hemisphere Economic Treaty
The Inter American Economic Conference Sunday night unanimously approved a declaration of principles that kills any near term plan for a continental economic treaty. Venezuela did not send a delegate. The ten principles aim to guide economic betterment but fall short of the proposed general agreement.
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Buenos Aires
Inter-American Economic Conference
Americas
Venezuela
United States
Mexico
Chile
Uruguay
Peru
Paraguay
Silverton Man Drowns in Ohio River
Ralph C. Dreffer aged 39 from Silverton Ohio a Cincinnati suburb drowned in the Ohio River near Rising Sun Indiana after he and others jumped overboard to escape a firecracker thrown from a passing boat. Authorities reported the drowning occurred Sunday during the water rescue attempt.
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Rising Sun
Ind
Ralph C. Dreffer
Silverton
Ohio
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Here
Benson Optimistic on Farm Income Rise
Washington Secretary of Agriculture Benson says farm income has risen for two years and should climb further for at least six months. He projects continued revenue gains into the foreseeable future.
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Washington
Benson
Miners Benefits Hit 142 Million in Year End Report
United Mine Workers welfare and retirement fund reports 142 million dollars in benefits for the year ending June 30. Unspent balance stands at 145.32 million with 63,009 retirees receiving 100 monthly pensions plus other payments totaling 75.00 million. Hospital and medical expenditures reach 59.58 million with 93,679 beneficiaries. Funeral and survivor benefits total 3.35 million and disaster payments total 77 thousand to families of 251 miners.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund
Eisenhower Says Budget Cuts Fall Short of Tax Relief
President Eisenhower told reporters Congress trimmed spending by about a billion dollars this year and a tax cut could follow next year if further savings are found. He defended conservative aims, warned inflation as the main internal problem, and dismissed peacetime wage price controls while noting Russia's missile claims require careful, non-committal comment within national security.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Russia
Soviet Union
Eisenhower vetoes expansion of veterans housing program
President Eisenhower issued a pocket veto killing a bill to extend a direct loan program for veterans housing in rural and small communities. He warned the measure would have inflationary effects and called it discriminatory since Congress had adjourned.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Eisenhower Signs Bill to Waive Notice for Unplanted Crop Allotments
President Eisenhower signed legislation waiving the formal notice requirement for farmers who do not plant their crop acreage. The act preserves full allotment history and allows continued full allotments through 1959 under the Soil Bank Act.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Soil Bank
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