Faubus and the Guard Stir Racial Tension in Arkansas
Lt. Governor Orval Faubus, a Ozark native and Arkansas governor, ordered the National Guard to oversee Central High School in Little Rock amid segregation tensions. The 47 year old leader, noted for frank talk and political risks, eyes a possible third term while facing taxes and school integration debates.
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Little Rock
Ark
National Guard
Central High School
Ozark Hills
Orval Faubus
Central High
Faubus
Greasy Creek
Giant Narcotics Ring Smashed Indicted in U S Case
A sealed federal indictment opened naming 46 defendants and 16 co conspirators in a giant international narcotics ring led by Harry Stromberg. The syndicate imported heroin cocaine and opium from France and other countries and smuggled about 50 pounds of pure heroin worth 30 million dollars into the United States. The ring operated through New York City and distributed narcotics across multiple states.
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NEW York
New York Metropolitan Area
Harry Stromberg
Ring
Cope
France
U. S
Paul W. Williams
U. S. Dist
Edward Weinfeld
Williams
Washington
Justice Department
Herman Samnick
Queens
N. Y
Benjamin Danis
Brooklyn
Saul Snyder
Samnick
Idlewild Airport
D. C
Illinois
Ohio
Michigan
Pennsylvania
California
Massachusetts
Eisenhower Heads to Newport for Seaside Vacation
President Eisenhower flies to New England for a seaside vacation of golf and fishing as a Navy guest at Newport Rhode Island. He and Mrs. Eisenhower will stay in a 12 room white stucco house near the naval base with Rear Admiral Cromellin directing base operations.
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Administration
Newport Country Club
Naval Base
Washington
Eisenhower
New England
Navy
Newport
R.I
Henry Cromellin
Five Day Forecast For Ohio And Adjacent Areas
Partly cloudy with cooler nights in Ohio and West Virginia. Temperatures run 5 to 8 degrees below normal with a cool week, slightly warmer Sunday and Monday. Light showers tonight and Monday. less than a quarter inch total. Elsewhere major cities show varied conditions from clear to cloudy with mild to warm lows and highs.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Albuquerque
Chicago
Cleveland
Des Moines
Grand Rapids
Indianapolis
Marquette
Memphis
Milwaukee
New Orleans
New York
Omaha
San Diego
San Francisco
Ste Marie
Seattle
Tampa
Ohio Soldier Dies From Personal Safety Related Gunshot
At Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland Specialist 3C Jerome A Brady of Cleveland was found dead in his barracks from a self inflicted .22 caliber rifle wound. Army officials said Brady had been despondent after the drowning of close friend Charles Bigel Jr in Chesapeake Bay two weeks earlier.
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Aberdeen Proving Ground
Jerome A. Brady
Cleveland
Army
Brady
Charles Biegel, Jr
Chesapeake Bay
Garages Disappear After Barside Confrontation in Media
Five garages vanish behind Donald Baeshore's home in Concordville. State Police allege bulldozer operator Charles Bennett and decorator Baeshore pushed them into a ravine after discussing the act over beers. Both men are jailed on malicious mischief charges awaiting further hearings. Concord Foods, Inc. owned the garages.
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Media
Concordville
Donald Baeshore
Earl Glasser
Glasser
Bennett
Baeshore Glasser
Justice of the Peace
A. Randall Mathews
Concord Foods, Inc
Jet Bomber Crashes Near Danbury Texas Injuring Three
A B66 jet bomber from Hurlburt Field Florida crashed into an oil tank near Danbury Texas Tuesday night, starting a large fire. The three crewmen parachuted before impact and were injured, one critically. Ellington AFB officials identified Capt. Arthur J. Manzo, 30, 1st Lt. David E. Moore, 25, and Sgt. Albert I. Newland, 26, as the crew. hometowns not listed. Manzo in critical condition with skull fracture.
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Danbury
Tex
Hurlburt Field
Florida
Ellington Air Force Base
Houston
Arthur J. Manzo
David E. Moore
Albert I. Newland
Manzo
Slow Driver Cites Speed Fear on Route 5
Arthur Markle, 66, told state police he kept his car 5 to 10 mph on Route 5 to avoid accidents. A Labor Day traffic line followed him and a peace justice fined Markle ten dollars for slow driving on the main highway in New Hartford, New York.
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New Hartford
N. Y
Arthur Markle
New York State
Markle
Frankfort
Dr Marion Blankenhorn Dies, Cincinnati Medical Leader
Dr Marion A Blankenhorn longtime chairman of internal medicine at the University of Cincinnati and a renowned medical researcher died at his home Tuesday his death announced by the university the physician was retired from active service and admired for his contributions to medical science
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Cincinnati
Marion A. Blankenhorn
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Cincinnati
Trustees authorize loan for OSU men housing project
Columbus four trustees of Ohio State University approve a federal loan of 1 525 000 to finance a new housing complex for male students.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
North Carolina integrates Greensboro schools with calm start
In Greensboro four Negro students enroll in Gillespie Park Elementary and Junior High and one at Greensboro Senior High amid small white heckling. Gov Hodges defends segregation policy while welcoming gradual integration. Raleigh Durham and Chapel Hill boards had rejected transfers. Greensboro and Winston-Salem plans followed July decisions to admit limited Negro transfers.
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Charlotte
N.C
North Carolina
Greensboro
Gillespie Park
Fvalice Rvuuieyu
Gillespie
Winston-Salem
Hodges
John R. Foster
Ben L. Smith
Foster
Raleigh
Durham
Chapel Hill
Salary Fight Closes Pawtucket School
In Pawtucket Rhode Island 10000 public school pupils faced a day off as 400 teachers met in a mass gathering after failing to settle salary terms. William C Bray president of the Teachers Alliance led the union after an all night negotiating session with the school board proved unproductive. The board says it will seek a court restraining order to stop a strike.
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Pawtucket
R.J
William C. Bray
The
Teachers Alliance
Old Messenger Classified Tale Repeats Daily
An ad in the Messenger Classifieds sells on the first call after the first insertion. A large china closet in good condition is offered and sold, prompting praise for the paper’s dependable classified ads. To join the cast phone Mrs Dale Sapp at 27554.
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Dale Sapp
Messenger
Station Fires Striking WCKY DJs in Cincinnati
Seven disc jockeys and announcers fired from radio station WCKY after leaving microphones during a strike over a new contract. union attorney cites Taft Hartley Law violation while planning NLRB action. Owners say replacements were needed to run the station. workers had picketed since Aug. 28.
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Cincinnati
WCKY
Jonas Katz
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Katz
Seven
National Labor Relations Board
Charles Topmiller
L. B
Miss Wheeldon
NLRB
Western Electric Faces Possible Strike By Installers
Western Electric the Bell system unit faces a strike threat from 23 000 central office equipment installers of the Communications Workers of America. Negotiations since July 29 continue as union president Joseph Beirne warns a strike deadline looms after a one year contract expired August 25. Installers in 44 states including Ohio and the District of Columbia are covered.
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New York
Western Electric
Bell Telephone System
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Joseph Beirne
Ohio
District of Columbia
Work on Taft Tower To Start This Year
Preliminary work on a 100 foot bell tower in memory of Sen Robert A Taft will begin late this year. Rep Brown reported the pink marble tower will cost about one million dollars raised among Taft's friends and admirers. The tower will be built on the Capitol grounds.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Brown
Ohio
Taft
Capitol Grounds
Police seek Walter Battle for $10000 theft payroll loss
Columbus police search for Walter Battle about 40 who vanished Tuesday while carrying $10000 in receipts from Gold's Department Store to the bank. A truck he drove was discovered abandoned.
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Columbus
Walter Battle
Man Drowns Replacing Valve In 35 Foot Well
Walter E. Kohler aged 42 died after being overcome by chlorine gas while repairing a valve at the base of a 35 foot well. A chlorine treatment had been added to the water the previous Sunday to purify it.
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Painesville
Walter E. Kohler
Falling Pipe Kills Man in Newark Silo Incident
A 65 year old man Avery J. Martin of Hebron Route 1 was killed when a 20 pound pipe fell about 100 feet from a silo Tuesday striking him on the head. The accident occurred near Newark Ohio and is under local investigation.
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Newark
Ohio
Avery J. Martin
Hebron
Kennedy in Detroit Probes Hoffa Financial Affairs
United States Senate Rackets Committee investigator Robert F Kennedy visited Detroit to lead a probe into James R Hoffa's activities. He signaled that Hoffa's financial affairs would be a focus of the inquiry while offering few other details.
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Detroit
James R. Hoffa
U.S. Senate
Rackets Committee
Robert F. Kennedy
Hoffa
Guards Halt Integration At Little Rock Central High
National Guardsmen under Gov. Faubus blocked nine Negro students from entering the all white Central High as a crowd of about 300 whites protested. The incident followed orders to enforce segregation and delayed the school’s desegregation plan despite federal court orders to proceed.
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Kentucky
Sturgis
Sturgis High School
Little Rock
Ark
Orval Faubus
Little Rock Central High School
Sherman T. Clinger
Arkansas
Faubus
National Guard
Ronald Davies
Central High
Terrance Roberts
Russian TU104 Makes Historic First U.S. Flight Since 1937
A Soviet TU104 jumbo jet began the first U.S. civilian visit by Russia in 20 years, flying from Moscow to London then on to Keflavik Gander and McGuire Air Force Base New Jersey. The flight's duration and passenger count varied in reports, with crews and delegates planned to depart Moscow on a second TU104 on Sept 14.
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London
United States
Moscow
Keflavik
Iceland
Gander
Nfld
McGuire Air Force Base
New Jersey
Transport Ministry
Kelslavik
McGuire
Labor Day Traffic Toll Reaches 445
Final tabulation shows at least 445 people killed in traffic during the Labor Day weekend, up 10 from the pre-holiday estimate and surpassing last year’s toll but not the 461 peak in 1951. An AP survey from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday recorded 636 deaths from traffic, drowning and other accidents.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
Offshore Rights Profits Predicted for Lake Erie Leases
A Pennsylvania official forecasts the state could gain millions from leasing two offshore oil and gas blocks off Lake Erie later this month. Bids are set for September 24 for two parcels totaling 19 300 and 16 500 acres.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
Plane crash tears into two Berkeley homes in tragedy
Lt. John R. Renshaw of Centreville Maryland piloted a Navy jet that crashed into two home-occupied Berkeley houses just blocks from the Meyer and Schneider families. Renshaw was killed. Fate spared none, as the families nearby escaped harm while the burning plane struck the unoccupied frames.
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ST. Louis
Charles Schneider
Raymond Meyer
Berkeley
John R. Renshaw
Centreville
Meyer
Renshaw
Schneider
Ruth
Lambert-St. Louis
Naval Air Test Center
Patuxent River
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