Court fights extend into Florida over segregated schooling
Faubus advocates a legal plan for private segregated schools urging a Sept. 27 referendum to convert public facilities into private use. In Virginia, Almond closes white schools ordered to integrate. NAACP vows court action to admit Negroes in Miami. Democratic Committee blames Eisenhower for the crisis.
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Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Little Rock
Virginia
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Miami
Fla
PTA
Norfolk
G. E Graves
NAACP
County
Florida State School Board
Tance
Tallahassee
Democratic National Committee
Eisenhower
Steel Union Expels Protest Committee Leaders At Convention
The United Steelworkers moved to expel leaders of the Dues Protest Committee amid a constitutional convention. Donald C. Rarick Nick Mamula and Frank OBrien, all USW local presidents in Pittsburgh, were targeted as dissent within the 1.2 million member union. The measure aligns with President David J. McDonald's asserted authority. The committee formed in 1956 to oppose dues increases from three to five dollars monthly.
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David J. McDonald
Donald C. Rarick
McDonald
Atlantic City
Rarick
U.S
Congress
Senate
N.J
Dues
USW
Nick Mamula
Frank O'Brien
Pittsburgh
Couple Given Sentences In Girl's Death
In Columbus a young airman A1C Beauford Wynn and wife Rebecca Wynn were found guilty of first degree manslaughter in the beating death of Bessie Colvin of Butawa. They received 120 years in prison after a two hour jury deliberation. Photographs and testimony showed extensive injuries and Wynn admitted delivering seven or eight blows with a leather belt before the girl died.
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Columbus
Butawa
Franklin County Criminal Court
C. Beauford L. Wynn
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Rebecca
Bessie Colvin
Wynns
Common Pleas
George B. Marshall
Bessie
Wynn
Barges Of Alumina Heading Up Ohio
Fourteen barges loaded with alumina neared their destination at the Olin Mathieson plant in Clarington Monroe County Ohio. The shipment began at Burnside Louisiana where the aluminum oxide was processed from bauxite ore from Dutch Guiana. The tow passed Huntington Thursday.
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Huntington
W. Va
Olin-Mathieson
Clarington
Monroe County
Ohio
Buunside
Dutch Guiana
U S Extends Naval Offer to Argentina
The United States offered Argentina two submarines and a destroyer on a lend or lease basis. The Argentine government was reported ready to accept the proposal.
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Buenos Aires
United States
Weather West Virginia and Ohio Five Day Forecast Summary
West Virginia shows clear cool nights with valley fog and mild sunny afternoons. Ohio forecast calls for fair to warm days, cool nights, with a high around 70 and a five day trend of near normal temperatures and light to moderate showers around Monday or Tuesday. City highlights include Cleveland and Philadelphia with mixed clear and cloudy conditions and temperatures ranging from the low 60s to mid 70s.
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West Virginia
Ohio
Three Ex-Cell-O Plants Closed By Strikers
Detroit unions walkout shuts three Ex-Cell-O plants as about 2000 production workers strike over contract terms. UAW Local 49 cites refusal to negotiate or extend the expired pact. No effect on about 3000 Ohio and Michigan workers at Lima Fostoria Bluffton Traverse City plants.
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Ex-Cell-O Corp
United Auto Workers
Local 49
Ex-Cell-O
Lima
Fostoria
Bluffton
Ohio
Traverse City
Mich
United States seeks delay on seating Red China at UN
Ambassador Lodge proposed postponing action on seating Peiping for at least one year in the UN General Assembly Steering Committee. Indian defense chief Menon urged full debate as Tsiang of Nationalist China blasted Peiping as a Soviet-backed aggressor. Malik had delayed the question, but U.S. and India pressed for a Steering Committee vote to avoid bottling up the issue.
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N.Y
United States
Red China
Henry Cabot Lodge
General Assembly
Lodge
V. K. Krishna Menon
China
Peiping
U.S
Formosa
Far East
T. F. Tsiang
India
Assembly
Charles Malik
Ten Shots Planned In New Atom Test Series At Nevada Site
A small nuclear device exploded at 7 a.m. over Yucca Flat marking the start of a planned ten shot series at the Atomic Energy Commission test site in Nevada. The test, part of Operation Deadline, aimed to study small defensive weapons up to 20 kilotons with events scheduled from balloons towers and underground tunnels.
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Nevada Proving Ground
Yucca Flat
Eisenhower
AEC
Eisenhower to limit congress campaign speeches
President Eisenhower plans fewer than six speeches in the final weeks before the November election. Republican strategists expect Vice President Nixon to expand a schedule of eight speeches in four states and possibly in the East Midwest and Pacific Coast, with California certain. Nixon may shift from prior restraint on barnstorming to campaign appearances including Indianapolis September 29 and fund-raisers in Philadelphia October 8 and Lincoln October 28, plus speaking at the Ohio Republican State Convention in Columbus October 9.
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Werner Backs Right To Work In Ohio Amendment
Bishop Hazen G. Werner of the Methodist Church Ohio Area endorses a proposed constitutional amendment banning the union shop while stressing he speaks for himself. He cites five reasons for support and notes the church alone can speak for the denomination. In Japan, five people died and one was injured in a Typhoon Helen landslide near Numata.
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Columbus
Hazen G. Werner
Methodist Church
Ohio
Union
Werner
Fiv
General Conference of the Methodist Church
Numata
Japan
Estate Mess Grows Around Late Author McPartland
Monterey informs Salinas court that John McPartland left three wives and seven children. Ida McPartland named temporary special administratrix claims Donald, 10, as her son and reveals five more children by a previous partner. Ida also cites a 21 year old daughter and an unpublicized eldest daughter Cynthia. She says they married in 1943 in Tyler Texas and never legally separated.
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Calif
John McPartland
Superior Court
Salinas
Ida McPartland
Ida
Donald
McPartland
Cynthia
Eleanor
Tyler
Tex
Living Cost Declines in August for First Time in Two Years
Government figures show the consumer cost of living fell two tenths of a percent in August due to late summer food price drops as fruits and vegetables arrive. Experts expect no sustained decline and predict only small further changes. wages for factory workers rose slightly from July to August.
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Washington
Labor Department
Ewan Clague
Clague
The
Britain strengthens Far East fleet amid Quemoy crisis
In Melbourne Australia the first lord of the admiralty Earl of Selkirk states Britain is reinforcing its Far East fleet with commando carriers due to the Quemoy situation.
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Melbourne
Australia
Britain
Far East
Earl of Selkirk
O'Neill Denies Stand on Ohio Union Shops Amendment
Columbus Governor C William ONeill denies making any statement about his position on the proposed Ohio constitutional amendment to ban union shops.
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Columbus—I
William O'Neill
Ohio
Yugoslav Ski Champion Seeks Asylum in West Germany
Blazenka Vodenlic, Yugoslav women’s ski champion, has requested political asylum in West Germany. The case emerges from Erlangen where she arrived seeking protection.
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Erlangen
Germany
Blazenka Vodenlic
West Germany
Atlas Fails In Full Range Launch At Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral reports a full range Atlas mission blew up 80 seconds after liftoff from Pad 13. The test ends U S hopes to narrow the space weapons gap with the Soviet Union as experts say Moscow may already have an operational ICBM.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla.—i
Pad No. 13
The
Cape
U.S
Soviet Union
Plane Forced Down Near Gander After Engine Failure
A Pan American transatlantic liner with 72 passengers made an emergency landing at Gander Newfoundland after one engine failed three hours from New York. The flight was en route to Duesseldorf Germany.
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Gander
Nfld
New York
Duesseldorf
Germany
Grand Petit Jury Names Drawn and Fire Wardens Named
The Messenger reports county grand and petit juries chosen and lists named fire wardens for the county. Enrollment updates and a penitentiary admission dispute are noted, with references to upcoming events and local school enrollment efforts.
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Petit Jury
Youngstown
Ohio
Athens Ma
Glouster
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Logan
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Gallipolis
Nelsonville
U S Reorganizes Formosa Defense Amid Fresh Battles
The United States restructured its Formosa advisory command into a regular combat setup under Vice Admiral Roland Smoot to bolster defense as Chinese actions rise. In Quemoy, Nationalist forces reported 6613 shell rounds against late docking LSTs, while U S missiles and units reinforce area defenses.
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Formosa
United States
U.S. Formosa
Roland N. Smoot
Quemoy
Quesnoy
Defense Ministry
Pescadores Islands
Smoot
U. S. Formosa
Army
American Vice Consul Wounded in Cyprus Attack
American Vice Consul John Wentworth was shot three times in Nicosia Cyprus sustaining wounds to the stomach and leg. A British airman and two Turkish Cypriot policemen were also injured as violence rocked the city amid ethnic tensions over Cyprus status.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
U. S
John Page Wentworth
Wentworth
Caroline
Space Men Enter Eighth Day in Sealed Chamber
Two researchers at the Air Force School of Aviation Medicine remain in a sealed simulated space chamber on day eight. They report feeling great and look forward to a shower when they emerge Monday in San Antonio.
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San Antonio
Tex
Air Force School of Aviation Medicine
UAW Considers Strike Deadline After Ford Pact
The United Auto Workers meet in special session to weigh a strike deadline against General Motors or Chrysler after approving the Ford settlement. Leaders Fraser and Woodcock warn negotiations must accelerate as Ford pact offers increases in pay pensions severance and other protections remain on the table.
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Ford
John S. Bugus
Detroit
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Reuther
General Motors
Chrysler
Douglas Fraser
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Woodcock
Fraser
Algerian government-in-exile proclaimed in Cairo
The Algerian National Liberation Front declares a government-in-exile to wage independence from France. Ferhat Abbas, 59, named premier in a Cairo news conference with Tunis and Moroccan allies. France rejects the move and warns it will judge recognition as unfriendly.
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Algerian National Liberation Front
FLN
France
Ferhat Abbas
Cairo
Tunis
Morocco
It's A Revolution Women Working Wives Give Balance To Economy
Washington reports that if all working wives join the labor force the economy would collapse. The National Manpower Council forecasts more married women workers, now about 13 million, entering the labor market. The Ford Foundation project notes no link to juvenile delinquency or marital breakdown and calls this a womanpower revolution.
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Washington
National Manpower Council
Ford Foundation
Lorain Ford To Resume Work Sunday
Lorain Ford plant workers will return to work at midnight Sunday after the union reached a three year contract with Ford. Negotiations continue at other Ohio Ford plants to settle local issues such as overtime seniority health and safety and job classification. Local 344 Lorain with 1147 workers ordered picket lines disbanded and maintenance men returned to work.
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Cleveland
Ford Motor Co
Lorain
Ford
Ohio
Detroit
United Automobile Workers Union
Cincinnati
Two Men Sentenced For Scioto Bank Theft
In Columbus Charles M. O'Malley 34 received 25 years and Jimmie Burnette 30 a 15 year term for robbing the Scioto Bank at Commercial Point of 3892 last May 6. Federal Judge Mell G Underwood imposed the sentences Burnette pleaded guilty and testified against O Malley.
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Charles M. O'Malley
Jimmie Burnette
St. Paul
Minn
Scioto
Mell G. Underwood
Burnette
Q’malley
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