Run From Trench Sees Nationalists Deliver Supplies to Quemoy
Reporter Forrest Edwards describes a daylight convoy off Quemoy with 23 craft entering under Communist fire. Nationalist ships and two to three destroyers visible on the horizon while overnight airdrops delivered hundreds of cases to the island. the supply effort marks a third straight night of parachute drops amid heavy shelling and ongoing materiel challenges.
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Quemoy
Linolo Beach
Formosa Strait
Taipei
U. S
Seventh Fleet
Reopening Closer as Judge Skips Key Ruling
The Little Rock school reopenings to private, segregated operation move nearer after Judge Miller refused to rule on leasing the buildings. The NAACP petition to halt leasing was dismissed. The Fourth Circuit plans an emergency session Saturday on Norfolk delays for 17 Negro students.
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Orval B. Faubus
Arkansas
U. S. Supreme Court
John E. Miller
Miller
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
U. S
William P. Rogers
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
Virginia
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Balltimore
Norfolk
Eisenhower Calls School Closings a Setback
President Eisenhower says closing schools to avoid integration is a material setback to the right to public education and to the ideal of equal humanity. He urges reopening and progress toward integration, in a letter to Charlottesville education activists.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Virginia
Arkansas
J. Albert Rolston
Charlottesville
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Supreme Court
Rolston
Folsom Hears Clemency Plea for Negro Robber
In Montgomery Alabama Gov James E Folsom heard a clemency plea for Jimmy Wilson a 55 year old illiterate black handyman sentenced to die for robbing and threatening Mrs Estelle Barker an 82 year old widow in Marion The governor was expected to commute the sentence to life imprisonment with 15 years before possible parole
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Montgomery
Ala
James E. Folsom
Jimmy Wilson
Wilson
Estelle Barker
Marion
OSU President Warns Freshmen Of Grades
Columbus reports President Novice G. Fawsett told more than 5000 incoming Ohio State University freshmen they must earn the right to remain. He noted about two in nine failed to meet minimum academic standards last year at the convocation.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
G. Fawsett
Football Rally Turns Into Riot in Texarkana High Schools
About 150 students at Texarkana Arkansas and Texarkana Texas high schools disrupted a rally, attacking cars with both Black and white occupants. One white woman reported a slap. Police dispersed the group, which crossed into Texas and shouted curses at Arkansas officers.
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Texarkana
Ark
Texas
Arkansas
Texarkana, Tex
Lebanon Crisis Declared End By Premier Karami
Beirut Premier Rashid Karami announced the crisis is over and urged Lebanon's 10 million people to wash the blood from the face of Lebanon. He spoke in his first broadcast since taking office amid the revolution's end.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Rashid Karami
Karami
Violence Marks Algerian Voting
AP reports violence as voters in Algeria cast ballots on De Gaulle’s proposed constitution. Clashes with rebels occurred in several cities including Setif where a bar was sprayed with rifle fire killing a woman and wounding six others. A French soldier was wounded by a grenade and a Moslem was assassinated.
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Algiers
Algeria
de Gaulle
Setif
Ohio Attorney Enters Probe of TV Permit
Washington notes report a luncheon between Ohio attorney George C. Mc Connaughey and Earl F. Reed of Television City drew bribe rumors in 1956. Mc Connaughey chaired the FCC then as Pittsburgh channel 4 permit decision looms. Reed allegedly offered to steer business to the FCC chairmans son in Columbus.
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Ohio
George C. McConnaughey
Columbus
Earl F. Reed
Television City
Channel 4
Pittsburgh
McConnaughey
Federal Communication Commission
House Legislative Oversight Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Reed
FCC
Strike date for GE delayed by IUEW
The International Union of Electrical Workers has delayed a strike against General Electric. Union president James B. Carey warned a walkout will occur if GE does not accept the eight point job security program outlined by the union negotiating committee.
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Philadelphia
International Union of Electrical Workers
General Electric Co
James B. Carey
Celebrate Bicentennial President Speaks in Fort Town
Fort Ligonier Pennsylvani a hosts 3500 residents as President Eisenhower attends a bicentennial celebration. He delivers the keynote speech at the fort built 200 years ago during the French and Indian War, after invitation from Gen. Richard K. Mellon.
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Fort Town
Ligonier
Eisenhower
Richard K. Mellon
Ft. Ligonier
Pittsburgh
Alleghenies
John Ligonier
Death misses British director on Cyprus
Maj. Gen. Douglas Kendrew, British director of operations on Cyprus, narrowly escaped death when an electrically wired mine exploded under a bridge near Government House as his staff car passed. Authorities attributed the blast to EOKA rebels.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Douglas Kendrew
EOKA
Government House
UAW Approves Walton Hills Ford Plant Strike
The Walton Hills stamping plant strike at Ford Motors Co. gains Local 420 UAW sanction after the executive board votes. The walkout remains in effect until a membership meeting Sunday.
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UAW
Walton Ford Plant
Cleveland
Walton Hills
Ford Motors Co
United Auto Workers Union
Clash Turns Fatal in Toulouse During Gaullist Clash
A clash between Gaullist supporters and opponents in Toulouse left one dead and four injured early today. Police investigated the incident as tensions rose over Premier Charles de Gaulle's policies and leadership.
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Toulouse
France
Charles de Gaulle
Weather Satellite Blasts Off From Cape Canaveral
A weather probe Van guard satellite launched today with its three engines performing normally. The rocket rose about 300 miles high and could reach 18 000 mph. Officials said orbital height remains to be confirmed within about two and a half hours.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Vanguard
Race Was Ban Cause in Dade County School Hearing
Dade County School Supt. Joe Hall testified that race was involved in barring four Negro children from a white school under the Pupil Placement Act. He said there was no alternative but to acknowledge the race factor, surprising NAACP attorney G F Graves Jr. at the hearing before the school board.
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Miami, Fla
Dade County
Joe Hall
18 Die In Sinaloa Flood Toll Rises
The death toll from floods in Sinaloa rose to 18 as receding waters exposed more bodies. The two week deluge across central and north Mexico has killed at least 48 people, the worst rainfall in 51 years.
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Mexico City
Sinaloa
Mexico
Soviet Aide Mukhitdinov Leaves Egypt After Nine Days
Cairo reports N A Mukhitdinov, a top associate of Premier Khrushchev, concluded a nine day visit in the United Arab Republic and departed Thursday.
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Cairo
N. A. Mukhitdinov
Khrushchev
United Arab Republic
Carl Brisson Dies at 64 in Copenhagen
Internationally known entertainer Carl Brisson died at age 64 in Copenhagen Denmark. He had a wide film and stage career and was a prominent figure in Danish and international entertainment circles.
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Carl Brisson
Copenhagen
Denmark
Fresh supplies reach Quemoy amid heavy artillery fire
Fresh air and sea deliveries bolster Quemoy defenders as Communist shells pound the island. Nationalists claim an aerial victory with 28 kills since August. US Seventh Fleet escorts convoys while Chiang Kai-shek allies debate defense commitments and potential wider war.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy
Swatow
Red China
Schools Go On Strike Across Panama
The Student Federation calls a four day strike by high school and university students to press government demands. The action aims to force governmental concessions and sustain pressure through a nationwide student protest.
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Panama
Dulles vows firm stand on Formosa as diplomacy seeks tireless pace
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States will not retreat in the Formosa crisis. He accused Red China of threatening war with Soviet support and urged peaceful settlement under UN obligations. Western diplomats and UN talks continued amid hopes for a cease-fire and cautious optimism over eased pressure.
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United Nations
N.Y
Dulles
United States
Formosa
Warsaw
U. S
Jacob Beam
Wang Ping-nan
Peiping
Moscow
UAW Orders Members in Detroit as Strike Deadline Near
The United Auto Workers warns GM members to avoid picket line incidents as a weekend bargaining session begins with a four day strike deadline. GM shows no shift from three year concessions while Chrysler, Ford idle thousands.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
General Motors
UAW
Ford
Chrysler
U.S. Major Crime Up 12.3 Percent in First Half 1958
FBI Director Hoover reports a nationwide rise in major crime by 12.3 percent in the first six months of 1958 versus 1957. Increases occur in robberies burglaries grand larcenies rape auto theft and related offenses. A new 1958 crime record is anticipated.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Typhoon Ida Ravages Tokyo Coast With Heavy Losses
Typhoon Ida struck the Japanese coast as the worst Pacific storm of the year. Police report 34 dead as the system moved toward flooded Tokyo, threatening further damage and disruption.
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Tokyo
Family size ties to choices not income says study
University of Michigan researchers find city families across income groups have about the same number of children. Early marriage and close kinship drive additions, while after two or three kids affordability and who makes decisions shape family size.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Een
David Goldberg
University of Michigan Institute of Public Administration
Goldberg
U of M’s
Detroit
Justice Swift For Escapees On Recapture
Ironton Ohio Penitentiary received William Pennington 17 and Raymond Adams 28 after a four day manhunt for the Lawrence County jail escapees. Adams already faced a 1 15 year armed robbery term and 1 3 year weapons sentence plus a 1 year jail breaking term. both were recaptured and sent away.
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Ironton
Ohio Penitentiary
Mansfield Reformatory
William Pennington
Route 2
Raymond Adams
Waverly
Lawrence County
Ohio River
Adams
Air Force Test Firing Off Cape Sparked Secrecy
Reports indicate an Air Force jet fired an air to ground rocket test vehicle into the Atlantic from Cape Canaveral in a secrecy cloaked mission. The missile type was not identified though reports suggested a Hound Dog weapon test.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Atlantic
Cape
Weather Outlook West Virginia Ohio Across Five Day Forecast
Considerable cloudiness with scattered showers west and extreme north through Saturday. Low tonight in 60s, cooler Saturday. Ohio partly cloudy with possible showers today and Saturday, cooler tonight 64 68, Saturday 72 76. Five day forecast: near normal temperatures, minimal daily changes, precipitation about one inch mainly Saturday and Sunday. Other cities mostly cloudy or clear with varying temps.
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West Virginia
Ohio
Albany
Bismarck
Cleveland
Denver
Fort Worth
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Memphis
Milwaukee
New Orleans
Oklahoma City
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
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Bulldogs
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Athens
Glouster Point
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