Zero Hour Nears In Little Rock Over Negro School Clash
In Little Rock Arkansas the city faced a tense stand as Central High School prepared to open with seven Negro students amid Gov. Faubus order to close. Federal authorities kept deputy marshals ready and state troopers on alert while awaiting a possible injunction or marshal escort of the students.
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Little Rock
Ark
Central High School
Orval E. Faubus
Central High
U.S. Dist
John E. Miller
U.S. Justice Department
Arkansas State Troopers
Horace Mann High
Justice Department
U.S
Curbstone
Faubus
Amis Guthridge
Wesley Pruden
Department
Supreme Court
Orval Faubus
Tion
Alvin Smith
Fate of 11 Airmen Missing From U S C130 Crash
Soviet authorities have not confirmed the fate or location of 11 airmen from a U S Air Force C130 that crashed near Yerevan in Soviet Armenia on September 2. U S officials express growing concern over missing crew members while Moscow and press report protests against American provocations in the Far East.
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Moscow
U.S. Air Force
Armenia
U.S
United States
Yerevan
Kars
Soviet Union
Far East
Sailor Wounded by Beirut Sniper Fire
A U S Navy machinist mate third class Joseph A Domotta of Philadelphia was hit by a bullet while aboard a destroyer off Beirut. The bullet lightly pierced his left shoulder and fell out as he was taken to sick bay. he was treated and released. The skipper Command Robert Pond suspects sniper fire from shore.
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Beirut
Joseph A. Domotta
Philadelphia
Sick Bay
Robert Pond
San Francisco
Dometta
U.S
Virginia enters fateful week for school closures
Richmond dispatch reports Virginia faces a pivotal week as Gov Almond contemplates closing Warren County High and authorities consider orders for Arlington Charlottesville and Norfolk. Federal judges urge or threaten desegregation, NAACP challenges, and state Supreme Court action looms as timing and authority clash.
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Richmond
Virginia
Arlington
Charlottesville
Norfolk
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Albertis Harrison Jr
Virginia Supreme Court
Harrison
Almond
Warren County High School
CAP Log Shows 300 Man Hours In Air Search For C-45 Crash
Mercer and Bluefield Princeton Civil Air Patrol members logged over 300 man hours aiding the search for the Air Force C-45, en route from Bluefield to Charleston, from September 7 to 13. They flew 2000 miles in zigzag patrols, with 50 members active daily, contributing to a statewide 12000 miles searched and substantial costs.
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Bluefield
Princeton
Civil Air Patrol
Air Force
Charleston
Air
Raleigh County
Four Die In Air Force Twin Engine Crash Near Arnett
Rescue teams battled dense undergrowth to recover four bodies after a C 45 crash on a Raleigh County ridge near Arnett. Maj Glen Hamilton and his wife from Huntington were among the victims, with two Air Force men still in the wreckage. The accident ended a large scale search by CAP, Air Force and volunteers.
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Ridge
Raleigh
Marfork
Arnett
Raleigh County
Charleston
Tiny Thompson Jr
Whis-Tv
Thompson
Here
William Hamilton
Huntington
Whiteysville
Air Force
Here A. Smith
Edward A Holtcamp
Bakalar Force Base
Columbus
Bluefield
Civil Air Patrol
Glen Sprouse
CAP
Army
A. Air National Guard
Sprouse
S. A. Ford
Hamiton
Ford
Bakealar
Norman Price
Howard Toney
Buster Brunside
Dry Creek
Mercer
Bakalar Afb
Mercer County
Kanawha
Hamilton
Piedmont Airlines
Hamerington
Marines Start Leaving Lebanon to Go Home
Two battalions of the 8th Marine Regiment began loading Sunday for return to the United States. With departures, one battalion remains in Lebanon, while the Army still has about 8,000 U.S. soldiers in the country. Marines, including T.Sgt. Arthur Smith of Southgate Kentucky, said farewell as Lebanese crowds watched.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U. S. Army
Navy
Marinement
Oae States
T.sgt. Arthur Smith
Southgate, Ky
Beleaguered Formosans Receive First Major Supplies
Nationalist forces broke through the Red Chinese artillery blockade at Quemoy to deliver major supplies by sea and air within a week, signaling a significant relief effort for Formosa.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy
U S Builds Up Sland Defenses Near Formosa and Quemoy
U S forces pour air and sea defenses into Formosa amid a major buildup to defend Quemoy and Matsu. U S engineers race to launch Nike-Hercules missiles. F104 jets and 0190 cargo planes deployed. 5 000 manpower expansion planned as LSTs and aerial drops support a defense against possible Communist attack.
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Formosa
Quemoy
Matsu
Eisenhower
Taipei
Pacific
U.S
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Robert E. Ford
Tiny Thompson
Mercer Cap
Madison Cap
By Jim Dalton
Whites
James Cary
Upsland
Defense Ministry
Little
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Little Quemoy
Quemoys
Reds
LST
7Th Fleet
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