Rock And Roll Banned At Naval Enlisted Mens Club
Rear Adm. Ralph D. Earle Jr ordered a monthlong ban on rock n roll at the naval station enlisted men’s club after a beer bottle riot during a Fats Domino performance injured ten sailors and led to nine arrests. Domino defended his music while noting beer should not be served in quart bottles.
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Newport
R. I
Naval Enlisted Mens Club
Naval Station
Ralph D. Earle Jr
Jamestown
Earle
Domino
Fats
Naval Base
Racketeer Rij Seized by New York Police
Theodore Rij age 43, identified as a henchman of John Dio, surrendered at gunpoint to NY detectives Frank Sullivan and Edward Cavanagh near W 32nd Street. Rij is the eighth arrest in the April 5 acid attack on newspaper columnist Riesel that blinded him, with FBI custody to question him on racketeering probes.
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New York
Riesel
Theodore Rij
FBI
Rij
John
Johnny Dio
W. 30Th
Frank Sullivan
Edward Cavanagh
W. 32Nd St
Precinct
Ques
Riese
Moral breakdown blamed on desegregation in D C school
A former Eastern High School principal testified before House investigators that racial integration caused severe discipline and sex problems, with reports of Black students targeting white girls and increased thefts and violence. Other witnesses argued slower integration and pre-testing might have improved outcomes.
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Washington
Washington High School
House
John Paul Collins
Eastern High School
Collins
District of Columbia
C. Melvin Sharpe
District of Columbia Board of Education
Sharpe
Eastern
Negro Pupils Barred From Sturgis High
In Sturgis Kentucky eight Negro students were barred from Sturgis High School after attending for nearly two weeks. An attorney for the NAACP announced plans to file a temporary and permanent injunction in federal court and said a suit would be filed at Owensboro. Troops remained on guard as the union County boards cited a state attorney general opinion that the students were not legally enrolled.
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Marine Corps
Eastern
Sharpe
Eisenhower
House
District of Columbia
Washington
William Gerber
Memphis, Tenn
Supreme Court
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Democratic Party
Rep. Davis
D-Ga
Clarence Mitchell
Naacp Washing Bureau
Democratic
Sturgis
Sturgis High School
Clay
James Crumlin
Louisville
Crumlin
Owensboro
Webster County Board of Education
Sturgis High
H.barl Evans
Union County Board
State Attorney General's Office
Williams
A. B. Chandler
Chicago
Dunbar Negro High School
Morganfield
Dunbar
Shirley Beasley
Shelby Garnett
Margaret
Carlos Oakley
Union County
Oakley
Dunbar High
Evans
National
President Eisenhower pledges peaceful aims in radio TV message
President Eisenhower opened his re election bid with assurances that he is fit to carry on and that his administration has defended freedom without recourse to war in a radio TV address from Washington on September 19.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Youngster Becomes Sharpshooter in Heidelberg
A German bank robber, Hugo Walgenbach, forced the Kuhel family to withdraw $75,000. Their 14 year old son Robert retrieved a target pistol and shot Walgenbach, saving his father. Police confirmed Walgenbach's earlier deportation for bank robbery and noted the pistol matched another fatal shooting.
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Heidelberg
Germany
Robert Kuhel
Heidelberg Redland
John W. Kuhel
Hugo Walgenbach
Kuhel
Walgenbach
Rotheri Sl
Sxty
Chase Manhattan Bank
Ruhel
United States
Walter Floerkemeyer
Walgembach
Floerkemeyer
Robert
Egypt urged to accept canal plan at Suez talks
Secretary of State Dulles pressed 18 nations to press Egypt for a share in Suez Canal traffic warning of possible boycotts if Egypt refuses cooperation. He called for a just solution conforming to law and peace as Soviet and other powers proposed new talks with Egypt. Nasser rejected the plan and Arab leaders called for mobilization and boycott.
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Egypt
Suez
Depe
Soviet Union
United States
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France
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Reye
Nasser
Users’ Association
Owl
Damascus
Ae West
Ae Egos
Denmark
U.N
Sweden
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Spain
Pakistan
Neoscow
Bulganin
J. K . Smith
International News Service
Eisenhower
Eden
Guy Mollet
Nehru
Bulgania
Suez ‘Canal
Bulgamin
Dmitri Shepilov
Red China
Russia
No Passports Issued for Suez Canal Pilots
Department official Lincol n White said no passports have been approved for American pilots to go to the Suez. Ten applications are on file but none named. Egypt seeks to replace non Egyptian pilots who quit last week and questions linger on national interest and safety.
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Department
Lincoln White
Egypt
White
Huntington Man Heads Ike Day Observance
State Republican Chairman John D. Hoblitzell Jr. of Parkersburg named Raymond Brewster of Huntington to lead West Virginia Ike Day on October 13. Brewster edits the Huntington Herald-Dispatch and serves on the State Board of Education.
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Charleston
John D. Hoblitzell Jr
Parkersburg
Raymond Brewster
Huntington Today
West Virginia
Ike
Brewster
Huntington Herald - Dispatch
State Board of Education
Cool Weather Predicted For West Virginia This Week
Huntington notes cooler weather expected for the rest of the week with a warm return by Sunday. Temperatures through Monday should average four to five degrees below the normal 66.
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Huntington
West Virginia
Greek Cypriots Sentenced to Hang for Anti-British Violence
In Nicosia three Greek Cypriots, Andreas Panagides Michael Koutsoff and Stellios Mavromatis, were told they would be executed for the May 16 killing of a British air force corporal and the March 15 shooting of two air force men. Governor Sir John Harding ordered justice to proceed amid a noisy prison demonstration.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
John Harding
Andreas
Panagides Michael Koutsoff
Air Force
Stellios Mavromatis
Sim
Virginia house approves bills on school integration powers
In Richmond, the Virginia House passed two major anti integration bills pushing governor run pupil placement and court appeals. The chamber backed a third measure to allow segregated reopening of schools, with localities seeking state operation under the governor. Senate delay and potential amendments indicate a drawn out battle over local option and funding cuts amid ongoing integration disputes.
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House
Senate
del. Lewis McMurran
Assembly
JE. O. McCue
Charlottesville
Donald Richbeng
McMurran
Leven
Senate Finance
Jhouse
del Robert Whitehead
Ues
Columbian May Be Oldest Man in World
A tiny Indian from Colombia may be the oldest man alive at 167, with pilots, doctors, and newsmen doubting the claim. Javier Pereira, 4 foot 4, 75 pounds, cannot read or write, and has been married five times. he was brought to New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center for longevity studies as Colombian doctors compare his wrist joints and arteries to extreme age marks while tests proceed.
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Javier Pereira
Juanita Wintermute
National Airlines
New York
Miami
Javier
Colombia
George Washington
Pereira
Simon Bolivar
Perera
New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
Campbell Sets Speed Record at Lake Coniston
Donald Campbell roared the hydroplane Blue Bird to a new world water speed record of 225.63 mph at Lake Coniston, beating his prior mark of 216.02 mph from Lake Mead. The 36 year old Briton described the run as frightening as the boat rolled and his nerves nearly failed before recovery and a second run.
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England
Donald Campbell
Lake Coniston
Lake Mead
Nevada
Sir Malcolm Campbell
Campbell
Rediatrol
Seppesinger
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