Three Startling Upsets Open 1958 Football Season
Wake Forest crushed Maryland 34 0 North Carolina State defeated North Carolina 21 14 and Nebraska beat Penn State 14 7. Vanderbilt edged Missouri 12 8 as Dae Ray returned a punt 81 yards. Coaches wary of new conversion rule despite its two point after touchdown option.
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ED Corrigan
Associated Press
Wake Forest
Maryland
North Carolina State
North Carolina
Nebraska
Penn State
Vanderbilt
Missouri
Dae Ray
Abe Martin
Texas Christian Club
Kansas
Administration Waiting Out Integration Crisis
Washington officials say the federal government will not move in Arkansas or Virginia while Gov Faubus and Gov Almond close schools ordered to integrate. They expect a choice between legally operated public schools or no schools at all, with private operation considered legally dubious if public funds or buildings are involved.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Arkansas
Virginia
Orval E. Faubus
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Faubus
Little Rock
Truman Hints at Campaign Role Amid West Virginia Visit
Former president Harry S. Truman, 74, spoke in Charleston about aiding the Democratic effort. He criticized Eisenhower for a veto on the depressed areas bill and warned against relying on polls. Truman named Jennings Randolph and Ken Hechler as favored candidates and endorsed Hechler, recalling 1948 campaign trains and hecklers.
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Harry S. Truman
Municipal Auditorium
Eisenhower
Congress
Ike
Truman
Dewey
Chapman Revercomb
West Virginia
Jennings Randolph
Senate
Ken Hechler
Jennings
Hechler
Heckler
Harry Truman
Kanawha
King stabbed in Harlem store as autograph line forms
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a civil rights leader, was stabbed in the chest by Izola Ware Curry while signing copies of Stride Toward Freedom at Blumstein’s on West 125th Street. King survived. Curry, described as mentally deranged, was arrested outside the store. A pistol was found on her dress.
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New York
Martin Luther King Jr
Harlem
King
Averell Harriman
Izola Ware Curry
Montgomery
Ala
Blumstein
W. 125Th St
Martin Luther King
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Mary Livingstone Retires From Act After 26 Years
HOLLYWOOD AP Mary Livingstone, who joined for one show in 1932, retires from the act after 26 years. Jack Benny says he will find her a producing role as Gracie Allen’s retirement mirrors Mary’s. Mary had been drifting from live shows and films, with two Mary-made films to be shown later.
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Hollywood
Mary Livingstone
Jack Benny
Mary
Gracie Allen
George Burns
Gracie
Jack
GM Chrysler sweetening UAW offer to head off strikes
General Motors and Chrysler presented financially sweetened three year contracts to the United Auto Workers in a bid to avert strikes. The package mirrors Ford’s deal, offering roughly 24 to 30 cents more per hour over three years for about 250 000 UAW workers plus adjustments for IUEW members. Negotiations paused until Monday with potential settlement urged by Walter Reuther as GM faces a September 30 strike deadline.
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Charles C. Cain
Detroit
General Motors
Chrysler
United Auto Workers
UAW
Ford
Reuther
Walter P. Reuther
John D. Leary
Fora
Leonard Woodcock
International Union of Electrical Workers
IUEW
Reds Play Dumb In Air Tragedy
The Soviet Union says it does not know what happened to 17 American airmen in a C130 crash that occurred on a flight through Turkey. Six bodies were reportedly found but the Kremlin gives no details on their return or the rest of the crew. The United States cites a Turkey flight studying radio waves and accuses Moscow of intercepting a unarmed transport.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Kremlin
U. S
Turkey
Question Suspect In Rubinstein Slaying
A man wanted in the 1955 Rubinstein slaying of Serge Rubinstein was arrested in Baltimore and booked as Leo Turck, 31, of New York with a note held for the FBI. The Associated Press reports the arrest and inquiry details.
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Baltimore
Serge Rubinstein
New York
Iodger
Leo Turck
FBI
Associated
Lebanon Braces as Premier Solh Leaves Amid Tension
Outgoing Lebanese Premier Sami Solh slipped from Beirut with a written resignation to take effect Monday as Gen. Fuad Chehab prepares to assume the presidency. Curfew is imposed in Beirut amid falangist and rebel feuding, with as many as 400 people reportedly kidnapped in the growing vendetta.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Sami Solh
Solh
Camille Chamoun
Chamoun
Fuad Chehab
Chehab
Fuad Haddad
al Amal
Revelations Of Casey Stengel In Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph to publish Herbert Kamm's profile "Casey Stengel Baseball's Happy Warrior" tomorrow revealing vivid anecdotes about Casey Stengel's personality and career with emphasis on his cheerful wartime persona and lasting impact on baseball legends.
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Casey Stengel
Daily Telegraph
Herbert Kamm
Icelandic Fish Feud Halted Temporarily
Britain and Iceland called a temporary halt to their fish feud after a British Marine aboard the frigate Diana fell ill with acute appendicitis. The Diana was guarding seven British trawlers inside Iceland's 12 mile limit when permission was sought to sail to Patreksfjord for hospital care.
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Iceland
Britain
Diana
Aegir
Patreksfjord
Convoy Unloads Under Red Fire Near Quemoy
Nationalist convoy continued to run the Communist blockade of Quemoy for the seventh day unloading supplies under heavy fire. Redshore batteries and MIG-17 patrols challenged Nationalist fighters who provided cover but engaged briefly. Adm. Felt arrived for talks with Chiang Kai-shek and American commanders praising progress in supplying the besieged island.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy
Adm
Harry D. Felt
U.S
Pacific
Chiang Kaishek
Felt
Crew Die In Vulcan Bomber Crash At Air Display
A delta-wing Vulcan bomber crashed at Syerston RAF Base during a Battle of Britain display. Four crew members and three ground personnel were killed as the aircraft struck airfield control units and exploded in flames. Spectators watched as the four-jet craft banked, then wreckage fell on a mobile control tower and a fire service truck.
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Syerston
England
Syerston Royal Air Force Base
United States Rejects Khrushchev Letter on Formosa Crisis
The White House announced that Eisenhower rejects Khrushchev's note as false abusive and unacceptable. The U S will defend Formosa and offshore areas by military action if needed, returning the note to Moscow on Sunday via Richard A. Davis.
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White House
Eisenhower
U.S
Khrushchev
Formosa
James C. Hagerty
Kremlin
Moscow
Richard A. Davis
Tragic Route 12 Wreck Kills Four Family Members
A Bluefield tanker and a family car collided on Route 12 between Ada and Ingleside Mercer County. Four members of the Rogers family from Kimballton Va died on arrival and two others were critically or seriously injured. The tanker driver is charged with negligent homicide.
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Giles County
Var
Ada
Ingleside
Mercer County
Bluefield
Kimballton
Bluefield Sanitarium
Daniel Rogers
Glenna Rogers
Owen Rogers
Mary Alice Rogers
Argie Rogers
William Thaw Marks
Tyler Street
Felts Truck Line
L. P. Mullins
H. H. Holt
F. Z. Beer
Oakvale
Rogers Auto
Rogers Group
British Hong Kong Off Limits To U. S. Ships
Taipei Formosa dispatch says British Hong Kong is off limits to U.S. Navy ships except one transport on standby to evacuate the U.S. consulate if hostilities arise in the Far East. Ship visits were canceled as the Formosa crisis began. it is unclear if the move was at British request.
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Formosa
Hong Kong
U.S. Navy
U.S
Far East
Beating Injury Leads to 14 Year Old Suspect
Theresa McHugh, a nine year old girl, was found in critical condition after being beaten and burned. A 14 year old neighbor admitted striking her but denied setting her on fire, later claiming a cigarette may have caused the blaze. Police and investigators described the incident near Ivy Hill Park and Seton Hall University with the suspect’s family suggesting a possible motive of robbery.
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N.J
Theresa McHugh
Martland Medical Center
Ivy Hill Park
Seton Hall University
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