Girl Denies Accusation By Faubus
Catherine Craighead a 16 year old pupil at Central High in Little Rock denies Governor Faubus claim that troops invaded the girls dressing room. She says the charge may be exaggerated and notes soldiers escort Negro girls to a stairway but denies entering the dressing room.
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Little Rock
Faubus
Central High School
Catherine Craighead
Arnold Sikes
White House
James
Central High Mothers’ League
Catherine
Edwin A. Walker
Boyd Named to Iowa Study Unit
Cedar Rap ids resident 44 Fears was chief tester for Northwestern Bell at retirement. He was born December 31 1888 and married to Irma Walker Aus. Survived by wife sister and four brothers. He died after being struck by a car on Mt Vernon road SE near Twentieth Street crossing. Driver Keith R. Paulsen charged with driving with an obstructed windshield. Police report the fatality marks the year’s first traffic death in the city.
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Cedar Ragida Neal
Harry Trenery
Twentieth Street
Imonday
Mt .Vernon Road
Keith
R. Paulsen
Pollis
Paulsen
Hr. Trenery
Tarry W. Trenery
Cedar Rap
Fears
Mounlwestern Bell, Telephone Company
Hts
Pubuque
L Irma Walker
Cedar
Flu Drives Higher Absentee Rates In Cedar Rapids Schools
Cedar Rapids reports show 18 percent absence in junior and senior high schools with 1 04 of 3 722 students out. Elementary schools run about 5 percent absent while Washington High sees 26 percent out, cited as unusually high for early October. Officials say illness is the main cause but not alarming.
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Cetar Rapids
Clyde Parker
Asst
Richard Barnhart
Washington Senior High
East Tedar Rapids
Teamsters Records Mystery Amid Burned Papers Debate
Senate investigators await convention records from the Teamsters amid claims some documents were burned in an incinerator at the Eden Roc hotel in Miami Beach. Union officials denied widespread loss and noted a maid connected to the incident died of a heart attack, prompting further committee scrutiny.
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Herbert Foster
Washington
ULP
Senate
James R. Hoffa
Miami
Kennedy Challenge Committee
Robert F. Kennedy
Hoffa
Teamsters
John F. English
Kennedy
McClellan
McClelan
Alams Beach
Teamsters Eden Roc
Lebanon Warns Syrians Against Tie With Reds
Lebanon warned Syria against tying with the Reds and urged Arab unity to resolve the Middle East conflict. Foreign Minister Charles Malik, speaking at the United Nations, said Lebanon would maintain independent policy while criticizing Western policy in the region.
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United Nations
INS
Lebanon
Syria
Middle East
Ebaness
Charles Malik
Assemal Debete
Unre
Japan
Hungary
Western Department
Jame
Sen Parker
Min- West
Israel
Ifter Nehru
Malik
Syvia
Nehru
Stern Europe
Wilbarawn
It Doesn't Sound Like the Original
Police in Clifton Newfoundland investigate a reported Russian satellite find. An 18 inch basketball bladder marked U.S.8.R with one end labeled Downskr was recovered and examined for origin and purpose.
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Clifton, NL
U.S
Eisenhower Talks With Science Leaders on Satellite
President Eisenhower met for an hour with top government scientists and defense officials to discuss the Russian satellite and the U.S. rocket and satellite program. The meeting was not on the published schedule, and Press Secretary Hagerty gave no details, saying the President would speak at Wednesday news conference.
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Washington
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Sun to Tell Time at Palm Springs
Palm Springs CA residents will see a solar powered clock installed on the chamber of commerce building. Twenty silicon cells convert sunlight to electricity to run the clock with storage batteries for night use. Navy says Soviet progress endangers base tenure with 1500 mile missile reach and potential strikes on fixed bases, urging caution and warning Turkey over threats. Khrushchev in Moscow interview signals openness to international control of satellites and missiles but criticizes US policy in the Middle East and Germany.
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Cali
API
Chine
Navy
Washington
Russia
West
Erpuri
A. L. Miller
Naval Operations
U. S. Army
Airy Force
U.S
F. 5. Withindon
Navy Bureau
Jordnance
Potaris
Jordan
Trea
Turkey
Syria
Moscow
Mondas
James Reston
New York Times
Soviet
Khrushchev
Communist Party
United States
Reston
Uni
Middle East
Germany
Dulles
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Mascaw
Baby Crisis Tragedy Shatters Mayse Home
In Forest City North Carolina a car out of control crashed into the Mayse residence waking Leroy and his wife as their baby cried. James I Gordon was thrown from the car through a window into the bedroom and died instantly. The crash also destroyed the crib.
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Forest City
N.C. Fk
Leroy Mayse
Million Dollar Show Sets For Little Boy Blue Birthday Benefit
A Hollywood TV event promised a million dollar cash gift for a sick boy named Little Boy Blue in Lakeville Massachusetts on his ninth birthday. Comedian Jerry Lewis promoted cards for the boy, attracting Mikey donations and a star-studded lineup including Edie Fisher, Ed Cantor, Hugh O'Brien, and the Mouseketeers to perform for the Muscular Dystrophy Association drive. The boy’s health showed improved signs on the eve of his birthday.
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Lakeville
Mass
Jerry Lew
Jerry
Clation
David Sarwalt
Slee Bay
Ded Lewis
Eddie Fisher
Eds Cantor
Tennesses Fane Ford
Hugh "Wyatt Earp’ O'Brien
Jim “Gunwsneke Aroes
Walt Lister
Mouseketeers
Skelarks
Kesgulah
Tan
Khrushchev Says Bomber Age Is Ended by ICBMs
MOSCOW Khrushchev declared missiles and rockets end the bomber era as the Soviet Union presses the space race. He spoke at a Moscow banquet for the East German Peoples Republic, warning the United States over Syria while praising Soviet science and peaceful competition.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Kremjn
Communist Party
Conservative Party
Cyril Osborne
Henry Kerby
Khrushchev
Russia
U. S
Soviet Union
Syria
East German Peoples Republic
U S Scientists Track Soviet Satellite Efforts
U S researchers at the Naval Research Laboratory track Moscow’s Sputnik after its launch. Minitrack stations in the Americas, plus 185000 amateur radio operators, provide signals and readings to map the orbit and exchange data with Russians. The effort shows pride in progress despite frustration over expected cooperation.
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Naval Research Laboratory
North
South America
Sputnik
Ams
Japan
Sarlo 1
Vale [Lo
U S Says Russia Lacks Intercontinental Missiles
In Washington Defense Secretary Wilson says the Soviet Union has not yet developed an ICBM and has not surpassed the United States in the missile race. He notes no alarm over the Sputnik milestone, while predicting it would take time before the U S deploys a satellite capable ICBM.
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Fuesday
Wilson
Russia
Artis
Defense
Eisenhower
U. S
Fussin
Nikita Khrushchev
Pentagon
Nloe
Ife
U S Rejects Khrushchev Space Missile Control Plan
The State Department rejected Nikita Khrushchev’s proposal for international control of space missiles. Officials cited a London disarmament framework by the United States Britain France and Canada calling for missiles to be used only for peaceful scientific purposes.
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Dea
U.S. Washington
Department
Nikita Karushchev
State Department
United States
Britain
France
Canada
London
Jameson Parker
Uwe Super Prvers
Zhukov Arrives For Tito Talks In Belgrade
Soviet Defense Minister Zhukov arrives in Belgrade for eight days of talks with Yugoslav President Tito and military and political leaders amid postwar alignment discussions.
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Zhukov
Tito
Belgrade
INS
Tuessy
Fire Losses in U S Hit Record Despite Adverse Trends
United States reports a new record in total fire losses for 1956 as the National Fire Protection Association cites 1,940,50 fires and a total loss around 131,570,000 dollars. Primary causes include careless smoking and matches, defective wiring and overheated appliances, and child related incidents.
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Boston
United States
National Fire Protection Association
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