Decision Week Sparks Integration Crisis Across States
As the nation enters a decision week on school integration, legal action heats up in Arkansas and Virginia. NAACP counsel A Simpson Tate plans for 13 Black students to return to Van Buren High School amid white resistance while Virginia courts prepare orders to prevent further barriers to Black pupils.
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Supreme Court
Orval E. Faubus
Eisenhower
Boeing 707 makes Atlantic flight to prove quiet operation
In a demonstration from New York to London via Gander and Shannon, Pan Am’s Boeing 707 completed the crossing in 10 hours 22 minutes to show the jet’s quiet performance. South Korea reports a DMZ clash with casualties among soldiers. Brigitte Bardot announces engagement to Sacha Distel after recent divorce from Roger Vadim. USS service (incomplete item).
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Singer Defies Ban as Officials Question Move in London
In London a singer Jan Kiepura faced pressure to stay away from certain districts amid race riots. He offered to sing to prove his loyalty, and officials allowed his passage. Separately, American industrialist Cyrus Eaton departed Moscow for Paris aboard a Soviet jet after a two week visit.
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Jan Kiepura
Ting Hill District
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Cyrus Eaton
Moscow
Paris
Soviet Union
Skate leaves Cherbourg after four day visit
The U S atomic submarine Skate sailed from Cherbourg following a four day stay. Its next destination was not disclosed. In Canberra Australia supply minister Athol Townley said the nose of Britain's Black Knight rocket was recovered near its predicted landing site. In Warsaw opera star Jan Kiepura returned to Poland after 19 years crossing the Iron Curtain without a passport and was told his passport had been stolen at East Berlin airport.
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Chanute Tribune
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Supreme Court of Kansas
Johnson County Old Settlers Parade Draws 4000 In Olathe
In Olathe Kansas an estimated 4000 spectators watched the 60th annual Johnson County Old Settlers celebration parade Saturday.
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Olathe, Kas
Johnson County
Lightning Kills Two Children Injures One at BIG BEAR LAKE
Former All America lineman Bob Reinhard watched as lightning struck a lakeside shack in San Bernardino Mountains. Two children, Lawrence seven and Trudy Lee one, died. Diana fourteen was critically burned and paralyzed. Reinhard rushed them to hospital.
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Los Angeles
Wings Over Jordan to Perform in Humboldt Concert
The Negro choir Wings Over Jordan will give a free concert at Humboldt High School auditorium Tuesday at 8 p.m. Sponsored by the Humboldt Ministerial Alliance the event includes a 6:30 covered-dish fellowship dinner at the Methodist Church. Attendees should bring table service. admission is free with a free will offering collected.
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Guards Patrol Block Residents Pay Wages on East Side
In New York reporters note 4 p.m. to 8 a.m. Pinkerton guards patrol a Manhattan East Side block funded by 30 residents at 30 dollars monthly. Since guards began, no burglaries reported despite police denials of an upsurge. residents include Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt and actress Tallulah Bankhead.
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61St
62Nd
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John Gunther
Faye Emerson
Tallulah Bankhead
Quiet 98th Birthday For Grandma Moses
Eagle Bridge New York AP reports famed painter Grandma Moses marks her 98th birthday with quiet celebrations. The article notes Moses remains prolific and beloved, drawing visitors to her home studio while continuing to inspire regional artists.
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Eagle Bridge, N.Y
Grandma Moses
Grandma Moses Celebrates 98th Birthday Privately
Anna Mary Robertson Moses known as Grandma Moses, frail with arthritis, marked her 98th birthday in a secluded location to shield her from excitement and curious visitors. She rose to world fame late in life with rural Vermont area paintings near the state line where she has lived.
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Lloyd Moses
Anna Mary Robertson Moses
Vermont
Altoona County News Briefs and Local Notices
Altoona reports major surgery for Forrest Cranor at St. Francis Hospital Wichita and family presence. Graveside service for P Q Nielsen in Independence. RNA dinner and meeting at the hall. Visitors Richard DeBolt of Enid Oklahoma and Ben Cranor family. Birth of Pamela Kay to Charles and Mable Schooler. Hixon returns from Washington state. Eastern Star and Masonic Lodge redecorating hall. Just A Mere Club hosts fall meeting with twelve members. Loren Miller leads class on Australia. Rev Fred Kerby visits.
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Fall River
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Independence
Neilson
RNA
Richard DeBolt
Enid
Okla
Ben Cranor
Charles Schooler
Pamela Kay
Wilson County Hospital
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Amelia Brown
Loren Miller
R. P. Crotser
Miller
Australia
Allie Harbert
Fred Kerby
Local residents update in Joplin area and Neodesha funeral
News notes list recent moves and visits in Joplin and Coffeyville including the Mountain Blankinship family at the Anderson property, Midway School instructor Noble Long living with Mrs. Hattie Davis, and Mrs. Viola Trichler’s Washington state trip. A funeral for William Allen was held at Loran Fawcett Funeral Home Neodesha with burial in Altoona.
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Eileen Blankinship
Coffeyville
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Midway School
Hattie Davis
Viola Trichler
Washington State
Frank
Raymond Trichler
Columbus
Loran Fawcett Funeral Home
Neodesha
William Allen
Fred Kerby
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Christian Church
Altoona
Lester Tetrick
Harold Tetrick
Daughters
Tear Out Ad Offers $1000 Life Insurance by Mail
An old style classified ad invites readers aged 60 to 80 to mail their name address and year of birth to Old American Insurance Co of Kansas City for a $1000 final expenses policy. It promises no obligation and no follow up calls and directs mailing to 3 West 9th Dept 1915B Kansas City Missouri.
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Kansas City
Old American Insurance Co
West 9Th, Dept
Sixth Child Born To Mother In Queens
Thelma McKenna aged 20 gave birth to her sixth child a boy weighing 84 pounds at home in Queens. Attended by her nurse mother Thelma Moody the mother, up within hours, introduced the baby to her other children James Jr 5 Richard 4 Kenneth 3 Sharon 2 and Edward 1. The couple married when she was 13 and he 16.
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New York
Thelma Mee-Kenna
Queens
Thelma Moody
James Jr
Richard
Kenneth
Sharon
Edward
Nadler Still Tied For Lead In $64,000 Challenge
Teddy Nadler top money winner in TV quiz show history is tied in two events on CBS The $64 000 Challenge with $16 000 winnings against Sir Kenelm Guinness of London and John Feltham of Huntington Station New York. The ties continue next week as the British kings and queens round resumes and Nadler also remains tied with Feltham at $8 000 on baseball questions.
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Teddy Nadler
CBS
Nadler
Kenelm Guinness
London
John Feltham
Huntington Station
N.Y
Feltham
St. Louis
Skunks Gain Fans as Clean Mice Hunters in Burlington
In Burlington Ontario near Hamilton residents favor skunks over cats noting they are excellent mousers and clean pets though the animals are deodorized. The report highlights local affection for skunks as household pets.
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Burlington, Ont
Hamilton
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