Truce Declared in Little Rock Schools Tangle
The Little Rock City Council refused state police help for integrating Central High School, saying federal responsibility rests with the federal government. Governor Faubus and the Justice Department announced a weekend truce as the school closings take effect, with the battle likely to resume in federal court Monday.
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Little Rock, Ark
UPI
Little Rock
Central High School
Werner C. Knoop
Ark
Orvald
Faubus
Department of Justice
New York
Thurgood Marshall
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Justice Department
U. S
Bear Kidd
Rock
Virgil Blossom
Central
U. S. Supreme Court
Virginians Clash Over Warren High School Closure
Attorney Oliver Hill of the NAACP says 22 Negro students will fight Governor Almond’s mass resistance move to close Warren High. Federal Judge John Paul had ordered admission, but Almond took control, removing the school from the public system and delaying enrollment amid legal action planned for next week.
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United Press International
Front Royal
UPI
Virginia
J. Lindsay Almond
Warren County
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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Hill
Q. D. Gasque
John Paul
Warren High
Gasque
NAACP
Paul
Reds Run Off Convoy Unloading at Quemoy
On Quemoy Island Communist artillery drove off a Nationalist convoy with American naval escort before unloading. The third failure in four tries drew U.S. criticism and summoned the ambassador for talks. Red shore batteries pounded a saturation barrage as ships remained outside the three mile limit.
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AL Kaff
United Press International
Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy Island
U. S
Defense Ministry
China
Amoy
Fukien
Communist New China News Agency
Negro Cleared In Stabbing Slayings Case
An 18 year old former mental patient confessed to stabbing Staten Island doctor Melvin Nimer and his wife then recanted. The couple’s 8 year old son, the initial suspect, denies involvement. Hospital tests continue as detectives weigh conflicting accounts. William Fletcher, linked by tip, was detained then charged with petty larceny after questioning. district attorney says he is not implicated.
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New York
UPI
Staten Island
Melvin Dean Nimer,Jr
Bellevue Hospital
Melvin Nimer
Lou Jean Nimer
William Fletcher
Framville
Virginia
Richmond County
John M. Braisted
Fletcher
Brooklyn
Ike Tells Khrushchev He Misplaced Formosa Claims
President Eisenhower bluntly tells Khrushchev in a 700 word letter that he has misdirected complaints about the Formosa Strait crisis. He urges the Soviet leader to press Chinese Communists to stop shooting and seek peace in the Far East. The State Department says U S and Red China will begin peace talks on Formosa in Warsaw within days.
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Nikita S. Khrushchev
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Khrushchev
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Formosa Strait
State Department
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U. S
China
Formosa
Warsaw
Poland
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
Nurses Class Graduation in Childress with Seven Grads
Seven graduating members of the Childress Licensed Vocational Nurses class received their caps at a Calvary Baptist Church ceremony. The 1958 class will take State Board exams in Austin on October 25, and diplomas were presented by Gene Slingerland with Dr. Fred Cariker delivering the address.
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Childress
Calvary Baptist Church
Austin
Ethel Adams
Lois Arnold
Fannie McKinney
Geneva Moran
Edna Parsons
Virginia Prater
Ruby Steed
Mary Campsey
Gene Slingerland
Childress General Hospital
Fred Cariker
Kenneth Jones
Polio Survey To Be Held Here
The Bureau of Census will conduct a survey starting September 15 to collect polio immunization information for the US Public Health Service. Local data will be gathered by Doris J. Clements about polio injections for persons under 60, including number and timing of shots, in addition to standard employment questions.
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Bureau of Census
US Public Health Service
Doris J. Clements
Fate of American Pilots Missing in Soviet Armenia
The Soviet Foreign Ministry did not reply to an urgent U S request on the fate of 11 airmen missing after a U S Air Force C 130 crash in Soviet Armenia. U S Charge d Affaires Richard E Davis pressed for wreckage access and arrangements to retrieve bodies of six found near Erevan.
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UPI
Foreign Ministry
U. S
Soviet
Armenia
Richard E. Davis
Davis
Erevan
Air Force
Washington
Turkey
United States
Russia
Mrs. Ruth Harrison Dies in Childress at 62
Mrs. Ruth Ford Harrison wife of J Howard Harrison died at 1 25 p m Saturday in Childress General Hospital after weeks of illness Funeral services set for 10 30 a m Monday at First Presbyterian Church with Frank Travis and Dr Edgar Graham officiating Burial in Childress Cemetery Newberry Funeral Home pallbearers listed Survivors include husband son Charles two brothers two sisters in law and a niece born April 25 1893 in Pecos Texas she moved to Childress in 1904 and married in 1913 in Childress She was devotional leader for the church women s association and helped publish the church history
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Ruth Ford Harrison
J. Howard Harrison
Childress General Hospital
First Presbyterian Church
Frank Travis
Plainview
Edgar Graham
Childress Cemetery
Newberry Funeral Home
John Herren
Ebb Chesnutt
Gene Smith
W. T. Ross
Childress
Harrison
Charles Howard
Glenn
Europe
Presbyterian Church
Women’s Association of the Church
Charles Harrison
Frank Buster
Sterling Buster
Henry Jarrett
Edna Coffman
Fort Worth
Wesley Pederson
Peace talks to begin over Formosa crisis in Warsaw
The State Department said the United States and China agreed to start peace negotiations in Warsaw within days. U S Ambassador Jacob Beam and Wang Ping Nan will lead for China, with Peiping backing a halt to artillery attacks on Quemoy Matsu.
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Warsaw
U. S
Jacob D. Beam
Wang Ping-Nan
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
United
Peiping
Formosa Strait
Debbie Reynolds Cancels Hollywood Bowl Show Sedation
Debbie Reynolds placed under sedation amid divorce talks with Eddie Fisher and cancels Saturday Hollywood Bowl charity appearance. She hopes for reconciliation but remains in bed over the weekend. Fisher says breakup inevitable. Reynolds urged by doctors not to perform.
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Hollywood
UPI
Debbie Reynolds
Eddie Fisher
Debbie
Frank Belcher
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Miss Reynolds
Hollywood Bowl
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Thalians
Mount Sina
Auto Death Tragedy Clouds Wedding Day
A 43-year-old minister's wife from Claude Texas died three hours after a two car crash nine miles east of Amarillo on U S Highway 287 just before her son David's wedding in Littlefield Texas. The bride Molly Ann Kennedy of Amarillo attended the ceremony. Mrs Dennis was alone en route to Claude to pick up the bride's mother. Her car struck a vehicle driven by Bobby Gene Allen of Fort Sill Oklahoma. Allen and his wife Rosemarie were injured. their three children were unharmed.
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Amarillo
UPI
Claude
Tex
Crista Virginia Dennis
U. S
Bobby Gene Allen
Fort, Sill
Okla
Allen
Rosemarie
Bailey and Tansey Arrested for Bootlegging
Sheriff Gaylon B. Smith reports Elbert Bailey and J. T. Tansey were arrested Friday with illegal sale of alcoholic beverages in a dry area. Pleading not guilty Saturday in County Court, they were released on $1,000 bond each. Trials set for September 23-24.
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Sheriff's and Police Department
James Hicks
Gaylon B. Smith
Elbert Bailey
J. T. Tansey
Bailey
Tansey
Childress
Smith
Bush to Be Here for Interviews at Texas Employment
Robert E. Bush, branch manager of the Railroad Retirement Board, will visit the Texas Employment Commission at 221 B. N. at 1 15 p m on September 17 to interview interested individuals.
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Robert E. Bush
Railroad Retirement Board
Texas Employment Commission
B. N
Ford pressuring UAW to settle before Wednesday strike
Ford Motor Co announced recalls of 17 000 workers this month if production isn’t interrupted as UAW and the automaker seek a contract before the strike deadline. Talks with Chrysler paused. GM pending. Reuther expresses cautious optimism as negotiations proceed.
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Detroit
UPI
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers
Ford
Chrysler Corp
General Motors
Chrysler
Bugas
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Moon rocket delay sparks debate over launch woes
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla UPI America's second moon rocket remains in review after the first try exploded 77 seconds after launch on August 17 officials gave no detailed reason for postponement The Air Force privately attributes delays to readiness of the next launcher and to added weight from a third stage and payload package affecting the Thor Vanguard hybrid design
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Fla
UPI
America
Air Force
Defense Department
Pentagon
Missile Test Center
Thor
Europe
NATO
Vanguard
Cotton Farmers Invited to Farm Bureau Meeting Feature
All county cotton farmers are urged to attend a Farm Bureau meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Tell School building. The program will include a film and a presentation by John Gregg West Texas representative of the National Cotton Council. Ernest Rea noted the event.
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Farm Bureau
Ernest Rea
Tell School
John Gregg
West Texas
National Cotton Council
Rea
Showers Hit Ports of Texas
Showers scattered through West Texas from Dalhart to Cotulla with clouds over the western half. El Paso feared flooding as Rio Grande crests moved downstream but no rain fell there. East Texas stayed generally clear with coastal clouds. Highs ranged from 98 at Presidio to 80 at Dalhart.
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West Texas
Dalhart
Cotulla
el Paso
Rio Grande
East Texas
Presidio
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