Integration in North Carolina schools advances with applicants admitted
In Charlotte Winston-Salem and Greensboro plans to admit Negro students in the fall were approved after a joint meeting. The three city boards approved 11 of 55 applications to enter previously all white schools based on merit under the 1955 school assignment act. One student in Winston-Salem, five in Charlotte and six in Greensboro were accepted.
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Charlotte
N.C
INL
North Carolina
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
New Orleans
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Watanal Tietrist
AEE E Keawee
Oreliam H. Atwell
Ordere
Dallas
Tex
Dade
Miami) County
Fla
Dade County
University of North Carolina
Warning On Rights Bill Faces Senate Crossroads
Senate debate centers on striking a key civil rights provision allowing government injunctions to protect rights beyond voting. Mansfield says the choice is between a lengthy argument or a meaningful conclusion, as lawmakers weigh removing the controversial section opposed by Southern leaders.
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Washington II
Mike “Manstieta
Mont
Senate
Mansfield
Sailor Found Dead Aboard USS Kidd Near Tokyo
Torpedoman Second Class Carl B. Wright, 32, was found dead aboard the destroyer Kidd at Yokosuka Naval Base near Tokyo. The Navy said the death appeared self-inflicted by a 45 caliber pistol shot, and Wright is survived by his wife Maude of San Diego.
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U.S
Tokyo
Kidd
Yokosuka Naval Base
Carl B. Wright
Maude
San Diego
Navy
Clinton High School case yields big U.S. victory
Dazed attorneys for John Kasper and six Clinton co defendants plan a new trial as Federal Judge Robert L. Taylor gives 20 days to file for a new trial. An all white jury convicted seven of 11 defendants for defying a federal injunction to integrate Clinton High School in Knoxville Tennessee. The 12 day trial marked a government effort to enforce the 1954 Supreme Court ruling on desegregation.
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Knoxville
Tenln
Segregation Jeader
John Kasper
Clinton
Robert L. Taylor
Clinton (Tenn
Supreme Court
Livermore
Medicai
Robert
Indy L. Dobbs
Memphis
Livermore Veterans
Ross McLean
Services Defense
Baltimore
Charles Chapple
Dept. of Medicine and Surgery
Joseph Stokes Jr
University of Pennsylvania
Richard L. Riley
Johns Hopkins School of [Hygiene and Public Health
Clifford A. Bachrach
VA Reports and Statistics Branch
Washington, D.C
Harrison S. Colliss
Livermore Hospital
McLean
United States
Japan
Formosa
Asia
U.S
Cost of living at new peak in June
Government reports the consumer price index rose to 120.2 in June, a 0.5 point gain from May, marking the 10th straight monthly increase. Food costs jumped 1.4 percent, with fresh fruits and meats contributing, potentially triggering wage escalator clauses for about 650,000 workers.
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Washington
INS
Labor Dept
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Ewan Clague
US Demonstrates Small Atomic Bomb Near Las Vegas
Yucca FlatNevada US detonates a small tactical atom bomb on a 500 foot tower for friendly foreign observers. The reddish yellow flare is visible 300 miles away from the Nevada test range as civil defense authorities observe. The device showcases range from hydrogen to small battlefield arms named after Kepler in a 16th century framing.
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Yucca Flat
Nev
Ins
United States
Nevada
Los Angeles
Atomic Energy Commission
Yases Flat
Johannes Kepler
Hapas Newton's Law of
Mystery Writer Hit Probed in Sheppard Case Turmoil
A probe into Marilyn Sheppard's murder drew sharp criticism of Erle Stanley Gardner and the Court of Last Resort. James E. McArthur and other officials branded Donald Wedler's confession a hoax after questioning him in Florida and returning to Cleveland.
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Red
Cleveland
McArthur
Cuyahoga County
Samuel Rb’ Gerber
David Yettra
Deland
Fila
Donald Wedler
Sheppard
Gerber
Yettra
Wedler
Florida
Sthe
Sam
Ohio Penitentiary
William J. Corrigan
Ernest
J. Kolofolias
Bay Village
Hayward OKs Roads Program
Hayward City Council approved unanimously a resolution urging state approval of Alameda County Highway Advisory Committee road projects. Top priorities include widening Jackson Street to six lanes and Castro Street from downtown Hayward south, adding a fourth lane in the three lane segments between Sycamore and Decoto, with funding sought in the 1958–59 state budget.
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Hayward
Alameda County
Jackson St
Castro St
Sycamore Ave
Decoto
Comcili
States Highway Commission
Alameda
SF Cab Fare Hike Sought
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors considers higher taxi fares. The proposed schedule raises the initial fare from fifty to fifty cents for the first quarter mile and increases the per quarter mile rate to ten cents. Yellow Cab Co. would gain about $131,000 yearly in profit, up from $84,000, to offset wage increases for drivers.
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San Francisco
Board of Supervisors
Sanrancisco
Yellow Cab Co
Floods Hit Two Chinese Provinces Prompt Mass Evacuations
Peiping radio reported heavy rainfall caused rivers in Shantung and Henan to spill their banks. Thousands of villagers were evacuated as floods spread, with the country already troubled by political and economic woes.
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China
Peiping
Tokyo
Shantung
Henan
United States
Skelton Cuts Short Son’s Trip With New York Flight
In Rome the comedian Red Skelton and his family boarded a New York bound Pan American plane amid rumors that his leukemia-stricken son’s condition had worsened. He wife Valentina and children Richard nine fled Rome by car to escape reporters.
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Rome
INS
Red* Skelton
Valentina
Richard
Pan American World Airways
New York
Skeltons
British Jets Join Oil War in Arabian Gulf Crisis
British jets, including RAF Venoms, took off from Aden and other bases to enforce an ultimatum in the Muscat Oman region and surrounding oilfields. Rebels reportedly encircle and claim to have captured several British-led troops and oil workers near Nizwa in the Shiekdom.
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London
Britain
Nizwa
Shiekdam
Mt. Fahoudares
Boy 9 Dies After Barstow Auto Truck Crash
In Barstow seven miles east of the city a head on collision between a car carrying a nine year old boy and a truck resulted in the boy's death. Frederick Carter of Los Angeles was identified by police, stating the auto stopped suddenly then crossed the center line into the truck's path.
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Barstow
Frederick . Carter
Bos
Angeles
Carter Auto Fab
Mental Escapee Admits Killings
William Allen, 25, an inmate at a Chicago mental hospital, confessed to shooting police in Southern California and later claimed eight total victims. Police noted discrepancies in his account while investigating linked suspects Betty Aguilar, 21, and two teenage men.
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Oakland
Chicago
Gome
California
el Segundo
Murpecd
William Taomas “Allen
Betty “Aguilar
East Oakland
David Costa
Donald Nunes
Allen
Hayward
Hunt
Los Angeles
FBI
House of Peter
Bolognia
Bolagns
el: Segundo
Milton Curtis
Michael “A. Phillips
Miss Aguilar
Sos Angeles
Setuin
Orland
Ain’ Oakland
Fists Fly in Machinists Picket Line Across Bay Area
Machinists unions pulled 8000 members from four county plants today as a four county strike paralyzed Southern Alameda and nearby areas. Violence reported in San Leandro as a shop owner and union rep clashed on the picket line. Major plants affected include Ralph N Brodie Co and Monadnock Mills in San Leandro with 143 and 110 machinists, while Friden Calculating Machine Co is spared by a two year contract. About 160 plants across Alameda Contra Costa San Mateo and San Francisco counties face work stoppages over wage demands up to 55 cents an hour. employers offered six percent this year and three percent next year, which the union rejected on June 6.
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Four Bay
Alameda County
San “Leandro
Poligeine
Ty “St
Mike
Manfrede
Emerson Fowler
John T. Schiavenzavot
San ‘Leandro
South County
Ralph N. Brodie Co
Monadnock Mills
San Leandro
Friden Calculating Machine Co
Alameda
Contra Costa
San Mateo
San Francisco
Moths Hit Central Japan as Blackout Measures Enforce
A blackout has descended on a small central Japan area as swarms of poisonous moths invade the Nanoa Bay region near the Sea of Japan. Authorities say only light-traps and isolation can curb the attack.
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Tokyo
Japan
Nanoa Bay
Sea of Japan
Curly Haired Man Sought in New Mexico Slayings
New Mexico police spread officers across Lea County after a report that a curly haired man was seen near two victims, as the investigation into the slaying of two women and a man continued.
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Hobbs
N M
New Mexico
Carl New Mexico Police
J. P. Roath
Lea
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