Army Reduces Paratroopers In Little Rock
In Little Rock Arkansas the U S Army reduced the force of paratroopers around Central High School as nine Negro children entered in their third day of integration. Calm prevailed, no crowds gathered, and a National Guard night watch was relieved by paratroopers at dawn. Governor Sid McMath called Orval Faubus speech highly inflammatory.
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Little Rock
Ark
U.S. Army
Central High School
101St, Airborne Division
153Rd Infantry Regiment
Sid McMath
Orval Faubus
Big League Shift Eyed For Minneapolis
A Minneapolis three member committee is examining moving the Washington Senators to Minneapolis. Washington officials met with the group recently and President Calvin Griffith has not decided. UPI says Washington will visit Minneapolis around or after the World Series. AL club owners favor Minneapolis as a major league site.
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New York
Minneapolis
Washington Senators
Washington
Calvin Griffith
Senators
United Press
Saud Ends Unity Visit To Damascus In Patch Effort
Saudi King Saud completed a unity visit to Damascus meeting Soviet-influenced Syrian leaders. He pledged Saudi Arabia would fight alongside Syria or any Arab nation facing aggression to defend independence.
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Saud
Damascus
King Saud
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Czechoslovak Envoy Ordered Out Of Ecuador
In Quito the Czechoslovak ambassador Ludvid Novak and staff were expelled within 48 hours after Chancellor Carlos Tobar accused them of meddling in Ecuadorian affairs. The action marks a diplomatic breach as Quito cites interference by the delegation.
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Quito
INL
Ecuador
Carlos Tobar
Ludvid Novak
Cech
Enraged bull kills rancher near dairy farm
Louis Schmugiger, 68, was killed when an enraged 1800 pound bull attacked him in a fenced pen on his dairy ranch five miles northwest of here. His wife Mary tried to lure the beast away as he was pinned against fence planking. She escaped, called their eight year old daughter Mary, who alerted neighbors. Neighbors drove the bull into another pen and recovered the body during mating attempt.
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Slockton
Louis Schmugiger
Here
Mary Schmriger
Petitions Drive Annex Vote In Ashland Area
SAN LEANDRO Petition packets with 2654 signatures were submitted for Ashland annexation aiming for an election beyond the 2175 threshold. City and county clerks have two weeks to verify. If valid, the council will schedule a hearing where owners representing 50 percent of property can protest to block the annex election. An early December vote was sought for the 27,100 person area.
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San Leandro
Ashland
Celerk
J. Paul Roberts
Annexation Committee
Roberts
Store Held Up In Stonestown, Butler Brothers Robbery
In San Francisco, a robbery at the Butler Brothers department store in Jonestown occurred shortly after 6 am as manager Miles Ellis was forced to open the safe. An estimated $3000 was taken by a lone thief armed with a 45 caliber pistol who escaped via a loading dock. Ellis and four employees were present. the cashier, Lorraine Savage, said the bandit singled Ellis and directed him to the second floor office where the safe was kept. The robber was not masked.
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San Francisco
Miles Ellis
Butler Brothers
Jonestown
Ellis
Lorraine Savage
Close-Up Sun Photos Mark Historic Solar Probe Success
Minneapolis report notes the sun photographs taken from the closest point ever attempted prove a great success. The advance highlights a milestone in solar observation and captures detailed solar surface features.
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Sun Success
Minneapolis
Sun
Luxury Flight Crashes in Mudflats Near San Mateo Bridge
A twin engine Lockheed Electra on a Reno to San Francisco champagne flight crash landed in mudflats west of the San Mateo Bridge this morning. Eight aboard escaped unharmed including Charles D. McDonald of San Leandro and Mrs William Levey of San Francisco. Coast Guard helicopters evacuated six passengers and two crewmen. The group had been returning from Reno’s Club Primadona when engines quit on approach to San Francisco International Airport.
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Reno
San Francisco
San Mateo
Heyward
San Mateo Bridge
Steve Rubiolo
Charles D. McDonald
Broadmoor Blvd
San Leandro
Nlane Aumad Hi Prine
Mney Pees Wtykea
Oasland
Coast Guard
Cmdr
James EB. Nesmith
Neil Ave
Hayward
William Clark
Club Primadona
San Francisco International
KNBC
Hopkins Levey
Sierra
State Units May Escape Air Cutback
Brig. Gen. Marvin Sturgeon, commander of the 141st Fighter Interceptor Wing at Van Nuys, doubted the California Air National Guard wing will be affected by US Air Force cutbacks. The Fourth Air Force is studying guidelines that may consolidate or relocate reserve squadrons and reassign personnel, with no firm decisions yet and actions tied to budget limits.
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van Nuys
Ins
Marvin Sturgeon
141Th
California
Air National Guard
U5. Air Force
Smith
Fourth Air ‘Force
Air Force
Special Vote Set In County for Assembly Vacancy
Gov Goodwin J Knight ordered a special election in the 18th Assembly District Alameda County to fill the vacancy from Rep Thomas W Caldecott resignation. Election set for December 10. Caldecott left to join the Alameda County Superior Court bench. state Assembly then 41 Republicans and 37 Democrats. A second vacancy exists in Los Angeles from Patrick D McGee resigning to join city council.
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Sacramento
Goodwin J. Knight
18Th Assembly
Alameda County
Assembly
Thomas W. Caldecott
Knight
Caldecott
State Assembly
Los Angeles
Patrick D. McGee
Encino
Russia Plans to Launch 100 IGY Rockets
Moscow announces more than 100 research rockets for the International Geophysical Year. Some exceed 124 miles in altitude. Launch sites include Franz Josef Land in the Arctic, central Russia, and the Soviet Antarctic base Mizar, per Nature magazine citing E. Federov and other scientists.
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Moscow
Ilk
Russia
E. &. Federav
Nature Magazine
Josef Land
Arctic
Mizar
Big Atomic Blast Postponed Again
LAS VEGAS INI The 23rd nuclear blast of the Nevada series, expected to be one of the largest in the United States, has been postponed for the third time due to unfavorable winds.
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Las Vegas
Ini
Nevada
United States
Brighter News On Asian Flu Outbreak Claimed Mild
Dr James Malcolm Alameda County health officer and staff told 150 school districts the Asian flu is a mild disease. The briefing conveyed optimism about outbreak impact and emphasized limited severity across schools and communities.
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James Malcolm
Alameda County
Malcolm
Board excludes press to avoid embarrassment in seat race
Harold Schoenfeld said the board barred the press to prevent embarrassment to candidates for White's seat. Names were sent to the County School Board for appointment of one, Schoenfeld stated.
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Upt
Harold Schoenfeld
White
County School Board
Schotnield
School officials discuss Asian flu forecasts and resignations
Malcolm says Asian flu will not worsen in winter and will not virulently spread. The report, presented at a county schools meeting in Hayward, follows trustee mispresence resignation of 16 years. Officials note World War I memories mislead some fears while details are clarified by Dr Vaughn Seidel and staff.
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Decoto
Manuel White
Virulcota
Malcolm
Thomas Porto
Douglas Welts
Representa
Vaughn D. Seidel
Genpols
Hayward
AMA
Warm Fight Seen For Senate Seat
SAN FRANCISCO Mayor George Christopher announced he will run for the U S Senate next year likely triggering a Republican primary with State Controller Rob Kirkwood. Kirkwood, in the East, announced his candidacy after Senator William F Knowland said he would not seek another term.
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San
Hungary's Kadar Visits Red China
Premier Janos Kadar arrived in Peiping with Hungarian Red leaders to be greeted by Premier Chou En lai, marking a high level exchange reported by the Communist New China news agency in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong
INS
New China
Chou Enai
Janos Kadar
Peiping
Global Air Trip To Circle Poles Flight Planned From Boston
Boston announcers say the Admiral Byrd Commemorative Flight will launch from Logan International Airport for a 15 day, round the world journey to circle both poles. The 32,000 mile flight, costing $260,000, is sponsored by American industries under the International Geophysical Year.
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Boston
INS
Logan International Airport
Poles
Admiral Byrd
Three Die in NATO Air and Naval Maneuver Crash
Three U S Navy airmen were killed when a Sky Warrior twin jet bomber struck a landing approach light on the carrier Forrestal during NATO maneuvers in the North Atlantic. The accident occurred yesterday, and the pilot along with two crewmen perished at sea.
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London
North Atlantic
Navy
First Storm of Season Hits California Areas
The first substantial storm of the season drenched Northern and Central California with widespread rain. Crescent City saw up to four inches, Fort Bragg over an inch, and Red Bluff 0.68 inch while San Francisco had a trace then heavy rain. A Klamath National Forest fire northeast of Yreka burned about 15,000 acres. a thousand firefighters were released after two days of battle.
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Hayward
Northers
Callornia
Crescent City
White Fort Bragg
Red Bluff
Here
San Francisco
California
Klamath National Forest
Yreka
Cop Suspect Shot In Chase In San Mateo Case
A 25 year old San Mateo police officer and one bandit suspect were hospitalized after a shootout ending a bar hold up chase. Officer Richard Hansen in fair condition after surgery. bandit Joseph Verissimo, 25, Fresno, wounded and at San Mateo Community Hospital. Two other suspects, David Laurson 25 and John Gonzales 26 of South San Francisco, in custody.
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San Mateo
Richard Hansen
Mills ‘Memorial Hospital
Joseph Verissi
Fresno
Community “Hospital
Tody
David Laurson
San Quentin
John Gonzales
San Francisco
Corn Suit Cut to 13 Cents at Greenfield Court
Mrs. Marguerite Wickline of Turners Falls claimed $5000 in damages over corn bought with a worm in a can. The judge ruled the corn worth 13 cents, the price she paid at the grocery.
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Greenfield
Mass
Marguerite ‘Wickline
Turners Falls
Fingerprint plan blocked for Chinese visitors in U S
Tokyo reports Red China objects to fingerprinting of Chinese newsmen visiting the United States calling the plan insulting. The note signals ongoing friction between the two nations as newsmen face new entry rules.
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Tokyo
China
United States
Yugoslavia Envoy Named By Russia
Belgrade dispatch reports a Soviet ideological expert named by Moscow as Yugoslav ambassador to Belgrade. The official broadcast said Ivan Zamfingerprinted would succeed Nikolai as ambassador after the present envoy departed.
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Yugoslavia
Russia
Piig
U. S
Ivan Zam
Judge Orders Teamsters To Halt Election
Federal Judge F Dickinson Letts barred the Teamsters from electing officers at their national convention in Miami Beach Florida next week enjoining the union amid claims convention credentials were improperly selected by locals A group of 13 rank and file Teamsters from New York filed the suit alleging the convention was rigged to install James R Hoffa as successor to Dave Beck Hoffa was the leading candidate for Becks 350000 a year job with the 1400000 member union as officers election was the major business of the convention
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Washington
Teamsters Union
Miami Beach
Fla
F. Dickinson Letts
Teamster
New York
Midwest Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Dave Beck
Hoffa
Beck
Philippine envoy defends treaties at UN session
Philippine ambassador Carlos P. Romulo told the United Nations that alliances such as SEATO are essential to defend the free world against communist aggression. He rejected Moscow’s claim that these pacts aim to attack the Soviet Union and urged unity among nations.
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United Nations
Carlos P. Romulo
Russia
Seato
U. N. Assembly
Manila
Thesu
Moscow
Soviet Union
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