Three Black Men Sentenced to Die for White Women Case
Three Black men were sentenced to die by electric chair for an assault on two young white women in LaGrange Georgia. An all male jury convicted them after nearly five hours of deliberation and the judge set October 2 at Reidsville State Prison for execution. The defense argued mercy, while prosecutors said the women endured hours of terror before rescue.
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LA Grange
J. Boykin
Reidsville State Prison
Herter Addresses Conference On Caribbean Peace
U S Secretary of State Christian A Herter told the American republics in Santiago Chile that peace and freedom and progress offer solutions to Caribbean troubles He spoke at the open session of 21 OAS ministers debating invasions and human rights efforts including a proposal for an Inter American Commission and separate treaty aims from Ecuador and others
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Santiago
Chile
U. S
Christian A. Herter
Caribbean
Organization of American States
Jorge Alessandri
Herter
Geneva
el Salvador
Alfredo Ortiz Mancia
Inter- American Commission of Human Rights
Council of the Organization of American States
Apot
Onegpeyetar Cerom
Carlos Tovar
Ecuador
Jurists
Roundup Continued In Cuba
Havana AP reports a small band of anti Castro conspirators, possibly led by ring leaders, remains at large in Las Villas province. Mario Kuchilan, a Cuban journalist, cites limited details and alleges Dominican dictator Trujillo funded the plot with $52,000 and arms.
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Havana
Raul Castro
Mario Kuchilan
Castro
Kuchilan
Las Villas
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Rafael Trujillo
Inter-Ameri More
Integration Returns to Hall High as 3 Negro Girls Enter Quietly
In Little Rock Ark three black students entered Hall High School for limited integration with about 20 spectators watching from a distance. The event followed two years of turmoil and occurred as Gov Faubus had closed public high schools. A protest caravan gathered at the Capitol with placards opposing race mixing.
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Little Rock's Hall High School
Little Rock
Ark
Hall High School
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
Senate Inches Toward Upholding Eisenhower Veto
Five Republican senators signaled support for upholding President Eisenhower's housing bill veto as the measure nears assured passage in the Senate. The $1.375 billion bill progressed through the chamber, with Democratic backers and a few Republicans aiming to override the veto. The names Gordon Allott Clifford Case John B Cooper and Kenneth were cited as key supporters.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Senate debate on veto override and amended bill
Senators Keating Margar Smith and Sparkman with Fulbright discuss overriding the veto. The House remains unlikely to act, while a pared down 1.05 billion dollar substitute bill is prepared. Sparkman and Fulbright shifted support, pushing the Banking Committee toward attempting to pass the rejected measure.
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Senate
House
John Sparkman
D-Ala
J. William Fulbright
D - Ark
Sparkman
Fulbright
Banking Committee
China opposes U S Laos activities in strongest warning
Peiping accused Washington of threatening security and demanded withdrawal of all American military personnel bases and arms from Laos. The Foreign Ministry's radio broadcast warned that US forces must leave Laos, signaling Beijing’s sharp stance amid the Laos crisis.
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Tokyo
China
U.S
Laos
Foreign Ministry
Peiping
United States
Knitting Champ A seven year old wins blue at Placer County Fair
Dennis Weiler, seven, a second grader, earned a blue ribbon and a white ribbon at the Roseville Placer County fair for his knitting. His grandmother Mrs. L. W. Payne entered his work, and Dennis began knitting last winter under her guidance.
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Dennis Weiler
Dennis
L. W. Payne
Placer County Fair
Roseville
Calif
Nixon Sees Rockefeller Bid as Likely Presidential Challenge
Vice President Nixon believes Governor Nelson Rockefeller intends to seek the GOP nomination. He thinks a Nixon-Rockefeller battle is almost inevitable, with Rockefeller’s decision and potential early surge shaping political plans. Nixon plans to stay in the background in Khrushchev talks and expects no Camp David adviser role if Eisenhower invites the Soviet leader there.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Nixon
Rockefeller
Moscow
U.S
Eisenhower
Camp David
Atomic Waste Dumping Is Called Safe
Rep. Herbert Bonner says assurances of safety for dumping atomic waste 100 miles off the North Carolina Virginia coast. He cites survey updates and distant sites chosen after testimony before an Atomic Ocean panel in Washington with North Carolina officials. The AEC plans to dump low activity reprocessed waste at 1 000 feet deep unless a hearing is requested in 15 days.
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Goldsboro
N.C
Herbert Bonner
Carolina
Bonner
Eisenhower Invites Khrushchev to See U S Installations
President Eisenhower said Khrushchev will be invited to tour American mill installations during his U S visit if he wishes. Khrushchev declined a recent Moscow invitation to see bases, stating he would come as a peaceful visitor and would not use rocket weapons. Eisenhower plans to push East West relations and asks Khrushchev to visit Denison Texas and the farming heartland to meet ordinary Americans and learn about free men who run farms.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Khrushchev
Moscow
America
U.S
Denison
Tex
U.S.S.R
Eisenhower rejects steel strike intervention plan
President Eisenhower said he would not intervene in the four week steel strike unless a national emergency arises He argued against forcing settlement before Khrushchev's Sept 15 visit and urged cooperation between labor and management without government coercion.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
United States
Gas Price Fixing Probe Set Off by Independent Operators
Complaints from independent filling station operators spur investigation by North Carolina Attorney General into alleged price fixing among major oil companies. Atty. Gen. Malcolm B. Seawell says letters will be sent to Gulf Esso American and Sinclair and others as he weighs Fair Trades Act challenges and possible SBI involvement.
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Raleigh
Attorney General's Office
Malcolm B. Seawell
Sap
Seawell
State Bureau of Investigation
Gulf
Esso
American
Sinclair
Pure Oil
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