Supreme Court Presses Speed in Desegregation at Little Rock
The Supreme Court opened a pivotal session on whether Central High School in Little Rock should resume integration immediately or face a delay. The government joined the NAACP in urging no delay, opposing a 2 1/2 year postponement that could invite further violence and delay the desegregation mandate.
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Supreme Court
National Assn
Little Rock Central High School
Central High
High Tribunal
Little Rock
NAACP
Eisenhower
Crall
Lee Rankin
Rankin
Executive Branch
White House
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhoer
Rankin’s
Hurricane Daisy Nears New England Coast
A hurricane watch was issued for southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island as Daisy moved north in the Atlantic with 125 mph winds. At 11 a.m. EST the storm was 110 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras with a potential northerly turn, urging coastal residents to monitor advisories and prepare. Winds 30 to 50 mph along outer banks. forecasters warned interest northward to New Jersey should stay informed.
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Miami
Fla
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Atlantic
Daisy
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Provincetown
Mass
Morehead City
North Carolina
New Jersey
Weather Bureau
Daisy Passes By Cape Hattersas Coast on North Carolina
Storm Daisy batters Tar Heel coast with heavy rain and strong winds as it veers off Atlantic watches. At 11 a.m. the tropical storm lay 110 miles northeast of Cape Hatteras with no major destruction anticipated along its present path.
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Cape Hatteras
N.C
North Carolina
Daisy
Atlantic
Dents
Here
Charlotte Judge Faces Indictments
Charlotte Superior Court Solicitor Stott plans indictments against Recorder's Court Judge Basil Boyd former clerk Allen White and three bondsmen after a Mecklenburg County Grand Jury investigation. The case cites wilful neglect of duty and irregularities tied to forfeited funds and court activity. A subpoena of about 50 witnesses is expected, including SBI agents and former Charlotte Police Chief Frank N Littlejohn.
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Charlotte AP
Superior Court
Stott
Recorder's Court
Basil Boyd
Allen White
Charlotte Court
Mecklenburg County Grand Jury
Boyd
White
Mecklenburg County Superior Court
Littlejohn
State Bureau of Investigation
Charlotte
Frank N. Littlejohn
Robbers With Comic Faces Rob Bank In Greensboro
Two white men wearing large nose masks robbed the Friendly Road Branch of Guilford National Bank in Greensboro. They fled with about 46000 in a white sack, after forcing bank manager S E Stewart into the vault as accomplices entered. A green Plymouth was later found abandoned and a red white Mercury was pursued. two suspects were taken into custody in Randolph County.
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Greensboro
Friendly Road
Guilford National Bank
S. E. Stewart
Stewart
Randolph County
Asne Boro
Highway Patrol
Guilford County
North Carolina
New
State Highway Patrol
Third Bank
Attack on Quemoy Keeps Up Fire As Invasion Hints Rise
Communist shore guns bombarded Quemoy with more than 16 000 shells in 19 hours and ongoing daylight fire. Intelligence sources said Red land and sea movements point to a possible invasion, with a potential amphibious assault near Tan islets next week aided by tides and a near-full moon.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy
Defense Ministry
Rea
Islands
Coebenmen China
Official
Central
Tan Islets
Red
When a Fellow Is Old Enough to Be a Father
A witty saying notes that when a man is old enough to be a girl's father she may view him as rich enough to be her husband.
Arkansas Senate Proposes School Closings Over Integration
The Arkansas Senate sent to Governor Faubus a key bill to close any public school threatened with integration by force or court order and lease it to private operators, with tuition paid to cover expenses. The package also targets ABA CPE and NAACP activities while permitting displaced students to attend alternative schools. Five of seven Negro students bound for Central High in Little Rock had returned from Washington with scholarships.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Senate
Orval E. Faubus
Ray S. Smith Jr
Hot Springs
Faubus
Arkansas Atty
Bruce Bennett
National Assn. For
Advancement of Colored People
Central High School
Central High
Washington
New York
Virgil Blossom
Horace Mann
Plane plows through cornfield injures none or few
A plane crashed into a cornfield this morning injuring no one. All passengers and crew were retrieved alive and treated at multiple Twin cities hospitals.
All 60 Aboard Escape Death As Plane Plows Through Farm
A DC6B passenger plane skidded through a cornfield west of Minneapolis airport after hitting a fence. Fifty six passengers evacuated from a burning fuselage with one death among crew or passengers and at least 49 rushed to hospitals, including Rep. Don Magnuson.
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Northwest Airlines
Seattle-to-Washington
Cities
Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minn
Airlines
Don Magnuson
Magnuson
Sen
Warren Magnuson
D-Wash
Wold-Chamberlain Field
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Oregon
Washington
E. C. Wiegand
Sandusky
Ohio
Probers Turn To Circuses And Teamster Turmoil
Senate Probers shift to circuses and carnivals to expose Teamster violence linked to labor cases. Witnesses from eight shows testify as Harold Gibbons faces questions about links to a 300-pound aide who is hospitalized after a heart attack.
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Washington (Ap
Senate
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
Big Ringling Brothers
Barnum & Bailey Circus
En Pang
St.Louis
Harold Gibbons
Gibbons
Ben
Robert
Barney) Baker
Baker
Virginia Hearing opens on school desegregation suit
Judge George M. Coles opens a hearing to enjoin Charlottesville school board from assigning pupils to white or Negro schools. The Virginia Pupil Placement Board offered to handle placement of Negro pupils, while federal orders mandate desegregation by next month. Norfolk and Charlottesville face hearings as courts scrutinize local plans for legality and compliance.
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Charlottesville
George M. Coles
Corporation Court
Virginia
Norfolk
Paul Schweitzer
Federal Dist
Walter E. Hoffman
Hoffman
Dist
John Paul
Paul
Three Attorneys Represent Sides in School Segregation Case
AP notes thumbnail sketches of the lawyers before the Supreme Court for the Little Rock school desegregation appeal. Marsha Marshall NAACP special counsel, famed for civil rights arguments, faces Little Rock board attorney Richard Butler and aide John Haley who argued for federal government.
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Washington (Ap
Supreme Court
Little Rock
Ark
Marsha
Thurgood Marshall
The
National Assn
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Marshall
NAACP
High Court
Butler
Richard C. Butler
John H. Haley
Hot Springs
Rankin
Gove
Supreme Couression
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OS CE
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St. Louis
R. Joseph Ferrera
John L. McClellan
Barney Dandridge
J. Lee Rankin
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