Mansfield crowds push A D A at integrated high school
In Mansfield Texas an angry white mob attacked assistant district attorney Grady Haight during his attempt to enter Mansfield High School which federal courts ordered to integrate. The scene showed a hanging Negro effigy and threats to deny entry to any black registrants as Judge Estes and school officials faced the mandate.
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Mansfield
Tex
Nea
Mansfield Highcool
Grady Haight
Haight
Joe E. Estes
Huffman
Owen Metcalf
Metcalf
Haze and Vision Obscurity in Everyday Seeing
It discusses how air moisture and dust cause haze that hides distant objects and alters sight. The piece links atmospheric haze to unclear thinking, noting the challenge of recognizing selfishness and the need to clarify one’s own thoughts amid broad confusion.
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Robert L. Dieffenbacher
D. D
NEA
First French Troops Arrive in Cyprus Amid Suez Tensions
An advance liaison party and airlifted troops reached Nicosia with around 150 French soldiers expected to disembark off Famagusta as Britain, Egypt, and Allied powers grapple over the Suez dispute. Officials say the first elements of French forces are to be stationed in Cyprus amid international consultations in Paris and Cairo.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Suez
Famagusta
Limassol
Robert Menzies J
Cairo
London
Britain
Egypt
Misunderstanding May Have Caused Protest
Washington reports that US officials believe a misreading of Washington's stance on the Suez Canal led Egypt to protest claims the canal is internationalized. Eisenhower may address the issue at a news conference as Cairo voices regret and Byroade meets with Egyptian officials.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Egypt
Suez Canal
Eisenhower
Nasser
Cairo
Dulles
Ahmed Hussein
State Department
U.S
Henry Byroade
London
wEthenboner
Pla
Girl in Iron Lung Starts College at Boiling Springs
Nineteen year old Martha Mason, living with polio since 1948, begins college at Boiling Springs with 15 semester hours. Her parents serve as counselors as a two way intercom system connects her to classes and campus life, while she aims to become a journalist.
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Boiling Springs
N.C
Martha Mason
Martha
Lattimore
Lattimore High School
Willard Mason
Curtis
Boiling Springs Baptist Church
Jung
Ucation
Trouble Blamed On Segregationist
In Clinton Tennessee the high school’s court ordered integration sparked racial tension. John Kasper of the White Citizens Council inflamed the town after 12 Negro students joined about 750 white peers, triggering minor violent incidents as Sheriff Joe Owen cited an ugly atmosphere in a town of 4 000. The order followed a five year legal suit culminating with Judge Robert Taylor mandating integration.
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Clinton, Tenn
Clinton High
Tennessee
Washington, D.C
Spratlee
Joe Owen
John Kasper
Sea‘board
White Citizens’ Council of Washington
U.S
Robert Taylor
Anderson County
Hubcap Foray Ends With Missing Cap in Gastonia
Two Gastonia police officers witnessed a botched hubcap theft when teenage boys parked between two cars and one tried to loosen a hubcap with a screwdriver. A shout from the driver spurred a retreat as the thieves sped off, leaving one hubcap behind.
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Gastonia
N. C
Stevenson Elated At Reception
Adlai E. Stevenson and Sen. Estes Kefauver tour the South for five regional strategy meetings with Democratic leaders from 34 states. They returned from Knoxville where Southern leaders pledged solid support for the Democratic ticket. Stevenson forecasts a strong national current but says much work remains.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Knoxville
Tenn
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Missouri
Ohio
Stevenson
Clayton Fritchey
Stevenson-Kefauver
Caval Ghavem
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Russell
Dixie
Senate
Desacretie
Orease
Farmer
South
Nixon's Father Reported Very Weak in California
Frank Nixon aged 77, father of the vice president, was described as very weak by his family physician. He remains conscious but in great pain and has been receiving oxygen through the night at his Whittier home near Habra.
Skeleton find ruled not Shirley Goodman remains
An anthropologist from the University of North Carolina reports the skeleton found near Fayetteville on Aug 18 is a woman 30 or older, likely Indian or mixed heritage, with possible foul play indicated by multiple fractures. The bones may date to 1955 and were found by a Pope Air Force Base civilian. A ring near the site prompted the missing girl's mother to consider a possible match with Shirley Goodman.
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Fayetteville
N.C. i
Here
Shirley Goodman
Lamberton
Joffre L. Coe
University of North Carolina Medical School
Cumberland County
A. Glenn Buchanan
Pope Air Force Base
Goodman
Reds Cancel Track Meet With Britain
London reports the Russian team canceled a two day track meet with Britain in protest over the arrest of Nina Pono taareva a Soviet champion discus thrower on a shop lifting charge. She fled after bail was set at 14 dollars and a half. Nina a 1952 Olympic gold medalist under her maiden name Romaschkov a is a schoolteacher married to a doctor and mother of two.
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London
Britain
Nina Ponotaareva
Nina
Foreign Office
Romaschkova
Explosion In Siberia Revealed At News Conference By Ike
President Eisenhower said the Soviet Union conducted another large nuclear test in southwest Siberia, more powerful than the prior blast, while criticizing Soviet peace talk and continued testing. He noted diplomacy and the canal crisis, and touched on civil rights politics and upcoming campaign plans.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Wwe
Ben Eisenhower
Soviet Union
California
Siberia
Energy Commission
L Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Afl-Cio
AFL One Cio
Stevenson
Nasser
United States
Egypt
Racial Tension Eased At Clinton High
Clinton High ended its first week of integrated classes with a peaceful scene. Ten Negro pupils arrived by car and entered through a side door while white students watched. two police officers and newsmen remained outside. One Negro pupil was absent ill and a 12th pupil testified in Knoxville at a contempt hearing for John Kasper, a White Citizens' Council official accused of stirring disorder. Kasper was jailed after a contempt citation and a restraining order prohibited interference with integration. About 800 people gathered outside the courthouse, cheering despite the arrest.
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Clinton
Tenn
Clinton High
Knoxville
John Kasper
Kasper
Tayor
Cioice
Prosecution Begins in Brink's Robbery Case Tour
A jury tour of about six sites tied to the Brink's robbery's testimony was held yesterday. Defendants include Adolph Maffie Vincent Costa Michael Geagan Henry Baker Thomas Richardson James Faherty and Joseph McGinnis. Prosecutors plan to show loot was hidden at Maffie’s Roxbury home and divided among participants.
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Roxbury
Adolph
Jazz) Maffie
Byrne
Brink
Maffie
Anthony Pino
Brink's
Egleston Square
Joseph McGinnis
Pine
Back Bay
Vincent Costa
Michael Geagan
Henry Baker
Thomas Richardson
James Faherty
Highway Patrol Raises Readiness in Labor Day Drive
The North Carolina Highway Patrol expanded to 581 officers to enforce a strict Labor Day weekend policy. Col. James R. Smith pledged vigorous enforcement using radar and full patrol resources to reduce motor vehicle deaths and injuries, noting last year 13 people were killed on the state’s highways.
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Raleigh
Highway Patrol
James R. Smith
North Carolina
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