Virginia Braces For Integration Start In 1959
Virginia's General Assembly accepts inevitable racial school integration and backs Gov Almonds plan to ease impact. Senate and House approve a three million dollar fund for tuition grants. Norfolk and Arlington prepare for first public school integration. Supreme Court signals no delay. Arlington faces four Negro admissions.
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Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Almond
House
Virginia
Norfolk
Arlington County
Almong
General Assembly
Arlington
Endurance Fliers Set New Record
LAS VEGAS AP two endurance fliers remain aloft over the Nevada California desert. Robert Timm 32 Las Vegas says they are enjoying themselves and have no worries. Tim and Cook aid fundraising for the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund with a $10 000 prize for guessing the time they stay airborne. They refuel and resupply from a truck at Blythe Airport California.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada-California
Robert Timm
Timm
Cook
Damon Runyon
Blythe
Calif
Norfolk students cheer reopening of integrated Norview High
A Norfolk high school senior says he welcomes returning to school as Norview joins six previously white schools reopening on an integrated basis. He notes mainly concerned parents and a few troublemakers could disrupt quiet at school. Ninth grader Margaret Beth Popkin also says she wants to attend regardless of integration.
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Maury
Jay Elliot
Lanier
Jimmy Lanier
Jimmy’s
Norflok
Norfolk
Darrell Hughes
Norview High School
Norview
Virginia
Hughes
Norview Pre
Margaret Beth Popkin
Blair Junior High School
Cabinet Committee on Price Stability for Economic Growth
President Eisenhower formed a seven member Cabinet Committee on Price Stability for Economic Growth headed by Vice President Nixon to study policies affecting costs and prices. The panel includes Anderson Summerfield Benson Strauss and Labor Secretary mite. It aims to prevent inflation while promoting growth and asks groups to curb nonproductive wage increases.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nixon
Cabinet Committee On
White House
the Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
Arthur E. Summerfield
Ezra Taft Benson
Lewis L.strauss
James Mite
Saulnier Group
Defense
Post Office
Interior, Agriculture and Commerce Departments
Budget Bureau
General Services Administration
Atomic Energy Commission
Federal Aviation Agency
Office of Civil Defense
Congress
Hope Dim For 95 Aboard Hans Hedtoft
Rescue vessels hunted the North Atlantic for the Danish ship Hans Hedtoft after it hit an iceberg on its maiden Greenland voyage. Despite 7000 square miles searched, no trace found amid 60 mile winds and 24 foot waves.
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Halifax
N.S
North Atlantic
Hans Hed
Campbell
Johannes Kruess
Daytona Beech
Fla
Danish Waterfront Mourns Loss of Hans Hedtoft
Copenhagen diners face tragedy as the Danish ship Hans Hedtoft remains missing after collision with an iceberg off Greenland. Officials urge prayer for crew and families while rescue hopes fade but continue, with leaders urging calm and sympathy.
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Goose Bay
Labrador
RCAF
P. H. Lundsteen
Greenland
Copenhagen
Wee From Anderson
Danish Seamen's Good
Denmark
Hans Hedtoft
Damgaard
Svend From-Anderson
Hedtoft
North Carolina Legislature Opens 1959 Session
Raleigh AP report states NC's 123rd General Assembly begins at noon Wednesday with major issues including court reform taxes and spending. Four veteran lawmakers seek speaker and pres pro tem positions amid tight caucuses, while Gov Hodges eyes a record budget likely with payroll withholding of income tax.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
Lethers
House
Senate
Addison Hewlett
New Hanover
Carlpenters
Onslow
C. V. Henkel
Iredell
Robert F. Morgan
Cleveland
Sir Walter Hotel
Eratic
Gov. Hodges
Sesson
Hodges
Mikoyan Says U S Seeks Peace Amid Cold War Debate
In Moscow Mikoyan told the 21st Congress of the Soviet Communist Party that American leaders appear disposed to peaceful coexistence and not to interfere in socialist states. He criticized Dulles and contrasted containment with a stronger push against communism, citing evolving U S policy and public sentiment toward the Cold War.
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Moscow
Anastas I. Mikoyan
United States
Mikoyan
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
West
George F. Kennan
One Killed Three Injured In Rural Intersection Crash
Walter Butterworth 63 of Bakley West Virginia died at Randolph Memorial Hospital Asheboro after a collision at Walker Mill Road and a rural road near New Market School. Susan Butterworth 62 Everette Powers 20 were treated for injuries. Max Farlow 26 Sophia NC received serious wounds while Powers faced involuntary manslaughter charges.
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Sophia
Randolph Memorial Hospital
Asheboro
Walter Butterworth
Bakley
W. Va
Butterworth
Susan Butterworth
Everette Powers
High Point Memorial Hospital
Max Farlow
N. C
Powers
D. A
West Virginia
Walker Mill Road
New Market School
Farlow
Mills
Big Three To Confer On Berlin
Secretary of State Dulles will travel to London Paris and Bonn for discussions with Allied leaders on Germany and the Berlin issue. He will consult Prime Minister Macmillan President de Gaulle and Chancellor Adenauer seeking a flexible approach to Moscow amid reported disagreements on tactics.
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Washington
John Foster
London
Paris
Bonn
Berlin
Dulles
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Charles de Gaulle
France
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Adenauer
de Gaulle
Macmillan
Moscow
State Department
Europe
United Kingdom
Germany
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U. S. Supreme Court
Ray E. Reid
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P. I. Rasmussen
Anada
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Chris Stanley
Donna Stanley
William M. Gray
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