Governor orders arrest of NAAWP leader in Milford case
Gov. J Caleb Boggs ordered Bryant Bowles president of the National Association for the Advancement of White People arrested on conspiracy charges for disrupting Delaware school education. Bowles spoke at Ritchie Raceway and planned a Milford rally as history of a white boycott in Lakeview Avenue School's district is recalled.
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Wilmington
Del
Caleb Boggs
Bryant Bowles
National Assn
Milford
Delaware
Bowles
Ritchie Raceway
Baltimore
Boggs
Sae
NAAWP
Ford
State Board of Education
Dover
Army Engineers Aid Water Crisis in Thomasville
Army engineers and the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion set up portable field water filters near Highway 109 to supply up to 150000 gallons daily. Water from Jones Lake is treated while plans target Fremont and Wheatmore sources. City Council planned emergency session with industrial leaders for a serious discussion on water supply cuts.
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Thomasville
Abbotts Creek
Francis W. Bonner
Fort Bragg
Bonner
307Th Airborne Engineer Battalion
Highway 109
Highway 62
Jones Lake
Liberty Dr
Fremont
Wheatmore
ARMY
Sturkey
Eleven Rescued as 11 Die After Ore Freighter Sinking
Eleven crewmen survive the ore freighter Mormackite sinking about 150 miles east southeast of Cape Henry. Coast Guard and Navy ships and planes resumed search at dawn after dusk limits, with 11 bodies recovered and 10 plus survivors aboard ships en route to Norfolk.
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Norfolk
Atlantic
Bache
Dackness
Coast Guard
Navy
Adm
Russell E. Wood
5Th Coast Guard District
Coast
Far East
Eaton
Beale
D. B. MacDiarmid
Elizabeth City
N.C
Secrets Stolen Says FBI in Washington Case
Former National Security Agency worker Joseph Sydney Petersen Jr. was arrested on charges he obtained secret documents with intent to aid a foreign nation. Arraigned in Alexandria he faced a $25,000 bond and a potential 10 year sentence. Petersen, a Loyola University and St Louis University alumnus, taught physics before government service and was discharged October 1 after an NSA investigation.
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Washingtooses
9 P
National Security Agency
FBI
Joseph Sydney Petersen Jr
Hushbush
Petersen
United States
Ar Va
Ndria
New Orleans
Loyola University
St. Louis University
Loyola
Ursuline College
Central Intelligence Agency
Peterson
Mendes-France Edges Own Government in London Pact Battle
Premier Pierre Mendes-France faced a narrow victory in parliament over the nine newer London pact and the rearmament of Germany. A significant faction threatened to abstain or walk out, but the government survived the confidence vote to press Western powers on the treaty.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes-France
London
Britain
America
Germany
Landic Treaty Council
Stevenson Tackles Cold War Charge at Hollywood Rally
Adlai Stevenson and Democratic leaders attacked President Eisenhower over partisan politics as Republicans risked voter indifference in midterm elections. Johnson and Rayburn blamed the administration for unwarranted attacks while noting Democrats would avoid a cold war if they control both houses.
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Associated Press
Adial Stevenson
Congress
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Hollywood Bowl
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
Rep
Rayburn
House
Denver
Johnson
GOP
Murray Snyder
White House
Knowland
R-Calif
Murder charge on 18 year old in infant sitter stabbing case
Kenneth R. Chapin, 18, was held without bail in Springfield after allegedly killing 14 year old Lynn Ann Smith and her 4 year old charge with a bayonet type knife. Police say a loop of thread found at the scene matched a sample from Chapin’s grandmother.
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Richard J. Sinnott
Springfield
Mass
Kenneth R. Chapin
Young Chapin
Innocen District Court
Kenneth
Lynn Ann Smith
Bernard Goldberg
Raymond A. Gallagher
Gallagher
Chapin
Lynn Ann
Goldberg
Bee
Goldberg Child
CIO Textile Workers Seek Industry Probe
The CIO Textile Workers Union of America urged a federal textile industry investigation at a Southern conference with delegates from 12 states. They cited instability, production cuts, mill liquidations, stock manipulation, and low wages, and urged repeal of right to work laws amid calls for stronger union rights and dues checkoff during contract talks.
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Charlotte
CIO Textile Workers Union of America
O Mills
Emil Rieve
South
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Rieve
Churchill wit still sharp at Conservative gathering
In Blackpool on October 9 Prime Minister Churchill delivered a speech before the Conservative Party Convention. He paused for water and quipped that a glass of water would help him as he declared it would do as a remedy to drain the set. Delegates roared with laughter at his line.
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Blackpool
England
Churchill
Britain
Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson Dies of Heart Attack
Washington October 9 Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson died suddenly of a heart attack at 11 45 am He was 62 and had been working since a minor heart attack six months earlier He collapsed near his secretary Elsie Douglas home in downtown Washington and died after his physician arrived The court announced his death The longtime jurist served on the bench since 1941 and earlier led prosecutions of Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg under Truman and Roosevelt era service noted The article cites his prominent career and White House associations with Eisenhower.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
McLean
Capitol
Elsie Douglas
de Hill Carter
U.S
Nuernberg
Eisenhower
Fred M. Vinson
Earlold H. Burton
White House
Sebean
Jackson
Eisenhower Denver
Cherry Hills Country Club
Spring Creek
D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Roosevelt
Jamestown
N.Y
Internal Revenue Bureau
Truman
Soviet Push to Block West German Rearmament
Washington reports Moscow led by Foreign Minister Gromyko and UN envoy Vishinov, pressing disarmament proposals to counter Western plans for West German rearmament. Officials say Russia offers rhetoric without concrete steps while Western nations insist on deeds over words.
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Washington
Russia
West Germany
Jovat Berlin
Andrei Vishi
United Nations
Rega
Western
Europe
Moscow
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