President Talks With Dulles On Far East Tension
President Eisenhower spoke by telephone with Secretary of State Dulles about Far East tensions. The White House offered few details, saying only that the government is watching the situation closely. They planned another talk after a Newport round of golf.
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Newport
R. I
Eisenhower
Dulles
Far East
White House
James C. Hagerty
Newport Country Club
17 Year Old Boy Held As Slayer
Jackson Michigan AP reports a 17 year old, John Hixon, is held for the shooting of Carolyn, 16, a Waterloo State Recreation Area victim. Hixon, a June high school graduate, admitted the shooting after a date turned sour. He faces potential murder charges though he is not prosecutable as a minor in Michigan.
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Jackson, Mich
Chum
John Hixon
Carolyn
Waterloo State Recreation Area
Here
Detroit
Hixon
Charles Schlachter
Michigan
Carilyn
Marvin Krans
Krans
Naval Victory Claimed In Fierce Quemoy Action
The Nationalists claimed they sank 11 Communist torpedo boats and damaged a 12th near Quemoy Island after a heavy Formosa Strait assault. They also sank three gunboats and eight junks near Amoy while reinforcing Quemoy.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy Island
Quernoy
Amoy
Pescadores Islands
Quemoy
Redshore
Tatan Islet
Formosa Strait
Nationalist Defense Ministry
Seven Killed As Airplane Hits Houses
A flaming twin engine Viking freighter operated by Independent Air Travel crashed after takeoff from a London airport, killing seven people including three crew members, a mother and her infant, and two children. The wreck damaged four houses in Kelvin Gardens as rescuers searched for more victims.
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London
Kelvin Gardens
Viking
Independent Air Travel
Nice
Tel Aviv
Carol
Ronald Reed
Elizabeth Gibbins
Traffic Toll Nears Labor Day Holiday Estimate
National Safety Council projects a preholiday toll near 420 deaths as a 78 hour Labor Day period ends. About 30 million cars traveled the highways with a sharp rise in fatalities in the closing hours. Final figures may exceed the estimate but are unlikely to reach 445 from 1957.
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National Safety Council
Stempel Accused Of Blackmail In TV Quiz Row
New York AP Herbert Stempel, former Twenty One contestant, accused by producers Jack Barry and Dan Enright of attempting blackmail. Barry Enright say they have evidence and a confession. Hogan declined to confirm. Stempel denies blackmail, says Twenty One was fixed.
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New York
Twentyone
Herbert Stempel
Stempel
Jack Barry
Dan Enright
Barry & Enright
Hattan Dist
Frank S. Hogan
Hogan
Holt's Attorneys Ponder Next Step
Raleigh federal court ruled against 15 year old Joseph Hiram Holt Jr for admission to Needham Broughton High School. The judge said the family did not exhaust state remedies before filing suit and missed an August 23 hearing. Attorneys await the decision, weighing a new school board hearing or an appeal to the Fourth Circuit.
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Raleigh
Joseph Hiram Holt Jr
Needham Broughton High School
Edwin M. Stanley
North Carolina
Holt
Raleigh School Board
Broughton High School
Fourth Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Mitchell
W. G. Enloe
Virginia boards denial of race based pupil placement
In Arlington a federal judge hears arguments over Arlington County and the Virginia Pupil Placement Board. The board says it does not assign pupils solely by race and has followed legal guidance. Arlington must admit five Negro pupils. twenty five more seek admission as the new term opens.
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Alexandria
Virginia
Scott
Bryan
Arlington County
Circuit Court of Appeals
Arlington Board
Race Riots Flare Anew In London Notting Hill Turmoil
London reports a third night of race riots in Notting Hill as police cleared 2000 white youths from the streets. Stabbings and injuries followed, 34 arrests raised total, amid clashes with residents and attacks on Negro homes and a cafe.
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London
Notting Hill
Paddi
Britain
West Indies
Nottingham
Special Reports
Home
Richard A. Butler
British and Icelanders clash as coast guards seize trawler
In a no fishing zone off Iceland’s east coast, British fishermen fought Icelandic coast guardsmen aboard the trawler Northern Foam. The Eastbourne frigate intervened and captured six armed Icelandic coast guardsmen, while Iceland extended its fishing limit to 12 miles, escalating the dispute.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Iceland Coast Guard
Statamant
Balatangi
Eastbourne
Icelandic Coast Guard
Dante
Britain
Gibbons Set to Testify on Teamster Ties in St Louis
Harold J. Gibbons, 47, aide to Hoffa, appears before the Senate Rackets Committee to describe his rise to power in the St Louis area Teamsters. Witnesses have testified to violence in strikes and rigged leadership within locals under his authority.
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Washington (Ap
Harold J. Gibbons
Teamsters Union
St. Louis
Gibbons
Teamster
James R. Hoffa
Senate
Joint Council
Integrated Schools Set To Open In Three Cities
The Associated Press reports Charlotte Greensboro and Winston-Salem prepare to enroll Negro students in white schools for a second year amid calm police precautions. Eleven to thirteen Negro students will attend white schools with changes in city totals. Kasper’s speeches draw mixed reactions as crowds mock his race rhetoric.
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Charlotte
Greensboro
John Kasper
Winston-Salem
Raleigh
U.S
Easton
Kasper
Jasper
Monroe
Kidnapped policeman forced to drive 100 miles in shootout
Sgt. Harvey Derrick of Irving Texas recounted a kidnapper Lee Roe 24 forced him to drive east along U S 9 while the gunman fired at pursuing officers near Terrell and Little Rock Ark. Derrick escaped unharmed after the capture as officers closed in.
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Lee Joseph Roe
Irving
Tex
Harvey Derrick
Roe
Gladewater
Texas
Here
Irving, Tex
Derrick
Lee Roe
Little Rock
Ark
U.S. 9
State Highway Patrol
Terrell
Little Rock Opening Delayed Amid Court Debates
The Little Rock school board postponed Central High and the other four high schools from September 6 to September 15 to show good faith ahead of a Supreme Court ruling on integration. Governor Faubus criticized the board for not heeding the district’s will.
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Little Rock
Ark
U.S. Supreme Court
Central High School
Supreme Court
High Court
Orval E. Faubus
Hurricane Ella Weakens Over Cuba
Hurricane Ella weakened to a 60 mile per hour storm as it moved along Cuba coast. Gale warnings were replaced by small craft advisories from Palm Beach to Fort Myers, with flash floods possible in central and western Cuba and continued rain in Florida.
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Miami
Fla
Ella
Cuba
Florida
Palm Beach
Fort Myers
Keys
Florida Straits
Key West Naval Base
Ela
Florida Peninsula
Gordon Dunn
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