Denials Defended in Arlington School Board Case
An Arlington County School Board attorney argued race did not influence 30 Negroes’ enrollment denials, citing five criteria including attendance area and school overcrowding. The State Pupil Placement Board holds assignment authority, and testimony concluded without new witnesses. Judge Bryan reserved ruling on the motion.
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Alexandria, Va
Arlington County School Board
James H. Simmonds
U.S
Washington-Lee High School
Virginia
Simmonds
Bryan
Scott
Here's How Santa Does It
Larry Patterson, seven, climbed the new outdoor fireplace and grill to show Santa could descend a chimney. He disappeared from view and police were called. Walter Frey used heavy equipment to remove the chimney brick, freeing Larry who was slightly sooty but unharmed. The fireplace was destroyed.
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Lancaster
Larry Patterson
Santa Claus
Joseph Tammeny
Larry
Walter Frey
Tammeny
Integration Blocked at Van Buren High School
White youths outside Van Buren High School blocked entry to Negro students amid a federally ordered desegregation. Observers saw no Negro pupils entering. a 17-year-old reported about 41 seniors organized a strike to end integration, with students milling on campus after classes began.
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van Buren
Ark
van Buren High School
Red China Extends Territorial Waters Across Offshore Islands
Communists in Peiping extended territorial waters to 12 miles, claiming Quemoy Matsu and nearby isles including Formosa. The New China News Agency said all foreign ships must have permission to operate in the zone, a move seen as challenging Western positions and potentially justifying blockades against relief efforts. The announcement broadens the inland sea and raises tensions with the United States and allies. Forces beefed up, with additional details continued on page two.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
Quemoy
Peiping
Mars
New China News Agency
Pescadores Islands
Reds
Tegal” 7& Occupa
Matsu
Ithin
Soviet Union
Hoffa Maneuver Protested by Court Monitors
Court-appointed monitors pressed Judge Letts to block Hoffa plans to hold a February union convention and election that would oust the monitors and Install a Hoffa chosen reform panel. O'Donoghue and Wells prepared to seek a court stance on blocking the convention and maintaining oversight over Teamsters corruption cleanup.
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Washington
U.S
O'Donoghue
Hoffa
Monieaten
Aight
Monitor
Martin F. O'Donoghue
Owen
Bert) Brennan
Detroit
Brennan
Senate
Middle Belt Opens Leaf Sales In First Day Trade
The Associated Press reports first hour averages of 53 to 58 dollars per 100 pounds for Middle Belt tobacco. Ten markets show bulk at 47 to 67 dollars, top price 74 for fine orange lugs. Demand strong for medium and lower grades, light for better grades amid heavy volume and overhang. Last year’s opener moved 4.32 million pounds at 54.43 dollars. About 10 to 20 percent of sales go to Flue-Cured Stabilization Corp under price support. A first-day average of 57 dollars per 100 pounds was forecast.
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Federal State Market News Service
North Carolina Middle Belt
Market News Service
De Gaulle Moves Toward New French Constitution
Paris AP. Premier Charles de Gaulle enters the final push for a stronger Fifth Republic with a mass meeting at Place de la Republique. Communists threaten disruption as police prepare. Parliament’s power to overthrow government would be trimmed and overseas territories placed under a confederal framework.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Place de la Republique
France
de Gaulle
Eisenhower Warns Red China on Formosa Defense
President Eisenhower warned Red China he will not hesitate to deploy American armed forces to defend the Nationalist offshore islands if necessary for Formosa security. Secretary Dulles stressed no decision has been made yet, noting ongoing bombardment of Quemoy and Matsu and the need to protect Taiwan and nearby islands.
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Newport
R.I
Eisenhower
Red China
Formosa
State Dulles
White House
Dulles
Quemoy
Matsu
Congress
China
United States
Korea
Taiwan
U. S
Pescadores
Eisenhower appoints space agency council members
President Eisenhower named Lt Gen James H Doolittle Ret and three others to a nine member Civilian Space Agency Council to coordinate a space age program. He selected William A M Burden Dr Alan T Waterman Dr Detley M Bronk to join the panel.
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Newport
R.I
Eisenhower
James H. Doolittle
Civilian Space Agency Council
William A. M. Burden
New York
Commerce
Air
Air Force
Alan T. Waterman
Westmoreland Hills
National Science Foundation
Detley M. Bronk
National Academy of Sciences
Rockefeller Institut of Medical Research
Teamster Fund Use Is Probed
Senate investigators began hearings into a million-dollar Teamsters Union investment in a Detroit real estate project amid charges of union fund misuse. Harold J. Gibbons, Teamsters vice president, acknowledged possible constitutional violations in a disputed St. Louis local election and defended staff tied to alleged criminals.
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Washington
Senate
Teamsters
Detroit
Hoffa
Afl-Cio
Tampa
E. E
Gene
Walla
Gibbons
St. Louis
Integration Accepted In Winston-Salem Schools
Three Negro youngsters enrolled at Easton Elementary without incident as token integration continued in Winston-Salem. Gwendolyn Bailey planned to return to Reynolds High, while Kenneth Richard Roslyn Corley and Norma Corley attended Easton with mothers present. Police and a highway patrolman safeguarded the arrival as other North Carolina cities opened token integration with minimal disturbance.
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Winston-Salem
Easton
Ibegan
Gwendolyn Yvone Bailey
Reynolds High School
Lovie Cooper
Kenneth Richard
Roslyn Dianne
Norma Earnestine Corley
Earnest Q. Corley
Coopers
Charlotte
Greensboro
North Carolina
Ku Klux Klan
Growing Ella Moves Across Gulf Gathers Hurricane Force
Ella gains strength over the Gulf of Mexico and moves slowly northward. The Weather Bureau advisory places the storm center about 100 miles north of the Yucatan east tip and 500 miles south southeast of New Orleans as rough seas threaten ports from Port O Connor to Pensacola. Coastal towns brace for higher seas while the Coast Guard and military air units shift to port for preparedness.
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Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Yucatan Peninsula
New Orleans
Port O'Connor
Tex
Pensacola
Fla
Texas
R. H. Kraft
Nova Scotia
Kraft
Cuba
Mississippi
Louisiana
Coast Guard
Men Best Cooks Says Chef at Culinary Federation
Eugene Ertle, president of the American Culinary Federation, says men have more creative urge and long cooking tradition. He notes women still see cooking as drudgery while praising American families' nourishment and warns of careless prep. Ertle leads United Airlines’ Chicago flight kitchen.
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Los Angeles
Eugene Ertle
Ertle
American Culinary Federation
U.S
Europe
Alsace-Lorraine
United Air Lines Flight
Chicago
Boys Find Glowing Radium Container In Newark
Two boys age 10 and 6 found a sealed lead and plastic vial marked Radium poison and disposed of only by burial in ground. The incident prompted police, hospital checks, and radiologist Dr. Weinberg who suggested the device may be a phosphorus source or oscilloscope with minimal radiation.
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Newark
N.J
Russell Trunzo Jr
Willie Thoman
Russell
Willie
Emil Jr
Emil
Marion
C. Richard Weinberg
Martland Medical Center
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Far East
Henry Crommelin
Newport Naval Station
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Associated Press
Chiang Kai-shek
Doolittle
Space Council
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Makung
Winston
Black Island
Ella
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