Menzies Nasser Seek Cautious Path In Suez Talks
In Cairo the Menzies Committee and President Nasser move toward a substantive discussion on Suez with a cautious tone. The five nation group aims for an 18 nation plan to operate the canal, amid divergent views and no firm backing from the NATO council.
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Egypt
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Nasser
Suez Canal
Robert G. Menzies
Australia
Ethiopa
Iran
Sweden
United States
Red Sea
London
Paris
Council
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Selwyn Lloyd
Tar Heels Pass On Gift Of Light Eye Bank Expands
North Carolinians increasingly choose eye donation for corneal transplants through the Eye Bank of North Carolina. Since August the bank has arranged about 150 transplants with roughly 50 completed by the Charlotte area unit. A recent anonymous gift of 5000 dollars promises another 5000 next year, while the Merchants and Lions Club push eye wills to donors. Over 1200 Tar Heels have pledged eyes to the bank, with around 600 NC residents potentially eligible now.
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Winston-Salem
Gha
Aait Becker
Deeue House
Merce and
Lions Club
Page &A
Negroes Enter School At Clinton
Clinton Tennessee report says all twelve enrolled African American students entered Clinton High School amid silence from white peers. The scene occurred during the second week of integration after prior anti integration unrest, with a small National Guard presence as students filed in.
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Clinton, Tenn
Clinton High School
National
Clinton
Train wreck kills twenty railroad workers in New Mexico
A head on collision between the Santa Fe Chief and a mail train near Springer New Mexico in the early hours left twenty railway workers dead and at least seven injured. Among the dead are the Chief’s engineer and fireman and the mail train engineer. Hospitalized victim Jim Walter of Rockford Illinois is in critical condition. several others are listed as seriously injured. Ambulances and officials responded as wreckage described in graphic terms.
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Babe Foster
W. H. Adams
Walter Shriver
Leo Rush
Springer
Jim Walter
Rockford
Ill
Stevenson Backs Early End To Draft At Legion Speech
Adlai E. Stevenson pledged to end the military draft at the earliest moment compatible with national safety in a major address to the American Legion. He assailed GOP charges on Korea and defense spending, urged rethink of military strategy, and touted Democratic prosperity and unity with Estes Kefauver on the ticket.
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Los Angeles
Adlai E. Stevenson
The
American Legion
Stevenson
International Airport
Estes Kefauver
California
Kefauver
Eisenhower
Truman
Budget Group Seeks Large Budget Increases for Two Years
Raleigh health and welfare agencies ask the Advisory Budget Commission for big increases for 1957-58 and 1958-60. Dr. Norton seeks 1 167 258 and 1 213 057 for health. Dr. Winston asks 1 631 006 and 1 668 540 for welfare with most funds for federal program participation. Both request a 10 percent salary rise for workers amid a welfare profile noting over one quarter of families have under 1 000 dollars yearly cash income.
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Advisory Budget Commission
J. W. R. Norton
Norton
Ellen Winston
Winston
North Carolina
Welfare Department
State Board of Health
Monen
Racial Tensions Rise as Negro Students Blocked at Sturgis High
In Sturgis Kentucky a large white crowd blocked nine Negro students from entering Sturgis High School after enrollment last Friday. Superintendent Carlos Oakley called the gathering peaceful, though a Negro youth reported a man ripped his shirt and warned of consequences. Most students left. three planned to attend Dunbar High School in Morganfield, while Sturgis hosts about 310 white students.
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Sturgis High School
Carlos Oakley
Union County Schools
Dunbar High School
Morganfield
Louisville
Mansfield Sheriff recalls 1910 straw-draw lynching story
Tom Beard, longtime Mansfield constable, recounts the 1910 event when men drew straws to decide who would shoot a former constable. The 65 year old lawman defends peace over mob action, insists on harmony with Black residents, and guards his town with riot gear while seeking not to disgrace the community.
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Lawman
Mansfield
Tex
Tom
Beard
Fort Worth
Enery Ee
President Says Federal Help Not Needed In Racial Disputes
President Eisenhower said the federal government should not intervene in racial disturbances from school integration unless states cannot maintain order. He noted Texas disorders and praised state efforts, warning against habitual use of federal police power.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Fedral
Texas
Governor criticizes two papers over Pearsall plan
Gov Hodges faults what he calls questionable conduct by one or two newspapers opposing the Pearsall plan. He cites the Raleigh News & Observer Raleigh Times and Charlotte Observer. Winston-Salem Journal editorially opposed it. Holt McPherson says a letter will retract parts of an earlier plea to county election officials. Tar Heel voters face Saturday election on the administration backed school segregation plan.
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Associated Press
Hodges
Chapel Hill
Raleigh News & Observer
Raleigh Times
Charlotte
Winston-Salem Journal
Holt McPherson
Tar Heel
Eisenhower Plans Campaign Speeches On Farm Issues
President Eisenhower announced two campaign speeches this month on the farm situation, plus another at a news conference and the formal kickoff of his re election effort. He tentatively agreed to attend the annual plowing contest at Newton Iowa on Sept 22 and to speak there on the farm issue. He said federal action should wait until local governments exhaust efforts to stop violence after school reopenings, and he supported a constitutional amendment to allow school closings or tuition payments to parents in integrated districts. He spoke at UNC and noted North Carolina press fairness while criticizing mob violence and mentioning the Pearsall plan.
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Eisenhower
Ang
Hower
Newton
Iowa
Supreme Court
Allan Shivers
Texas
University of North Carolina
North Carolina
Tennessee
Holt McPherson
The
High Point Enterprise
Integration Efforts Dropped at Mansfield High School
In Mansfield Texas angry white mobs halted enrollment of Black students at Mansfield High School after a third demonstration. NAACP lawyer L Clifford Davis says no enrollment under current conditions and notes possible future legal steps. A Texas Ranger escorted Rev W Clark from the scene amid derisive chants. Supreme Court Justice Black declined to stay a Circuit Court order mandating immediate racial integration. Mansfield districts prepared transfers for any entering Black students as Governor Allen Shivers had dispatched six Rangers.
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Tex
Mansfield High School
L. Clifford Davis
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Texas
Co. W. Clark
Fort Worth
U. S. Supreme Court
Black
Washington
U. S. Circuit Court
New Orleans
Foy Curry
Werth School
R. L. Huffman
Secessieas
Allen Shivers
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Miramar
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