Reds Bid For U S Flights Opens Soviet Tu104 Landing at McGuire
At McGuire Air Force Base New Jersey the TU104 became the first Russian passenger airliner to land in the United States aboard 40 Russian delegates to the United Nations. The jet, delayed by weather and refueling, logged a total time of nearly 22 hours and is touted as a preface to regular Soviet American flights. American and British airmen aboard praised the aircraft while noting the British Comet remains a faster model. The visit signaled potential future nonstop Moscow to New York service.
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McGuire Air Force Base
N.J
Russia
United States
Moscow
United
Soviet Union
United Nations
Air Force Base
New Jersey
New York
Boris N. Dobson
San Francisco
Keller
Tex
Nadia
Janis
Quiet entry of Negro girl into Winston-Salem white school
A 15-year-old, Gwendolyn Yvonne Bailey, entered Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem without fanfare at 10:30 a.m. amid a watching crowd. Police Chief James I. Waller said the entry was unaided and that authorities warned against picketing and interference with school operations. A late-night sidewalk slate and a life-size dummy were removed, reflecting tensions over integration.
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Winston-Salem
Reynolds H
Dolent Ever
Hawthorne Road
Gwendolyn Yvonne Bailey
James I. Waller
Craig Phillips
Waller
Rebels Claim Victory in Cienfuegos
Cuban naval units, maritime police, and Castropartisans report attacking and capturing police headquarters in Cienfuegos. Fighting began at dawn and continued as an army unit stalled. An aide to the army commander was killed. authority broke down. A navy plane circled the city while Havana headquarters denied details.
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Cienfuegos
Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Navy
Dallas Ruling Orders School Integration Mid Term
Federal Judge William H. Atwell ordered Dallas public schools to begin integration at mid term after Christmas. The Fifth Circuit previously reversed his delay ruling and upheld desegregation with all deliberate speed, while a new Texas law sparked a local option election challenge.
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Dallas
Tex
William H. Atwell
Atwell
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Texas
Dallas School Board
Circuit Court of Appeals
Secondary Road Plan Is Adopted by State Commission
The North Carolina State Highway Commission ended a two day meeting by adopting procedures for developing secondary roads, including county needs surveys and plans. It approved 1957 General Assembly appropriations for county roads, with funds allocated by unpaved rural road mileage. Division engineers will draft plans for county approval, with flexibility to use funds for non paving improvements. The panel also authorized 3.81 million dollars in low bids for 14 road construction projects totaling 93.39 miles, including grading and structures on a 4.7 mile U.S. 29 segment over the Catawba River from the Charlotte by pass.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
General Assembly
Highway Commission
Department of Secondary Roads
W. F. Babcock
U.S. 29
Charlotte
Catawba River
Denies Faubus Arrest Discussed In Arkansas
National Guardsmen broke up a shouting crowd at Central High School in Little Rock as a New York newspaperman sought an interview. Nine Negroes were turned away. six Arkansas Baptists arrived to observe. Faubus accused the federal government of planning his arrest, a claim denied by President Eisenhower.
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Little Rock
Ark
Central High School
New York
Aon
Arkans
State Patrol Readies Aid in Three Cities Over School Integrations
North Carolina's State Highway Patrol says it stands prepared to assist in three cities amid school integration, with Col. J. R. Smith noting plainclothes observers at Charlotte Central High School and that the order originated with him. He said reports return normal conditions and no extreme incidents have occurred.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Smith
Charlotte’s Central High School
Teamster Leaders Deny Corruption Plans for Convention Reforms
Washington Teamsters Union leaders deny corrupt domination and pledge reforms at the upcoming convention. Dave Beck, facing income tax evasion charges, and James Hoffa, questioned on funds handling, testified before the AFL-CIO ethics committee amid Senate scrutiny. The hearing saw Beck invoke the Fifth Amendment while Hoffa claimed poor recall.
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Washington
Teamsters
Afl-Cio Ethical Practices Committee
Dave Beck
Midwest Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Beck
Miami
Sea
Senate
Hoffa
Senators
McClellan
D-Ark
Afl-Cio
Emotions Subside As State Police Depart Levittown
Levittown Pennsylvania quiets after two weeks of state police on emergency duty. Nine months after the Myers family moved into Dogwood Hollow, demonstrations ended with arrests and heated local groups split over integration but vow no further violence. William Myers, 32, a refrigeration tech in New Jersey, hopes neighbors remember good neighborliness.
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Levittown
Dogwood Hollow
William
Daisy Myers
Myers
George M
Opinon
Levittown Betterment Assn
James Newell
North Carolina
Lence
Citizens Committee of
Harwick
Trenton
N.J
Delaware River
President Madison Backed Federal Orders in Historic Legal Clash
The piece recalls 1809 Pennsylvania case and 1830s Georgia land dispute where President Madison sided with Supreme Court, enforcing Marshall’s decree. It links to Arkansas clashes, noting 2000 U.S. marshals at Rit tenhouse Square and Governor Snyder’s withdrawal after Madison’s intervention.
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Nashville
Tenn
Arkansas
Pennsylvania
Madison
Georgia
U.s.supreme Court
Andrew Jackson
John Marshall
Paul H. Sanders
Vanderbilt University Law School
Sanders
Continental Congress
U.S
Rittenhouse
Rittenhouse Square
Michael Bright
Simon Snyder
John Smith
Snyder
Supreme Court of the United States
Governor Messages President in Little Rock Tug of War
President Eisenhower's press secretary denied any plan to custody or marshal escort for Faubus over Little Rock integration. Faubus had sent a telegram claiming federal authorities would prevent any such action. The President and Mrs. Eisenhower, convalescent, vacation at Newport Rhode Island, where he later spoke in Washington Square before telephoning Attorney General Brownell about halting integration.
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Faubus
Eisenhower
Newport
R. L
Fabus
James C. Hagerty
White House
Sion Aoe
Washington
Hagerty
R. I
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Little Rock
U. S
Washington Agerny
U.S. Naval Base
Coaster Harbor Island
Narragansett Bay
Washington Square
Atty
Gen. Brownell
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