Court Defied By Indians At Dunn High School Admission
Two Indian girls Juanita and Ima Jean Chance defied a court order and entered Dunn High School with other students. Huie Maynard and four more Indians sought admission after earlier rejections. The board of education planned a meeting to discuss options as tensions rose about transportation and schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huie Maynard
Dunn School
Harnett County
Clinton
Superior Court
W. H. S. Burgwyn
Satellite Wrinkles Hint At Skin Changes On Echo Balloon
NASA reports slight wrinkles may be forming on the Echo satellite balloon as radio signal intensities and brightness fluctuations are observed globally. Project manager Robert J. Mackey Jr. notes the 100 foot sphere remains a strong reflector and remains in a stable orbit. He cites gas loss as the likely cause but says the change is not alarming or unexpected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Robert J. Mackey Jr
Lumumba Pushes to Quell Congo Kasai Rebellion
Reports say Patrice Lumumba’s forces tighten control in Kasai as a rebel column withdraws. Soviet backing and UN tensions loom over Western opposition to foreign aid. Kalonji loyalists attack Bakwanga while Katanga volunteers rally against Lumumba. More than 200 Soviet personnel reportedly operate from Camp Leopold II in Leopoldville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopoldville
The
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Kasai
Victor Lundula
Luluaburg
Lumumba
United Nations
Soviet Union
U. N. Security Council
U. N
Balabu
Albert Kalonji
Bakwanga
Kalonji
Katanga
Elisabethville
Katanga-Kasai
Luputa
Ka‘tanga
Stanleyville
Desia
Netherlands
South Africa
Camp
Leopold II
103-Year-Old Takes First Airplane Ride in Somerset
Martha Gorsuch of Somerset, aged 103, experienced her first airplane flight a 35 minute hop in a twin engine Piper Cub. She told reporters it was wonderful and that she would like to go again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset, Pa
Martha Gorsuch
Somerset
Gorsuch
Dynasty Ends Earl Long Dies At 65
Former Louisiana Governor Earl Kemp Long, 65, died in Alexandria after ten days in hospital. A colorful figure linked to a political dynasty, Long had recently run in the 8th District Democratic primary for Congress. He had a long history of heart trouble and a dramatic stretch in mental hospitals before his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Earl Kemp Long
Louisiana
R. A. Parrott
Long
U.S. House of Representatives
Dist
Parrott
Pea Patch
Winnfield
U.S
Huey P. Long
Russell Long
United States
Mexico
Reporter Is Killed In Congo
AP reports Henry Noble Taylor 32, Scripps-Howard correspondent, was shot and killed in Kasai province while covering fighting between Congolese army troops and Kalonji supporters. He arrived five days earlier, was advised not to reach Tchilenge, and was driving toward that town when he was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopoldville, the Congo
Henry Noble Taylor
Scrips-Howard Newspapers
Albert Kalonji
Kasai
Leopoldville
Taylor
Henry J. Taylor
U.S
Switzerland
Congo
Luluabourg
Bakwanga
U.N
Tchilenge
Henry Tanner
New York Times
Eugene Mannoni
le Monde
Jacques Chapus
France Soir
Beuchimaye River
Death Toll Near 460 in Labor Day Holiday Summary
The nation’s holiday traffic toll neared the 460 estimate as the 78 hour period ended. Through 6 p.m. Friday to midnight tonight, traffic deaths reached 317 with 122 other violent deaths including boating, drowning and miscellaneous accidents.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
Khrushchev Visit May Bring Bitterest Battle Of Cold War
U N diplomats brace for a major clash as Khrushchev and other Soviet bloc leaders attend the General Assembly session. Moscow signals a broad assault on the United States over U2 and RB47 incidents, Congo, Cuba, and Hungary. Western powers anticipate attacks on Cuba, the Congo, and Algeria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khrushchev
Max Harrelson
United Nations
N.Y
U.N
General Assembly
Nikita Khrushchev
Stalin
Vyacheslav Molotov
Andrei Vishinsky
Security Council
United States
Congo
U.S
Cuba
Soviet Union
Moscow
West
Algeria
Hurricane Donna Bypasses San Juan More Mainland Hope
Mighty hurricane Donna curves northward passing 70 to 80 miles north of San Juan. Winds near 140 mph, Puerto Rico warned of strong winds and floods while the mainland awaits confirmation of a safer course. Residents flee coastlines as alerts extend toward the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Puerto Rico
U.S
Gordon Dunn
Miami Weather Bureau
Dunn
Island of
Barbuda
St. Martin
Sombrero
Anegada
Virgin Islands
Weather Bureau
Donna
St. Thomas
Leeward Islands
Seven Die in New England Fires
AP reports a deadly 24 hour span in New England with seven deaths. In Richford Vermont a haybarn fire killed four year old Donna Vashakalifski and three year old Pamela, while their brother Danny, nine, was missing. In Boston Jamaica Plain a third floor apartment fire killed a mother and her four children. Cambridge saw seven year old Patricia McDonald die and her brother Michael, nine, was badly burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
Richford
Donna Vashakalifski
Pamela
Danny
Marlborough
Conn
Jamaica Plain
Anne Marie de Lillo
Mary Patricia
Paul Joseph
Joan
Patricia McDonald
Cambridge
Mass
Michael
Kennedy Faults Eisenhower Policies Over Income Loss Claim
Sen. John F. Kennedy told Detroit audiences that American families lost about 7 000 in income over six years due to restrictive policies of the Eisenhower administration. He warned the nation to elect a new doctor in Washington and urged labor support for his campaign in Cadillac Square and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
California
Alaska
U. S
Soviet Union
Washington
Anchorage
Cadillac Square
Navy Bomber Flown By Enlisted Man Returns After Hurry
At Shreveport Louisiana an enlisted mechanic named Robert Swain taxied a Neptune P2V5 bomber, started its engines, and flew from North Island California to Norfolk Virginia before running low on fuel. He landed at Shreveport Municipal Airport and was arrested after authorities learned of the unauthorized flight. The Navy planned administrative action and the crew pursued the aircraft back to its base as investigators assessed the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Shreveport
Norfolk
Robert H. Swain
Barksdale Air Force Base
Swain
Air Force
North Island Air Station
San Diego
Calif
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Shreveport Municipal
Burbank
Cmdr
Robert Murphy
Naval Air Forces, Pacific
Neptune
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Earl K. Long
Earl Long
Galveston
Tex
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Mandeville
Atlantic Ocean
Republic
Miles
Virginis
Jamaica
Caribbean
Panema Canal
Venezuela
Metropolitan Airport
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