Schools Operate Quietly in Charlotte and Winston-Salem
Four Negro students resumed classes under police watch with two remaining at home. Gustavus Roberts and Girvaud Roberts returned to Central and Piedmont schools without incident, while Dorothy Counts stayed home sick. Winston-Salem police protected Reynolds High as Gwen Selves Bailey entered the building amid light student attention.
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Charlotte
Charlotte Public
Central High School
Central
Frank Littlejohn
Gustavus Roberts
Girvaud
Piedmont Junior High
Dorothy Counts
Harding High School
Dolores Maxine Huntley
Alexander Graham Junior High
Winston-Salem
Gwen- Selves Bailey
Reynolds High School
Northwest Boulevard
Awards Committee Is Named In North Carolina
Eight newspapers in the state name representatives to the 1957 Press Awards Committee. Don J. Chipman leads as contest chairman with Sam Ragan Imino ard Ill, Don Hall, C. M. Ogle and others. Entries due Nov. 1 mailed to Charles Milner UNC Extension. Prizes total $1,000 for daily papers plus community service award open to all NCPA members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
C. M. Ogle
Hendersonville
Associated Dailies
North Carolina
Don J. Chipman
Winston Salem
Sam Ragan
Raleigh
Imino
Ard Ill
Don Hall
Roanoke Rapids
NCPA
Chipman
Charles F. Milner
University of North Carolina Extension Division
Norval Neil Luxon
UNC School of Journalism
Chapel Hill
Quick Reply at State Fair Named by Governor
Syracuse report notes TV quiz star Craig, famed for suspense, answering Gov Harriman’s query at the New York State Fair. Craig named the Fair Queen Mary Frawley as most striking display, after Harriman jokingly suggested a 21 point score. The New York dairy farmer, a North Hebron bachelor, has earned 104000 dollars on NBC Twenty-One.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
Harold Craig
Averell Harriman
Craig
Nbc-Tv
Guilford Convict Sentenced For Multiple Break-ins
Allen Burger, 45, already serving a Guilford County term, received 12 to 18 years in Forsyth Superior Court on four counts of larceny, storebreaking, and receiving. He staged four break-ins in May, including a pharmacy, filling station, restaurant, and food market, with proceeds and items totaling hundreds of dollars. Burger awaits word on a jail-break charge as sentences are handed down by Judge L Richardson Preyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
Guilford County
Forsyth Superior Court
Allen Burger
Burger
L. Richardson Preyer
Greensboro
Middle East talks urged on Arab unity amid Syrian crisis
Senator Mansfield urged the Eisenhower administration to convene with Saudi Arabia and Egypt to study preserving Arab nationalism against Soviet pressure. The Middle East Assembly meets in New York next week as Lebanon and Jordan face pro Western pressures. An air lift to Jordan for mobile weapons may begin next week, and Secretary Dulles will report on Syria to President Eisenhower.
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Washington
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Todn
Eisenhower
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
The
Middle East
New York
Tangy
Lebanon
Jordan
Dulles
Baby Nuclear Device Detonated at Nevada Test Site
Atomic scientists detonated a baby nuclear device at Yucca Flat Nevada today. The AEC called it far below nominal roughly 20 kilotons with observers estimating under 10 kilotons. The shot occurred at 5:45 a.m. from a balloon 500 feet up and was the 17th in the current series. Newsmen watched from Angel's Peak as a brief orange fireball appeared for about three seconds. A small semicircular cloud formed after detonation and fallout was expected to be minimal.
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Nev
Atomic Scientists
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Yucca Flat
Angel's Peak
Tropical Storm Brewing Far Out In Atlantic
Miami reports a tropical storm forming far east of Miami in the Atlantic. Forecaster Walter Davis notes a ship 2,300 miles east-southeast reports falling pressure and increasing winds. Planes will not fly until weekend. past major hurricanes formed far out in September.
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Atlantic
Miami
Miami Weather Bureau
Atlantic Ocean
Walter Davis
Davis
Galveston
New England
Guardsmen Detain Six Minneapolis Students At Central High
National Guardsmen blocked racial integration at Central High School and took six Minneapolis students into custody before releasing them. Names include Murray Gallinson and five others. one carried a four to five inch knife described as a souvenir.
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Little Rock
Ark
Central High School
Minneapolis
Alan Templeton
New Orleans
Murray Gallinson
Col
Marion Johnson
Marion Segal
Robert Milavetz
Mike Goldman
Steven Sage
Harris Levine
Gallinson
Missien
Ronald N. Davies
Davies
National
Albania Travel Easing Considered After Bulgaria Move
The United States weighs easing an 11 year ban on American travel to Communist Albania following its surprise seven year embargo lift on Bulgaria. Officials provide no explanation for Bulgaria easing but signal possible renewed ties. Albania and Bulgaria seek full diplomatic contact with the United States as Soviet bases in Durazzo and Saseno emerge.
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Washington
United States
Albania
State Department
Bulgaria
U.S
Red
Durazzo
Saseno
Girard Denies Orders In Fatal Firearm Case In Japan
Testimony during a Japanese court trial says William S. Girard had no authori zation to fire at anyone the day he is accused of fatally shooting Mrs. Naka Sakai. Lt. Billy Mohon testified Girard and another soldier were ordered to keep scrap metal collectors away from a firing range.
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Maebashi
Japan
William S. Girard
Red
Billy Mohon
Comyn
Tex
Girard
Mohon
Noboru Matsuzawa
Naka Sakai
Mae
Mahon
Integration Is Accomplished With Minimum Of Friction
North Carolina begins public school integration in Charlotte Winston-Salem and Greensboro with token numbers of Negro students in white schools. Crowds jeer as four enter Charlotte Harding High School. incidents include spitting and a suspended sentence for a student who threw an object. Authorities remove life size Negro dummies from maypole displays. five white teenagers apprehended but not charged. Page five-A.
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North Carolina
Charlotte
Winston - Salem
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Charlotte's
Harding High School
Harding
Liston Wood Flowers
Patricia Elizabeth Smith
Reynolds High School
Eisenhower to cut vacation for White House talks
President Eisenhower plans a quick trip from Newport to Washington to confer with Attorney General Brownell on the Little Rock school integration controversy and with Dulles on the Syria crisis. He will also meet Budget Director Brundage before July 1 spending plans and stop in Baltimore for a Johns Hopkins event. The president pledged to uphold the federal Constitution in Arkansas.
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Newport
R.I
Eisenhower
New England
Washington
Capital
Narragansett Bay
U.S. Naval Base
Coaster’s Harbor Island
James C. Hagerty
White House
Brownell
Little Rock
Arkansas
Orval E. Faubus
Dulles
State Department
Lou Henderson
Syria
Henderson
Mideast
Middle East
Congress
U.S
Brundage
Baltimore
Milton S. Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins University
Faubus
Batista Says Revolt Is Crushed In Cuba
In a day of heavy combat around Cienfuegos the government said rebels seized the police HQ and port area but were routed by army planes tanks and troops. Many killed or wounded, details unclear, as Castro allied rebels retreated and scattered into hills.
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Havana
Batista
Cuba
Cienfuegos
Retol
Fidel Castro
No Man’s Land
Talmadge Supports Faubus on National Guard Action
Senator Herman Talmadge defended Governor Orval Faubus for using Arkansas National Guard to handle the Little Rock school integration dispute. He argued the action falls within state governors prerogatives and criticized federal power as overreaching. He warned of a move toward a police state and called for resistance at federal and state levels.
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Arkansas
L. E. Gwyn
Central High School
Little Rock
Atlanta, Ga
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Orval E. Faubus
National Guard
Ark
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Guilford
Lke
Litt
Charles West
Associated Press
Gerry
Cat
Children's Aid Society
Duncan McLean
Winona
Ontario
Talmadge
Gov. Faubus
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