Americans Tour Prisoners In Peiping Visit
Ten young American tourists in Communist China met two U.S. prisoners in Peiping who were shot down in the Korean War era. John Downey of New Britain Connecticut and Richard Fecteau of Lynn Massachusetts, both long jailed, appeared healthy and well fed. Downey described daily life in a 12 by 15 foot cell with one hour of outdoor exercise, while reading and exchanging chats with a fellow prisoner. Fecteau, serving 20 years, said he has had regular meals and a solitary confinement survival record of two decades.
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Peiping
China
John Downey
New Britain
Moscow
Downey
Fecteau
Peiping City
U.S
Chou En Lai Presses for Equal Rights in U S Visits
Premier Chou En Lai told 41 visiting American youths that 24 U S reporters will be barred from entering China unless Chinese reporters gain equal access in the United States. He spoke after visiting two American prisoners held since the Korean War era, saying Chinese reporters should enjoy reciprocal rights in the United States. He noted no Communist Chinese reporters had yet applied for U S visas. The youths asked about American prisoners and Chou said families might visit the prisoners in China and that time off for good behavior could reduce sentences.
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State Dulles
U.S
Red China
Chou
China
Miss Colorado Crowned Miss America of 1958
Marilyn Elaine Van Derbur of Denver won the Miss America title in Atlantic City defeating 50 contenders. The 20-year-old, 5 foot 8 inch brunette with green eyes received a $60,000 scholarship and prizes and was crowned by 1957 winner Marian McKnight before a CBS telecast and a 20,000 crowd.
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Marilyn Elaine van Derbur
Denver
Colo
Atlantic City
Florida
Dorothy Marie Steiner
Oklahoma
Mary Nancy
N. J
University of Colorado
van Derbur
Marian Ann McKnight
Manning
S.C
CBS
Jody Elizabeth Shattuck
Atlanta
Mary Nancy Denner
Alva
Okla
Miss McKnight
Miss van Derber
Convention Hall
Francis S. van Derber
8Th Ave
van Derber
Colorado
Sharon Kay Ritchie
Aneee Ee Ae
Bert Parks
Eisenhower Ignores Syria Label in Middle East Plan
President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles resisted labeling Syria as Communist dominated while urging Middle East unity. U S Air Force C 124s carry weapons from Greece and Libya to Jordan with 106 mm recoilless rifles, part of a rapid arms airlift to stabilise the region ahead of potential actions under the Middle East resolution.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Syria
Middle East
Dulles
White House
Eisen
Amman
Jordan
U. S
Lester D. Mallory
Iraq
Cuban Rebels Clash With Troops In Cienfuegos Battle
In Cienfuegos Cuba troops and police sealed off the naval base city as a pursuit for a 400-strong rebel group continued after nearly 24 hours of heavy fighting. Reported casualties near 150 with 75 rebels and 75 security forces killed or wounded. Public services paused and air travel suspended as Red Cross aid collected the dead and wounded.
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Havana
Cuba
Cienfuegos
Cayo Loco
Red Cross
Hurricane Carrie Strengthens in Atlantic Far From Land
San Juan reports the season's third hurricane Carrie with winds near 128 mph and a 50 mile radius of force. The storm’s center lies about 1,540 miles east of San Juan moving west-northwest at 10 mph with no immediate land threat. Earlier advisories lowered its strength to 75 mph while remaining distant.
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San Juan
P.R
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
U.S
Carrie
Census shows wide range of U S counts in 1955 56
Census Bureau released Statistical Abstract of the United States 1957 revealing vast counts from dollars in circulation to miles traveled and chickens raised. It notes 383 million chickens in 1956 and 61 billion eggs, 820 drive-in theaters in 1948 and 3 755 in 1954, and 377 000 divorces in 1955 with California leading. It also cites population density, church membership, and smoking trends.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
California
Nevada
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Netherlands
Japan
South Korea
United Kingdom
Libya
Canada
Russia
Russians Pay To Witness Air Show
A group of Russians paid five shilling seventy cent tickets to Britain's Farnborough air show, attending without official invites as locals toured exhibits like jet engines and the Thunderbird missile. S. K. Taumensky, a senior Soviet engineer, attended to view the Gyron engine, while De Havilland promised to share sanctioned details with Moscow.
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London
Britain
Farnborough
Society of British Aircraft Constructors
S. K. Taumensky
U.S.S.R
Moscow
Ministry of Supply
Gyron
Taumensky
de Havilland
White House Action Promised Amid Arkansas School Crisis
Federal Judge Davies refused to suspend his order opening Central High to Negro students. President Eisenhower and Attorney General Brownell weighed federal options but took no immediate action as Davies prepared to rule, with still no weekend statement expected.
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U.S. Dist
Ronald N. Davies
Arkansas
Little Rock
Centarl High School
Faubus
Davies
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Brownell
Hagerty
Dallas Studies Court Order To Integrate
Dallas school officials weigh steps to integrate 17 000 of 117 000 pupils as ordered by federal court. Four months remain to act with midterm timing after Christmas. Both sides must present steps in U S District court Monday amid signals of possible confrontation. The suit was filed by a parent of 23 Negro students denied admittance in 1955.
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Dallas
Tex
U.S. District Court
Dist
William H. Atwell
Dallas School Board
Andrew J. Thuss
Employers urged to curb aggressive campus recruiting
Washington reports the U S Chamber of Commerce and College Placement Council publish Principles and Practices of College Recruiting a code of ethics for colleges and government agencies. Do not offer inflated incentives or pay expenses to sway student decisions. give ample time to decide. avoid overselling.
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Washington
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
College Placement Council, Inc
Governors Orders Unchanged Over Central High Gate
Gov. Orval Faubus said the National Guard still has orders to block Negroes from entering Central High School. In an exclusive interview after Judge Davies refused to delay integration, Faubus declined comment on most questions and affirmed the orders remain unchanged as of tonight.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Orval Faubus
Central High School
Arkansas Democrat
Faubus
George Douthit
The
Democrat
U.S. Dist
Ronald N. Davies
National Guard
Glyn
Davies
White Citizens Group Meets In Greensboro
In Greensboro on September 7 a Burlington minister addressed about 90 attendees at the Guilford County courthouse as a White Citizens Council meeting. He described segregation as religious and read Bible passages and letters to support his views, while audience members objected to a Greensboro Daily News photographer.
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Greensboro
N.C
Burlington
White Citizens Council
Guilford County Court House
N. M. Perkins
Greensboro Daily News
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Aman
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Little Rock Central
Dorothy Frazier
Winnie Brown
Mothershed
Bureau
Tome Ee Natien
Supreme Court
Arkansas National Guard
Dallas Studies
the Democrat
Douthit
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