Slain Boy's Mother To Take Stand
In Sumner Mississippi on September 10 a motion massive press attention centers on Mamie Bradley the mother of Emmett Till as she is expected to testify in the murder trial of Roy Bryant and J W Milam. The trial date is set for September 19. The defense and prosecutors clash over security as FBI protection and Chicago bodyguards are requested but denied. Governor Hugh White appoints special counsel to assist county prosecutors amid strong public demand for justice.
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Milam
Emmett Louis Till
William Henry Huff
Mamie Bradley
Chicago
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Chatham
Mississippi
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Hugh White
J. P. Coleman
White
FBI
Robert B. Smith III
Ripley
Landy Seeks Navy Commission After Prior Rejection
Landy appeared before a three man Navy board at Brooklyn Navy Yard to reconsider his application for a reserve commission. He said justice would prevail and that the board, led by a rear admiral, was friendly. The session verified documents only. Landy did not testify and plans to speak later.
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Landy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Marcus Hook
Sandy
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Auto
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Red Haired Miss Colorado Wins Miss America Crown
Red-haired Sha ron Kay Ritchie 18 from Denver won the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City before about 18 000 fans. The Colorado winner inherits the crown from Lee Ann Meriwether and claims a $50 000 prize package. Ritchie plans a drama career and attends Pasadena Playhouse.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Sharon Kay Ritchie
Colorado
Venus Ramey
Washington, D. C
Miss Ritchie
Lee Ann Meriwether
Denver
F. A. Ritchie
Grand Island
Nebraska
Meriwether
Ritchie
Pasadena Playhouse
Bert Parks
China Is Expected To Keep Promises In Geneva Pact
Washington report says the United States expects Red China to honor its pledge to open prison doors and barriers so all American civilians who wish to return may come home. Henry Suydam, State Department press officer, denies any secret agreement backing the pledge.
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Soman
United States
U.S
Geneva
Henry Suydam
State Department
Miss Hawaii Wins Miss Congeniality Title at Miss America
Barbara Maria Vieira of Honolulu was named Miss Congeniality by 49 contestants at the Miss America pageant in CITY New Jersey. Contest director Leonora Slaughter announced the result and noted the large majority vote and a $1,000 scholarship. Vieira also won the swimsuit competition on the pageant’s first night.
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N.J
Hawaii
Barbara Maria Vieira
Honolulu
Leonora Slaughter
Miss Hawaii
Important Woman Witness Set For Oestreicher Trial
In Philadelphia a key woman witness will testify at the hearing on Monday in the abortion death of Doris Jean Oestreicher. Gertrude Silver mother of the deceased faces arraignment as an accessory in the case. Doris died Aug 24 in a North Philadelphia apartment. a medical examiner called it a homicide.
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Philadelphia
Doris Jean Oestreicher
Samuel Cash
Gertrude Silver
Oestreicher
Silver
Costly Port Strike Unsettled Despite Court Deadline
A New York and New Jersey waterfront strike against the waterfront commission enters its fourth day with talks stalled. ILA leaders plan emergency sessions as executives discuss potential regional walkouts. The court had set a Monday back-to-work deadline, but union officials indicate workers will not return.
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New York
State Supreme Court
William Hecht Jr
Patrick Connolly
International Longshoremens Assn
Independent
New York-New Jersey Waterfront Commission
ILA
Commission
Samuel M. Lane
Lane
Maxwell Peers
Greenwhich House
Powers
Atlantic Coast District Council
William Bradley
Houston
Tex
New York Harbor
South A and Gulf District Council
Prevention Of Atomic Attacks Talk At United Nations
United Nations talks in New York discuss preventing massive surprise thermonuclear attacks. U S Envoy Harold E Stassen moves from pre Geneva plans to an inspection focused system. Arkady Sobolev defends Moscow’s May 10 program while Western powers resist.
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Soviet Union
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Moscow
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Sobolev
Ntsa
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Russia
Britain
U. N. Security Council
Anthony Nutting
Jules Moch
France
Paul Martin
Canada
Stassen
Taxes Stay On For USS In Korea
In Seoul Dr You Chan Yang South Korean ambassador told reporters that until a U S Korean commercial treaty is signed South Korea will tax American businessmen in Korea as it does Koreans The treaty may include reciprocal tax privileges He outlined three options for Americans pay as assessed negotiate or refuse to pay and leave The American Chamber of Commerce rejected these and called current tax assessments ruinous arbitrary retroactive and illegal Some firms seeking exit have been denied permits
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You Chan Yang
United States
Korea
Yang
South Korea
American Chamber of Commerce
American Amber of Commerce
UNC To Admit Negro Applicants To Undergraduate Programs
A three judge federal court ruled UNC must receive and process applications from three Negro youths regardless of race. UNC's Chapel Hill campus has admitted Negroes to some graduate programs since 1951, but undergraduates were barred. Chancellor House said the ruling stands and the attorney general advised beginning processing.
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University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Robert B. House
Americans Held in Red China May Be Released Soon
Geneva reported Red China will immediately free 10 of 41 American civilians held behind the Bamboo Curtain, with 19 others set to expeditiously exercise their right to return. State Department said all known Americans in China should be released promptly, as diplomacy continued to work toward repatriation of Chinese in the United States.
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Red China
State Department
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Eisenhower
China
U.S
A. Alexis Johnson
Wang Pingnan
United States
Wang
People's Republic of China
United Kingdom
Britain
People’s Republic of China
Lawrence R. Buel
Dilmas T. Kanady
Levi Low
Dorothy Middleton
Sara Perkins
Walter A. Rickett
Harold W. Rigney
Frederick D. Gordon
Joems E. Hyde
James Oyce
Families Celebrate Release of 29 Americans by Red China
Grateful relatives prayed as news spread that 29 U.S. prisoners would be freed. Mothers and siblings named loved ones including Rev Harold W Rigney and Lawrence R Buol as they recalled years of prayer and hope.
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China
Addie Rigney
Chicago
Harold W. Rigney
Father Rigney
The
Society
Mitchells Murderer Makes Prison Break
Two long term murder convicts escaped from a Davie County prison joiner area chase. Aaron Buddy Robinson, 30, and William David White, 10, were considered very dangerous not armed. Bloodhounds failed to locate them as guards scoured the region after a 1 35 p m escape.
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Aaron
Buddy
Robinson
John Thomas Mitchell
High Point
William David White
Murfreesboro
Ison
White
Esca
Greensboro
Mitchell
Winston-Salem
Prairie cold moves in as frost grips Alberta towns
Winter moved into Canada’s prairie provinces with temperatures sinking to 14 degrees at Whitecourt and 19 at Medicine Hat. Calgary reported an inch of snow that melted on the streets.
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Alta
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Whitecourt
Here
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Bloodshed Era May Be Ended In Morocco
Paris reports France and the pro Nationalist former Sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef reached a general outline for a protectorate future. Special envoys Gen Georges Catroux and Henri Vristou carried Ben Youssef’s signature on the accord. The plan envisions an independent Morocco with a constitutional monarchy linked to France politically economically militarily and culturally. It will go to the French Cabinet.
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France
Morocco
Mohammed Ben Youssef
North
Africa
Madagascar
Georges Catroux
Henri Vrissou
Foreign Ministry
Ben Youssef
Ee Eae
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Force
Antoine Pinay
Robert Schuman
Pierre Koenig
Cnd
Pierre July
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