Islands Brace for Hurricane Ione Curving North
Hurricane Ione shifts northward with 70 to 80 mph winds, threatening open Atlantic waters. Forecaster Cecil Gentry notes possible westward turn under high pressure. warnings eased for Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico while Hilda moves toward the Yucatan Peninsula.
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Ione
Hilda
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Havana
Caribbean
British Honduras
Miami
Fla
Virgin and Leeward Islands
Atlantic
Caribbean Sea
Yucatan Peninsula
Leeward
Cecil Gentry
Miami Weather Bureau
Connie
Diane
North Atlantic
Gentry
Ionema
Rights of committee challenged in U S Appeals
John T. Watkins, regional organizer for the United Automobile Workers CIO, contests the House Un American Activities Committee authority to compel names of past suspected communists. He argues the committee sought exposure for its own sake, violating separation of powers and First Amendment rights.
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House Committee On Un-American Activities
U. S. Court of Appeals
John T. Watkins
Rock Island, Ill
United Automobile Workers Cio
Watkins
Brief
Committee
Communist Party
Strikes Ripple As Pittsburgh Union Defies Higher Orders
In Pittsburgh the CIO IUE workers refuse to end the walkout defying a union leadership order. James B. Carey says 33,000 members in 26 Westinghouse plants will report to work while Local 601 at East Pittsburgh continues picketing. The wage talks proceed under a time study clause amid a broad bargaining gambit.
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Pittsburgh
We Electrical Workers
James B. Carey
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
Westinghouse Electric Co
East Pittsburgh Plat
Cio-Ive
Carey
Westinghouse Conference Board
Westinghouse
Local 601
Court Sets Friday Session on Texas School Segregation Case
The Texas Supreme Court will hear a pivotal segregation appeal involving Big Spring and the Texas Citizens Council. Plaintiffs argue state laws remain valid despite Brown v. Board. the state denies funds may be used to integrate until courts void or laws are changed.
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Austin
Tex.s
Texas
U.S. Supreme Court
Big Spring
Tex
Texas Citizens Council
John Bench
Attre
Big
Hodges Sees Voluntary Segregation Accepted in North Carolina
Gov. Hodges says most North Carolinians support his voluntary segregated schooling plan for now noting open fall sessions began without incident. He cites a few incidents suggesting some local hesitation and mentions about 80 Negro teachers at a Raleigh leadership conference opposing the plan, though he doubts they represent the broader 8000 teachers.
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Raleigh
Hodges
Tar Heel
Librarian Mrs Knowles Questioned by Senate Subcommittee
Mary Knowles, a Plymouth Meeting librarian, was questioned today by a Senate Internal Security subcommittee about alleged Communist ties. Former FBI agent Herbert Philbrick testified he knew her as part of a Boston cell. she said she has not been involved with subversive groups for many years and invoked legal objections to some questions.
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Washington
Mary Knowles
Plymouth Meeting
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
William Jeanes
Fund For the Republic
Pio Deewice
Repube
Ws Ic
Ford Foundation
U.S
Knowles
Henry W. Sawyer III
Philadelphia
Adenauer Reports To Cabinet On Moscow Talks
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer presented a Moscow talks report to the Bonn Cabinet but no action was taken while ministers seek fuller foreign office details on negotiations. Parliament’s approval is required for the normalizing treaty with the Soviet Union.
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Bonn
Germany
Moscow
Konrad Adenauer
Foreign Office
Adenauer
West Germany
Soviet Union
Carlo Schmid
Bundestag
Schmid
Bulganin
Farm Dilemma Debated In U S Politics
Washington Republicans spar with Democrats over farm policy as Leonard Hall and Senator Douglas clash on Eisenhower era promises. Benson hints at January proposals to ease the farm price squeeze including land retirement and income supplements within a revised price support framework.
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Washington
Leonard W. Hall
Douglas
D-Ill
Eisenhower
Hall
Farmers of America
Benson
Europe
Congress
Sen
Jenner
Rind
Fluid drive in some cars contrasts with wheel drip issues
Readable text notes differences in car systems with fluid drive in some models while others show a drip from the wheel area. It lacks clear names or locations but indicates mechanical concerns.
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Enue
Western powers demand concrete gains in talks with Russia and China
The United States and Western allies refuse to accept Communist promises without concessions. They press hard in Geneva talks with Red China, in German Russian diplomacy, and on China’s UN bid. Officials cite Eisenhower’s insistence on action.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Red China
Geneva
United Nations
Pesiny
Moscow
Bag
Eisenhower
U. Alexis Johnson
Wang Ping-nan
Konrad Adenauer
Nikolai Bulanin
Adenauer
Citi
Zens
Soviet Union
Richard G. Casey
Australia
U.N. General Assembly
U.N
New York
UNC to Admit Three Durham Negro Students at Chapel Hill
UNC announces it will proceed to admit three Durham Negro youths as undergraduates at Chapel Hill after federal court refused a stay of judgment. The Frasier brothers Leroy and Ralph and John Lewis Brandon would be the first Black undergraduates at UNC. They would commute from Durham and not live on campus.
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Raleigh
University of North Carolina
Durham
Leroy
Ralph Frasier
John Lewis Brandon
Hillside High School
House
Chapel Hill
Rodman
University
Greensboro
U.S. Supreme Court
Armistead M. Dobie
Finland Chiefs Begin Moscow Talks Over Porkkala Return
President Paasikivi and Premier Kekkonen arrive in Moscow for high level talks with Soviet leaders aimed at reholding the Porkkala naval base. Moscow hosts the Finnish leaders as officials discuss easing tension and possible Soviet defenses.
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Moscow
Juho K. Paasikivi
Urho Kekkonen
Finland
Porkkala
Helsinki
Kremlin
Paasikiviana Kekkonen
Red Air Force
Klementi Voroshilov
V. M. Molotov
Paasikivi
Soviet Union
Kekkonen
Cooley Sees Farm Recession Forecast
EAST LANSING Mich Chairman Cooley D NC of the Agriculture Committee warns a farm recession is creeping back with a 30 percent income drop since 1947 and farmers receiving 42 cents of the consumer dollar vs 52 cents in 1946. He cites Korea era policy shifts and defends the farm program while urging a broader approach to aid agriculture.
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East Lansing
Mich
Cooley
D-Nc
The
Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
National Assn. of County Agricultural Agents Convention
Too Much Water In Beaufort Area
Beaufort North Carolina endures heavy rains from hurricanes Connie and Diane with ongoing downpours. Town officials report storm drains clogged with debris and many septic tanks flooded out of working order for weeks.
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Beaufort
N.C
Connie
Diane
Dan Walker
Dockers' Platform Cracked Across Coast
New York waterfront returns to activity but a second crack emerges in the peace platform as longshoremen resume work. In Newark State Sen. Anton and Assemblyman Brady refuse to join a citizens fact finding panel amid dockworkers demands.
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New York
James F. Murray Jr
Anton
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UNC
Frank Stone
Los Angeles
Murray
James McAllister
Godfrey Schmidt
Fordham Law School
Dennis Comey
ILA
Citizens Committee
New York Shipping Assn
State Supreme Court
Shipping Association
William C. Hecht Jr
Supreme Court
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