Negroes surrender to enter Clay Ky school amid tense stand
Four Negro pupils abandoned their bid to enter Clay Consolidated School after a school board order barred them. About 150 white students returned to class, as National Guardsmen remained in Clay. The event followed a state attorney general opinion declaring the enrollment illegal.
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Clay, Ky
Clay Consolidated School
Adjt
J. J. B. Williams
Irene Powell
Clay
Gordon
James
Theresa
Copeland Brothers
Bobbie Carl
Samuel Lee
Webster County
Rosenwald
Catherine Copeland
Providence
Wiliams
National Guardsmen
Williams
Powell
Owensboro
U. S. District Court
James Crumlin
Louisville
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Crumlin
The Samaritan Spirit on the Highway
The piece reflects on roadside kindness and the prevalence of indifference. It values helpers who offer aid in emergencies and questions whether readers would emulate those who assist or join the indifferent. It emphasizes personal responsibility to help others in need.
Eisenhower Focuses on Farm Policy Ahead of Iowa Visit
President Eisenhower mounts a heavy campaign week focused on agriculture. He will meet Milton Eisenhower and Senator Hickenlooper, seek Benson’s counsel, and travel to Newton for the National Field Days and Plowing Contest before a planned farm address in Peoria.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Milton Eisenhower
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Benson
Newton
Peoelection
Dulles Denies Plan to Finance Canal Detour
Secretary of State Dulles says there is no American plan to finance a detour of the Suez Canal. The United States may back increased oil exports through the Export-Import Bank if canal transit becomes impractical, as a contingency only. He spoke with President Eisenhower before leaving for London.
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Washington
Dulles
Eisenhower
Suez Canal
White House
United States
Africa
London
Egypt
Farm Income Seen Rising Thru September Says USDA
The Agriculture Department reports net farm income likely about 9 percent higher than last year for July through September, with an annual rate near 12 billion dollars. Marketings total about 17.1 billion for January–August, up 20 percent, while prices overall averaged 2 percent below last year amid a larger output.
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Washington W
Agriculture Department
Villanova Psychologist Links Race to Education Capacity
A Villanova University psychologist states that standardized tests show Negroes as a group have less educational capacity than whites. He cites World War I era studies and notes social gains have not equalized this gap, arguing the problem may stem from the direction of study and interpretation.
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Washington
Villanova University
Frank C. J. McGurk
Villanova
US News & World Report
McGurk
O Keefe Resumes Stand In Brink s Robbery Trial
Joseph J. O Keefe resumes testimony as the prosecution star witness against eight men charged in the Brink s robbery. He has pleaded guilty to the 1 219 million theft and testified that the group planned the heist and conducted up to 15 nightly visits to the Boston headquarters to study the layout before the January 17 1950 robbery.
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Boston
Joseph J
Specs
O'Keefe
Superior Court
Thesix
Brink
Dist
Garrett H. Byrne
Cotton Discrimination Claims Fuel House Hearing
A Georgia South lawmakers and farmers testified as a House subcommittee opened hearings on the cotton situation. H. L. Wingate and H. W. Todd charged soil bank and export programs hurt cotton prices, while a Republican spokesman argued grading reforms offset downgrades. The committee plans further fact finding in Greenville Texas after a one day session in Atlanta.
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South
House
H. L. Wingate
Georgia Farm Bureau
H. W. Todd
Alabama
Todd
Benson
Rep
E. C. Gathings
D-Ark
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Soil Bank
Randolph Thrower
Congress
Georgia
Gathings
Subcommittee
Republian
H. D. Cooley
North Carolina
W. R. Poage
Coal Industry Opposes Gas Pipeline Hearing
The bituminous coal industry warned the Federal Power Commission that natural gas lines into tidewater Carolina would cut coal revenue by over 10 million dollars in three years. Walter R. Thurmond of Charleston WV said 1,971,118 tons would shift from Southern production and 335 miners could lose jobs. Railroads would lose about 2,069,299 in coal-hauling revenue.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Tidewater
Carolinas
Walter R. Thurmond
Charleston
W.va
Southern Coal Producers’ Assn
North Carolina
South Carolina
Commission
Thurmond
William M. Maddox
Property Owners Committee
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Hearings Resume Before North Carolina Budget Group
Raleigh report outlines budget requests as the State Hospitals Board of Control and the State Board of Higher Education appear before the Advisory Budget Commission. Proposals include 1957 59 operating funds for 12 state institutions 16.81 million for permanent campus improvements 345 thousand for a teacher scholarship loan program and a 10 million revolving housing fund.
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Raleigh
State Hospitals Board of Control
State Board of Higher Education
Advisory Budget Commission
Hospitals Board of Control
Board of Higher Education
Charlotte
Wilmington
Asheville
Winston - Salem Teachers College
Elizabeth City State Teachers College
Fayetteville State Teachers College
Budget Commission
State Department of Public Instruction
State Board of Education
Nations invitees back plan for Suez users' association
London reports sixteen of eighteen supporting nations have accepted a conference invitation to set up a Suez traffic users' association. Ethiopia and Spain had not replied as Britain, Egypt and others weigh possible boycott and economic measures. U. S. Dulles signals aid to ease costs and keep canal open.
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Suez Canal
Ethiopia
Spain
Nasser
Suez
Egypt
U. S
State Dulles
Cape of Good Hope
Turkey
New Zealand
Australia
Japan
Pakistan
Iran
West Germany
Italy
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Portugal
Netherlands
South Africa
Capetown
London Daily Telegram
Eden
United Nations
Lancaster House
Durham Negro Enrolls at Gas ton Technical Institute
A 33 year old African American ex soldier John C Lyon enrolled at Gaston Technical Institute marking the first Negro student at the Consolidated University branch in North Carolina. Lyon said he felt at home and had come after automotive tech not taught at his previous school. About 200 students attended the term opening amid some white student complaints, while other UNC system branches already enrolled Black students.
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Gastonia
N.C
Durham
James I. Maren
Lyon
Consolidated
University of North Carolina
Moore High School
Germany
Consolidated University
NC State
Woman's College
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