Integrated Nashville schools reopen amid no incidents
Nashville youth re entered six integrated elementary schools under federal court protection and police as order restored after last week s unrest. Attendance rises in several mixed classes with most of the Negro pupils in school. Hatty Cotton School resumes after a dynamite blast. pickets disappear and Judge Miller extends the desegregation injunction against John Kasper and others.
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Nashville
Tenn
Hattie Cotton School
William E. Miller
Miller
John Kasper
President Eisenhower Deliberates Budget With Brundage In Newport
President Eisenhower met for 45 minutes with Budget Director Percival Brundage and newly appointed deputy Maurice Stans at the vacation White House. They discussed federal budget issues and planned to release a current fiscal year report in October. Eisenhower then weathered a rainy Newport golf outing and appointed Alexander C. Robinson II to the National Capital Planning Commission.
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Newport
Eisenhower
Percival Brundage
White House
Brundage
Washington
Maurice H. Stans
Stans
Narraganset Bay
Newport Country Club
Alexander C. Robinson II
Shaker Heights
Ohio
National Capital Planning Commission
Cleveland
Robinson
Joseph D. Lohman
Guest books reflect faith and witness in life stories
Thinking by R L Dieffenbacher reflects on visitors’ guest books in churches and museums as a mirror of service to God. The piece notes the Book of Life will show names of friends and acquaintances, revealing humility, lack of gossip, and our failures to witness and help others.
Rescuers Seek Missing Coal Miner Near Premier Poca Mine
Rescuers dug through rock today seeking Arlie Davis, 50, of Herndon Heights, missing after a roof fall at the Premier Poca coal mine Tierney No 1 in Herndon, 10 miles from Mullens. Two workers were recovered. state and federal mine inspectors assisted.
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Mullens
W.va
Arlie Davis
Herndon Heights
Pocahontas Co. Tierney
Herndon
Murder Trial Evidence Heard In Robeson Prison Slaying
In Wake Superior Court nine convicts face possible death penalties for the killing of Martin Chavis, a Robeson County Indian. A key witness testified he saw Chavis stabbed with an iron and slashed with a knife and identified ringleader Edward Turcotte among the defendants.
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Raleigh
Martin Chavis
Robeson County
Wake Superior Court
Davis
Hoover Jones
Chavis
Jones
Edward Turcotte
Lester V. Chalmers Jr
Alfred T. Hamilton
Central Prison
Turcotte
Mediator Seeks Phone Agreement in Nationwide Strike
Federal mediator Walter Maggiolo met with chief negotiators in a bid to settle a nationwide strike by 23,800 telephone equipment installers in 44 states and the District of Columbia. CW A national director Joseph Dunne warned of a long stoppage if demands are not met as operators lose work nationwide. AT T reported only minor service impact with delays during peak periods, noting most long distance centers and local lines remain operational.
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New York
District of Colum
Walter A. Maggiolo
Mediation and Conciliation Service
Communications Workers of America
Cwas
Joseph E. Dunne
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Ceereny
UN Opens Crucial Session At United Nations
The General Assembly opens a crucial session with election of a new president and approval of Malay as the 82nd member. The United States and Russia push disarmament high on the agenda as Dulles and Gromyko prepare policy speeches. Diplomats seek Syria’s stance on Red China seating amid Middle East tensions.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Assembly
Thailand
Wan Waithayakon
U.N
United States
Russia
Dulles
Andrei Gromyko
Syria
Middle East
China
Faubus and Hays Hold Parley on Central High Row
Rep. Brooks Hays plans another talk with Gov. Orval Faubus over the Central High School integration clash in Little Rock. Hays, who helped arrange Eisenhower’s meeting with Faubus, urged a solution soon while Faubus weighs his next move and possible federal court summons looms.
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Little Rock
Ark
Brooks Hays
Orval Faubus
Central High School
Hays
Arkansas Democrat
Eisenhower
Faubus
Texas
U.S
Big Billygoat Rampage Terrifies Shelby Community
In Shelby North Carolina on a rural road a large bearded billygoat named Brandywine went on a destructive spree. The goat chased children damaged a home rammed a truck and burst through windows before he was shot and killed. The incident ended with the animal dying outside the Cochran home.
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Shelby
N.C
Brandywine
Martha Cochran
David McIntyre
David
Charlie Cochran
Mar
Whisper
Billy Goat
Tesenees
Joe Stockton
Old Brandywine
Stockton
Legion Hearings Call for Care Policy for Nonservice Veterans
At Atlantic City the American Legion heard Harvey V. Higley report the public regard for veterans has declined. He urged a formal policy to care for non service connected sick and disabled veterans, noting 22 000 on waiting lists and 17 000 with mental illness. He warned against ad hoc bed shortages.
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Atlantic City
N.J
American Legion
Harvey V. Higley
Veterans Affairs
Legion
Higley
Congress
Veterans Administration
U S To Allow Red Athletes In 1960 Olympics
The State Department announced that bona fide Chinese or other Communist athletes may enter the United States to compete in the 1960 Games without fingerprinting. They will undergo standard health and security checks. The move aims to enable any legitimate athlete to participate regardless of origin ahead of the Sofia IOC meeting led by Avery Brundage.
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Washington
United States
State Department
America
Lincoln White
Sofia
Bulgaria
International Olympic Committee
Avery Brundage
U. S
Squaw Valley
Calif
Exchanges Picketed In North Carolina
Southern Bell officials said eight of ten exchanges in North Carolina remained picketed during the Communications Workers strike. Long distance calls were handled normally. about 15 percent of North Carolina employees, mainly operators and some plant workers, honored the picket lines.
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Charlotte
Southern Bell Telephone Co
North Carolina
Communications Workers of America
Newton
Hendersonville
Raleigh
Durham
Winston-Salem
Asheville
Greensboro
Wilmington
Shelby
Southern Bell
Western Electric Co
Tanks Surround Bangkok Replaces Government in Coup
In Bangkok Marshal Sarit Thanarat seized power with tanks lining the capital and ousted Pibulsonggram without a shot fired. Sarit proclaimed Bangkok governorship, sought a new government, and pledged to honor SEATO ties and Thailand’s foreign policy. Phao Sriyanond and Pibulsonggram fled or prepared to leave as the coup unfolded.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Sarit Thanarat
P. Pibulsonggram
Malaya
Phumiphon Aduldet
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Sarit
Pibulsonggram
Sair
pHi
National Assembly
Phao
Geneva
Switzerland
SEATO
Soldier Admits Ties With Soviets and Desertion
BERLIN U S Army private Bobby F. Holland 25 of Rockmart Georgia pleaded guilty at a court martial to desertion and wrongful affiliation with Communists. He admitted attending Communist indoctrination classes in Bautzen East Germany and was sentenced to 12 years hard labor and a dishonorable discharge. Holland deserted from the 5th Infantry Division in West Germany and returned to Allied occupied West Berlin with his German wife and year old son. His sentence is subject to review.
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Berlin
U. S. Army
Pfe
Bobby F. Holland
East Germany
Rockmart
Holland
West Germany
West Berlin
Georgia
House For International Solidarity
Bautzen
Hollad
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H.M.S. Ark Royal
Vickers
Rolls- Royce
R. L. Dieffenbacher
D.D
NEA Service
Crawford Wilson
State Department of Mines
Litt
Billygoat
Cochrans
Emerson Johnson
Lattimore
Philip M. Talbott
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Talbott
Chamber
House of Representatives
Tiny
Herman Hop
Chinatown
Philadelphia
National American Legion
W. C
Dan” Daniel
National Legion Convention
Ernest Talbot
Soviets
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