Hodges Attacks Minority Scramble at Southern Governors Meeting
North Carolina Gov. Luther Hodges told the Southern Governors Conference in Sea Island that majority rule should prevail and urged independence from minority pressure. He criticized using race as political pawns and warned against rapid civil rights legislation, noting regional variations in racial attitudes.
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Hodges
US Supreme Court
Richard Russell
D-Ga
Sam Ervin
D-Nc
Congress
North Carolina
Delaware
Oklahoma
South
U.S. Supreme Court
North Lights Signal Rare Southern Aurora Display
Northern lights appeared across the South causing many calls to Weather Bureau and papers in Tennessee Alabama Georgia Florida and South Carolina. Mentions sightings near Atlanta Macon Memphis Birmingham Columbia Orlando and more with a 40 minute display starting around 11 30 p m.
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Weather Bureau
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
Dave Miller
Atlanta Weather Bureau
South
Stone Mountain
Atlanta
Macon
Memphis
Birmingham
Montgomery
Columbia
Orangeburg
Jacksonville
Cross City
Marianna
Orlando
Fla
Prison Trial End Expected This Week
Defense attorneys called more witnesses at Central Prison in Raleigh as eight inmates face trial for the slaying of fellow prisoner Martin Chavis. The two tested defendants, Edward Turcotte and Joseph Brewer, are accused of wielding knives in the July 30 attack, while others claim alibis. Chavis, 26, was serving a life sentence for murder in Robeson County.
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Raleigh
Central Prison
Edward Turcotte
East Providence
R.J
Joseph Brew Jer
New York City
Martin Chavns
Chavis
Robeson County
Violent Weekclaims 15 Lives Across North Carolina
A deadly weekend in North Carolina left at least 15 people dead. Among the victims were 5 year old Reid Schrum Jr crushed by an oil drum in East Gastonia and Mrs. Mary Johnson Hine fatally injured in a High Point crash. Three youths from High Point died in a Greensboro Highway 29.70A collision. An out of control gravel truck toppled into a fishing party on the Catawba River killing Franklin Bryant and wife. John Carl Hall 18 died in a Bellew's Creek crash after his car overturned.
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East Gastonia
Reid Schrum Jr
Gastonia
Ee As
Mary Johnson Hine
High Point
High Point Wallburg
Abbots Creek
Davidson County
Greensboro
Thomas E. Kirkman
Thomas A. Hazelwood
Victory Hugo Ballard
Lenoir
Frank Bryant
Stokesdale
Bellew's Creek
John Carl Hall
Hall
Flood Threat Rises as Texas Braces for Heavy Rains
Wide storms drenched eastern Texas with up to 8 inches in Medina area and San Antonio foothills. Beeville reported 7.2 inches while Karnes County saw up to 6 inches. one Medina ranch family marooned as lowland flooding grows.
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Dallas
Texas
San Antonio
Medina
Medina River
Beeville
Escondido
Karnes County
Gulf of Mexico
West Texas
Fort
Grimes acquitted in farmer slaying case in North Carolina
J D Grimes Jr, 42, acquitted by a Nash County jury after a four day trial in the slaying of Haywood C Paul 47 a tenant farmer found with Grimes wife. Grimes admitted shooting Paul but claimed temporary insanity. He expressed fatigue and said he cannot speak about his future plans or where he will live.
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Washington, N.C
J. D. Grimes Jr
Grimes
Nash County
Haywood
C. Paul
Paul
Washington
Storm Frieda Heads Toward Florida Coast
Tropical storm Frieda moved slowly westward over the Atlantic toward Florida about 500 miles away. At 5 a.m. advisory the storm traveled 10 mph with signs of strengthening and could reach the southeast coast by Wednesday morning. Forecasters noted no immediate alarm and suggested possible course changes remain possible.
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Miami
Fla
Frieda
Atlantic
Florida
U. S
Syria moves and border fears heighten in Middle East
Beir ut reports of Syrian troop movements trigger border tightenings by neighbors. Syria’s chief of staff Maj Gen Asif Bizry denies offensive reinforcements and says only police and customs guard the Turkish frontier. He criticizes Western reports as unfounded and offers direct talks with the United States. Jordan reinforces borders to deter weapons smuggling from Syria.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
Asif Bizry
Damascus
William L. Ryan
Associated Press
Bizry
Ryan
United States
Jordan
Eight Negroes Enter Central High Amid White Mob Disturbance
Eight Negro students slipped through a side door at Central High School in Little Rock as a diversionary group of white adults clashed with a hostile crowd. State Police and city patrolmen fought the melee while officers shielded the students as ambulances arrived. one adult was beaten as the scene escalated with screams and heavy fighting.
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Little Rock
Ark
Central High School
Somen
Eight Negro students removed from Central High amid crowd unrest
In Little Rock eight Negro pupils who entered Central High School were withdrawn by officials. Mayor Woodrow Wilson Mann announced over the radio at noon that the pupils had been removed. Police escorted the children to patrol cars as the crowd jeered and watched them depart.
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Little Rock
Ark
Little Rock High School
Central High School
Woodrow Wilson Mann
Eisenhower Returns to Capital for Talks
President Eisenhower cuts short his vacation and flies to Washington for international and domestic conferences. He will speak at the World Bank annual meeting and at a session on small business needs, marking the eve of the second anniversary of his Denver heart attack.
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Newport
Eisenhower
Washington
World Bank
Denver
Wake Forest Board to Review on Campus Dancing Issue
Wake Forest College Board of Trustees meets Friday to consider dancing on campus after a April decision stirred church groups statewide. The seven member committee found overwhelming support among Baptists and parents but will report without recommendations. The Baptist State Convention led by Dr. J C Canipe warns of broader upheaval at the November Raleigh convention if policy changes.
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Winston-Salem
Wake Forest College Board of Trustees
Baptist State Convention
J. C. Canipe
Hendersonville
Raleigh
Wake Forest
Irving Carlyle
Chessman Returns To Court In Death Penalty Fight
Daryl Chessman 36, on Los Angeles death row since 1948, returns to court seeking delays and new motions. He defended himself at trial, led a long appeal battle after a string of execution dates, and became a best selling author from cell 2455 death row.
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Los Angeles
Daryl Chessman
Chessman
San Quentin
Airman’s game debts linked to spy case life sentence
Air Force Captain George A. French received a life term after a secret trial at Barksdale Air Force Base for attempting to peddle atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. His wife, Dorothy, said he was deeply in debt from gambling, totaling thousands, and she was unaware of the extent until a mutual friend warned her.
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
George A. French
Air Force
Soviet Union
Dorothy G. French
George
Washington
French
Barksdale Air Force Base
Shreveport
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