Young riveter and wife arrested in kidnaping of boy
Everett Washington police captured George Collins Jr. 20 and his wife Katherine 21 for abducting 8 year old Lee Crary and holding him in a car trunk after the boy was found unharmed near Lake Stevens a ransom note demanding 10 000 dollars had been sent. Collins confessed after four hours of questioning stating the act was spur of the moment and connected to a prior job at Edmonds. The boy returned home Monday after vanishing.
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Everett
Wash
Lee Ma
Lake Stevens
Here
Roi
Snohomish County
Bob Twitchell
George Edward Collns Jr
Katherine
Collins
Seattle
Lynndale
Edmonds
Crary
Lee
Lead paint found on Japanese toys in North Carolina
Laboratory tests on several Japanese toys in North Carolina showed lead poisoning evidence in the paint on some items. Dr. John Hamilton said the SBI contacted toy importers and collected samples while stressing no great danger of acute poisoning.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
John Hamilton
Hamilton
Walter Anderson
State Bureau of Investigation
SBI
Faubus Urges Calm Amid Little Rock Tension
Gov Orval Faubus urged Arkansans to remain calm as federal forces enforce school integration at Central High. Critics called his speech inflammatory while Sid McMath and Clarence Laws condemned his stance. Army 101st Airborne units had escorted nine Black students into the school, amid earlier arrests and incidents surrounding the integration crisis.
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Little Rock
Ark
Goyv
Orval Faubus
Arkansans
Arkansas
Sid McMath
NAACP
Clarence A. Laws
Faubus
Central High School
Walker
Edwin A. Walker
Army
White House
Eisenhower
101St Airborne Division
Sidney A. Wolff
Miami
Fla
Air Force Reserve
Wolff
Reactions Volume at Little Rock on Army Tactics
Senators from New Jersey Georgia Mississippi condemn or question the use of federal troops at Little Rock Central High School amid integrated classes. Quotes accuse troops of adopting Hitler era storm trooper tactics and challenge states rights and presidential authority amid the crisis.
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Little Rock
Ark
New Jersey
Georgia
Virginia
Mississippi
Central High School
Albany State College Buildings Burned in Vandalism Fire
Albany Georgia fire caused nearly 300000 dollars in damage at Albany State College for Negroes. The blaze destroyed Hazard Training School and damaged Caroline Hall. Officials cited arson with two to three people seen fleeing. Authorities tested witnesses for race as suspects.
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Albany
Albany State College
W. M Harrison
Caroline Hall
Harris
E. W. Peterson
South Georgia
Florida
Dennis
Negroes Enter Central High Amid Quiet Tension
Army paratroopers again escorted nine Negro students into Little Rock Central High School as over 200 white students gathered at the entrance. A lieutenant led the group with a soldier behind. roughly 350 troops remained on site. Attendance rose to 1,450 with the day starting at 8:45 a.m. and no major incidents reported.
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Little Rock
Ark
Central High School
Virgil Blossom
Central High
Threats On Life Alleged In Teamsters Case
Robert Scott, former Michigan Teamsters figure, testified before the Senate Labor Rackets Committee that union officials hounded his wife to death in 1946 with threatening phone calls. He cited two anonymous calls last week urging him not to testify and said his testimony would proceed. He named James R. Hoffa as a leading Teamsters candidate while noting his wife’s death and arthritis complications.
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Washington
Robert Scott
Teamsters
Michigan
Senate Labor Rackets Investigating Committee
Scott
James R. Hoffa
Senate Committee
Kennedy
Hoffa Opponents Win Round in Teamsters Court Battle
Federal judge lets New York Teamsters pursue injunction to block Miami Beach convention elections. Hoffa, Beick? No, Beck retiring. the suit targets Hoffa, Beck and most of the executive board over allegedly rigged delegate selection. Opponents say delegates were hand-picked to favor Hoffa in the upcoming Teamsters convention.
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Washington
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
New York
Miami Beach
Fla
Hoffa
Midwest
Senate Committee
Dave Beck
U.S. Dist
F. Dickinson Letts
Union
Beck
Thomas L. Hickey
Hickey
Godfrey P. Schmidt
New York State Labor Department
Schmidt
Army chief revokes riot training order on Little Rock
Secretary Wilber Brucker announced the canceled order for stepped up riot training of troops in the South will not be revived. He refused to reveal details or signatories and said the matter is a closed chapter as the Army seals the issue amid controversy over enforcing racial integration at Central High School.
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Washington
Wilber Brucker
South
Brucker
Army
Eisenhower
Little Rock
Rucker
Central High School
Wilson
101St Airborne Division
Hodges Faces Peacemaker Role Over Little Rock Crisis
North Carolina Governor Luther Hodges says he reluctantly accepts a peacemaker role amid the federal troops crisis over integration in Little Rock. He leads Southern governors in seeking to persuade President Eisenhower to withdraw troops. Hodges, a moderate on segregation, opposes mixing in schools and labels the Supreme Court ruling as law but accepts it. He emphasizes law and order during limited integration in North Carolina and recounts a Horatio Alger like rise from tenant farmer to governor.
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Raleigh, N.C
North Carolina
Luther H. Hodges
Eisenhower
Little Rock
Ark
Hodges
U.S. Supreme Court
White House
Horatio Alger
University of North Carolina
Marshall Field Co
Economic Cooperation Administration
Germany
FBI Chief Denies Faubus Accusation On Teen Incommunicado
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover rebutted Gov Orval Faubus claim that the FBI held teenagers incommunicado for hours in Little Rock. Hoover said no one, including teenagers, was held without contact and urged Faubus to call for facts rather than spread falsehoods. He noted FBI discussions with students named by Faubus counsel.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Little Rock
Gov. Faubus
Integrated Schools Almost Normal
Nashville officials report schooling nearly normal after desegregation. Assistant Superintendent W. H. Oliver notes only seven children remain housed to preserve integration, with ten Black students now enrolled in previously all-white elementary schools as integration progresses.
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Nashville
Tenn
W. H. Oliver
Trio Blamed For Race Troubles In Little Rock
Gov Faubus named three opponents in the Little Rock integration fight, accusing Harry Ashmore editor of the Arkansas Gazette, publisher McMath, and himself a repudiated candidate. Ashmore and McMath rejected the claims, calling the rhetoric inflammatory. Faubus defended mobilizing the National Guard and attacked Judge Ronald N. Davies who issued the injunction against interference with integration.
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Little Rock
Ark
Orville Faubus
Harry Ashmore
Arkansas Gazette
McMath
Ashmore
Faubus
National Guard
Paris
Budapest
U. S
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R-Nj
Chicago
Richard Russell
D-Ga
Defense Wilson
James C. Eastland
Dmiss
Georgia Negro College
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