Stevenson Hopes Federal Troops Withdraw Quick from Little Rock
Adlai Stevenson told reporters in Chapel Hill that soldiers should be withdrawn from Little Rock Arkansas promptly. He faulted President Eisenhower for not clearly expressing a position on school desegregation and urged leaders to bind up wounds. He stayed at Gov Hodges' home and noted a White House conference with Southern governors is planned to press for immediate troop withdrawal.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
Adlai Stevenson
Little Rock
Ark
Eisenhower
Central High School
Stevenson
Hodges
Chicago
Raleigh
Washington
White House
Democratic Party
Auto Crash Kills Three Near Blacksburg North Carolina
Three young Shelby men were killed when their car left U.S. 29 A and crashed into a creek bank, coming to rest in a pasture near Blacksburg North Carolina. Coroner Jack E. Millwood identified victims as Jimmy Dean Graham age 21 Jimmy Durham Canpe age 21 and Claude L Crawford age 23. A motorist, Sandy A. Johnson of Bes semer City North Carolina, reported seeing the southbound wreck about one mile north of the scene. Millwood empaneled a jury but did not set an inquest date.
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Blacksburg
N.C
Shelby
U.S
Jack E. Millwood
Jimmy Dean Graham
Jimmy Durham Canpe
Claude L. Crawford
Sandy A. Johnson
Rt. 1
Bessemer City
Johnson
Here
Millwood
Doctors Transplant Heart Between Dogs in Baltimore
Three Baltimore researchers led by Dr. Edgar F. Berman transplanted a heart from one dog into another at Sinai Hospital. The four hour operation used a heart lung machine, seven technicians, and tight suturing as the donor heart beat in the host dog. Surgeon Mauricio Goldberg left for Cordova, Argentina after the procedure.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Heart
Edgar F. Berman
Leonard C. Akman
Mauricio Goldberg
Goldberg
Cordova
Argentina
Sinai Hospital
Berman
Akman
Altman
Atomic Test Series Near Conclusion
The next-to-last explosion in the 1957 series, Charleston, was detonated at the Atomic Test Site. The blast, rated near nominal at 20,000 tons of TNT, was visible from San Francisco to Las Vegas and heard in Boulder City. Only trace fallout was detected outside the test area.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Nev
Charleston
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Boulder City
Mage Ag
U N Reports 1956 Arms Exports to Syria Above 60 Million
United Nations figures show six Western countries exported 1.379 million dollars in ordnance to Syria in 1956. Belgium Luxembourg supplied 935 thousand dollars. Italy 361 thousand. United States 41 thousand. Britain 24 thousand. West Germany 18 thousand. Syria's total more than doubled from 1955. Syrian Foreign Minister Salah Bitar scheduled to address the General Assembly Tuesday.
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United Nations
N. Y
U. N. General Assembly
Syria
U. N. Statistical Office
U. N
Soviet Union
Belgium
Luxembourg
Italy
United States
Britain
West Germany
West
Salah Bitar
General Assembly
Les Girls chosen for royal film performance in London
London reports that the light hearted American musical Les Girls has been selected for next month's royal film event before Queen Elizabeth. Stars Gene Kelly Mitzi Gaynor and Kay Kendall are set to appear in the production.
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London
Les Girls
Gene Kelly
Mitzi Gynor
Kay Kendall
Five Pamir Survivors Rescued by U S Transport Ship Geiger
Five German sailors survived the Pamir sinking after two days in a lifeboat and reached Casablanca aboard the Geiger. They drank gallons of milk on arrival, prayed with the chaplain, and recounted the ship's sudden list and the deaths of crewmates before heading to Frankfurt.
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Casablanca
Morocco
U.S
Geiger
West Germany
Argentina
Hamburg
Carrie
Frankfurt
Cmdr
Malcolm W. Graham
Fresh Meadows
N.Y
Joseph Lindner
Cincinnati
Milton D. Chalkley
Suffolk
Harry L. Lane
Rutherford
N. J
Lane
Faubus considers closing Central High and federal troops
Gov. Faubus said a possible law to close Central High would require a special session and noted he might seek a federal court injunction to remove troops. He avoided firm plans, while federal guards remained around the school after Eisenhower sent troops to enforce integration.
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Little Rock
Ark
Orval Faubus
Eisenhower
Faubus
Central High
F. A. Teague
Berryville
Arkansas House
Ike
Hoffa Jubilant At Court Action In Teamsters Race
Hoffa jubilant after a Washington court cleared the way for Teamsters elections in the federation. He predicted a first ballot convention victory next week naming him president and said protests against delegates would be swept aside. The appeals court ruling set aside an injunction against electing new officers, framing the decision as vindication for Hoffa and Beck.
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Miami Beach
Fla
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Steamster
Hoffa
Midwest
Senate
Dave Beck
Teamster
Senate Committee
Washington
U. S. District Court
F. Dickinson Letts
Man And Snake Get Together
In Fitzgerald Georgia on September 28 Leo Cook. while resting in grass he sat on a rattlesnake’s head and the tail rattled. He escaped unharmed and fled before the snake could strike. He was working for a pulpwood dealer at the time.
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Fitzgerald
Leo Cook
Cook
Band Played On as Hasty High Misses Football Game
The Band Played On with Ledford High facing Rockwell and Hasty High in a game that never started. Hasty did not appear, leaving Ledford awaiting a clash in Davidson County. Fans received refunds or reissued tickets for a future game as Rockwell and Ledford coped with the mishap.
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Eimm N. C
Rockwell
Hasty High
Ledford High
Davidson County
Ledford
Hasty
Rudisill
Foreign car sales rise in U S surpassing last year's totals
Detroit reports foreign built cars in 1957-58 rising past 200,000 units for the year with January-July deliveries at 103,659 and an anticipated August-September add 40,000. VW leads, Renault and MG follow as smaller, fuel efficient cars dominate the import market.
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Detroit
United States
U.S
General Motors
Ford
Volkswagen
Renault
Appeals court clears Teamsters election with seating proviso
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington vacated Judge Letts injunction blocking next week's Teamsters election at Miami Beach. It requires delegates seated by credentials must conform to the union constitution and a quorum be formed only by those delegates. Hoffa celebrated the decision while critics warn of continued litigation over delegate seating and possible appeals.
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Washington
Teamsters
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
F. Dickinson Letts
Miami Beach
James R. Hoffa
Letts
Thomas J. Dodd
New York
O Ace Gee Thomas Haggerty
Septuation
D-Ark
Senate
Hoffa
Union Treasuries
Judge Let
Texan Republicans Quit In Protest
Two Texas Republican leaders resign party chairmanships over President Eisenhower's use of federal troops at Little Rock. R. L. Durst quits Precinct 256 chair in Bellaire and Herbert Cartwright resigns as Montgomery County executive chair. Hutcheson expresses regret for the resignations.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Eisenhower
Little Rock
R. L. Durst
Bellaire
Herbert Cartwright
Conroe
Montgomery County
GOP
Thad Hutcheson
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