Little Rock Board Leases Four High Schools to Private Group
The Little Rock Board authorized a lease of four closed high schools to a private group to operate as segregated schools with AG approval. The NAACP sought a temporary restraining order in Omaha, with a federal court hearing set for 10 a.m. CST, potentially blocking the transfer.
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Little Rock, Ark
Little Rock
Omaha
Neb
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Porarily Waiea
NAACP
Little Rock Private School Corp
Arkansas Alty
Bruce Benn
T. J. Raney
Truman Plays Major Role in 1960 Democratic Campaign
Washington AP reports 74 year old Harry S Truman aims to influence the 1960 Democratic presidential choice. He plans eight campaign dates across Wyoming Ohio Iowa North Dakota Minnesota in early October, signaling a continued push after backing Harriman in 1956.
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Washington
Harry Truman
Truman
Democratic National Committee
Wyoming
Ohio
Iowa
North Dakota
Minnesota
Averell Harriman
New York
Governor commutes man’s death sentence to life
In Montgomery Alabama the death sentence of Jimmy Wilson for a $1.95 robbery is commuted to life imprisonment by Gov. James E. Folsom after a dramatic clemency hearing last Friday. The 55 year old illiterate handyman faced the governor in the session.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jimmy Wilson
James E. Folsom
Court’s Decision Explains on equal protection in integration
Washington AP reports the Supreme Court’s special session opinion affirms the 14th Amendment equal protection in the Little Rock Central High School case. Chief Justice Warren reads the 17 page decision backing the ruling against delays in school integration.
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Little Rock
Central High School
Warren
Supreme ‘Court
Nevada Nuclear Test Seen From Las Vegas Area
The explosion occurred 90 miles from Las Vegas with a device about 10 kilotons. The test, floated 1,500 feet on a balloon, produced a bright flash and strong shock wave felt by observers around a hill ten miles away. Forecasters warned of fallout carried by light winds.
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Las Vegas
Premier De Gaulle Wins Fight
Premier De Gaulle claimed a sweeping referendum victory in France with about 78.5 percent approval and 84.9 percent turnout as 17,666,828 yes and 4,624,475 no votes returned. The result solidifies support for a new Fifth Republic and raises prospects for De Gaulle to address Algeria’s four-year rebellion.
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George MacArthur
Paris
de Gaulle
France
Susperdad Cater
French Guinea
West Africa
Guinea
Chiang Kai-shek Says Bombers Ready for Quemoy Action
President Chiang Kai-shek announced Nationalist air force readiness to bomb Communist artillery on Quemoy if life and death stakes arise. He claimed U S backing would come then, while stressing restraint and that action would be national in scale without requiring U S troops.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Quemoy
United States
U.S
China
de- Chiang
United Nations
Rocky Mount Lad Loses Polio Fight
Rocky Mount North Carolina report on a 23 year old polio patient who endured hospital care at Duke University and the Medical College of Virginia, used an iron lung and a rocking bed, and received visits from local athletes before his funeral service at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd.
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Rocky Mount Lad
Duke Hospital
Durham
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Duke University
Lee
Raleigh
George
Episcopal Church of the ‘Good Sheperd
Textile IIIs arguments before Senate committee
South Carolina mill officials blamed federal policies for industry woes while union spokesmen cited employer worker friction as a key problem. P G Bailey of Clinton and Frederick B Dent of Spartanburg urged removal of government fetters and inequities to spark revival and better profits.
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Clemson
S.C
South Carolina
Senate
P. G. Bailey
Clinton
Frederick B. Dent
Spartanburg
John O. Pastore
D-Ri
New England
Bailey
Cotton Mills
Manufacturers Group
Herbert S. Williams
Nashville, Tenn
Textile Workers Union Ofmerica
TWUA
South
Bruce E. Davis
Charlotte
N.C
National Labor Relations Board
Helene Wounds North Carolina Coast In Erratic Pass
Hurricane Helene battered North Carolina seashores with 140 mph winds and heavy rain, causing widespread roof damage to cottages at Wrightsville Kure and Carolina Beach and destroying a 300 foot Ocean Isle pier. Officials estimate losses in the millions, with the coast hardest hit near the Cape Fear River. A Wrightsville relay tower toppled and a fish market restaurant collapsed after a window blast. More on page five.
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Forrest
Enterprise
Wilmington
Helene
North Carolina
Wrightsville
Carolina
Hazel
North
South Carolina
Ocean Isle
Yacht Basin
Kure
Kure Beach
W. L. Teeter
Ocean Front
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HST
Supreme Court
Nevada
Hiroshima
Premier de Gaulle
Chiang
Rocky Mount, N.C
By del Booth
Southport
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Lather
Pier Falls
Carolina Beach
David Cox
Wrightsville Beach
Wrightsville Pier
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