Wallace orders school delay as Macon County opens despite court order
Federal authorities pressure integration amid Alabama standoff. Doar meets board as 215 troopers encircle Macon County schools on Labor Day. Board defies executive order, stating schools will open as scheduled. Huntsville, Birmingham, and Mobile districts also under court orders to admit Black students this week.
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Macon County
Wallace
Macon Cunty
John Doar
Justice Department
Doar
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Tuskegee
North Alabama
Huntsville
Gvernor
Birmingham
Mobile
Weather Outlook From Page One
Arkansas to Missouri forecasts show warm, humid conditions with isolated afternoon and early evening thunderstorms. Highs range from 92 to 98 degrees in Arkansas, mid 80s to low 90s in Missouri, and cooler trends toward the north and east. Tonight lows 66 to 74, with scattered thundershowers mainly in southern regions. Wednesday remains partly cloudy with little temperature change.
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Arkansas
Missouri
Georgia Student Hunter Reveals Secret Marriage
New York AP report says Charlayne Hunter, first Black student at the University of Georgia, secretly married Walter Stovall, a 35 year old white student from Douglas, Georgia. They expect a December child and married last spring while at the university.
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New York
Charlayne Hunter
University of Georgia
Walter Stovall
Douglas
George
Stovall
Atlanta Journal
North
Atlanta
Arkansas Supreme Court Returns From Summer Backlog
The Arkansas Supreme Court resumed session after summer recess but issued no opinions. It heard oral arguments, handled a backlog of persons and motions, and adjourned. Next Monday remains set for further action.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Charleston Sees First Postsecondary Desegregation
In Charleston South Carolina eleven Negro children began classes with white students marking the state s first college level desegregation in public schools with no incidents reported as families arrived. Fifteen Negro children attended previously segregated Roman Catholic schools as Bishop Francis F Reh announced a voluntary desegregation program following a federal court order.
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Charleston
S.C
South Carolina
Francis F. Reh
Diocese of
U.S
J. Robert Martin Jr
Accident Fatal to Negro Driver
Fort Smith Arkansas AP reports Amanda Adams, 17, a Black resident of Fort Smith, died on arrival after the car she rode in ran off U S Highway 65 about five miles west of Fort Smith. Two other passengers were injured in the accident.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Amanda Adams
Fort Smith
U.S. Highway 65
Johnson Starts 15,000 Mile goodwill trip to Scandinavia
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson arrived in Stockholm on a 15,000 mile goodwill tour of Scandinavia. He said it was a mission of old friendship and new confidence, carrying greetings from over a million Americans of Swedish descent and from President Kennedy. Premier Tage Erlander welcomed him at Arlanda Airport near Stockholm.
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Stockholm
Lyndon B. Johnson
Sweden
Scandinavia
Kennedy
Johnson
Arlanda
Tage Erlander
Erlander
United States
Khrushchev Ends Slav Vacation
Soviet Premier Khrushchev departs Belgrade after a two week vacation with Tito, signaling closer Soviet Yugoslav ties. Chinese officials boycott departure, continuing opposition to Khrushchev’s reconciliation with Tito’s independent regime.
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Belgrade
Khrushchev
Tito
Power mower injury shocks North Little Rock man
Jerry M. Wilkins, 49, of North Little Rock, was mowing a lawn when he backed the power mower and a mail pickup flew into his back. He reported the incident to local authorities and was treated for injuries.
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North Little Rock
Jerry M. Wilkins
Wilkins
Formation and codes of major comics associations
The Association of Comics Magazine Publishers formed in 1948 adopted a code banning sexy material and sadistic torture. In 1954 the Comics Magazine Association of America formed its code prohibiting torture and glorification of crime, insisting stories show virtue triumphing over vice.
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Association of Comics Magazine Publishers
Comics Magazine Association of America
Soviet says China can rely on Russia under pact
Moscow Radio broadcast in Japanese stated that despite Sino-Soviet differences the friendship and mutual assistance treaty remains in effect and that China need not pursue an atom bomb as Soviet nuclear might would deter any attack. The message emphasized continued cooperation between the two Communist powers.
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Soviet Union
China
Moscow Radio
Nail removal at Little Rock hospital after spine injury
A patient named Wilkins underwent a nail removal procedure near the spine at a Little Rock hospital and was not hospitalized afterward.
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Tle Rock Hospital
Wilkins
Five Escape at Spa Jail Recaptured Two At Large
Five men escaped from Garland County Jail in Hot Springs by sawing through a barred second floor window and lowering via a blanket rope. Two escapees were recaptured early Tuesday morning. several remain at large, with roadblocks set up and authorities warning they are dangerous. Names include Louis Childers Claude Hughes Ralph Fitzhugh Robert Hall and Jordan the trusty.
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Ark
Gatland Country
Maybew. Talmage
Shorty
Renegar
Garland Circuit Court
Talmage
Louis Childers
Claude R. Hughes
Hot’ Springs
Ralph Mackey
Fitzhugh
Robert Hall
Lee Gusta Jordan
Hot ‘Springs
Garland County
Louis’ Childers
Claude R Hughes
Childers
Ralph
Houston ‘Tex
Rockefeller to Buck Opposition In Arkansas GOP
Morriston Arkansas AP Winthrop Rockefeller says he will buck the party after the GOP executive committee in Little Rock restricted his activities to minimal contact with headquarters. L Lee Potter acknowledges Rockefeller’s past help but offers no further comment while Rockefeller notes grassroots support and hints at an upcoming move not ordered by the committee.
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Ark
Winthrop Rockefeller
Republican National
Republican Party
GOP
Everett A. Ham
Rockefeller
L. Lee Potter
Washington
Arkansas
Potter
Little Rock
Executive Committee
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
U S Undersecretary Ball Seeks Reset With Pakistan
Rawalpindi Pakistan AP U S Undersecretary of State George Ball arrived for talks amid strained relations. He planned meetings with President Ayub Khan as Pakistani officials engaged with a Chinese delegation to advance a trade agreement. The visit followed tensions over Red China and regional policies.
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Pakistan
George
Ball
Cealing
U.S
Mohammed
Ayub Khan
Carter
Kennedy
Perstan
Red
China
Hizarmie
United States
India
Red China
Escape Try Fails in Georgia Prison Break
In Reidsville Georgia an escape attempt by three inmates armed with homemade knives sparked a major disturbance at Reidsville State Prison. A tower guard’s shotgun stopped the break as state troopers moved in. Prison Director Hallford said about 2,000 inmates participated in the outburst with several guards assaulted. tear gas subdued the dormitories and no serious injuries were reported.
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Reidsville
Pris
Fred Halford
Haliford
Atlanta
Hallford
Kennedy Returns to Capital as Alabama Crisis Speeds Plan
President Kennedy flies from Hyannis Port to Andrews Air Force Base after cutting short a Cap Cod holiday amid political costs from school desegregation tensions in Alabama. The trip follows a planned Labor Day weekend at Hyannis Port that may have stretched to Wednesday.
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Washington
Kennedy
Alabama
Andrews Air Force Base
Otis Air Force Base
Mass
White House
Hyannis Port
Pine Bluff Arsenal appoints Maj. Bob Rump PIO
Major Bob Rump, fiscal and accounting officer at Pine Bluff Arsenal, has been assigned additional duties as public information officer. The move affects communications handling and liaison duties with the AP and local media.
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Pine Bluff Ark
Bob Rump
Pine. Bluff, Arsenal
Two Miners Rescued After Week in Hospital Return Home
Hazleton Pennsylvania reports David Fellin and Henry Throne freed after a week recuperating from 14 days entombment in a coal mine cave. Louis Bova remains missing as authorities abandon hope of finding him alive. 120 days would be needed to reach him.
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Hazleton
David Fellin
Henry Throne
Louis Bova
Fellin
Throne
Bova
H. Beecher Charmbury
Charmbury
Gordon Smith
Dan
Marie Bova
Joseph Bova
Marie
Eva
Theamera
Fellins
Six Die in State Holiday Wrecks
Six persons died in Arkansas traffic deaths over Labor Day weekend ending Monday. Two drowned and one man was struck by a train. A Blytheville youth was killed when struck by a golf club on the Blytheville Air Force Base course. No other fatalities were reported through 6 p.m. Monday.
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Arkansas
A. Blytheville
Blytheville Air Force Base
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