Protests at Central High: Faubus Era Tensions Rise
The article recounts the 1957 Central High scene with Annette Harper and Beverly Burks questioned by the FBI after Gov. Faubus and local authorities handled the desegregation showdown. It notes Hoover denies imprisoning anyone, guards vs federal troops, and rising white student heckling as federalized troops reopen the school for the first Black students.
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Annette
Joseph J. Casper
FBI
Beverly Burks
Farybus
Casper
Central
Ike Flags Faubus Firm On Troops In Little Rock Crisis
President Eisenhower declared support for upholding federal court orders on school integration during the Little Rock confrontation. He urged moderation and law with a strong appeal to civic leaders as the Southern Governors Mediation Committee seeks a solution. Faubus offered no immediate reply to the president’s remarks.
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National Guard
Little Rock
Eisenhower
Southern Governors Mediation Committee
Girl Regrets Walkout Rejoins Central High Class
At Central High School in Little Rock a 15 year old student Betty Bewley regrets joining a mass walkout protesting Negroes in classrooms. She says she was swept along by the crowd and will be expelled, with her mother likely to scold her for leaving. A soldier escorted her back into the building after muttered jeers from friends.
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Little Rock
Ark
Central High School
Betty
Bewley
Central High
Race Row l Causes Girls to Run Off
Two 15 year old girls fled Little Rock Arkansas because their parents would not let them attend integrated Central High School. They were found in Tularosa New Mexico after a motorist dropped them off from El Paso Texas. They said they left broke but received help with clothing meals and shelter. One girl claimed her mother used the integration crisis as an excuse to keep her from school.
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Alamogordo
N.M
Little Rock
Ars
Integrated Central High School
Tularosa
Nlm
el Paso
Tex
Central High
Five Teeners Given One Year Each in Camden Disorder
Five Philadelphia youths, all 19, were sentenced to one year in jail by Camden Municipal Judge Anthony Marino for disorderly conduct outside Camden High School. The defendants included Samuel J. Wilson James F Brown both Marines on leave George Oliver Winfred Dingle and Roosevelt Grant. The judge warned the group that they came to the area for no good and must be punished. A 15 year old white boy was stabbed in a separate fight near the school. Police have since patrolled the area.
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Camden
N. J
Philadelphia
Camden High School
Anthony Marino
Delaware River
Samuel J. Wilson
James F., Brown
U. S. Marines Corps
George Oliver
Winfred Dingle
Roosevelt Grant
Michael Petritti
Pilot Frankie Naylor Named From Carrier Crash
Honolulu report identifies Lt Frankie Lee Naylor of San Lorenzo California as the pilot killed in the crash on takeoff from the carrier Ticonderoga aboard the bomber jet. A helicopter attempted to assist after the incident.
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Honolulu
UMI
Navy
Ticonderoga
Frankie Lee Naylor
San Lorenzo
Calif
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