Army alert order tied to Little Rock crisis explained
A Pentagon briefing revealed an Army special alert order aimed at readying divisions for possible civil emergencies, with 50 percent of troops within two hours of home posts. The order, issued Wednesday, aided rapid movement of the 101st Airborne from Fort Campbell to Little Rock, though officials cited it as a precautionary measure and declined to name issuing officers or exact distribution.
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Little Rock
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Leach Division
Pentagon
Jai Alai Fronton Opens in Tijuana Palace Reopens
The Tijuana Fronton Palace reopened Thursday night after a season closing fire. Twelve Jai Alai games are on the program with the rebuilt venue featuring closed circuit TV so games can be watched from the bars and lounges.
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Thiuana
Mexico
Tijuana
French Chief Wins Algerian Home-Rule Victory
Premier Maurice Bourges-Maunoury secured a tactical win for his Algerian home-rule bill by advancing a procedural vote that ends broad debate and sets article-by-article consideration for today. The move shapes the bill’s path in Paris late Thursday night.
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Paris
Maurice Bourges-Maunoury
Reservist arrested at Central High in Little Rock gun case
Sidney A. Wolff an air reservist wearing an Air Force second lieutenant uniform was jailed on charges of disturbing the peace and carrying a concealed weapon after federal troops detained him near Central High School. A .28 caliber revolver was found concealed in his coat and a loaded sports rifle in his car. Wolff, identified as from Fort Worth Texas, faced suspension of active duty orders as Air Force investigates. his father in Miami denied it was his son.
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Ark
Sidney A. Wolff
Air Force
Central High School
Wolff
Little Rock Air Base
Fort North
Tex
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
William Wolff
Miami
Fla
University of Florida
Air Waft
Fort Worth
Air Force Headquarters
Washington
William Wooliff
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Eisenhower to Meet Governors on Integration Tuesday
President Eisenhower told five southern governors he would discuss school integration in Washington next Tuesday on a broader scale than just Little Rock. Faubus will not attend, and committee members include Hodges, Clement, Griffin, and McKeldin.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Little Rock
Ark
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Governors' Committee
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Faubus
Luther Hodges
North Carolina
Frank Clement
Tennessee
Marvin Griffin
Georgia
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
Mec Heldon
Chicago
Karl P
Sschmidt
Chicago Natural History Museum
Robert F. Inger
Schmidt
Hoffa Facing Union Scrutiny as Election Nears
Hoffa resists challenges to his Teamsters presidency as Senate and federal actions collide. A Senate panel delays questioning Hoffa until after next week's convention while two fellow international vice presidents, Frank Brewster of Seattle and Sidney Brennan of Minneapolis, also run for reelection. A federal hearing in Washington considers a bid to halt the election over alleged rigged delegates.
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Frank W. Brewster
Seattle
Sidney L Brennan
Minneapolis
Hoffa
Senate Committee
Rank and
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Moose Loves Not Wisely But Too Well in Ontario
Bruce the moose, invading a cow pasture seven miles east of Lindsay, Ontario, was killed today by S. C. Simons, a Department of Lands and Forest agent after resisting bulls placed with cows. A Toronto veterinarian said no offspring would result even if breeding occurred.
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Bruce
U.S. Payroll Cut Viewed Unlikely
Washington dispatch reports civil service chairman Harris Ellsworth saying the current economy drive will not likely trigger large federal payroll cuts. He notes most agencies planned only modest personnel reductions, with at least one major department agriculture possibly hiring instead of cutting.
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Washington
Civil Service
Harris Ellsworth
Department — Agriculture
Three Killed as Plane Skids Off Carrier Deck
On the USS Forrestal during NATO maneuvers three Navy airmen died when an A3D Skywarrior failed on landing. The jet ripped the deck edge, slid the length of the flight deck, caught fire and sank. Cmdr. Paul Ernest Wilson Jr. of Jacksonville, Florida, was among the dead. weather included low clouds and rain squalls.
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Cmdr
Paul Ernest Wilson Jr
Jacksonville
Fla
Paul E. Wilson
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Wilmington
Calif
Murr Arnold
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