Mixed Schools Quiet Clash in Texas and Kentucky
Integrated classes began in Louisville and Sturgis with guards present in Sturgis and Texarkana. A mob blocked a Texarkana junior college entry for Jessalyn Gray and Steve Poster while Louisville saw orderly integration with no heavy police.
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Texas
Sturgis
Louisville
Texarkana
Tex
Sturgis High School
Texarkana Junior College
Jessalyn Gray
Steve Poster
Miss Gray
Poster
Kentucky
Six Deaths Raise State Toll to 646
Six weekend traffic deaths pushed Wisconsin 1956 fatalities to 646, with victims including Jerome Hauke 28 Milwaukee motorcyclist. Edward Thomas 50 Chicago and Myrtle 48 his wife. Duane Morgan 22 Pardeeville. Lorenzo Ramirez 63 Racine. Lawrence LaComb 48 Milwaukee. Norma Muzik Milwaukee. Dr. Van Hecke linked Muzik’s death to injuries from a Sept. 3 crash.
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Wisconsin
Jerome Hauke
Milwaukee
Milwaukee County Emergency Hospital
South
Hauke
Doris Schweitzer
Wisconsin General Hospital
Edward Thomas
Chicago
Myrtle
U.S. Highway 12
Whitewater
Duane Morgan
Pardeeville
Columbia County
Portage
Lorenzo Ramirez
Racine
Lawrence LaComb
Norma Muzik
L. J. van Hecke
Milwaukee County
van Hecke
Muzik
Crosby Requests Baptismal Proof for Marriage
Crosby, 52, asked Sunday for a baptismal certificate required for Catholic marriage. A Tacoma priest said such a certificate is needed only for entering priesthood or marriage. Crosby denied marriage plans with Kathy Grant after her Hollywood visit.
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Seattle
Wash
Bing Crosby
St. Patrick’s Church
Tacoma
Crosby
Kathy Grant
Hollywood
Hayden Lake
Idaho
Japan Backed by U S on Return of War-Era Occupied Lands
Tokyo reports that American Ambassador John M. Allison told Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu today the United States supports Japan's claim to regain territory occupied by Russia after World War II.
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Tokyo
Mamoru Shigemitsu
John M. Allison
United States
Japan
Russia
Annie Oakley era humor boosts Want Ad help line
Classified act promises to fill jobs or cash for items by calling OL 7 5121. Sloganed by Annie Oakley angle, the ad markets help in crafting wanted ads and finding workers or buyers.
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Annie Oakley
Woman Pours Lye On Sleeping Husband In Milwaukee
Rosie Green, 36, is jailed on a battery charge after pouring lye on her sleeping husband Charles Green, 35, causing severe burns to his face and chest. Police say she admitted the act saying he had threatened to kill her and her son following a quarrel over household expenses.
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Milwaukee
Charles Green
County General Hospital
Lye
Rosie
Green
Flaming Cross Burns At Milwaukee Building
A flaming cross was placed against an east side Milwaukee apartment building early Sunday waking Eugene Clark 30 his wife and three children after a brick was thrown through a front window of their home.
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Milwaukee
Eugene Clark
Beloit Union Workers Approve Fairbanks Morse Contract
A spokesman for the United Steel Workers said Fairbanks Morse & Co. production employees voted about two to one to accept a contract offer on Sunday in Beloit.
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Beloit
United Steel Workers
Pyes
Fairbanks, Morse & Co
Adlai Campaigns in New England as Inflation Fears Rise
Adlai E Stevenson and Estes Kefauver campaigned in Hartford New England warning Republicans cannot take any state for granted due to rising living costs. They cited inflation fears and debt for autos houses and appliances, urged action on flood control and criticized Washington leadership and civil rights progress. The pair planned to address a Democratic state convention in Albany later.
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Hartford
Conn
Adlai E. Stevenson
New England
New Jersey
Eisenhower
Stevenson
New York
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Cow Palace
San Francisco
Washington
Connecticut Valley
Torrington-Winsted
Albany
N. Y
New York City
Balloon lands in Kentucky after stratosphere voyage
The University of Minnesota balloon, which climbed higher than any previous balloon and carried scientific data from over 27 miles up, landed on a Georgetown area farm near Mrs. Ora Fryman in Kentucky. It had traversed from South Dakota to Illinois with two devices failing to end the flight.
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Minneapolis
Minn
University of Minnesota
Georgetown
Ora Fryman
South Dakota
Central States
Illinois
Hungry Hogs Roam Wright City Oklahoma Mass of Loosest Hog Herds
In Wright City Oklahoma a surge of mud-thin hogs disrupts daily life. Hogs root drugstores and a church prompting county commissioners to consider a special election on letting the hogs roam the open range. Ranchers blame squatters as fences are cut and tensions rise amid hog dumping from hills and hot basements.
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Wright City
Oklaha
Oklahoma
Voters to Narrow Wisconsin Senate Primary in 1956
Madison Wisconsin voters decide the states most spirited primary contest Tuesday. GOP field features Alexander Wiley Glenn Davis and Howard Boyle with Democratic contenders Henry Maier and Elliot Walstead. Other races include Wise Zimmermann for GOP attorney general and Larkin against Schmidt for lieutenant governor. Lieutenant governor candidate Warren Knowles runs unopposed.
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Madison
Wisconsin
United States Senate
Alexander Wiley
Chippewa Falls
Glenn Davis
Waukesha
Howard Boyle
Milwaukee
Henry Maier
Elliot Walstead
Glenn M. Wise
Robert C. Zimmermann
Wise-Zimmerman
Frank Nikolay Abbotsford
U. S
Robert LaFollette Sucher
Robert LaFollette Sr
Edwin Larkin
Eau Claire
William Schmidt
Warren Knowles
U. S. Senate
Kenosha
Floyd Hughes
Marshall Simonsen
John Paul
Walworth
Senate
Joseph Lourigan
Clem Manacke
Florence County
Racine
Green
Rock
Erling Johnson
Gerald Flynn
William A. Schmidt
Frank Nikolay
Mild warmup seen with noon to 1pm rise in city heat
Temperatures climbed from 69 at noon to 79 by 1 pm downtown as 67 at the sewage plant and 70 at American Motors show the warming trend. Yesterday’s high was 74. tonight and Tuesday bring partly cloudy cooler conditions with a low of 48-53 and a high of 65-70. Rainfall totaled .02 inches and the pollen reading reached 58. Sunrise was 5 26 a.m. and sunset 6 10 p.m.
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American Motors
Primary races shape Kenosha Walworth voters turnout
More than 20 000 voters in 50 precincts will cast ballots in a September primary. Key contests include Democratic sheriff race in Kenosha Walworth, state senate seats, and a Democratic U S Senate nomination. Republican statewide battles test party strength. Polls open 7 a m to 8 p m with varied local hours.
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State Senate
Congress
Salem
Somers
Nixon to Launch 16 Day National Political Tour
Vice President Richard M. Nixon will open his re election campaign on September 18 with a 16 day air tour spanning more than 15000 miles across 32 states. The tour aims to promote the Eisenhower Nixon ticket amid a nationwide push. A Standard Oil of Indiana salesman admitted signing others names on telegrams urging Senator Edward J. Thye to back the natural gas bill.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Richard M. Nixon
U. S
Nixon
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Edward J. Thye
Rminn
Pipefitter killed by falling turbine pipe at Mosinee mill
Joseph Betley aged 43, a pipefitter at Mosinee Paper Mills, died when a three ton pipe being removed from the turbine room slipped and struck his chest. Authorities investigate the accident at the Mosinee facility.
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Mosinee
Joseph Betley
Mosinee Paper Mills
Phillies name Mayo Smith for next season as manager
Philadelphia owner Bob Carpenter announced the reappointment of Mayo Smith as manager of the Philadelphia Phillies for the upcoming season. Smith resumes duties after his prior term guiding the club with a plan outlined for improvements and continued leadership.
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Philadelphia
Bob Carpenter
Mayo Smith
Philadelphia Phillies
Six Puget Sound Fishermen Missing at Sea
The charter boat Doris L. with six Puget Sound area sports fishermen aboard was reported missing off the Washington coast today after a storm struck the area last night. The vessel is owned and operated by John Carstensen, the coast guard said. The six fishermen were not identified immediately.
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Aberdeen
Wash
Doris L
Puget Sound Area
Washington
John Carstensen
Coast Guard
Maine Casts Governor Vote Today
Maine voters head to the polls as Republicans seek to retake the governorship from Edmund S. Muskie amid calls this election could influence national politics. Muskie faces Willis A. Trafton Jr as campaign writers predict a large turnout near half a million eligible voters.
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Maine
Edmund S. Muskie
Muskie
Willis A. Trafton Jr
Two Planes Brush in Air Over Bartlesville
Officials from the Civil Aeronautics Administration investigated a near collision 1500 feet above Municipal Airport when a Continental Air Lines DC3 en route from El Paso to Kansas City brushed a private Cessna 170 piloted by Jim F Folk of Carthage Texas. Both aircraft landed safely with no injuries.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Continental Air Lines
Municipal
el Paso
Texas
Kansas City
Jim F. Folk
Carthage
Dulles Expresses Disappointment Over Nasser Rejection
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said he is deeply disappointed by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser's rejection of the Dulles plan to settle the Suez dispute. He argued beneficiaries of the 1888 Suez treaty have rights to be pursued in line with the United Nations charter.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Dulles
Suez
Suez Canal
Egypt Rejects New Suez Talks as Menzies Mission Fails
Britain and the United States faced Egypt's rejection of a call for a fresh international conference to end the Suez crisis. Egypt insisted on canal sovereignty and international tolls while planning a new negotiating body. The Menzies mission had failed, and Egypt pressed for talks among canal users.
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London
Britain
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Menzies Mission
Foreign Office
Dulles
U.S
Cairo
Robert Gordon Menzies
Suez
Suez Canal
Greece
Menzies
Nasser
Old
Suez Company
Paris
Weather plane missing with 16 crew over Japan coast
A U S weather reconnaissance plane with 16 crew members, aiding in tracking Typhoon Emma, is overdue and declared missing. It last communicated 200 miles northwest of Niigata on Honshu. The B-50 based aircraft at Yokota Air Base prompted FEAF to launch an immediate search.
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Tokyo
U. S
Niigata
Japan Sea
Honshu
Yokota
FEAF
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Emil F. Bartels
Shorewood
Glenn Zimmermann
Plymouth
Michael Grafenauer Jr
West Milwaukee
Harry D. Macklin
New London
Rudolph J. Ex
GOP
Robert C. Zimmerman
Wise
Fred Zimmerman
Robert Zimmerman
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