Andrew Johnson School Contract Is Awarded
The Kingsport Board of Mayor and Aldermen awarded Cassel Brothers the contract to add a one story wing to Andrew Johnson Elementary School, increasing capacity to 730. Seven bids were opened with Cassel lowest at 300,000. Completion is expected by next Christmas if no delays occur, and bids for equipment will follow.
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Bill Barnett
Andrew Johnson
Cassel Brothers
General Contractors
Kingsport
Johnnson
Aen
Dryden
Adelicine
Douglass
T Douglass
Dougless
Board 1
Canter
New
Shelby
Bloomingdale Road
Gulf Refining Co
Eity
Securities Company
Milton DeVault
Wimberly
Jack Haire
John R. Tranbarger
Kingsport Housing Authority
J. R. Perkial
Anderson Lawsuit May Be Test Case
Nashville report says a two year old Anderson County lawsuit could become Tennessee’s test case after the Supreme Court ban on school segregation. A Cincinnati federal appeals ruling may decide on five Negro students seeking entry to Anderson County high schools, a decision that could open all Tennessee public schools to Black pupils. Local lawyer Z Alexander Lanby notes the case’s potential statewide impact while state Attorney General Roy Beeler cautions it may not apply until a suit is filed.
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Nashville
Anderson County
Tennessee
Supreme Court
U. S. Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Alexander Lanby
Roy Beeler
Tenniensee Yeb
Loohy
Senter seeks state senate seat in Sullivan Hawkins counties
Tennessee State Representative Harry Senter announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination to represent the second senatorial district, Sullivan and Hawkins counties. A longtime critic of track weight legislation, Senter vows to return the seat to the people, amid opposition from former senator Everhart and other candidates Walter Moody and Lewis Chase. Born in Bristol in 1911, he holds a UT law degree and has served since 1951.
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Bristol
Harry Senter
Sullivan
Hawkins
Senter
Sullivan County
Tennessee Ho of Representatives
Charles M. Everhac
Kingsport
Walter Moody
Sullivan Gardens
Lewis Chase
Frank Clement
Browning
Gordon Browning
Everhart
Nnt
Mason- Dixon Lines
Pepnessee
State Line
Ctty
University of Tennessee
Armistice Hopes Dim at Geneva Conference
GENEVA INS The United States delegation reports the Communist bloc at Geneva is not prepared to agree to a prompt armistice in Indochina. Communists seen to be stalling negotiations while Viet Minh rebels push deeper into the Red River delta. Western Big Three discuss diplomatic responses.
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Geneva
Stump Denied Bond In Slaying Case At Blountville Jail Transfer
Fred Stump, 21, transferred from city jail to Blountville county jail after being charged with first degree murder in the shooting of H T Gadsey. Gus White, 33, released on bond. Bond set at 15 000 each on gun and robbery charges. Preliminary hearing set for 10 am Wednesday. White charged as accessory. Stump confessed firing four shots. White identified as participant. Police say both men implicated in robbery at Churchwell’s Fruit Stand and the Sunday night killing at Five Points.
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Fred Stump
H.T. Gadsey
Blountville
Gus White
General Sessions
G. Gilbreaidh
Stump
H. T. Gorsey
Five Points
White
Church Lwell
Stand
William Haupt
Godsey
Cherokee
Sullivan
J. E. Upchurch
Upchurch
Supreme Court to Hear Early Arguments on Desegregation
Washington reports the Supreme Court plans Oct 12 hearings on final decrees to end school segregation, aiming for rapid decisions. Court may release detailed decrees, with states like D C pledging integration by fall term. Georgia hints at defiance while Gov Cook attacks the move. President Eisenhower seeks updates on progress as legal minds weigh immediate vs gradual integration.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Harold B. Willey
District of Columbia
Eisenhower
South Carolina
Virginia
Delaware
Kansas
Jocl
Georgia
Eugene Gouk
Herman Talmadge
Cook
South
Squires Will Consider Bond Refund At Meet
Sullivan County Court will hold a special session in Blountville at 7 30 p m Thursday. Presiding Judge Howard Poston says the session will consider approval of a new highway contract and the refunding of 1 2 million dollars in school and road bonds. The highway contract covers the stretch of the Kingsport to Hawkins County line portion of the Tennessee Ti? superhighway west of Kingsport.
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Sullivan County Court
Blountville
Howard Poston
Poston
Kingsport
Hawkins County
City Studies Deed Of Easement Offered By Firm On By pass Road
City Attorney studies a Penn-Dixie Cement Co deed offering a right of way for a bypass road connecting State Highway 11 near Holston Ordnance Works to U S Highway 11w in Old Kingsport. The plan faces delays over federal land, utility rights, and license tag issues. board moves to remove barbed wire fence to allow dirt hauling and possible public road construction. Sullivan County plans a bridge over Reedy Creek as part of a broader agreement.
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Penn-Dixie Cement Corp
Penn-Lixie
KH. Marvin Parsons
Area A
Holston Ordnance Works
Old Kingsport
Penn-Dixie
Iway Prospect
Moulton
Kingsport
Parsons
Board of Mayor
Ty Forses
Sullivan County
Oalny Abead
Reedy Creek
Pork of & Jott
Request for New Parking Meters in Kingsport
A police survey of current parking habits and public reaction may determine if meters are extended to curb spaces along West Market and Gray Streets. Assistant City Manager C K Marsh said requests from three or four businessmen have been received since meters were placed on the City Hall Parking Lot. Board members will study before ordering more meters as City Manager J D Moullan notes Kingsport already has more meters than many cities of its size.
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West Market
Gray
C.K. Marsh
City Hall
Marsh
JD. W. Moullan
Kingsport
Parking Ban Placed On Six City Streets
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen passed a second reading ordinance restricting parking on six city streets and banning left turns at West Center Street and an alley between Broad and Shelby. New restrictions add SW Lincoln Street parking to ease traffic between Lincoln and Wilcox Drive. Left turns remain banned at Center and Broad, and at Center and Commerce. Charlemont Avenue parking limits may be relaxed on Sundays for churchgoers.
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Board of Mayor and Aldermen
West Center Street
Broad
Shelby Streets
Center
Commerce Streets
Lincoln Street
Lincoln
Wilcox Drive
Shelby Street
East Server Avenue
Mill Street
Eastman Road
Lamont Street
Wa~ Iatage Street
Waverly Road
Waverly Roat Ri Garden Drive
Pine Gla Avenue
Garden Drive
Charlemont Avenue
Watauga
Labor Leader Harald Watson Bombed In Paducah Home
Labor Hendler Harald Watson and his family were injured when a bomb exploded at their Paducah Kentucky home last night. The blast damaged the Watson house and nearby residences around midnight.
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Paducah
Hendler Harald Watson
Watson
Reds To Free French Nurse at Geneva Conference
Vietminh rebels announced they would release Genevieve de Galard Terraube, the French nurse captured during Dien Bien Phu. Her mother expressed happiness while officials said no repatriation date was set. The nurse remained at Dien Bien Phu caring for wounded when the fall occurred.
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Geneva
Genevieve de Gailard
Terraube
Berviz
Dien Bien Phu
Vicamtesse de Galard
Paris
Ab Bien Bien Phu
Christian de Castries
City Board approves Riverside Pool fund appropriation
The City Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved a 3270 appropriation for Riverview Swimming Pool operations this summer. The City Recreation Commission, citing past Legion Pool costs and a smaller pool, anticipated lower operating costs and funded the project from private gift subscriptions at Douglass Park Riverview Addition near Douglass School, with construction not yet complete but a summer start expected.
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Andl
Allermen
Riverview Swimming
City Recreation Commission
Legion
Gily
D. W. Moulton
Riverview Pool
Douglass Park
Riverview Addition
Douglass School
Six Room House Damaged by Fire
A six room frame and block house on Holly Drive owned by Bill Bridwell caught fire Tuesday evening after a lightning strike hit a fuse box. Firemen battled the blaze through a heavy rain, keeping it under control by 7 40 pm, then it flared again four hours later and burned through the logs interior. The rear cinder block rooms were spared and all furniture was saved. The Bridwell family were away in Bluefield W Va when neighbor Mrs Blevins reported the fire. President Eisenhower said he will name a TVA chairman soon who is non political professionally qualified and shares his views on public power and integrity.
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Pg and Clnder Black
Bill Bridwell
Holly Drive
Donna Couric
Walter Cline
Community Fire Department
Cline
Gline
Cling
Bridwell
Bluefield
W. Va
b.Blevins
Washington
Eisenhower
TVA
Doyle Huffaker Dies At 45 TEC Supervisor
Doyle Huffaker 45 TEC Supervisor died of a heart attack Wednesday at 6 a.m. at his home in Kotak Tennessee. He had supervised acetylation plastic esters in the GE Division at Tennessee Eastman Company for eight years and was a member of TEC's 25 Year Club. Survivors include his wife Frelyh Bowmal Huttaker two sisters and one brother. Funeral services at 2 p.m. from First Methodist Church officiated by two reverends with burial at Oak Mul Cemetery. Further details on Page 9
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Doyle Tffaker
Memorial Drive
Tuffaker
Baae
Tennessee Eastman Company
TEC
Frelyh Bowmal Huttaker
Boye Underwood
Paul Styles
Rollo
Eisenhower Says He Will Not Lift Secrecy Order On McCarthy Hearings
President Eisenhower stated he will not rescind the secrecy order that halted the McCarthy Army hearings. He urged the proceedings resume and continue until all main principals reveal facts, noting the Army acted independently of White House orders and expressing astonishment the order was used to suspend the inquiry.
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Washington
Eisenhower
McCarthy Army
Pentagon
Sen
McCarthy
Rwis
Steven
Army
John G. Adams
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
John Adams
Sherman Adams
Pvt. G. David Sching
Senate
White House
Roy M. Cohn
Francis v. Garr
Mundt
Stevens
Subcommittee
Nationalists Claim MIG In Dogfight Over Formosa
Nationalist and Communist air forces tangled over Tachen Island in Formosa Strait. A Russian-built MIG-16 reportedly shot down, eight Nationalist planes returned safely, while Communist claims of losing a MIG remained unconfirmed. Naval clashes also occurred off Chekiang coast with three Communist gunboats sunk in two days.
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ING
Tachen Island
Formosa
Taipei
Forminia
Chekiang
Bel China
Nablonialists
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Ike
Anderson
Harry Lee Senter
Squires
FirmOn
Kesters
Reds
Riverside Pool Fund
Doyle Huffaker
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