Supreme Court Orders Prince Edward County Schools Open
The Supreme Court ordered Prince Edward County Virginia to reopen its public schools on a desegregated basis by next September. Justice Hugo Black delivered the majority opinion stating federal courts may order reopening if needed to ensure Negro students receive equal education.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Prince, Edward County
Prince Edward
Hugo L. Black
Tom C. Clark
John M. Harlan
Black
U.S. District Court
Virginia
Federal District Court
Prince Edward County
Blackstar
Three Men Held After France Kidnapping Of Mrs Dassault
Three men described as little gangsters are in custody over the kidnapping of Mrs. Marcel Dassault wife of a Paris warplane builder. She says she was not mistreated during 35 hours as a prisoner and helped by her kidnappers. A fourth man remains at large.
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Paris
Marcel Dassault
Fire Engulfs P Lorillard Tobacco Warehouse Destroying Tons
A Sunday blaze at the P Lorillard Co warehouse near Logan Street destroyed multiple tons of tobacco stockpiled to the ceiling. Firefighters fought for over two hours, water access limited. origin undetermined though likely a south window at the old Edison Light Plant site.
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Warehouse City
Blaze
P. Lorillard Co
Logan Street
New York
Fred D. Genz Sr
Edison Light Plant
Genz
East German Makes Escape and Wife Nabbed
A 23 year old East German husband slipped through five rows of barbed wire into West Berlin’s Spandau area and escaped. His 19 year old wife was captured by East German border guards and taken away.
York Medal of Honor recipient listed in satisfactory condition
Nashville AP reports Medal of Honor winner Sgt. Alvin York was listed in very satisfactory condition today at Veterans Hospital after being admitted Friday for internal hemorrhaging. York lives on a mountain farm at Pall Mall Tennessee about 140 miles northeast of Nashville.
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Nashville, Tenn
Alvin York
Veterans Hospital
York
Pall Mall
Tenn
Here
Winds Flatten Barns Across Trempealeau County
A Saturday night windstorm across northern Trempealeau County leveled barns and damaged two commercial garages near Pleasantville, with extensive harm to farm buildings, machinery, and power lines. Reported injuries were unclear due to downed phones, as crews battled fires and cleared debris through the night.
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Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County
Pleasantville
Here
Arthur Gunderson
Copters Use Planned for Memorial Day Traffic Control
The Minnesota Highway Patrol announced plans to deploy helicopters over Memorial Day weekend to cut accidents. Uniformed officers will pilot the copters patrolling main highways and dangerous intersections around the Twin Cities area and stay in radio contact with ground units.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota Highway Patrol
Twin City
Stampede Sparks Toll After Tear Gas In Lima Riot
A riot at a Lima stadium after police fired tear gas left hundreds dead and many injured. Initial counts ranged from 260 to 315 victims amid chaos as fans rushed exits and streets filled with emergency crews and mourners.
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Lima
Peru
Argentina
UPI Radiotelephotos
la Prensa
Expresso
Wisconsin storm damage across twelve counties
Gale force winds lashed southern and central Wisconsin causing property damage and power outages with no injuries. The storm hit Clark Richland Vernon Wood Columbia Trempealeau Dodge Dane Fond du Lac Rock Jefferson and Waukesha counties. Two Janesville youths saved three Milwaukee men from Lake Ripley. others survived on Lake Koshkonong after boats swamped.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Clark
Richland
Vernon
Wood
Columbia
Trempealeau
Dodge
Dane
Fond du Lac
Rock
Jefferson
Waukesha
Herbert Kromie
Arlington
Burnell Erickson
Portage
Randolph
Dodge County
Beaver Dam
James Halverson
Terry Campbell
Janesville
Milwaukee
Ripley
Jefferson County
Wayne Hazen
Norman Bzdowska
Andrian Budda
Lake Koshkonong
Rock Counties
Fletcher Pinkard
Lake Bluff
Ill
Pinkard
Billy Taylor
Pat Neilen
North Chicago
Red China Rejects U.N. Border Patrol Proposals
Peking radio quoted the Communist People's Daily as denouncing U S plans for UN border patrols on the South Viet Nam Cambodia frontier as a plot to expand American aggression in Indochina. The editorial said the United Nations must not be drawn into the Indochina conflict and urged U S forces to withdraw.
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Peking People’s Daily
Adlai E. Stevenson
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Stevenson
Security Council
Cambodia
South Viet Nam
U.N. Obervers
U.N
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Peking Radio
Twin Cities Utilities Hit by Severe Storm
In Minneapolis area a weekend windstorm knocked out telephone and electrical service. About 10,000 homes lost phone service and 100,000 power outages were reported. Northwestern Bell resumed service to 3,000 homes in several cities. roughly 1,700 Twin Cities homes remained without phone service. The wind gust reached 106 mph per Twin Cities airport. Northern States Power reported further details.
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Twin Cities
Minneapolis
Ap) — Utilities Company
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Rochester
Faribault
Owatonna
Waseca
Red Wing
Wabasha
Shakopee
Gaylord
St. Peter
Windom
Marshall
Excelsior
Wayzata
St. Paul
Northern States Power
Tot. 2 Run Over And Killed By Uncle's Car
A 2 year old boy died after being run over by his uncle's car near Pequot Lakes Minnesota He was Charles Gola son of George Gola Jr of Minneapolis visiting relatives at a country store and gas station The child crawled in front of Daniel Gola 20 as the car started from a gas pump and was fatally injured at the scene then died in a doctor's office about a half hour later
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Pequot Lakes
Minn
Charles Gola
George Gola Jr
Minneapolis
Golas
George Gola
Charles
Daniel Gola
Rights Amendments Move Toward Civil Rights Bill Vote
A leadership package of civil rights amendments may be introduced Tuesday as Dirksen and Kennedy seek a substitute for the House bill. Senate debates stretch into a May Memorial Day week with cloture votes and a potential June action, while GOP and Democratic leaders weigh proposed changes.
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Everett M. Dirksen
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Dirksen
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Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Associated Press
Midwest
Rocky Mountain
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House
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Noble Klevens Feed Mill
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Clarence Herman
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Lester Gjestwang
Lester Teinke
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Bill Cox
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Robert Lawrence
Arthur Stieg
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Borscht Valley
Paul Rombalski
Michael Pavliia
Arcadia
A-G Cooperative Creamery
Joe Haines
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Roger Foss
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Gene Herreid
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Clarence Knutson
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