Nashville integrates schools under federal court order
Nashville officials and police carry copies of a broad federal court order prohibiting interference with school integration. The order bans actions to exclude Negroes from first grade classes and forbids boycotts of integrated grammar schools. Six schools completed their first week amid mixed conditions as violence and a dynamite attack on Hattie Cotton School prompted federal and local investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
U.S. Dist
William E. Miller
Miller
McCurie
Hattie Cotton School
Washington
Justice Department
Brownell
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Nevada test aims to map earth interior with baby bomb
A 10 000 ton TNT baby bomb will explode at the end of a 2000 foot tunnel in a Nevada mountain. Shock waves will be recorded globally to reveal new facts about the earth’s interior, aiding seismologists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
City Council Re Refers Parking Plan On All Night Rule
The Common Council re referred a proposed all night parking regulation after aldermen urged amendments for exceptions. The plan would set 11 59 p m to 8 a m limits on all streets outside downtown with odd and even side parking by date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
Hubert J. Schleiter
Harold C. Arentz
George Bonsack
Clayton Burkart
William Finn
Lynden Gjerde
Dorrance Helstad
Edward Hilbert
Frank
Traffic Study Re Referr ed By Common Council
City aldermen re referred the offer from an out of state engineering firm to perform a supplementary traffic study for a citywide plan. They rejected delaying the study until 1958 budget time, keeping the issue alive.
Fleming Dismissed From Army for Propaganda Conviction
Col. Harry Fleming of Racine Wisconsin, 49, was dismissed from the Army with forfeiture of pay and allowances for recording propaganda for the enemy during the Korean War. Convicted at Ft Sheridan in 1954 of materials aimed at promoting disaffection among prisoners, the ruling upheld by the U.S. Military Court of Appeals. Dismissal awaits order of the Secretary of the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Leonard Wood
Harry Fleming
Racine
Wis
Fleming
Hugh M. Taylor
Ft. Sheridan, Ill
U.S. Military Court of Appeals
Washington
Secretary of the Army
Faubus Heads to White House for Integration Talks
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus and aides left for a historic conference with President Eisenhower on the Little Rock Central High School integration crisis. Rep. Brooks Hays and Arnold Sikes accompanied Faubus as the White House meeting was anticipated to address federal state duties and possible paths to an accord amid court deadlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Orval E. Faubus
Eisenhower
Faubus
Arnold Sikes
Brooks Hays
Brown Aero Corp
Dallas
Tex
Hays
Washington
Gettysburg
South
Central High School
National Guard
Eisenhower and
Arkansas
Truman
Supreme Court
United States
Newport
Department of Justice
Tragedy Shared By Letter To Mr Motorist
A Los Angeles Mirror News report describes a letter to a speeding driver grieving a mother who lost three children to a car crash. The writer recalls the waves of the smiling kids heading to school, and the driver remains haunted by flowers sent yearly. The mother is now in a mental hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Charles Neiswender
Denver Post editor confronts caller over interracial marriage remark
George Brown, a Denver Post editor and Colorado state senator, faced a caller who condemned a story on Nazi victimhood and racial prejudice. He, a Black journalist, was told his daughter might marry a Negro, and he calmly responded that it probably would.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
George Brown
Denver Post
Brown
Colorado
Post
I Didn't Mind the Names Dorothy Counts Withdraws from Harding High
Dorothy Counts, 15, withdraws from Harding High School in Charlotte after persistent insults and thrown objects by white students. Her father Rev H L Counts cites fear for safety and says the family withdrew to protect her. school officials say no misconduct report prompted the withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte, N.C
Dorothy Counts
Harding High School
H. L. Counts
Johnson C. Smith University
Harding
Dorothy
J. P. Hobson
City School Board
Spain Faces Austerity Push Across Government
A foreign official questions how far Spain will extend its austerity program as the government weighs further deficit reduction measures amid growing economic strain. The dialogue underscores tensions between policy goals and social impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senor
Spain
Unwanted Mummy Entangled in Red Tape at Brooklyn Museum
The Brooklyn Museum holds an Egyptian mummy of a man born in Egypt around 250 CE, about 1 600 years old, praised for decorative wrappings. Debates focus on permissible disposal. shipping or burial require death certificates and Health Department approvals, with a potential medical use if labeled anatomical specimen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn Museum
Egypt
John Cooney
Cooney
Milton Helpern
Helpern
Health Department
Public Hearing on Parking Funds Set for Oct 2
City aldermen schedule a 7:30 p.m. public hearing October 2 to ask residents whether surplus parking meter revenues should fund more downtown parking spaces or specific street improvements. A committee is to draft legislation to transfer excess parking utility funds to back general obligation bonds for street work including Lang Drive and 7th Street. Cham ber of Commerce and several al dermen voiced opposition prior to the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lang Drive
7Th Street
Chamber of Commerce
Extra Guard For Nixon Is Denied
Washington reports that the Secret Service denied increasing its detail for Vice President Nixon and the FBI said it had heard nothing to support threats against his life. Nixon was not available. aides said no threats had been reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secret Service
Nixon
FBI
Syria and Egypt armies unite under Cairo talks
Syria's top military leaders Brig. Afif Bizry and Lt. Col. Abdel Hamid Serraj returned to Damascus after urgent Cairo meetings stating Syria will not attack any nation and will defend against Zionists. They denied Communist influence and blamed Western imperialists for nerves. The officials warned against Arab military aggression and affirmed a single Arab military command with Egypt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damascus
Syria
Cairo
Afif Bizry
Abdel Hamid Serraj
Soviet Union
Middle East
Sabri Assali
al Akhbar
Serraj
U. S
United States
Damascus-Moscow
Bizry and
Nasser
Bizry
U.S
Dulles
Russia
Israel
Egypt
Salah Jarazi
Syrian Foreign Ministry
Beirut
Lebanon
Charles Malik
Tarazi
Washington
Burma Tries To Soften U.N. Rap At Russia
Burma attempts to dilute a U.N. General Assembly resolution condemning Soviet actions in Hungary. U.S. sources expect amendments to fail as sponsors nearly half of the 81 members back the original text. U Thant urges focus on Hungarian welfare and refraining from broader tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy
Burma
U.N
Russia
United Nations
N.Y
Hungary
U.S
United States
U.N. General Assembly
Assembly
Wan Waithayakon
Thailand
U Thant
Also Mentioned on This Page
Coulee
Bakken
R. 1
Rockland
Roger
Norris
Leonard Bakken
Tribune
Ben West
Kasper
Davidson County
John Kasper
Clinton, Tenn
John McCurie
Albuquerque
N.M
Nashville Area
City Council
Col. Fleming
Army
By Relman Morin
W. C. White Jr
The
Brown Corp
Ed Moore
Corporation
White
Rep. Hays
White House
Motorist
By Frankie Sharp
Rael
Interior Ministry
Eieis
Crossworld
Tae Daily
Agian Editorials
Hee
Reese Hal Boyle
Neas
Arkets
Ewe Ewer
Tate Wwene
Aeeennes Weather Map
Eee
Billy Wayne Jones
Memphis
Hopkinsville
Baptist Hospital
Patricia Horton
Billy
Navy
Miss Horton
Unifax
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!