Supreme Court to Hold Special Session on Little Rock Case
The Supreme Court called a special Thursday session to review the NAACP petition seeking vacation of the 8th Circuit stay and a stay of district court orders around Central High School's desegregation. Chief Justice Warren stated the court will hear the matter with the solicitor general invited to file a brief and participate.
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Supreme Court
Little Rock
High Court
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
8Th Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Warren
Whittaker
United States Court of Appeals
8Th Circuit
United States District Court For
Verue District ‘of Arkansas
Solicitor General
United States
Julius
Ethel Rosenberg
Hmit
Arkansas
Orval Eubus
Central High School
Daisy Becomes Hurricane Near East Coast
Tropical storm Daisy intensified into a hurricane with top winds of 85 mph. Warnings issued for Florida and Atlantic coast residents as Daisy was about 280 miles east of Palm Beach and likely to move north tonight. Gale and hurricane winds extend east and west from the center while no strengthening expected for 12 hours.
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Miami
Fla
Daisy
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Palm Beach
Faubus Moves to Fast-Track Three Segregation Bills
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus has three segregation bills ready for a special session to address Central High School. They include delaying the school’s opening, closing Central High with a referendum on re opening or remaining closed, and allowing white students displaced by a closed school to take state aid to another district. The move follows a Supreme Court special session over the Central High crisis and NAACP petitions for immediate reopening.
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Little Rock
Ark
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Central High School
U. S. Supreme Court
Washington
Faubus
Central
Central High
Supreme Court
National Assn
U.S. Supreme Court
Newport
Explorer V Fate Remains Unknown After Jupiter C Flight
Cape Canaveral reports Explorer V signal lasted seven minutes after liftoff before fading. Jupiter C stages functioned normally and achieved required speed, but Defense Department states satellite not in orbit. Army probe continues to assess anomaly and potential recovery.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
U.S
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
Defense Department
Peru Bank Robbery Ends With About Four Thousand Loot
A masked gunman robbed Peru State Bank of roughly $4,000 in broad daylight. Authorities scoured southeast Kansas, focusing on a woods near Caney where the robber may be trapped. A wrecked car, a downed search plane, and a large trooper presence were part of the manhunt.
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Peru, Kan
Peru
Kansas
Caney
Kansas Highway Patrol
Coffeyville
Independence
Sedan
Oklahoma
Alford
Betty Swinney
Mani
Red Batteries Open Up Again On Isle Posts
In Formosa waters, Communist guns resumed bombardment of Quemoy and nearby Tungting island Tuesday, with heavy past weekend fire eclipsed by new shelling. Nationalists repelled a seaborne attack and claimed MIGs downed, while US forces increased readiness in the Taiwan Straits.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy
Defense Ministry
Tingtung
Tungting
Que‘moy
Chaing Kai-Shek
Formosa Strait
Gang
U.S. Defense Department
7Th Fleet
Far East
Taiwan
U.S. Watches China Moves Near Quemoy And Matsu
The White House said Washington closely watches Communist China's attacks on Quemoy and Matsu as Eisenhower and Gen. Twining discuss the Far East situation. Dulles warned of action if China invades, with Zablocki and Judd backing a policy extending U.S. defense to Quemoy and Matsu amid ongoing bombardment.
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White House
China
Quemoy and
Tan Islands
Far East
Big
Quemoy
Hagerty
Eisenhower
Twining
House
Dulles
U.S
Clement Zablocki
D-Wis
Walter H. Judd
R-Minn
United States
Matsu
Zablocki
Formosa
Judd
Explorer Scout Richard Chappell at Kansas University conference
Richard L. Chappell of Eggertville New York once the top Explorer Scout in the United States and delegate to the International Geophysical Year camp at the South Pole is now a participant in the 43rd anniversary conference of the Order of the Arrow at Kansas University. He spent 13 months in Antarctica working with scientific groups and lived in snow covered camps connected by tunnels. He will speak at the Order of the Arrow conference after returning to the United States and will enter Princeton University in engineering and physics.
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Harry Elliott
Kansas University
Richard L. Chappell
Eggertaville
N.Y
Bosen
United States
South Pole
Chappell
Order of the Arrow
Boy Scouts
Little America
U.S
Antarctic
Cve
Oslo
Norway
Olav Visaid
National Council of the Scouts
National Academy of Sciences
Arctic Institute of North America
U. S
Princeton University
Cheeni
Order of Lacarrow
IGY
E. Urner Goodman
Glournal
Short Summer Leaves Lawrence Residents Pondering Weather
Lawrence residents note an unusually brief summer with spring and early autumn cool spells. May through June saw below normal temperatures, with a 49 degree low marking an record August chill. Rain and cooler trends continue as near normal warmth returns slowly amid thunder showers and persistent green trees.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Weather Bureau
Ndong
Polar Cruiser Arrives in New York Harbor Welcome
The atomic powered submarine Nautilus, fresh from a record 3500 mile undersea voyage from England, arrived in New York amid rain and cheers. Police helicopters escorted the vessel through the harbor up the Hudson to the Brooklyn Navy Yard as crowds watched from offices and docks. Rear Adm. Rickover joined the ceremonies, stressing safety amid the public display.
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New York
North Pole
Coast Guard
Hudson River
Manhattan
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Marine Honor Guard
Long Island
England
Portland
Hyman G. Rick
New York Harbor
Rickover
Eisenhower
Hudson
Hays Couple Shot. Wiesner Dies After Home Incident
Anthon y Wiesner and his wife were shot at their Hays home. Wiesner died hours later. undersheriff says he likely killed his wife then shot himself. The couple’s children were nearby. Mrs. Wiesner remained in critical condition. Wiesner was 47 and managed the Wiesner Inc basement sales room.
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HAYS
Anthony Wiesner
Wiesner
Robert Maxwell
Joseph Koerner
Becaus
Wiesner Inc
A. A. Wiesner
Wiesners
Eisenhowers plan Newport vacation this week
President and Mrs. Eisenhower intend to escape to Newport Rhode Island for a brief vacation likely Thursday or Friday, the second year in a row. Press secretary James Hagerty said length depends on world and domestic developments, with no fixed schedule announced.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Newport
James C. Magerty
Hagerty
Townsend to Embark on Global Film Trip After Brussels Visit
Group Captain Peter Townsend, former suitor of Princess Margaret, will depart Brussels tonight for a round the world journey to produce a feature color film. Jean Dalrymple of the performing arts program confirmed Townsend returned to Britain Sunday night after a Belgian holiday.
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Brussels
Belgium
Peter, Townsend
Margaret of
Britain
Jéan Dalrymple
U. S
Townsend
Balgium
Scouts Fill KU Campus For Four Day Arrow Conference
About 3,000 Boy Scouts arrived at Kansas University for the 48th anniversary Order of the Arrow conference. The event features a safety show at Allen Fieldhouse and uses KU facilities including a 425 by 50 foot pool setup. Activities include pageants, demonstrations, camping fair, Indian Pageant, chuck wagon barbecue, and a public fellowship campfire at Memorial Stadium.
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Kansas University
National Order of the Arrow, Scout
O'Clock
Allen Fieldhouse
U.S
Flethouse
Order of the Arrow
Boy Scouts
E. Urner Gondman
Bondville
Untion
Midwest
U.S. Army
Marvin Grove
Memorial, Stadium
Hoch Auditorium
Mild weather continues with showers in Northeast Kansas
The weather forecast for Northeast Kansas reports cloudy conditions through Tuesday with a few showers. It remains mild at night near 60 and high around 80 Tuesday, then cooler but generally warm later in the period. The five day outlook notes temperatures near normal with cloudiness and possible thundershowers, and scattered readings from several major cities.
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Kansas
Chicago
Denver
Los Angeles
Miami
St. Paul
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Phoenix
Portland
Ore
Seattle
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