Faubus Plan to Shut Schools Approved By Arkansas Legislature
Arkansas lawmakers approve Gov. Orval Faubus plan to close schools to avoid forced integration. The House 94 1 and Senate 33 0 back the six bill package as the Supreme Court weighs the Little Rock desegregation dispute. The move aims to allow time before any second desegregation ruling.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas House
U.S. Supreme
Little. Rock
House
Senate
Exion
Eisenhowers to Leave Friday for Newport Vacation
President and Mrs Eisenhower plan to depart by plane Friday for a vacation at Newport Rhode Island from the White House. No specific departure time was announced.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Newport
Rierty
White ‘House
Alaska Votes For Statehood Amid Heavy Turnout
Juneau AP says Alaska near certain to become the 49th state as 113 of 297 precincts report a 19,860 to 3,814 vote in favor. Ballot items include boundaries acceptance and transfer of 103,350,000 acres of public land with military land withdrawal power in emergencies.
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Juneau
Alaska
Fred A. Seaton
Seaton
Cooler Trend Dues Again Thursday
Lawrence saw temperatures exceed 90 degrees for the first time in nine days with a forecast from the Weather Bureau calling for a cooler spell by Thursday. Clear to partly cloudy skies expected, no rain. After a Tuesday high of 88, readings dropped to 62 overnight and rose to 92 by 2 pm today. A night low in the 60s and a Thursday high in the mid 80s are forecast.
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Lawrence
Weather Bureau
LHS Plans Football Orientation for Prospective Players
Lawrence High School will hold a football orientation at 7 p.m. Saturday in the senior high gym for prospective players and parents. Coach Al Woolard will cover athletic insurance, conduct expectations, dressing room and sanitary rules, attendance, and football terminology. Senior staff include Jerry Rogers, Max Rife, Howard Mellinger, Walt Gehlbach, and Bill Pulliam with new aide Gehlbach. Physicals for junior and senior high boys are set for 10 a.m. Friday in the dressing room with several doctors and dentists present.
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Lawrence High School
Liam
al Woolard
Woolard
Jerry Rogers
Max Rife
Howard Mellinger
Walt Gehlbach
Bill Pulliam
Little Lions
Gehlbach
Kansas State College
Stock Market Close Report for New York Stocks
In New York the closing index stands at 460 with the average at 185.2 and a gain of 0.0 percent reflecting a modest up move across major equities.
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New York
Baker Probed in Teamsters Scandal Collapses Before Testimony
Robert Barney Baker, a 300 pound aide to Teamsters boss, suffers a severe heart attack just hours before he was to testify in the rackets hearings. Committee plans to question Baker and others about envelopes of $100 bills and alleged corruption in Teamsters affairs. Baker claimed he never received $1,000 to arrange labor peace and could not recall details of past envelopes.
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Washington
Senate
Robert
Barney) Baker
Teamsters
Baker
John L. ‘McClellan
D Ark
Robert F. Kennedy
Iowa
Jake More
Teamsters Union
Esco Motor Exhibitors. Service Co
McKees Rocks
George F. Callahan Jr
Esco
Edward Weinheimer
Des Moines
Weinheimer
Express
Weinheimers
Advocates Slow Approach In Integration
President Eisenhower signaled a slower path to ending school segregation as the Supreme Court weighs delay options in the Little Rock case. He denied advocating reversal of the 1954 ruling while warning that school closures to block integration would trigger widespread litigation.
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Eisenhower
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
Justice Department
Department
Newsweek
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Stand
Motel Request Is Approved By Commissioners
Lawrence Planning Commission approved a motel site designation at the southeast corner of 6th and Jonah Streets, requested by Dr. Richard Nelson who seeks land use approval for future development. The panel refused to hear a rezoning request to Class DNeighborhood Business, noting a prior disapproval and a policy to wait a year before reconsidering disapproved zoning.
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6Th and
Jona Sts
Lawrence Planning Commission
Richard Nelson
Nelson
Sane Tract
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Board’ of Appeals
Sixth Street
Wisconsin
Florida
Planning Commission
West Sixth
Fear of Invasion Grows as Red Bombardment Ends in Tan islets
Formosa reports five days of heavy Communist shelling on Quemoy and the Tan islets with no air or surface strikes against Nationalist holdings. Analysts fear a later assault on Tatan and Ehr Tan, as Reds may try to seize the Tan group near Amoy Bay, prompting potential U S intervention.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy
Tan Islets
Ang
Washington
Amoy Bay
Red
Amoy
Tonganoxie Fair Opens With Crowds and Parades
The Leavenworth County Fair at Tonganoxie reports record entries with crowds at the fairgrounds since 8:00 this morning. Activities include exhibits, carnival, entertainment, and a parade from the business district to the fairgrounds. A Thursday schedule features a pony parade for youths 17 and under and 4-H Club Night with a soil conservation show.
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Tonga
Roxie
Dale Rawlings
Tonganoxie
K-16
Fourth Street
Tongangele Kiwanis Club
Iwill
AP Reporter Ordered to Leave Jordan Amid Crisis Speculation
Associated Press correspondent Reinhold G. Enst was expelled by Jordan's government for reporting Western diplomat speculation that the Middle East crisis and poverty could push King Hussein into European exile and partition Jordan among Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and the United Arab Republic. Enst's last Amman dispatch noted UN Secretary Dag Hammarskjold's arrival on a peace mission.
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Jordan
Associated Press
Reinhold G. Enst
Middle East
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Jjordan
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
United Arab Republic
East
Dag Hammarskjold
Middle ‘East
Germany
Nationalist Gains in Amoy Bay Islands Reported
Nationalists claim success in returns fire near Amoy Bay. They report destroying artillery positions on Wuye yu and Ting Tateng Island and blowing up ammo and gasoline dumps on Wuyu and Weltow on the mainland. The islets measure 2% miles from Amoy and serve as observation posts for shipping in the Red Port.
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Tatan
Ehrtan
Amoy
Red Port
Wueyu
Amey Bay
Ting Tateng
Wuyu
Weltow
Von
Lawrence teacher C E Merwin dies at 103
C E Merwin 103 longtime Lawrence Central School teacher died at his home on 1340 Kentucky Street. He taught for 26 years retiring in 1928 and had kept daily walks and reading routines despite failing sight. Survived by a daughter in California and a son in Florida, funeral services set for Saturday at Rumsey Funeral Home with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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C. Ir
Daddy) Marwin
Lawrence
J. J. Street
Daddy Merwin
Old Central School
Manchester
Pao
Kansas
Lawrance
California
Pilot Escapes Injury in Olathe Plane Accident
At the Olathe Naval Air Station a fighter skidded off the runway during takeoff. Pilot Lt. A. B. Buhl of Columbia, Mo., escaped injury as engine trouble forced an aborted takeoff and the aircraft nose wheel collapsed on impact.
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Olathe
Kan
Olathe Naval Air Station
A. B. Buhl
Columbia
Navy
Buhl
Ottawa laborer killed in ditch rollover
Ottawa sheriff reports 80 year old laborer Ewing G. Dru den died when his car left a county road nine miles southeast of Ottawa rolled over in a ditch after bouncing 300 feet along the shoulder. The incident occurred last night and prompted investigations by law enforcement.
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Ottawa (Ap
Ewing G. Druden
Ottawa
Jay Brown
Fantastic Feed Planned at KU By Boy Scouts
Thousands of Boy Scouts at Kansas University will feast on a barbecue using about 1500 pounds of beef. The event runs with a campfire and evening program at Memorial Stadium, followed by a public Indian pageant and a Camping Fair on intramural fields, featuring demonstrations, dances, and a grand Grass Dance finale.
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Boy Scouts
Kansas University
Marvin- Grove
the Order of the Arrow, Ontonal Honor Scout Organization
Medmorial Stadium
Arrow
Kenneth K. Bechtel
Boy Scouts of America
Order
Allen Fieldhouse
Weather outlook cooler Thursday across the northeast
Kansas forecasts show fair tonight with partly cloudy skies Thursday and a cooler day. Highs mid forties to near 50, lows around the 30s to 40s, with variable readings across cities and a five day outlook near normal temperatures and chances of storms in the afternoons.
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Kansas
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