Guardsmen arrest four men at Little Rock High School
Four Minneapolis white men were held by National Guardsmen during the Little Rock Central High School integration crisis and later released. Governor Faubus and President Eisenhower faced pressure as federal orders to integrate clashed with state actions. A cross was burned outside Mayor Mann’s home after he criticized the guard callout.
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Legrauull Pruuies
Minneapolis
National
Marion Johnson
Murray Gallinson
Marion Segal
Robert Milavetz
Mike Goldman
Gallinson
Eisenhower
Arkkansas
Little Rock
Allayhite School
Orval
Faubus
Arkansas
Central High School
Woodrow Mann
U.S. District Court
Ronald Davies
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Officer Denies Giving Girard Order to Fire
In Maebashi Japan a court heard Lt Billy Mahon deny ordering Girard to fire as the trial of the Army truck driver charged with fatally shooting Mrs Naka Sakai 46 continues The defense says he acted on orders while on guard duty Readings show scrap metal collectors claiming they were chased from ranges by soldiers firing empty cartridges and blank rounds as the day of the incident approaches
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Maebashi
Japan
William
Girard
Billy Mahon
Comyn
Tex
Mahon
Noboru Matsuzawa
Naka Sakei
Yuzo Kawachi
State Employes On the Increase
The State Finance Council reports a 15 year rise in state employees from 8,600 in 1942 to 22,500 in 1957. Educational institutions, hospitals, penal units, and the Highway Department show the largest gains, with 91 other agencies rising from 2,100 to 4,000. Agencies seek about 3.1 million dollars annually for civil service salary increases.
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Topeka
State Finance Council
Board of Regents
Finance Council
Polio cases fall in week over year drop says Public Health Service
The Public Health Service reported 276 polio cases for the past week, a decline from the same week last year. The report notes the weekly total is less than a third of the year-ago figure, indicating a sharp decrease in polio activity.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Faubus replies to Eisenhower on Little Rock crisis
Faubus telegraphs President Eisenhower stating his attorney and the Arkansas State Police director are available to discuss evidence to preserve public peace. Brownell directs FBI to hear Faubus on reasons for using National Guardsmen to block integration as Little Rock’s Central High opens.
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Little Rock
Ark
Orval Faubus
Eisenhower
U. S
FBI
Arkansas State Police
Arkansas
Washington
Brownell
National Guardsmen
Teamsters Face AFL CIO Boot Over Corruption Charges
Washington leaders view the Teamsters possible expulsion after AFL CIO hearings on corruption. Hoffa and Beck are linked to probes, with reform plans hinted for the Miami convention. Teamsters push Fifth Amendment protections and say punishment will await appeals and convention decisions.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
AFL- Cio
Thomas L. Hickey
New York
Teamsters
Aflcio
Miami
Federation
Ethical Practices Committee
Aflcio Ethical Practices Committee
Afl-Cio
Senate
Dave Beck
James Hoffa
Midwest Teamsters
Beck
Hoffa
Lawrence Native Killed In Freak Home Accident
Milo Doane, 60, a Lawrence native, died in Kansas City after his car rolled backward from the driveway while he opened the garage door. He was crushed between the car and a large tree on the parkway. The emergency brake was not set. No living Lawrence relatives are known.
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Milo Doane
Lawrence
Kansas City
Parkway
Doane
Disarmament Talks Adjourned in London
London rounds of disarmament talks end with Russia seen as gaining a point as the subcommittee is to report back to the 12 nation U N Disarmament Commission amid West Soviet Union alignment.
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London
Russia
West
Soviet Union
U.N. Disarmament Commission
Chamber Chief Attacks Businesses in Hearing Fallout
Philip M. Talbott president of the U S Chamber criticized businessmen allied with leaders of paper unions saying they betrayed workers to grafters. He warned against punitive labor laws and urged states to adopt right to work laws as safeguards for morality and economic progress.
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Wichita
Eas. U
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Philip M. Talbott
National Businessmen's Organization
Talbott
Wichita C. of C
Kiwanis Club
Eisenhower Golf Round At Newport C C
President Eisenhower played a second round at Newport Country Club in Rhode Island. He arrived ten minutes early and joked he escaped the office to golf. He forgot his yellow cap from yesterday and wore a conservative grey replacement provided by the pro shop.
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Newport, R. I
Eisenhower
Newport Country Club
U S Says Middle East Sought Military Help
The State Department said friendly countries in the Middle East requested accelerated American arms deliveries after a pro Soviet swing in Syria. Secretary Dulles and French Foreign Minister Pineau would discuss the Syrian crisis and other issues including Algeria at their upcoming meeting in Washington.
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Washington
States Department
Middle East
Syria
Department
Dulles
Christian Pineau
Algeria
Chinese Premier in Great Good Humor at Peiping Reception
Premier Chou En lai joked with 41 American delegates at a Peiping reception. He promised a formal interview and posed for photos with many attendees. Marshals and officials answered questions on Taiwan, Taiwan, U.N. views, and peacetime diplomacy.
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Chou
London
Chou Enlai
Red China
Peiping
Reuters
Erith
Questio
A Bomb Set Underground for Earthquake Study
Toront o reports that Dr. Frank Press and the Atomic Energy Commission plan an underground A bomb test in Nevada at 7 a.m. CST on September 4 to record shock wave travel times. Scientists aim to reveal Earth's interior structure and question whether mountains in the Sierra Nevada ride on mantle roots or crustal rock.
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Toronto
United States
Frank Press
California
Nevada
Atomic Energy Commission
Press
Earth
Cal Tech
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Burglary Suspect Is Widow of Man Killed This Year in Texas
A Lincoln Nebraska arrest links Louise Norris 24 Lawton Oklahoma to a $4500 robbery at Bus Super Market 23rd and La. Norris widow of Gene Paul Norris shot April near Fort Worth. three suspects tied to Carswell payroll plot. Police say evidence ties trio to Lawrence robbery. warrants issued. burned money found. charges include burglary tools and habitual criminal.
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Lincoln
Neb
Jin
Bus Super Market
Louise Norris
Lawton
Okla
Oklahoma
Norris
Gene Paul Norris
Fort Worth
Carswell Air Force Base
Dale Chappell
Dick Stanwix
Wes Norwood
Lawrence
Douglas County
Nebraskan
Nebraska
Billy Joe Pierce
Edward Lee Lyles
Oklahoma City
Pierce
Rainfall Adds Boost To Drought Hit September
Lawrence received .71 inch of rain early today, with .01 more Thursday morning, pushing this month total to about an inch. Forecaster Shyam Bhatia says more rain and cooler weather expected through tonight and Saturday, with temps near 60 tonight and around 80 Saturday.
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Lawrence
Shyam Bhatia
Kansas University Weather Station
Bhatia
Kansas
Atchison
Centralia
Axtell
Holton
Valley Falls
Tonganoxia
Topeka
KU recruits stage fake wreck for training drill
Glass, gas leak props and broken tank aid a staged auto accident used in a six week Kansas University training exercise for 24 highway patrol recruits. Two cars in a northbound one way lane were collided as part of the drill observed by Homer Langsdorf and Trooper Carl Gray.
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Homer Longsdorf Wright
Kansas University Extension
Kansas Highway Patrol
18Th St
Naismith Rd
Longsdorf
Gray
Journal World Photo
Tou 24 Highway Patrol
Kansas University
Allen Fieldhouse
K.U
Homer Langsdorf
University Extension 1
Carl Gray
Langsdorf
A. C. Rush
Harvey Schmedeman
Highway Patrol
Kennedy to keynote Kansas Democratic dinner in Topeka
Sen John Kennedy has accepted to be the main speaker at a fund raiser dinner for the 1st district Democrats in Topeka on November 6. He wired his acceptance to Mrs Georgia Neese Gray, Democratic national committeewoman for Kansas.
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Topeka
John Kennedy
Kennnedy
Georgia Neese Gray
Kansas
Asian Flu Estimates Rise Amid New Vaccine Release
A Public Health Service spokesman said today that at least 35,000 cases of Asian flu exist in the United States, up 5,000 from last week. The update follows the release of 1,028,770 additional vaccine doses, bringing total doses available to 3,000,000. Also noted is a stock market closing index of 173.5 for six stocks, down 0.3.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Annual bus tax subsidy may run thirty eight thousand
City manager estimates a tax money cost of 38000 a year for a municipal bus system based on former Rapid Transit Inc. service and revenues. A 150000 bond is proposed but operating losses could require additional tax funds. Revenue bonds unlikely to work. likely tax support persists.
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Rapid Transit Inc
Srime
Kansas
Lawrence merchants optimistic as fall trade shows strong start
Downtown Lawrence merchants report a speedy start to the fall trade spurred by KU students returning and rising traffic. Buyers expect gains over last year with healthy home building and two percent sales tax growth. Clothing, shoes and furniture dealers anticipate higher fall sales as student enrollment rises and downtown appearance improves.
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Maine
Lawrence
Sunflower
Kansas
Manhattan
Weather outlook for Kansas and region cool with showers
Cloudy and cooler conditions with chances of showers this afternoon and evening. Saturday will be partly cloudy with a cool night, upper 50s to low 60s. Five day forecast shows near seasonal normals east to slightly above west, warming next week with highs in the 80s and scattered thundershowers northwest to southeast.
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Kansas
Bismarck
N. D
Chicago
Denver
Edmonton
Fort Worth
Te iTavre
Mort
Hansas City
Los Angeles
Maui
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma
City
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Tyler
Red Chinese Army
Richard Seane
U.N
United Nations
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Texas
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