American Communist Party Faces Factional Rift and Decline
The American Communist Party is riven by factional fights and mass departures. Once claiming 80,000 members in 1935, it now cites 10,000 with 7,000 lost last year. Figures-heavy disputes pit William Z Foster against John Gates as leadership fractures deepen and Moscow's sway is questioned amid Khrushchev era shifts.
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Car Death Hearing Set At McAlester
Preliminary hearing was scheduled in McAlester for Bill Tippit a year old youth charged with manslaughter in a hit and run death of 3 year old Jimmy Don Wood on Aug 27 The child was killed while playing near his home.
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Okla
Bill Tippit
Tippit
Jimmy Don Wood
Brilliant Northern Lights Seen Across Texas and Beyond
An aurora borealis display, among the brightest in decades, was visible from Texas to South Dakota. In San Antonio the northern lights appeared for about two hours after midnight with pink and reddish tints, reported by Weather Bureau staff and observers in Austin, Corpus Christi, and other cities. Sheriff’s office lines and a Boerne patrolman noted vivid colors and a prolonged glow, marked as the first sighting in San Antonio since 18. Chances for another display were noted tonight.
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Austin
Texas
South Dakota
U.S. Weather Bureau
San Antonio
Alamo City
Bill Hare
Weather Bureau
Corpus Christi
Abilene
Tex
Ardmore
Olia
Savannah
Augusta
Wanted immediately old time carpetbag for 1856 style
An advertisement in today’s New York Times indicates someone saved Confederate money. The ad asks for an original old time carpetbag from 1856, in good condition, and provides a reply address to Dr. Fount Richardson, Box 3, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
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New York
New York Times
Fount Richardson
Fayetteville
Arkansas
Dorothy Counts quits Harding High over mob abuse at all white school
Dorothy Counts, 15 year old Negro, says she faced spit, rocks and a smashed car window on the first days at Harding High, prompting her father and school board officials to withdraw her from the all white school. Counts describes harassment by groups of white students and fear for her family. Her father cites safety concerns and the school board notes no reported misconduct justifying withdrawal.
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Frankie Sharp
Dorothy Counts
Harding High School
Johnson 'S. Smith “University
Harding
Dorothy
Harting
City School Board
Dorothy confronts harassment during desegregation era incident
Dorothy describes taunts and threats from white students after desegregation actions. She recalls being called n word lovers and forced to eat alone, while objects were hurled at her and her car window was smashed. She notes hundreds of sympathetic calls but continued isolation.
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Dorothy
Walt
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