Federal Action Hint in Growing Race Crisis
The report notes federal action being hinted amid rising race tensions as Mayor Albert Boutwell advised honoring the governor’s request. Officials said schools would open as scheduled despite the threat, with Barnes stating that no action would be filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Boutwell
Barnes
Wallace
George Seibels
University of Alabama
Kennedy
Boutwell
Montgomery
Reid Barnes
Birmingham
Austin Meadows
Texas Schools See Mixed Classes and Resistance in Desegregation
Texas districts moved to integrate with 61 districts ready for mixed classes while several reported no Negro applicants in white schools. Turner High School in Carrollton hosted 29 Negroes. Fort Worth and Dallas districts faced desegregation orders, with Alabama-style tensions cited in Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalanche-Journal News Services
Texas
Grand Prairie
Waxahachic
Irving
Garland
Arlington
Turner High School
Carrollton
Dallas
Fort Worth
Supreme Court
Austin
Births Across Texas Honor Local Families
A long list records births at West Texas and area hospitals. Several families welcome daughters and sons with weights from under five pounds to over nine pounds, noting fathers employed in factories, construction, farming, and at Texas companies. mothers and babies stable in Methodist, Laut Clinic, Goodnight, and Reese Air Force Base hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allman
Art F. Stowers
7Th &T
Gouriright Hospital
Reese Air Force Base
Union Orders Steel Crews Back To Work
United Steel Workers members returned to the Gary works of United States Steel after a wildcat walkout halted furnaces. Officials said the union ordered an end to the unauthorized strike following a grievance committee dispute. Picket lines halted 7,000 workers, with traffic jams and doubts about full production resuming in days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Ind
UPI
United Steel Workers
Gary Works
United States Steel Co
Orval Kincaid
USW
Mark Tincher
Teamsters Union
Reds Reported Killed Captured In Korea
South Korea's intelligence agency said one North Korean agent was killed and another captured about 30 miles north of Seoul near the border zone. Villagers spotted the two agents and alerted troops three weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
South Korea
Schools ease barriers as South begins desegregation drive
Across the Deep South on Tuesday many communities quietly ended racial barriers in education. In Charleston a 15 year old girl and 25 other Negroes were admitted to previously all white Charleston schools amid minimal incidents. Other cities reported peaceful starts with some picketing and a few threats but no major disruptions as desegregation expanded in Georgia Florida Louisiana and South Carolina with Catholic and public schools opening to Black students under court orders and federal rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Fields
National States Rights Party
Birmingham
Ij Wallace
Justice Department
Edwin D. Guthman
Alabama
Mobile
White Murphy High School
5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Avalanche-Journal News Services
Charleston
Monroe
N.C
Memphis
Athens
University of Georgia
Clarke County
Georgia
Valdosta
South Georgia
Savannah
Columbus
Albany
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Leon County
Tallahassee
Fla
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Florida
Duval County
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
Dade County
Miami
Tornadoes Hit Wisconsin Farms and Texas Heat [Note: Title adjusted for conciseness and period tone]
A twister damaged the Lynchville district destroying 100 to 150 houses and uprooting trees as power lines failed and poles splintered. Tornadoes struck three Wisconsin counties injuring farmer Harold Orcutt near Mazomanie while Lafayette County reported multiple buildings flattened. Texas observed extreme heat with readings around 100 and widespread clear to partly cloudy skies across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchville
Wisconsin
Kansas
Solomon River
Farmer
Michigan
Illinois
Texas
Harold Orcutt
Mazomanie
Lafayette
Liverstock
Longview
Austin
Lufkin
Bee- Ville
Beaumont
el Paso
Laredo
Victoria
Brownsville
Kingsville
Alice
Cotulla
Waco
Abilene
Alpine
Amarillo
College Station
Corpus Christi
Childress
Dalhart
Dallas
Fort Worth
Galveston
Houston
Junction
Midland
Mineral Wells
Presidio
San Angelo
San Antonio
Wichita Falls
Rufus Corrales Elected Chairman of Local GI Forum
Rufus Corrales was elected chairman of the Lubbock Central GI Forum. Other officers include Frank Aguilar as vice chairman Joe Cadena as secretary Willie Ray Cavitt as treasurer Andy Ceniceros as reporter and Rufus Martinez as chaplain. A reception for Dr. Hector P Garcia founder of the American GI Forum will be at noon at 1610 Ave H.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Corrales
Lubbock Central GI Forum
Frank Aguilar
Joe Cadena
Willie Ray Cavitt
Andy Ceniceros
Rufus Martinez
Hector P. Garcia
Corpus Christi
Ameriican GI Forum
1610 Ave. H
NASA tests wingless ta craft at research center
At a news conference NASA officials described the M-2 model a 20 foot long wingless craft with a tail rocket for speed reduction. They noted the M-2 could carry 12 men in a future 28 foot version and contrasted it with the X-20 Dyna Soar and X-15 tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Reed
Earth
Thompson
Bible
Space Agency
X-14 Test Schedule At Edwards AFB For New Guidance Instrument
A X-14 test at Edwards Air Force Base is set for today to check a new ground tracking instrument called the cross range indicator. The device helps the X-15 rocket plane and other aircraft maintain course relative to the earth during flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
UPD
Thornton recalls first visit to Lubbock in the 1930s
Thornton, back in Lubbock with Rep. George H. Mahon for a groundbreaking at a new electronics plant, reflects on the space age era he first saw the town. He also visits a memorial room at the Techbrary named for Mrs. Croslin as old friends greet him in the lobby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton
City
Jerry Hall
Avalanche-Journal
Charles Bates
Tex
Lubbock
George H. Mahon
Tech
Thorn
Lloyd Croslin
Ernest Griffen
Techbrary
Croslin
Mahon
Washington, D.C
George Washington University
San Fernando Valley
Crosby Kelly
Litton
Kelly
Litton Executive Visits Lubbock for Plant Expansion
TD Thornton of Litton Industries arrives in Lubbock for a plant expansion plan urged by longtime ally George Mahon. The Lithium executive, praised for rapid growth from 9 million in 1955 to 600 million current sales, visits city officials, receives a red carpet welcome, and outlines plans to buy 50 acres for a new facility with light industrial zoning sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lude George T. Scharffernberger
The
Systems Group
Fred W. O’green
Guidance and Control Systems
U.S
Crosby M. Kelly
John B. Cogan
Capital Assets Department
Lyle Estes
Thornton
Midfternoon
Lubock
Chamber
Litton
Litton l
Test Ban Talks Highlight Soviet Testing Risks and U S Confidence
General Taylor and air force chief LeMay warn Soviets may pursue clandestine atmospheric tests to aid antimissile development. They say gains are limited and U S readiness is improving, with yield-to-weight ratios key to future missile deliverability. further testing, they argue, remains a risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
LeMay
U.S
lLeMay
Court Convicts CORE Chief in Louisiana Demonstration
Plaquemine Louisiana Judge Charles Schnebelen sentenced CORE national director to 60 days in jail or a 200 fine after two counts of disturbing the peace from the August 19 racial demonstration. Attorney for Farmer filed an appeal. He was among 16 Negroes jailed for peace disturbance charges linked to a mass march two weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plaquemine
Ie Farmer
Congress of Racial Equali Ce
Charles Schnebelen
South
Louisiana
Farmer
Mexican farmers plan to organize a union
Mexican farmers in Mexico City coordinate efforts to form a union aimed at improving bargaining power and agricultural working conditions. Leaders cite unequal market access and low prices as motivation for collective action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
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National Guard
Huntsville
Raymond S. Christain
Jamie Moore
Lorder
Bobby Don Maloney
Fth
Frankey Marcid Hevers
West Texas Hospital
RW. Matthews Junior High
Leon Bain
Methodist Hospital
Futts Family Center
Harold Duff
St Mary's Hospital
Frite Co
Martin Gutierrez
Littlefield
Laut Clinic
Hodges & Tierney Constriction Co
Eusevio Torres
Hub I
Laut
City Pipe Co
Charles Bo Rerbneer
Reese Atr Force Base
Father
Robert RB
Smedley, Ail Mitchell Blvd
Reese Village
So Wm
Reese ‘Air Force Base
Bine
Joe Jessie Perales
Ave, F
Sporter Clinic
Phares & Viking Manufacturing Co
Mroo
Jerry Brown
8Th St
Goodnight Hospital
Feline Palacios
Plainiview
Jones Mattress Co
Plainview
Juan Sabedra
Rt 3
Tahoka
Lawf Chric
Pablo Villreal
Rt. 1
Levelland
Armifo Valdez
Star Rt. Rails
Saus Cunie
Thomas Clinton Vance
Taylor Hospital
Waterman Industries of Texas, Inc
van Earl Howe
Ralls
Pam
West [Texas Hospital
al Cooper Motor Co
Clovis Lee Battey
Pike Murphy
City of
Don Baldridge
Vth
Baldridge Bakery
Daniel Burhans
Brownfield Ra
Gary Poage
American General Life Insurance
Royce Rodgers
St. Marcy's Hospital
Alton Jasper, Jr
Zist St
Korea
Bothlandhe-Journal
Texas Tech
Tex) Thornton
Litton Industries, Inc
Ava
P. M. Wadsworth
Tuskegee High School
Tuskegee
Ala
GI Forum
NASA
Research Center
Conservative
Barry Goldwater
By Jack Bell
Goldwaters
California
Sarah
England
Big Mike
la Pas
Aris
la Paz
Arizona
Mike
Los Angeles
C. Cohen
Cohen
Little Joe
San Francisco
J. Goldwater & Bro
Josephine Williams
Roger Williams
Nebraska
Baron Goldwater
Goldwater
Hidim
Jack Bell
Doubleday Spany
McCarthy
Ton
George Mahon
Associates
Wall Street
Litton Industries
Breif News
Fortune
AMD
Cee
Court
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