Faubus and Leaders Meet Board Over Integration
Gov. Faubus and three Arkansas legislative leaders will meet the Little Rock School Board to urge action to delay integration at Central High School. Faubus warned a special session may be called if no action is taken, as Supt. Blossom seeks Supreme Court intervention and a stay from the St. Louis Appeals Court.
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Little Rock, Ark
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Little Rock
Faubus
Central High School
Blossom
US Supreme Court
St. Louis
Hutcheson Facing Ouster From AFL-CIO Post
Forest Park Pa AP Maurice A Hutcheson the Carpenters Union president under corruption charges and cited for contempt of Congress is expected to be ousted from AFL CIO leadership sources say he will be asked to explain his refusal to answer questions from the Senate Rackets Committee about union funds expenditures
Labor chiefs anticipate Hutcheson resignation from AFL-CIO Council
Private sources say Hutcheson will refuse a demand to resign and will likely re sign as a member of the AFL-CIO Executive Council. The council planned Hutcheson’s replacement with Painters Union President Lawrence M Raft ery of Lafayette Ind to succeed James Petrillo the Musicians Union president who resigned.
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Hutcheson
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Painters Union
Lawrence M. Raftery
Lafayette
Ind
James Petrillo
Musicians Union
Hutcheson’s Resignation Seen Bring Trade Leader as Successor
Informal agreement suggests Hutcheson’s exit from the council would bring a building trades union leader as successor, echoing Petrillo. AFL-CIO plans to probe Hutcheson’s Carpenters Union for possible federation ouster over corruption. Hutcheson faces Senate charges for misusing funds on a vanity book about him and his father Big Bill Hutcheson and profiting in Indiana road rights of way.
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Hutcheson
Building
Council
Building Trades Union Group
Petrillo
Afl-Cio
Labor
Carpenters Union
Federation
Senate
William
Big Bill) Hutcheson
Indiana
Hutcheson Cited for Contempt Over Rackets Committee
The Senate cited Hutcheson for contempt of Congress after he refused to answer questions from the Rackets Committee. He did not claim the Fifth Amendment but challenged the committee’s authority on his financial dealings.
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Senate
Hutcheson
High Court May Hear Case in Extraordinary Session
If the high court approves the writ during summer recess, an extraordinary session would hear the case. The regular session not until October, staying the circuit court decision until the Supreme Court rules. Blossom says the board will seek a stay of the appellate order and mandates timing remains uncertain. School opens Sept. 2.
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High Court
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Blossom
Fauburg Says Board May Shape Legislative Session
Faubug indicated his next moves hinged on the school board actions. He warned a special Legislature session tied to the integration delay would not be called if the board acted as he outlined.
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Faubug
Pilot Pushes Afterburner Ignites Fatal Runway Debris
Las Vegas airman Leslie Simms activated an afterburner while taxiing a F1000 Super Sabre at Nellis AFB. The jet plowed through a fence and a highway before exploding. Simms escaped unhurt and is under guard during Air Force investigation. loss estimated at one million dollars.
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Las Vegas
New
Leslie Simms
Simms
Nellis Air Force Base
Air Force
Modern David Deters Goliath in Surrey Field
Four year old David Butter and a 1200 pound bull confront each other on a Slyfield Green playground. The boy pressed with a stick and kept the bull from charging, forcing Goliath to retreat toward a nearby field by a slaughterhouse.
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London
David
Goliath
David Butter
Slyfield Green
Surrey
Probers Question Baker in Greenlease Ransom Case
Washington AP Robert Barney Baker denies taking any of the 300000 ransom or knowing who did. He calls Senate investigators questions shocking. Kennedy counters that Baker is tied to gangsters and hoodlum figures in the United States.
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Washington (Ap
Robert
Barney) Baker
Senate
Robert F. Kennedy
Baker Claims Smear Tactics Tied to Harriman
Baker described himself as a victim of a veneful scorned woman in testimony by his ex wife Mollie Baker. She testified he alleged Joseph Costello of St Louis taxi line stole the Greenlease money and said efforts link his name to Gov Harriman of New York. He called himself a God fearing man with a bad memory and a fat heart.
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Baker
Mollie Baker
Joseph Costello
St. Louis
Greenlease
Averell Harriman
New York
Harriman
Baker's Violent Taxing Testimony Tangles Hariman Link
Baker unleashed a shouting tirade in court after Ruth Brougher 44 identified herself as his former sweetheart and claimed ties between Baker and Harriman. Baker praised Harriman as a man he honored while denying closeness. Mollie Baker, his ex wife, testified they were as close as any men could be, a claim Harriman denied.
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Baker
Ruth Brougher
Harriman
Mollie Baker
Gang Land
Baker on the lam from New York waterfront killing
Mrs. Brougher testifies in Senate rackets hearings that Baker fled from New York City to evade questioning in a waterfront killing. She notes he could not return until after Gov Harriman's election. Baker’s former wife Mollie Baker testified similarly about the same afternoon.
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Baker
Mollie Baker
Anthony Hintz
Senatorial hearing trails Baker Dunn ties amid jokes
Testimony linked Baker to Eddie Dunn, a mob leader once convicted in the Hintz case and executed. Mrs. Brougher cited Baker’s jail terms including a claim of killing Joe Penner’s duck, a gag duck in the comedian’s act, as she laughed during her remarks.
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Baker
Eddie
Cockeyed
Weather Turns Warmer in Miami Valley
The Miami Valley sees a gradual warmup after recent cool air with warmer air flowing north. The forecast is mostly fair and warm with a high around 85 and a low near 65 today, and near 90 by Thursday afternoon. Middletown reached 82 degrees at 5 30 p m for the high Tuesday with a 56 degree low at 5 30 a m.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Eisenhower Urges Obedience To Federal School Integration Orders
President Eisenhower said all Americans and every state must comply with federal court orders in the school integration controversy. He urged calm, warned against anarchy, and declined to state a personal view on integration while reaffirming duty to enforce the law amid questions over Little Rock and related tensions.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Eisenhower
Eisenhower Calls States to Suppress Unlawful Forces
Eisenhower argued state duty to curb illegal violence and protect rights from court decrees, signaling a willingness to act as he did in Little Rock last September. He warned there can be no equivocation on federal responsibility in such events, echoing his stance from a year ago.
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Eisenhower
U.S
Little Rock
Eisenhower on Freedoms and Courts
President Eisenhower recalled remarks stressing that individual freedoms rest on the executive branch upholding federal court decisions. He added he continues to insist on the common sense of the individual and a sense of responsibility.
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Eisenhower
Eisenhower cites Geneva talks on nuclear test ban progress
In Geneva Eisenhower says the East West agreement offers grounds to hope for another step toward disarmament. He adds that Red China need not be included in any such agreement, including the Geneva technical pact on policing a nuclear test ban.
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Geneva
Eisenhower
Pacifist Struck, Hospitalized During Missile Site Protest
Kenneth Calkins, 23, from Chicago, was hit by a truck during a protest against a missile launching site in Cheyenne Wyoming. He was reported in good condition at Laramie County Memorial Hospital with a crushed pelvis per his wife Ellanor.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Chicago
Laramie County Memorial Hospital
Kenneth Calkins
Calkins
Ellanor
Rights activists oppose launching site trespass case
People named Calkins and his wife joined by Rev Theodore Olson aged 26 of Fall singing ton Pa and Arthur Springer 23 of Brooklyn N Y in efforts to halt construction. Springer and Olson face trespass charges and were jailed Tuesday.
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Calkins
Theodore Olson
Fallsington
Arthur Springer
Brooklyn, N. Y
Springer
Olson
Driver feared unidentified in truck collision near missile site
Sheriff N E Tuck said the 12 ton truck driver who struck Calkins was not identified and may not have seen him. The missile site lies 20 miles northwest. Mr and Mrs Ins entered the site on Monday to impede construction and defeat headsets among workers. Air Police escorted them off the base and Calkins and his wife began a sit down strike outside the gate. They were joined by Olson and Springer.
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Calkins
N. E. Tuck
Here
Ins
Olson
Springer
Do You Love Me Darling Joke Swap
A light quip about mistaken names and Monday misdirection. The couple laughs as one reveals the other’s confusion over who is being addressed and what day it is. The brief joke rests on the mix up between Bob and Jim and the mistaken assumption of the day.
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Bob
Jim
Hollywood Couple Calls Off Wedding Plan
Andra Martin and Ty Hardin, among Hollywood's rising stars, canceled their Saturday church wedding in Rockford Illinois after pressure from agents who said the timing could hurt their careers. Both initially denied the rumors but later confirmed they would postpone the marriage.
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Hollywood
Andra Martin
Liz Taylor
Rockford
Ill
Ty Hardin
Andra
Mother
Actors weigh marriage impact on teen audience
Andra Gar ner and James Gar ner star in Up Periscope while Hardin 28 leads Cheyenne in a WB signed role. Clint Walker sits out a contract battle. Advisers warn marriage could affect teen viewers. Hardin comments that marriage won’t hurt anybody.
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Andra
James
Maverick
Garner
Periscope
Hardin
Cheyenne
Warner Brothers
Clint Walker
Three Die As Cabin Cruiser Capsizes In Rough Seas
A cabin cruiser overturned off Ocean City New Jersey killing three aboard and leaving seven missing. A man and a woman in a nearby motorboat were also swept away while attempting rescue as 10 foot waves battered the area. Victims identified include Father Vladimir Firezak, 42, of Bethlehem Pennsylvania, Edward McHugh of Penndell, and Clarence Jewell of Bethlehem.
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Ocean City
Coast Guard
Vladimir iFirezak
St. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church
Bethlehem
Edward McHugh
Penndell
Clarence Jewell
Coast Guard boat tragedy claims three lives
Coast Guardsmen reported all three men were killed when the roof of theFour in One boat struck them as it overturned. Robert McHugh, 16, son of the boat owner, pulled his father to a life raft and spoke to him hoping to keep him conscious until rescuers arrived. Surviving priest Father Paul Firezak, 47, Beaver Meadows, Pa., is identified as a brother of the dead priest.
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Coast
Robert McHugh
Paul Firezak
Beaver Meadows
France backs Western plan to turn Middle East issue over to Hammarskjold
Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville urged the United Nations General Assembly to place trust in Secretary General Hammarskjold to ease Middle East tensions. The Western backed resolution, supported by Norway and six others, appeared to near a two thirds majority but sponsors sought a strong show of votes.
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United Nations, N.Y
Maurice Couve de Murville
France
Middle East
Dag Hammarskjold
Frenta
U.N. General Assembly
Norway
West tensions rise over Lebanon and Jordan pullout plan
Asian and African bloc nations press a rival timetable urging early withdrawal of U.S. troops from Lebanon and British forces from Jordan. The United States seeks allied Western backing against the plan and pushes a Norwegian resolution to secure Lebanon and Jordan independence before troops exit.
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India
Ceylon
U.S
Lebanon
Jordan
United States
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Latin American fears on UN force linked to withdrawal
The resolution cites Western allies ready to withdraw their troops once the UN decides they are no longer needed. Britain and the United States hope Hammarskjold will arrange a UN force to replace withdrawing troops. Secretary Dulles briefed 20 Latin American representatives, some fearing the Norwegian resolution could justify intervention to sustain unpopular governments.
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U.N
Hammarskjold
Dulles
Dulles Groups Reassure Latin Americans on Lebanon Forces
Secretary Dulles told Latin American leaders that U S fears cited were groundless for the United States and that Washington has no plan to keep troops in Lebanon. He stressed no intention to maintain a long term U S military presence in the region.
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Dulles
United States
Lebanon
Cab Driver Takes 17 Day Trip to Florida
Orange New Jersey police say cab driver John W. Jenkins joined a 17 day southern trip in a cab owned by another person. He described the trip as “one of those things” and offered limited explanation.
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Florida
Orange, NJ
John W. Jenkins
Escape and Flight Drive Jenkins from Baltimore to Key West
Detectives linked a 25 year old Jenkins to a flight from Baltimore to Miami and Key West after abandoning a cab with 39 dollars. He picked up two hitchhikers, drove to Florida, and sold his cab for fifty dollars to a sailor at a naval base.
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Jenkins
Baltimore
Creres
Miami
Key West
Florida Naval Base
Man Arrested After Long Journey Home
He hopped a bus to New Orleans with $7 and planned a good time but was questioned by police after two drinks. jailed eight days for a $10 fine, Jenkins hitchhiked home and walked into police headquarters to surrender. He was ordered held without bail on a larceny charge.
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New Orleans
Jenkins
Landslide Kills 12 in Italian Alpine Village
A massive landslide struck San Ni di Crevoladossola in Domodossola, Italy after hours of torrential rain. Twelve people were reported missing as rescue workers searched the wreckage.
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Domodossola
Italy
Sanni di Crevoladossola
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