Seeing's Not Believing in Little Rock
A Pulitzer reporter surveys Little Rock on the eve of federal school integration. He notes the deceptive calm, the threats, and the divided city as federal troops maintain order and segregationists threaten a boycott. The piece probes futures: compliance, resistance, and whether Little Rock becomes a national turning point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Capitol Citizens Council
Stae
America
Supreme Court
South
Quiet Little Rock Masks National Rift Over Integration
Weekend calm in Little Rock contrasts with national tension over school integration. Federal troops guard Central High as governors and lawmakers react. Eisenhower keeps 1000 paratroopers in place while Faubus resists federal orders and church leaders call for prayers for reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keating
FBI
Little Rock
Faubus
Roy Wilkins
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
Chicago
Arkansas
St. Joseph's Orphanage
Camp Robinson
Army
Eisenhower
Central High
Harry Asamore
The
Arkansas Gazette
New York
Ohioan Killed Near Willow Island in West Virginia Crash
Floyd Balentime Sims, about 24 of Kent Ohio, was killed Saturday night when his car left West Virginia Route 12 at Willow Island and crashed into a tree. The incident is linked to the era's volatile social strife involving city and state politics and the NAACP.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Floyd Balentime Sims
Kent
Ohio
Willow Island
Here
Columbus Police Rescue Bid Ends In Exhaustion
In Columbus a police officer tried to save an 18 year old girl from the Scioto River but grew exhausted before reaching shore. Officer William Smith dived in to help and both he and the girl were rescued by a second officer. The girl Charlotte Ann Donahue had recently left Colum bus State Hospital and was treated at Mount Carmel Hospital. Baker was treated for exhaustion and released.
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Columbus
Ohio
Scioto
Edward F. Baker
Baker
William Smith
Charlotte Ann Donahue
Colum
Bus State Hospital
Mount Carmel Hospital
State Hospital
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By Relman Morin
Central High School
Orval Faubus
Quarles Yingling
6Th
Main Streets
South Carolina
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
National Assny
Central Avenue
Garden
West Broad Street Bridge
Cleveland
Max Friedman
Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel
Mount Sinai Hospital
South America
ALL America
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Rim, Twine Net
Ork Basket
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