FBI Probes Dinynamiting At Nashville
FBI agents moved to investigate the dynamiting of an integrated school and provided a potential witness to local authorities. Davidson county grand jury indicted segregationist John Kasper for inciting a riot, claiming he spurred hundreds to riot. The case occurs under a U.S. district court injunction against further interference with integration.
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Nashville
FBI
Davidson County
Grand Jury
John Kasper
Kasper
U.S. District Court
Integra
Dynamite Found Tied to Kasper Plot, Reed Testimony
A man handed to city police by the FBI said he and segregationist John Kasper hid dynamite three days before an explosion at Hattie Cotton School in Nashville. Police reported Charles Reed told them Kasper came to his home with dynamite on a Saturday and the pair hid it in a vacant house, from which it later vanished. Reed claimed he did not know its fate.
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Nashville
Tenn
FBI
John Kasper
Hattie Cotton School
Douglas Hosse
Charles Reed
Kasper
Reed
Hosse
Tennessee Schools Reopen Amid Integration Tensions
In Nashville and surrounding districts, eleven Negro students attend classes as integration resumes. A sixth school halted transfers over improper papers and a seventh was damaged by dynamite last Tuesday. FBI involvement follows the Hallie Cotton blast as police question a man from Memphis. Nearby Blount County faces a deliberation on a Negro group’s integration proposal.
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Hattie Cotton
Blount County
Maryville
Tenn
Knoxville
Clinton, Tenn
Monroe Plans Appointing City Planning Panel
City Council will appoint a planning commission on September 24 under Mayor W L Howard. An ordinance creating the panel will be adopted, and members named. The commission will review the detailed Twin Cities expressway report, consult with the highway department, and hold a public hearing before sending results to the Bureau of Public Roads.
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Monroe
W. L. ‘'Dack
Howard
Twin Cities
Highway Department
Bureau of Public Roads
Negro youth convicted for bottle-throwing in Birmingham
Frank Coach, 16, was found guilty by the Recorders Court of tossing a soft drink bottle at a car and received the maximum six months in jail and a $100 fine. He was among 76 Negro boys and girls removed from a chartered school bus after complaints of throwing rocks at white persons.
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Birmingham
Ala
Recorders Court
Frank Coach
UN condemns Soviet action as Hungary issue kept alive
In New York the United Nations General Assembly condemned Soviet actions in Hungary by a 60 to 10 vote and approved a resolution demanding the USSR end repression and withdraw forces. India urged restraint while a long debate continued past 1 am. A Pittsburgh boy testified his father beat him and his mother before a fatal shooting that led to a justifiable homicide verdict.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Michael
Mickey
Chervenak
Shirley Chervenak
United Nations
N.Y
United Nations General Assembly
Uiew
Hungary
World Organization
Soviet Union
Burma
Wan Waithayskon
Thailand
Assembly
U. ON
General Assembly
India
Arthur Lail
Janos Kadar
Michael Chervenak J Jr
Page Five
Mysterious hole swallows streets in Lancashire town
In Farnworth Lancashire a snake like fissure grows through a square mile slum, swallowing 12 houses and damaging 111 fronts. Evacuations affect about 400 residents as rain worsens collapse risks and officials probe causes. Emergency crews trench a bypass drainage while police seal Fylde Street district.
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Farnworth
Tong
Lanashire
Fylde
Fylde Street
Faubus Arrives for Talks on Arkansas School Integration
Arkansas Governor Faubus flies to Rhode Island en route to a planned Saturday meeting with President Eisenhower over the Little Rock high school integration dispute. He travels with Rep. Brooks Hays and Arnold Sikes, declines comment on expected outcomes, and will be joined by White House aides at the conference.
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Newport
R.T
Arkansas
Orvald
Faubus
Rhode Island
Hisenhower
Little Rock
Brooks Hays
Arnold Sikes
Warwick
Providence
Eisenhower
White House
Fau Ios
Angola Prison Slayings Shock Officials at Dormitory
A guard found two state penitentiary convicts hacked to death in their beds at Angola Prison. The victims Billy Aldrich aged 33 serving a life term for a prison murder and Clarence Joseph Gros 25 of Jefferson Parish near New Orleans were killed with a meat cleaver. Officials launched a dormitory-wide interview of 50 inmates as they hunted for the killer or killers amid motives of revenge.
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Angola
State Penitentiary
Maurice Sigler
Sigler
Billy Aldrich
Clarence Joseph Gros
Jefferson Parish
New Orleans
At & Am
J. W. Perkins
Publications Through the Years Listed by Monroe High Teacher
A Monroe High School teacher gathered a catalog of local publications with aid from the Monroe Public Library and Mrs. Clarence Faulk. The list includes Louisiana founded 1822 by William Dromgoole, 1625 Ouachita Gazette short lived, 1632 New Moon by William Neufville, 1840 Olive Branch copy in library, 1849 Ouachita Register by William Hazelton, 1867 Ouachita Telegraph by Judge McCranie, and Intelligence by Julian Ennemoser, an anti Republican.
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Monroe
Clarence Faulk
Louisiana
William Dromgoole
Concordia Parish
Ouachita Gazette
New Moon
William Neufville
Olive Branch
Monroe Public Library
Ouachita Register
William Hazelton
Ouachita Telegraph
Judge McCranie
Julian Ennemoser
Batista Bows Out Of Next Election
President Fulgencio Batista of Cuba said he would not be a candidate for reelection on June 1. He acknowledged some of his forces took part in last week’s uprising at Cienfuegos during an NBC interview recorded in Havana.
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New York
UPI
Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
Batista
National Broadcasting Co
Edward Scott
NBC
Havana
Cienfuegos
Syria tensions ease as Malik carries Lebanese message to Eisenhower
Beirut reports the Syria crisis showing signs of easing though pro Soviet leanings persist. Lebanon's Foreign Minister Charles Malik travels to the United States with a detailed viewpoint on Middle East conditions and Syria, seeking talks with President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles.
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Lebanon
Charles Malik
United States
Eisenhower
Syria
Malik
Dulles
Camille Chamoun
Middle East
Chamoun
Salah Garazi
Syrian Foreign Ministry
Moscow
Middle Eeast
Soviet Union
Turkey
Iran
Pakistan
Iraq
Britain
Russia
Senate Probe Group May Recall Hoffa
The Senate Rackets Committee may recall James R. Hoffa as it probes his Michigan ties and pre election timing. Kennedy says hearings could occur the week of Sept. 22 with Hoffa possibly exempt if not needed. Hoffa misses Sept. 23 New York appearance for wire tapping indictment while awaiting Miami convention.
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Washington
Senate
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
Fitzgerald
New York
The
Teamsters
Midwest
Anion
Detroit
Johnny Dio
Watson Listed By Hayes, Was Error
Chairman Rufus D. Hayes said he incorrectly listed Arthur C. Watson among members asking a meeting to consider ousting national committeeman Camille Gravel. Watson was among 17 central committeemen asking a meeting but did not advocate Gravel's removal.
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Baton Rouge
Rufus D. Hayes
Democratic State Central Committee
Arthur C. Watson
Camille Gravel
Natchitoches Parish
Hayes
Watson
Gravel
Twin Cities area to see another cycle of scattered showers
A new cycle of scattered showers is forecast today and tomorrow for the Twin Cities area. The high at Selman Field yesterday reached 81 and the low was 66. Showers are also expected across parts of Arkansas in the same period.
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Twin Cities
Selman Field
Arkansas
Faubus Arrives in Providence Amid Private Welcome
Gov. Orval E Faubus of Arkansas arrives in Providence without official ceremony. His party uses taxis after the trip and the AP photograph captures the moment.
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Taxt
Orval E. Faubus
Arkanenservis
R. 1
Providence
Monroyans Kin Dies in Plane Crash
The brother of Monroe woman Mrs. Betty Gray, Oliver Ormond 43, plant security officer with Socony Mobil, was among five American oil men who perished when an airliner with Venezuelan crew crashed in inaccessible Pena Blanca mountains in southwestern Venezuela. Avensa Airline officials reported the wreck after earlier incorrect notices. Land parties and two Venezuelan helicopter units aided the search as Socony Mobil and Avensa coordinated retrieval efforts.
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Monroe
Venezuela
Oliver Ormond
Socony Mobiles Co
Forest, Miss
Betty Gray
Prentiss Gray
Avensa
Caracas
Socony Mobil Os! Co
Pena Blanca
Bocono
Amens
Socony Mobil
Horace J. Benson
Dallas
Arthur N. Clark
Buffalo, N. Y
John J. Martin
Enief
Three-Time Killer Paroled by Governor Daniels
John M. Pete McKenzie, 54, a three time killer and prison longtimer, was granted parole by Gov. Price Daniel after years on death row and near death from asthma. He wept upon news, spoke of prison farm life and vowed to work toward a full pardon, with parole to his brother in Memphis where a job awaits.
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Gov. Daniels
Huntsville
Tex
John M
Pete) McKenzie
Price Daniel
Pete Iry
McKenzie
Sco Paso
San Antonio
Sam Street
Don Reid
Freedom
Austin
James McKenzie
Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Wounded Man Admits Trying To Take Life
Wounded Robert Sealy of Mississippi Power Co admits shooting himself in the left side with a .22 rifle due to financial worries. He crawled from a swamp near Leakesville after two days missing. his rifle was thrown into a stream and found later. He told officers he could remember little of the event. hospital reports say his condition is good. Over 200 officers and volunteers searched the swamp without success before his recovery.
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Lieakesville
Miss
Tom White
Robert Sealy
Mississippi Power Co
Sealy
Power Company
Leakesville
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Jo- Huo M. Lopez Jr
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Allen Turpin
C.J. Turpin
Scotty Maxwell
Swallows Homes
Swallows
Gov. Faubus
Morgan (O
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Herbert Brownell Jr
Sherman Adams
Hays
Isenhower
Fanbus
Ike
Howard Cushing
Newport Country Club
Cushing
John T. Pratt Jr
Morgan
Hagerty
Haubus
Alf
Jes’ Ramblin
Beirut
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
McClellan
D-Ark
Michigan
Dave Beck
George Fitzgerald
Miami
Monroyans
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