Stevenson backs Supreme Court ruling on school desegregation
Adlai Stevenson told a Dixie rally in MacArthur Park that the Supreme Court was right to rule against school segregation and urged Southerners to accept the decision as law. The crowd included a few Negroes as Stevenson reaffirmed the Democratic platform against use of force to alter judicial outcomes.
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Adlai BE
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Pine Bluff
Flossy Slams Deep South In Death Toll Rise
Hurricane Flossy swept across south Alabama and Georgia with up to 100 mph winds and six inch rains. A twin jet crash near Tallahassee killed a mother and her three children. another pilot is missing. Navy seamen were rescued after a barge beached near Panama City as the storm battered the Gulf Coast leaving multiple fatalities and dozens unaccounted.
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Alabama
Georgia
Florida
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Tyndall
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Ike Flies To Midwest For Major Speech
President Eisenhower travels to Peoria Illinois for his first major farm speech of the reelection bid. Adlai Stevenson challenged him to detail farm program progress from 1952. The 9:30 p.m. EDT remarks at Bradley University will be broadcast by CBS.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
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Cafe Burglary Foiled By Ceiling Collapse
An attempted burglary at Ed's Cafe in West Monroe was halted when the intruder fell through a kitchen ceiling after entering from the roof. West Monroe Police Chief Jeff Caldwell said the man fled before officers could arrest him, with no items reported stolen.
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Caldwell
Rebels Blast British Vehicle Kill Soldier in Cyprus
Rebels detonated an electrically triggered bomb against a British army patrol in western Cyprus, killing one soldier and wounding three others with four more injured. The campaign by EOKA continues to escalate as authorities note remote detonation and new bomb techniques.
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Cyprus
EOKA
Child Rescued From 150 Foot Abandoned Well
Two year old Tommy Hartnett was rescued from a 150 foot abandoned well in Bakersfield after a dramatic several hour operation. Firemen and construction workers worked in the rusted casing to free the child wedged ten feet below ground while spectators watched. Authorities and family offered encouragement as oxygen was supplied and the rescue progressed.
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Calif
Kathy Fiscus
Tommy Hartnett
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L. N. Hartnett
Seminole man loses catch after boating mishap on Texoma trip
Vernon Staley of Seminole Oklahoma headed to Lake Texoma for a fishing trip. A repair punched a hole in a gasoline tank and his oil line clogged. He had two flat tires before reaching camp but later caught black bass. The stringer chain broke and the catch was lost.
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Tex
Vernon Staley
Seminole
Okla
Lake Texoma
Typhoon Harriet Threatens Okinawa Base
Typhoon Harriet veered north toward the US Okinawa base generating winds of 125 to 150 mph. Weather experts warned of 104 mph winds and torrential rain as the storm eyed the island with its path toward the East China Sea and southern Japan.
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Okinawa
Harriet
U. S
East China Sea
White Boycott Drops Henderson School Attendance
In Henderson Kentucky a white boycott reduced Weaverton school attendance by about 75 percent as segregationists urged parents to keep children home until five Black students leave. Five ministers from the Henderson County Ministerial Association urged Christian action while critics accused them of interference. Rayburn Sugg Jr said the White Citizens Council planned to protest integration, with about 206 students reporting for classes. The Black students, enrolled since Sept 4, were described as good students. one uniformed officer remained on duty and principal Felix Trader vowed to keep the school open.
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Texas Couple Killed In Lillie Crash
A Palestine Texas couple died when their car hit a freight train at a rail highway crossing near Lillie. Preston L Denham of the U S Air Force was killed instantly. His wife died about four hours later after being taken to a Ruston hospital. The couple were en route from Texas to visit Mrs Denham's father Conrad Black in Strong Arkansas.
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Madison High School shakedown ends with arsenal found
A mass shakedown at Madison high school, now an all Negro school, seized more than 40 knives and three pistols after students took over a city bus. Six pupils suspended as police questioned attendees. A 16 year old brandished a .32 revolver but it was unloaded. A 15 year old waved a .22 pistol and was arrested.
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Thomas Tolbert
Madison High School
Forest Avenue High School
Richard Dale Carnaghan
Carnaghan
All Woman Jury Heard Case In Dallas Liquor Charge
A Dallas liquor violation trial opened with two prospective jurors excused after they refused to apply the law. The panel was then comprised entirely of women, who will hear the case.
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Dallas
Tex
Carport Found Safe After Hur ricane Flossy Stranding
Coast Guard says motor vessel Carport with 15 aboard found 30 to 40 miles south of Grand Isle in battered condition. Only one main engine operating and lifeboats smashed. Vessel carrying 3200 tons of sulphur was en route from Galveston to Tampa. Two crewmen are dead, captains and mates named, and missing 14 carried by the Rosalie search.
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Ouachita Parish to Sell 2.6 Million Bonds for School District
The Ouachita parish school board invites bids for 2.6 million dollars in School District Number 1 bonds, rated at up to 4 percent interest, with bids due by 7 p.m. October 23 and sale opening at a special meeting the same day. Bonds mature from taxes on all district property, part of a 5.2 million issue approved last year.
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News-Star—World
Polish Officer Crashlands Jet In Denmark
A Polish air force lieutenant crash landed a jet on an unfinished airstrip on Bornholm island and sought political asylum. Troops guarded the aircraft after a tip of a damaged wing tip and the pilot showed a map of the field while criticizing unfinished runway work.
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Denmark
Bornholm
Baltic
City Council Adopts Plan of Retirement
The city council approves a city employees retirement plan retroactive to June 30 funded by state tax revenue with $200 annual admin costs. Employees may opt out within 90 days. retirement at 60 with 3 percent per year penalty or at 65 with full benefit, based on final pay and years served. The group also votes to negotiate railroad crossings at Peach street and Harn street.
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Louisville
W. L. Howard
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Peach Street
Harn Street
Nixon cancels Oklahoma City speech due to flu laryngitis
Vice President Richard M. Nixon travels by campaign plane to Oklahoma City but cancels a formal address because of influenza and laryngitis. Doctor Malcolm C. Todd says Nixon should avoid strain and appears at a party rally instead while moving toward Houston for a late-night speech depending on his condition.
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Richard M. Nixon
Oklahoma
Texas
Oklahoma City
Malcolm C. Todd
Long Beach
Calif
Houston
Tex
Todd
Nixon Campaign
Salt Lake City
Witness uneasy testifying on DC school integration
Washington teacher Mary Seath said she felt in a precarious position as she testified about conditions in the public schools amid racial integration. She cited remarks by a District Board of Education member and indicated concerns about possible reprisals affecting her job.
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Gerber
Seath
Board of Education
Wesley S. Williams
District Board of Education
Rep. Williams
Zeigler Surrenders After Mills Murder Confession
Ouachita River search continues for a .22 revolver linked to the death of Myrtle Mae Mills, 28, of Gladewater Texas. Loyal Zeigler, 51, confessed to beating and shooting Mills in the McKinley Street area on September 13 and was captured September 15 after fleeing to a hotel.
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Myrtle Mae Mills
Gladewater
Tex
James C. Kelly, Jr
Loyal Zeigler
Miss Mills
McKinley
Zeigler
Kelly
Harrison and Richardson
Weather Returns To Normal After Low Temperatures
A 22 degree swing marked the pace from early Tuesday to today with Selman Field recording a high of 78 and a low of 56. Forecasts call for clear to partly clear skies, nights 56 to 60, and Wednesday highs 84 to 88. Ouachita parish pollen counted 138 this morning.
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Ouachita Parish
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