Nine Negroes Return Under Light Guard at Central High
Army paratroopers escorted nine Negro students into Central High School for the third straight day. White students jeered and laughed at the entrance while a lieutenant led the group and a soldier accompanied them unarmed. Attendance rose to 1,450 with a 2,000 capacity. Traffic remained calm as guards were reduced. a mother claimed to be taking four girls out of the building.
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Little Rock
Ark
P—Army
Central High School
Virgil Blossom
Central High
Typhoon Faye Hits Okinawa Killing Marine and Wounding Dozens
Typhoon Faye struck Okinawa with winds up to 146 mph killing a U S Marine in Ryukyus Army Hospital. At least 19 Okinawans died and 112 were injured as more than 100 were reported missing. Twenty one fishing boats with crews vanished and damage to bases, equipment, and aircraft topped 10 million dollars.
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Naha
Okinawa
Faye
U.S. Island
U.S
Ryukyus Army Hospital
Ryukyus
Halt Parties At Negro Neighbors In Levittown
Nightly house parties near William Myers Jr in Levittown ended after the vacant house owner fined at $25 daily and ordered guests to leave. William A Hughes faced $100 bond for violating a zoning order as the run of demonstrations and loud phonograph records near Myers home sparked a civil rights clash in the previously all white community.
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Levittown
William Myers Jr
William A. Hughes
Weintown
Myers
Monroe man shot by hitchhiker on Peachtree Street
Jefferson L. Reed Jr., a General Services Administration employee from Monroe, was shot three times and robbed by a young Black hitchhiker who flagged him down near Peachtree and Houston Streets at about 2 a.m. Reed was treated at St. Joseph Infirmary for gunshot wounds to the right leg groin and abdomen. Patrolmen H A Quave and J T Anding investigated.
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Atlantap
Jefferson L. Reed Jr
General Services Administration
St. Joseph Infirmary
H. A. Quave
J. T. Anding
Reed
Peachtree
Houston
Couple Held In Kidnaping Of 8 Year Old In Everett
An 8 year old boy was abducted near Lake Stevens and returned unharmed. George Edward Collins Jr. 20 and his wife Katherine 21 were arrested at Collins' Everett home after an FBI and county sheriff raid. Collins confessed to the abduction and implicated his wife as accessory.
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Everett, Wash.p
Lee Crary
Lake Stevens
Here
FBI
Snohomish
Bob Twitchell
George Edward Collins Jr
Katherine
Everett
Collins
Boeing Airplane Co
Seattle
Washington
Strike Looms In Buenos Aires
In Rosario troops fired over the heads of brawling railway workers on Thursday night as a 24 hour nationwide strike loomed. Leaders of 62 unions backed the walkout to support wage increase demands by telephone and telegraph workers who began their action more than a week earlier.
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Buenos Aires
Rosario
Vandals blamed for state college fire in Albany Georgia
Fire caused nearly 300000 dollars in damage at Albany State College for Negroes in Albany Georgia early today. Investigators saw two to three people flee the scene and blamed the blaze on arson as white youths reportedly appeared nearby.
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Burns — Hazard Training School
Albany State College
Albany
Negro College
Georgia
Albany, GA
Caroline Hall
Dennis
Harris
E. W. Peterson
South Georgia
Florida
Posey Enrolls at Mary Hardin Baylor as Freshman
Miss Margaret Posey of Monroe has enrolled at Mary Hardin-Baylor College for the fall semester. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Jeff Posey of 4007 Gerald Monroe and is a freshman who graduated from a Monroe high school.
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Margaret Posey
Monroe
Mary Hardin-Baylor College
Miss Posey
Jeff Posey
Gerald, Monroe
Mary Hardin - Baylor
Night Classes Announced by Ouachita Valley Vocational
The Business Training Department announces that night classes are offered at Ouachita Valley Vocational School. Programs include evening courses to develop skills for local employment opportunities.
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Business Training Department
The
Ouachita Valley Vocational School
North Carolina Governor Hodges mediates on Little Rock crisis
Governor Luther Hodges takes a reluctant peacemaker role amid federal troop use for integration in Little Rock. He leads a five governor committee to press President Eisenhower at the White House to withdraw troops, while warning that lawlessness will not be tolerated as new school admissions proceed.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Little Rock
Ark
South
Raleigh, N.C
North Carolina
Luther H. Hodges
Eisenhower
Hodges
White House
Saud urges US and Syria to reconcile differences
Damascus reports indicate King Saud met Syrian leaders to urge a policy of reconciliation between the United States and Syria. He allegedly advised Washington to pursue rapprochement and expressed dissatisfaction with U.S. policy toward Syria. Informants say Eisenhower was told U.S. fears of Soviet influence in Syria are overstated.
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Damascus
Syria
Saud
Middle East
United States
Eisenhower
U.S
Rabbi David Fichman Dies at 71 in New Orleans Hospital
Rabbi David Fichman, long time executive secretary of the Jewish Federation Jewish Welfare Fund, died in a New Orleans hospital after four days of illness from pneumonia complications following the flu. He would have turned 72 next week.
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New Orleans
David Fichman
Jewish Federation - Jewish Welfare Fund
Fichman
Witness recounts Hoffa threats before Senate committee
Robert Scott, former Michigan union official, testified that James R. Hoffa and associates repeatedly threatened him from the 1940s onward. He cited a 1952 threat to break his arms and legs and noted a linked death of his first wife after threatening calls. Scott urged protection and said he fears for his young daughter as the committee pressed to finish records before the Teamsters election.
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Washington
Michigan
Senate Rackets Committee Today
James R. Hoffa
Robert Scott
Michigan Federation of Labor
Teamsters Local 614
Pontiac
Scott
Hoffa
William
Teamsters Union
Republican Bolts Orleans Meeting
One member bolts a New Orleans Republican group while others draft a telegram to President Eisenhower seeking federal control of civil disorders aligned with states rights. Robert S. Reynolds resigns as sixth ward Republican leader citing national party philosophy hostile to the South.
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New Orleans
Eisenhower
Robert S. Reynolds
Sixth Ward
Republican Party
Reynolds
National Republican Party
South
Faubus Denounces Federal Troops in Little Rock Clash
Gov. Orval Faubus lashed out at federal force for school integration in Little Rock urging calm. He criticized what he called unsheathed bayonets and police-state methods while acknowledging the presence of Maj. Gen. Edwin Walker and paratroops enforcing federal court orders at Central High School.
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Little Rock
Ark
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Sid MacMath
NAACP
Clarence A. Laws
Faubus
Central High School
Edwin A. Walker
Army
Walker
White House
Eisenhower
101St Airborne Division
Health Service reports 122 650 flu cases in week
The U S Public Health Service says about 122 650 new flu cases occurred last week in scattered epidemics some explosive in nature. The figure brings total influenza type illnesses to 222 650 since the summer outbreak.
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Health Service
Washington
U.S. Public Health Service
United States
FBI denies holding students in Little Rock incommunicado
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover rebutted Gov Orval Faubus claim that agents held teenage girls incommunicado for hours. Hoover said no one was held and that agents did question students with names provided by Faubus. The exchange followed Faubus alleged telephone tapping claim. President Nasser offered peace talks if Eisenhower initiates but rejected a direct proposal to meet unless D. of State endorses respectfully.
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W. M.harris
Hazard
W. H. Dennis
Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Little Rock
Gov. Faubus
Cairo
Nasser
Egypt
Eisenhower
Associated Press
National Broadcasting Co
State Department
Police Arrest Six Clear 15 Burglaries In Monroe Area
Six Negro suspects were arrested by Monroe police and Ouachita Parish deputies, clearing 15 burglaries including coin machines, cigarette and juke box thefts. Five adults remain in parish jail. a juvenile was released for municipal court action. Suspects named include Huey P. Long and Lamkin among others.
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Monroe
Quachita Parish
James C. Kelly, Jr
Huey P. Long
Lamkin
George Spencer Wilson
Perryville
Percy Williams
Sterlington
Walter Brisco
Adams Street
Charlie Taylor
Guyton Street
Wilson
Long
Brisco
Taylor
Williams
Kelly
Hill
DeSiard Street
Dairy Queen
DeSiard
Spatafora’s
Mr. G's
Louisville
Leo's
Miller
Carroll High School
Renwick
Hernando’s
Luberto Street
Sixth Street
Adams
Booker's Cafe
Rain Expected Across Area With Scattered Showers
Rain began yesterday as overcast skies moved in and the weather service forecasts showers for most of the state through tomorrow. Yesterday’s high reached 74 with a low of 65 at Selman Field and .07 inches of rain. today’s range was 65 to 68. Tomorrow looks cloudy to partly cloudy with scattered afternoon showers and highs near 80 to 84.
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Selman Field
Mercury
Reactions Split Over Army Role in Little Rock Crisis
National figures from New Jersey to Georgia criticized the use of Army troops at Little Rock Central High School as headlines described the second day of integration. Senators Case and Russell condemned the actions while Virginia’s governor called it a blow to states rights, and Mississippi’s senator accused the president of an illegal power grab.
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Little Rock
Ark
New Jersey
Georgia
Virginia
Mississippi
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Republican Bolts Orleans Meeting
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