Suez Talks Hedge On International Control Plan
Cairo reports say Egypt and the five nation committee neared hard discussion on the 18 nation plan for canal control after a cordial opening. Nasser cautioned internationalization challenges sovereignty while Menzies outlined the proposal and optimism for a compromise solution persists.
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Suez Canal Committee
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Iive
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Red Sea
U. S
Lou Henderson
Iran
Ethiopia
Sweden
Eisenhower
Suez Canal
Texas Holiday Traffic Toll Rises to 36 Deaths
The Associated Press reports 36 traffic deaths and 12 drownings during Labor Day weekend from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday. Victims include four Channelview residents in Lake Houston, Dylan Knick in a cattle tank near Amarillo, electrocuted Lynn Hutson near Thorndale, and multiple drownings across Lake Texoma Caddo Lake and other sites.
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Associated Press
Channelview
Lake Houston
Weldon Gilmore
Wade Peacock
Janet Pearson
Larry Connor
Gilmore
Bobby
Dick Knick
Amarillo
Panhandle
Lynn Hutson
Thorndale
Alvoboyd Wilson
San Antonio
Springtown
B. D. Smith
Fort Worth
Lake Texoma
Carroll Taylor
Decatur
W. F. Dunbar
Big Spring
Ozona
del Rio
Eugene Weaver
Klein
Gaines Budget Hearing Sets Slashing County Budget
Seminole Staff reports county commissioners will hear the Gaines County 1957 budget proposal totaling 1,168,550 dollars with cuts totaling about 200,897 dollars. Valuations stand at 59,816,595 dollars with homestead taxes 95 cents per 100 and 1.25 on other properties. Funds for farm to market roads 273,404 dollars and road and bridge 1,639 dollars target reductions. no revenue increase is planned.
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Seminole
Gaines County
Child Has Busy Day
In Louisville three year old Sherman Wayne Dotson pulled rocks from a 4 inch fire plug and trapped his arm. Firemen freed him after an hour of effort. He rode to the hospital in a patrol car amid cheers and later enjoyed strawberry ice cream at home.
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Louisville
Sherman Wayne Dotson
Sherman
Boy Burns In Fuel Fire At Denver Home
A 10 year old boy, Johnny Geist, was severely burned when fumes from an open gasoline can ignited and set him ablaze as he ran for help in Denver. Mrs William Pearce doused the flames and prevented further injury. He was reported in serious condition.
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Denver
Johnny Geist
William Pearce
Enrolment Tensions as Negroes Barred at Mansfield High
In Mansfield Texas a vigilante crowd and about six Texas Rangers blocked any Negro enrollment at Mansfield High School. Two effigies hung on the school grounds reflected prior violence as NAACP attorney Davis warned that absence of crowds might allow attendance. Fort Worth tensions echoed as residents considered Negro enrollment at Fort Worth Technical High School while Mansfield seeks Supreme Court stay on desegregation.
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Tarrant County
Harlon Wright
Fort Worth
Irowd
Clifford L. Davis
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Riverside
NAACP
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J. A. Gooch
Mansfield School Board
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Russians Face Colder Winter Ahead Says Pravda
London dispatch notes Pravda reports a tougher winter for the Soviet Union with harvest delays in Siberia and railway lines lagging in transporting fuels and materials. The Communist paper criticizes industrial prep and urges no waste of time in winter readiness.
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London
Russia
Siberia
Radio Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
Pravada
Ocean Drive Noses Porpoise Cleanup Stalemate
For the fifth day residents on Ocean Drive complain of a 400 pound porpoise carcass washed ashore behind homes. Sanitation police Coast Guard Auxiliary and Coast Guard struggle to remove the rotting body stuck at a cliff edge in backyards. Residents await favorable winds and tides for removal.
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Sanitation
Coast Guard Auxiliary
Coast Guard
Clinton High School opens to nine enrolled Negroes amid tensions
Nine of twelve Negroes enrolled at Clinton High reported for classes as white pupils largely stayed away. National Guard troops patrolled Oliver Springs after a riot sparked by rumors of integration, while Clinton officials acknowledged lingering anti integration sentiment and planned admissions followed federal court orders.
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Oliver Springs
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Ronald Gust
Henry
Hater
Here
Anderson County
Glad Woodward
National
Nashville
Frank Clem
Soddy
East Tennessee
Knoxville
Rule High School
Traffic Deaths Pass 400 Mark on Labor Day
Labor Day traffic toll climbed past 400 early today with 415 highway deaths by 5 am EDT. Officials hoped to stay below the 1953 Labor Day record of 443 as states mobilized police and volunteers for the homeward rush.
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Chicago
Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Dearborn
Texas
California
Ohio
New York
Missouri
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
Michigan
National Guard Breaks Up Unruly Mob in Oliver Springs
National Guardsmen with 80 jeeps and two tanks moved into Oliver Springs Tennessee to quell a heavily armed mob of over 250 people amid rumors of racial integration. An unidentified Black man fired at the crowd wounding a white man, and shots were exchanged with a trooper. two dynamite charges exploded near the Negro neighborhood. Newsmen were assaulted but later released after cameras and film were seized for safety.
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Jack Payne
George Burdette
Roy Mynatt
Knoxville
Oliver Springs
Clinton
Clinton High School
Korea
Tennessee
Adj
Jane Henry
State Guard
Henry
Don Cravens
Life Magazine
Dick Lyons
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Gene Herrick
Associated Press
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Friles
Mollet Announces Paris Loan Tied to Market Prices
Paris Premier Guy Mollet announces a new loan to fund fighting in Alperia will be linked to Paris stock exchange prices. He says the measure hedges investors against inflation by tying debt to market movements.
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Paris
Guy Mollet
Alperia
Paris Stock Exchange
Storms Lash Central Texas Overnight
Violent wind and rainstorms hit central Texas last night with scattered thunderstorms in South Texas. Damaged power lines and minor structural damage reported near Thorndale Seguin and San Antonio as cooler air moves in from the north. Temperature readings ranged from 2 to 87 across cities. Labor Day brought balmy conditions elsewhere.
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Amarillo
Lynn Hutson
Thorndale
Seguin
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Corpus Chrisci
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Mississippi River Valley
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Central Rockies
Grand Island
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Minn
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Mississippi Valley
Sheep Herder Survives Bear Attack Near Steamboat
In Steamboat Springs Colorado a 1000 pound black bear attacked a sheep herder named Leo Roybol 48 of Denver after a trap was set 20 miles north of town. Roybol suffered severe head arm and hip wounds but was reported to retain use of both hands.
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Colo
Colorado
L Leo Roybol
Denver
Roybel
Routt County Memorial Hospital
Here
Roybol
Bulle
Joost
Nixon’s Father Grows Weaker as He Fights for Life
In La Habra California 77 year old Fra Nixon father of Vice President Richard M Nixon grew weaker yet remained determined to survive to witness his son’s re election. Doctors noted his heart condition worsening but he clung to life amid a courageous battle.
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LA Habra
Calif
Richard M. Nixon
Fra Nixon
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