Fight Flares at Texas School over Integration
A fire broke out at Mans field High School as six Negro children began enrollment under a federal court order amid protests by anti integration groups. In Mansfield and Clinton clashes rose, with guards, machine guns, and arrests in an era of renewed racial strife during the new school term.
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Texas
United Press
Mansfield
Tex
Bryson City
N.C
Clinton
White Citizens Council
John Kasper
Robert L. Taylor
L. Clifford Davis
NAACP
I Davis
Allan Shivers
States‘ Highway Patrol
Swain County High School
N. C
Thursday Fair Weathered by Rain Delays at Winnebago County Fair
The 1956 Winnebago County Fair was badly disrupted by heavy showers on Thursday causing the postponement of horse races, a rainstorm also dampened the Folies Manhattan revue, and officials feared further postponements. Tuesday had caused the only notable crowds with Children’s Day drawing large attendance as the fair entered its final day.
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Winnebago County Fair
Menasha
Fciz
Roman Ladder
Yhoneymooners
Tie
Kari-Karo
Lenpatricks
Frank Cain
Kiown
Nixon Plans Air Trip To Dad's Bedside
Vice President Richard M. Nixon rushed to fly to California to be with his ailing father Frank Nixon who suffered an abdominal artery rupture. Doctors said the 77 year old may not have more than 48 hours, prompting Nixon to depart Mantoloking and travel to Los Angeles. The elder Nixon's condition fluctuated as he neared death while Nixon briefly returned to San Francisco to accept the renomination.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
California
Nixon
Los Angeles
Whittier
Mantoloking
N.J
Frank Nixon
San Francisco
United Press
Four killed as gunfight erupts through Nicosia Hospital
Cypriot gunmen stormed Nicosia Hospital to free an EOKA suspect with a $15,000 bounty. In seven minutes bullets sprayed walls as attackers barricaded exits. A nurse and a police sergeant died amid a wider manhunt by British troops for escaped prisoners.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Nicosia Hospital
EOKA
Polycarius Georghadius
Staffordshire Regiment
Storms wreak havoc across southern Wisconsin
Thunderstorms toppled sailboats and uprooted trees while lightning struck the Wisconsin Power and Light sub station at Stoughton causing outages in multiple towns including Verona Cottage Grove and Madison. A Milwaukee baseball game was rained out and rainfall totals varied with Lone Rock receiving 2.44 inches. Temperatures cooled to 70s with a Labor Day weekend outlook of cooler weather and possible showers.
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United Press
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Stoughton
Cottage Grove
Verona
Cambridge
Eivansville
Oregon
McFarland
Brooklyn
Monticello
Belleville
Middleton
County Stadium
Lone Rock
Milwaukee
Cedarburg
Pewaukee
Portage
Wisconsin Dells
Madison
Bel
oit-Rockford
Duluth- Superior
Prairie du Chien
Green Bay
Duluth Superior
Grantsburg
Wisconsin Rapids
Thousands In U S Set For Holiday Fling
Chicago dispatch reports millions of Americans hit roads rails and air for a three day Labor Day weekend. Officials warn traffic deaths could rise to a record 480 with 21 370 injuries in seven months and 3 570 highway deaths the year so far.
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Chicago
John Q
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Typhoon Diana Threatens Okinawa Bases
Typhoon Diana, the season’s fourth cyclone, moved toward Okinawa and U S bases. Air reconnaissance from Manila’s Clark Field located the storm southeast of Okinawa and tracking northwest toward the Ryukyus at about nine miles per hour with maximum winds near 180 miles per hour.
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Toyko
Diana
Okinawa
U. S
U.S
Manila
Clark Field
Ryukyus
British Nab Olympic Star Arrest Strains Cold War Track Meet
Russia pulled its team from a pre-Olympic meet in London after Mme Nina Ponomareva aged 27 faced a five-hat theft charge. Scotland Yard issued a wanted notice as diplomats clashed over court attendance and possible deportation.
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London
Russia
Britain
Konstantine Krupin
White City
Mme
Nina Ponomareva
Alexander Startsev
Scotland Yard
Foreign Office
Ponomareva
Nina
Startsev
Startsey
Highway Toll Raised to 623 In Wisconsin Deaths
The death of Marinette woman Shirley Larson 24 from injuries in a car crash along Highway 180 near Wausaukee and her brother Robert Trice 21 of Peshtigo, who died in the same accident, raises Wisconsin’s 1956 highway death toll to 623. Meredith Larson, husband of Shirley, was driving the other car.
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Associated Press
Marinette
Wisconsin
Shirley Larson
Marinette ‘General Hospital
Highway 180
Wausaukee
Larson
Reds Set Off Atomic Blast in Siberia
President Eisenhower announced that the Russians conducted a large atomic explosion in southwest Siberia on Thursday morning. Moscow reported Soviet tests on August 24 and 40. The test’s yield remains under evaluation by the Atomic Energy Commission. Eisenhower discussed campaign plans and Suez Canal issues at a press conference, stating no whistle stops planned but openness to major speeches if timely.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Siberia
Moscow
Atomic Energy Commission
Egypt
Suez Canal
Fim
Pacific Northwest
Midwest Farm Belt
Adlai E. Stevenson
Cioafl Executive Council
Egypt Accepts Notion of Suez Canal State Ownership
The United States affirmed that Egypt owns the Suez Canal while pressing for peaceful international control to protect universal use. President Eisenhower said the 1888 Constantinople Treaty grants all nations the right to passage but does not imply ownership. He urged Egypt to accept an international operation plan respecting sovereignty.
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London
United States
Egypt
Suez Canal
Dendaiant Tbhankaway Talit
Siva Euaguuvwes
Washington
Constantinople
Eisenhower
R.G. Menzies
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
John Foster Dulles
Suez
Nasser
British Merchant Marine Officers Union
British Union
Britain
No Fool Like Brockton Driver Fined for 110 mph Race
District Court Judge Anthony Kupka said not all erring drivers are young. He fined Boston resident Eugene Welch, 40, and Watertown resident Joseph Callonotti, 52, $30 each for racing at 110 miles per hour and noted there are as many old fools on the road as young ones.
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Brockton
Mass
Anthony Kupka
Eugene Welch
Boston
Joseph Calalonotti
Watertown
Epping Gets Five Years In Illinois Audit Scandal
Edward A. Epping aide to former Auditor Orville J. Hodge was sentenced to five years in prison and five years probation for misappropriating more than 400000 in federally insured bank funds. The term was stayed until Sept. 10 to allow his Sangamon County appearance on conspiracy charges.
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Chicago
Edward A. Epping
State Auditor
Epping
Sangamon County
Orville J. Hodge
John P. Barnés
Edward A. Hintz
Southmoor Bank and Trust Co
Hugh Dobbs
Hodge
Hintz
Dobbs
Mhmois
Illinois
Granite City
Menard Penitentiary
Plans Approved for Seven Miles of Storm Sewers
Plans and specifications for about seven miles of storm sewers under the city’s storm and sanitary sewer separation program were approved for bidding. City Eng. Van Akkeren said construction could start by Oct 1 and be finished in the 1957 season, with top priority districts first.
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Public Works Committee
Ivar
van Axkerén
City Sewage Commission
Grove Street
Lake Winnebago
New York Avenue
Murdock Street
14Th Street
Ohio Street
Eng. van Akkeren
Leo Niemuth
Counci
T Lake
van Akkeren
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Fort Worth
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Jackson County
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Wena An Wae
Tennessee
Miami
Bryson
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Dade County
Mans-feld
Dad
Ike
Mediterranean
Paris
Maurice Bourges-Maunory
France
7Th Rapid
10Th Parachutist Division
al Akhbar
FE. A. Epping
State Board of Health
R. W. Frazier
Chm
Clarence Luedike
Nordheim
State Street
Edward Hamilton
Winnebago County
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