Integration Quietly Begins in Dixie Schools
In several Southern states racially mixed classes opened with little disruption as Negro and white students attended together. Kentucky reported Fulton High in Louisville desegregated by court order with calm, while Nelson County also saw early mixed classes. North Carolina prepared for more, with Winston-Salem and Charlotte/Greensboro moving ahead. Tennessee saw orderly mixed classes at Clinton High and Oak Ridge. Oklahoma totals show thousands of Negro students in mixed classes. Texas opened with no incidents. Delays in Norfolk Arlington Charlottesville postponed openings to align with court action on desegregation. Colp Alabama started with Negroes in grade school and whites paying to attend nearby schools.
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Fulton High
J. M. Martin
Nelson County
Sturgis High
National Guard
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Greensboro
N.C
Winston ~ Salem
Tennessee
Clinton ‘High
Oak Ridge
Atomic Energy Commission
Oklahoma
Oliver Hodge
Texas
Norfolk
Arlington
Charlottesville
Eee
Supreme Court
Little Rock
Albert V. Bryan
Colp
Fort Smith
TWQ
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Wozark
Charleston
Hot Springs
Fayetteville
University of Arkansas
van Buren High School
van Bureau
Pole Who Fled Reds in MI6 Is Citizen
A Polish flier who escaped Soviet control and landed a Russian fighter in the free world becomes an American citizen. Frank E. Jarecki, 27, former lieutenant in the Polish air force, was among 19 people naturalized in Pittsburgh in a brief ceremony. He said the naturalization was the greatest thrill of his life and noted his family had been sent to Siberia by Russians. He works as a manufacturer's representative for City Machine & Tool Co.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Free World
Frank E. Jarecki
Siberia
Jarecki
Machine & Tool Co
Japan Foreign Chief Flies Here
Tokyo's Foreign Minister Aiichito Fujiyama arrived in Washington for talks with Secretary of State Dulles on U S Japan mutual security pact revision and broader aid to Japan and South East Asia. The visit follows Jarecki's 1953 path from war torn Europe to support free world aims.
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Aiichito Fujiyama
Canada
Kan
United States
Jarecki
Japan
Pennsylvania
Reno
Oil City
U. N. General Assembly
Washington
Stalin
Warsaw
Bornholm
Fujiyama
Dulles
U. S
East Asia
White pupils jeer as 13 Negroes enter Van Buren High
In Van Buren Arkansas on Tuesday thirteen Negro students entered Van Buren High School amid jeers and insults from white youths. Police patrolled but no violence occurred. Other Arkansas districts reported continued integration efforts and political threats over Central High.
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Arkansas
Orval Fanbus
Little Rock Central High School
Little Rock
Ku [Kitu Klan
South
Senator Neuberger Undergoes Surgery in Portland
Portland doctors removed a small malignant tumor from Senator Richard Neuberger, a D Oregon, during a Friday operation at the University of Oregon Medical School teaching hospital. Dr. Morton Goodman said the prognosis is hopeful and cites a strong recovery record for this tumor type and location. An office spokesman provided no further comment.
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Portland
Sen
Richard Neuberger
D-Ore
Morton Goodman
University “of Oregon Medical School
Sen. Neuberger
Goodman
Neuberger
Gilbert makes political comeback as Radford mayor
William E. Gilbert of Radford has been elected to a second term as mayor, 38 years after his first term ended in 1920. The 38 year gap marks a notable political comeback for the former TI official.
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Radford
UPI
William E. Gilbert
Gilbert
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