Integration Stirs Up Nashville at Glen Grammar School
In northeast Nashville, White and Negro first graders entered Glen Grammar School amid tense crowds as police escorted enrolled Negro pupils. About 20 white parents withdrew their children while picket lines formed and heated shouts rose from roughly 200 locals. Assistant Chief Mullers intervened to restore order as several white parents pulled back their kids from the new mixed classes beginning today.
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Nashville
Glen Grammar
Ets Solig
Glenn School
Washvillé Grammar
Randall Ferrell
Mildred Williams
Glen School
President Signs Civil Rights Bill
President Eisenhower signed into law a civil rights bill empowering the federal government to enforce the right to vote through court injunctions. The signing, witnessed by Jane Hagerty and others at his Newport vacation headquarters, occurred as Little Rock tensions loomed.
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Newport
Eisenhower
Jane James C. Hagerty
White House
Hagerty
Little Rock
Ark
Narraganett Bay
Newport Country Club
Ice Rain Creates Drifting Chunk in Chester Roof
A huge chunk of natural ice dropped from the sky onto an unoccupied Chester home’s roof Sunday night, shattering into the street in pieces up to eight inches. The U S Weather Bureau believes the ice formed from hailstones in the jet stream and fell when too heavy for wind carry. Air Search on for 2 Missing on Outboard Aerial search for Long Beach boatman Chris Newcomb and Dave Herding began today, after they failed to return from San Clemente Sunday night. Coast Guard pilots scoured the area as part of two days of rescue activity, including a grounded sport fishing boat Hurricane with 42 aboard near Catalina Island. Continued on Page A-4.
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Chester
U. S. Weather Bureau
Long Beach
Coast Guard
Chris Newcomb
Florence Walk
Dave Herding
San Clemente
Catalina Island
Pierpoint Landing Co
Sea Sport
Pierpoint
White students shove six Negro youths from North Little Rock High
In Little Rock area tensions rise as shouting white students push six Negro youths off the campus while Superintendent F B Wright tries to escort them inside. A second push at the entrance is repelled by a reinforced white line including IL E Stroud, father of a white girl student.
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Jecring
North Little Rock High School
Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Worth Little Rock
Arkansas River
Nore
F. B. Wright
Stuent
IL. E. Stroud
Stroud
Blast Hits Egyptian Embassy in Syria Damages Fence
A dynamite blast at the Egyptian embassy in Damascus damaged the garden fence Sunday night. All embassy staff were outside when the dust settled, with no injuries reported. The incident comes amid Egypt Syria ties complicated by Syria’s pro Soviet stance.
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Egypt
Syria
Damascus
Whites Beat Negro in Alabama at Philus High School
In Sham Alabama Rev F L Shuttlesworth leader of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights and a group of Negro parents attempting to enroll children were assaulted by a white mob outside downtown Philus High School. Shuttlesworth drove away after being knocked down and police arrested three white men. The incident occurred around 10 40 am as the group sought entry for Black students into the all white school.
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Sham, Ala
VPA Negro Pro-Integration Jeader
Philuips
F. L. Shuttlesworth
Shuttlesworth
Alabama Christian Movement For Human Rights
Jim Atkins
WABT
Andi
Atkins
Hurricane Carrie Lingers Offshore While Debbie Heads Toward Virginia
Hurricane Carrie, at 150 mph, remains far from land in the Atlantic about 1,200 miles east of San Juan moving west northwest at 10 mph. The Weather Bureau warns vessels in its path to exercise caution and says no land threat is immediate. Debbie, a Gulf-born storm, moves from North Georgia toward Virginia at 15 mph and is expected to reach central Virginia by Tuesday.
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Carrie
Atlantic
Debbie
North Carolina
Virginia
San Juan
Wearther Bureau
J. Debbie
Gulf of Mexico
North
Georgia
Ward Virginia
Local Clouds and Fog Overnight Through Tuesday
Local forecasts show clouds and fog tonight and early morning with mostly clear skies later. Temperatures expected to remain steady with little change through Tuesday.
Jordan Receives U S Arms in Bush Era Flights
In Amman officials welcomed eight Globe Masters and two flying boxcars delivering rifles Jeeps machine guns and ammunition for a U S arms supply as part of a ten million dollar aid effort aimed at countering threats from Syria. Maj Matthew J Freden 38 of Callicoon N Y led the first group arriving over Amman.
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Air Force
Amman
Armman's
U. 8
Matthew J. Fred2
Callicoon
N.Y
Globemaster
Moscow
Syria
United States
Jordan
AEC Reports Russian Nuclear Test Blast Detected
The Atomic Energy Commission announced that a new Soviet atomic test explosion was detected in Siberia within the last five days. Chairman Lewis L. Strauss said the shot was of moderate intensity and appears to be the second in a series begun August 22.
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Russly
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Lewis L.strauss
Jana Shot
Siberian Proving Grounds
Atomic Agency
Strauss
Riot flares at dance injures officers and arrests youths
Sixteen youths were jailed after a riot at a southeast Los Angeles housing project. Two officers were assaulted as six carloads of officers moved in to break up the melee. Officer Norman PD and Officer Piepenbrink were struck. Piepenbrink received minor injuries and was treated at Central Receiving Hospital.
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Los Angeles
CNL
Normen PD
Fiepens
Brink
Piepenbrink
Ron
Central Receiving Hospital
Andrew Ernest Henry Jr
Croesus St
Ruchimer
Henry
U S Jury Indicts 2 as Russ Spies
A federal grand jury indicted Martha Dodd Stern and her husband Alfred Stern for conspiracy to commit espionage for Soviet Russia. The charges reference alleged activity behind the Iron Curtain and potential death-penalty exposure if convicted.
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U.S
Russ Spies
New York
Martha Dodd Stern
Alfred
Soviet Russia
2000 Men Battle 75 Fires Across California
Fire central officers mobilize more men bulldozers and tanker planes to fight about 75 forest and brush fires statewide as a weekend heat wave pushes temperatures above 100 degrees and humidity to dangerous lows. Over 2,000 firefighters are already on the lines with two large fires advancing through Angeles National Forest near Mt Gleason north of Los Angeles. The northeast slopes of Mt Gleason bear the brunt as the blaze grows amid scant rainfall since last May.
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Fire Central
California
Allis
Angeles National Forest
Los Angeles
President Eisenhower Kissed Twice in Newport Golf Scene
President Eisenhower, after a Newport golf round, was kissed by two women, Mrs. Edna Flint of Cranston and Mrs. George Guthry of Providence, as he walked to his car near the Newport Country Club. Secret service intervened to separate him, while both women claimed Newport Builders’ Iron Foundation ties.
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Willian’ Connaughton
George Washington Bridge
New York
Marita
Newport
Ro J
Lisenhower
Narragansett Bay
Barbara Anne Sunday
Newport Country Club
Edna Flint
Cranston
Eisenhower
George Guthry
Providence
Sterns Fined for Grand Jury No-Show Abroad
The Sterns faced fines of 23000 dollars each for failing to appear before a Special grand jury probing subversion and espionage. They had been living in Mexico but fled to Europe in early July when Mexico sought to extradite them for questioning.
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Sterns
Mexico
Europe
United States
Power cut hits Long Beach street lights briefly
A transformer relay fault at Southern California Edison Pine Ave Station caused a momentary 8:43 am outage in Long Beach. High voltage arced into an arc and produced a loud roar. Six fire units responded to the Edison building as auxiliary power auto-switched from State St Substation, returning to normal after about 13 minutes with only a dip in service.
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Faure
Southern California Edison
Pine Ave
Jdoiontown
Edison
A. L. Code
State’ St
Norma
Stee
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