National Guardsman Enter Faubus Estate in Court Move
National Guardsmen escorted a U S marshal onto Gov. Orval Faubus Little Rock mansion grounds to serve federal court papers by Sept 20. The Justice Department moves toward a preliminary injunction to end interference with school integration at Little Rock Central and North Little Rock high schools. President Eisenhower urged patience in the process as southern unrest grows.
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Associated Press
National Guardsmen
U.S
Orval Faubus
Little Rock
National Guard
Little Rock Central High School
Manson
North Little Rocke High School
North Little Rock
Eisenhower
Rhodes Island
Newport
R. I
White House
Bomb Threat Evacuates Phillips High School
An anonymous call to Birmingham authorities forced evacuation of Phillips High School, a all white 2400 student body, after a bomb threat claimed a device placed near a downtown building would explode at 9:59 am. Police evacuated the campus and searched the area for danger.
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Birmingham
Ala
Phillips High School
Central
Placerno
Quake Destroys Herds and Fields Rages Across Regions
Fire bills rang at the school and students marched out promptly as police guarded the area. Rev Shuttlesworth, injured Monday seeking to enroll four Negroes, remained confined. Evacuations followed at Phillips and Woodlawn High amid anti integration demonstrations. A volcanic eruption near Cerro Negro blanketed nearby areas, with Woodlawn demonstrators dispersing as police intervened.
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Shuttlesworth
Phillips
Woodlawn
Managua
Nicaragua
Cerro Negré
Forest and brush fires keep 6500 men busy in California
In tinder dry California about 6,500 workers from the National Forest Service and State Forestry Division battled forest, brush and grass fires across rough ranges and watershed country. Winds added danger as rain remained elusive since May, with 5,500 NFS and additional forestry crews fighting alongside volunteers and equipment to create fire breaks and deploy tanker planes, pumps, and trucks.
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San Francisco
California
National Forest Service
State Forestry Division
Browner
State Division of Forestry
Ernest Baxter
Forest Service
Secret Missile Test From Florida Base
A small and fast missile sped from a secret launching site near Cane Canaveral Florida on Monday. Observers called the firing routine and Patrick Air Force Base public information office confirmed a missile was fired but gave no details.
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Cane Canaveral
Fla
lPi
Patrick Air Force Base
Blast Wrecks Tenn. School and 5 Arrested
A massive dynamite blast wrecked a newly integrated half million dollar elementary school in Nashville early today. Five men were arrested for questioning, with three seized near a nearby school after they refused to move from the area. Police found dynamite wiring, a detonating device, a carved billy club, and heavy mallets in the suspects’ car. The incident follows desegregation of six schools with white and Negro first graders attending for the first time Monday.
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Nashville
Spr H. 1G
Cobb
Robert Searly
Iear
Cobb and Starry
Hattie Cotton Grammer School
Muller
Hattie Cotten
Tenn
Prosecutor Details Smut Mill Birth Case and Hollywood Ties
Los Angeles prosecutors told jurors in the Confidential criminal libel trial that Fred and Marjorie Meade came to Hollywood to set up a smut station to relay scandal stories to Confidential and Whisper magazines in New York. Deputy Dist Atty William L Ritzi said the Meades and publishers financed the venture with a $9000 check from Robert Harrison and showed deposits supporting heavy funding. The session opened the sixth week of the trial with an alternate juror seated for Marilyn Faber and anticipated week-long arguments.
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Los Angeles
Fred
Marjorie Meade
I Holywood
New York
Wiliam L. Ritzi
Rizzi
Meade
Hollywood
Medes
Robert Harrison
Confidential
Whister
Harrison
Arthur J. Crowley
Weather Synopsis: Night Fog and Clear Morning Sky
Night and morning low clouds or fog, otherwise mostly clear. Little change in temperature.
Pharmacist Thwarts Drugstore Hold Up By Pointer Gun
Victor Johnson, a 65 year old pharmacist, refused bandits opening the cash register at J W Lower Drugs on Pacific Coast Highway. He faced a gun held by one robber who ordered him to open the till. Johnson stood firm and told them police were nearby. The pair fled as officers arrived across the street.
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Victor Johnson
J. W. Lower Drugs
Pacific Coast Hwy
Vivian B. Marcer
Willie M. Sims
Johnson
Jonson
Rockefeller may help keep Dodgers in Brooklyn
New York AP reporting Nelson Rockefeller may back a stadium plan to keep the Dodgers in Brooklyn. Norris Paulson of Los Angeles said Rockefeller is the angel in negotiations, while Walter O Malley seeks a Brooklyn site. If true, Los Angeles chances dwindle.
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New York
Associated Press
Nelson D. Rockefeller A
Dodgers
Brooklyn
Ager Norris Paulson
Los Angeles
Atlantic
Flatbush Aves
Rockefeller
Santa Claus
Walter O'Malley
O'Malley
Mother's Cigarette Fire Tragedy Kills Two-Year-Old
In South Bend Indiana a two year old girl Karen Kovateh died from burns after her crib caught fire from ashes falling from her mother's cigarette. The fire occurred Monday night and authorities label it an accidental infant death.
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South Rend
Ind
Wei
Karen Kovateh
Dulles Sees Peaceful Syria Pact
Secretary of State Dulles expressed belief that the Syria crisis can be settled peacefully and that the United States will not pay any price for peace. He noted U S plans to act if necessary as U S forces and arms move to the region, including jets sent to Saudi Arabia and other Middle East countries amid tensions with Syria.
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Washington
Dulles
Syria
United States
Middle Eastern
U. S
Mediterranean
Middle East
U.S
Saudi Arabia
U N urges condemnation of Russia over Hungary revolt
United Nations debated Russia for its repression in Hungary after the October November uprising. Henry Cabot Lodge cited 38,000 Soviet troops, 1,768 punished individuals, and state secrecy on plunder while Hungary’s regime limits multi party politics and freedom of religion and expression. Budapest’s Peter Mor sought to halt the debate.
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United Nations
N.Y. Li
United Nations Today
Russia
Hungary
Unitedtates
Soviet Union
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.N. General Assembly
United States
Saurees
Lodge
Peter Mod
Budapest
Ford Reports Will Ailing Must Resign
Los Angeles. County Manager Arthur J Will, 38, has been off work for two months with a recurrent heart condition and is expected to resign effective Nov 1. Board Chairman John Anson Ford disclosed the doctor’s unfavorable report and that Will should divest heavy administrative duties. a remote chance of medical improvement was noted.
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Los Angeles
CNS
John Anson .Ford
Board of Supervisors
Arthur J. Will
Will
Charities Department
Ford
Pony mailed with postage stamps to Leicester
A live pony named Tom was mailed from Quorn to Leicester after the post office lacked a suitable mail sack. Postmaster George Smith walked the pony five miles to its destination, stamping the pony with six shillings in postage on its flank. The owner, R J Roden, headmaster of Maplewell Hall School, deemed truck delivery expensive and cited a postal rule allowing objects within reason to be mailed for a symbolic fee.
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Quorn
England
Leicester
George Smith
Tom
R. J. Roden
Maplewell Hall
Roden
Smith
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