Nashville School Blast Toggles Desegregation Tensions
A dynamite blast at Hattie Cotton School in Nashville injured property and intensified post desegregation protests. Police arrested five people on weapons and vagrancy charges linked to the demonstrations led by segregationists including John Kasper. City officials reported widespread damage near six racially mixed schools and urged calm as attendance dropped at affected campuses.
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Faubus opens talks as national action on Little Rock crisis continues
President Eisenhower plans to meet leaders and then golf at Newport as Gov. Faubus signals openness to talks to resolve the stalemate over Central High School. National Guard demobilization and tense scenes surround Little Rock and North Little Rock high schools with guards, protesters, and threats of violence shaping the week.
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Smuggled Writings From the Death House Revealed
Esquire magazine presents Cary Chessman’s account of how condemned inmate Daryl Chessman allegedly smuggled forbidden manuscripts from his cell at San Quentin. He claims to evaded prison security and published three novels, detailing his defiance of officials to reveal his story to the public.
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Second Greensboro Fiery Cross Sparks School Integration Action
In North Carolina three cities, Greensboro Charlotte and Winston-Salem, White parents filed appeals and posted fiery crosses on school lawns as the second week of integration began. Six Negroes entered white schools while calmness prevailed elsewhere in the state.
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Winston-Salem
Air Force reports record low aircraft accidents
Maj. Gen. Joseph D. Caldaral announced at the Worldwide Conference of Flying Safety officers that the Air Force accident rate has fallen to 14 per 100,000 flying hours. He urged further reductions and emphasized continued vigilance to cut losses even more.
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Vincent Price Home Damaged by Fire in Hollywood
Firefighters arrived at Vincent Price home to battle a garage apartment blaze that caused an estimated 510,000 in damage. Price and his son Vincent Jr., 17, were in the house with his wife when the fire started. none of the paintings were endangered as the family helped spray down flames with garden hoses. Price was away on a lecture tour in Seattle.
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Hunting Accident Victim Dies at 24 in King City
UE-Tam Hara 24 of Oxnard died at King City Hospital from a bullet wound received in a hunting accident near herd seat. O Hara was shot by Billy Stanley of Sultan Talif who said he mistook Hara for a deer in thick brush.
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