Desegregation Battleground Grows in Virginia Politics
Gov. J Lindsay Almond rejects forced integration promising no enforced desegregation in Virginia while federal troops loom. The piece maps Virginia’s mass resistance laws including school closings pupil placement and tuition grants with Charlottesville Arlington Newport News and Norfolk facing desegregation deadlines. Prince Edward County stands out for delaying integration for 11 years.
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Virginia
J. Lindsay Almond
Almond
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Congress
Charlottesville
Arlington County
Newport News
Norfolk
Prince Edward County
Nationalism Of The Arabs Examines Unity And Division
Mid century analysis by Robert D Murphy outlines Arab nationalism as a blend of religious bonds and political maneuvers. It notes Moorish Spain and Saladin as historical unifiers and discusses post WWI factors, the Arab League, and rival claims in Egypt and Jordan plus oil wealth as a potential divider.
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Robert D. Murphy
Mohammed
Africa
Spain
Morocco
Granada
Cordova
Europe
Saladin
Egypt
Turkey
Israel
Arab League
Iraq
Jordan
Gary Cooper Learns Health Over Fame Hard Way
Hal Boyle reports Gary Cooper credits health and rest for his longevity in film. He cites two illness episodes jaundice in 1931 and an ulcer in 1919 that forced a break, teaching him to slow down. Cooper now favors relaxed living, choosing roles, and values independence over power games in Hollywood.
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New York
Gary Cooper
Cooper
Gary
Africa
Lincoln-Douglas Debate Stamp Honors 150th Birth
A four cent Lincoln stamp debuted in Freeport Illinois linking to the famous Lincoln Douglas debates. The stamp recalls the 1858 Senate race and the 1860 presidential rise, as Eisenhower faces school integration debates the same week. Lincoln Douglas events center on Knox College Galesburg and a nationwide display by the Lincoln National Life Foundation through 1959.
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Lincoln
Freeport
Ilinois
Douglas
Beckley
Eisenhower
R. Gerald McMurtry
Lincoln National Life Foundation
Senate
Stephan A. Douglas
Dred Scott
Lincoln - Douglas
Knox College
Galesburg
Illinois
Allan Nevins
Columbia University
Carl Sandburg
Paul H. Douglas
Everett M. Dirksen
Town named for actor Yul Brynner found in Massachusetts
A reader notes a Massachusetts town named Marblehead honors actor Yul Brynner. The item also mentions entertainers and media figures in a string of light anecdotes, including Marilyn Monroe kinship rumors, TV deals, and staged showbiz chatter.
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Actor Yul Brynner
New York
Elmer Reilly
Reader's Digest
Life
Detroit
Volkswagen
Taffy Tuttle
Massachusetts
Yul Brynner
Marblehead
Prayer and odd notes mix in a ships and jokes item
A devotional prayer for seafarers opens a page segment, followed by scattered, tongue-in-cheek blurbs about a film contract rumor, a baseball pitcher, and quips on TV jokes and Las Vegas humor. The tone blends pious lines with light entertainment items.
Burglaries, robberies reported in Ghent area and county
Ninety years ago burglars entered the Ghent merchant A W Griffith home and nearly stole about 500 dollars in currency until Londa Lilly scared them away. Otis Lively a Chisville restaurant keeper was held up by two masked men and relieved of 35 dollars. Crewe Maples received a gold pin and bonus for a sales contest in Cincinnati. Long and Wells operate an aviation school at Tolley field Johnstown road. Legal action began against Raleigh County Board of Education over contracts for teachers from old boards. Mrs Mae Kidd’s petition to Judge C Me Werd marked the first court action in the matter.
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Ghent
Londa Lilly
Griffith
Blue Jay Lumber Co
Blue Jay
Saunders Tract
Big Beaver Creek
Otis Lively
Chisville
W. H. Long
W. W. Wells
Long-Wells Motor of
Mullens
Tolley Field
Johnstown Road
Ratleigh
Military Men In News At Home And Abroad
James R. Baugues, yeoman second class, serves aboard the USS Midway, sailing from the United States Aug 16 for an extended Western Pacific cruise with the Seventh Fleet. The 60,000 ton carrier will visit Pearl Harbor Yokosuka Iwakuni Hong Kong Subic Bay before returning to Alameda California next year. Completing eight weeks of basic combat training at Fort Knox Kentucky.
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James RB. Baugues
Midway
United States
Western Pacific
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Orville W. Baugues
Mary C. Sturgill
Slab Fork
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Yokosuka
Iwakuni
Japan
Hong Kong
Subic Bay
Philippines
Alameda
Calif
Local service notes and military updates from Beckley area
Beckley News papers Corporation publishes local notices with military and employment updates. Pvt. Albert R. Parnell Jr. is a Stratton High School graduate serving with the Second Marine Regiment at Camp Lejeune. Pvt. Bobbie Lilly is assigned to the Third Battalion, Second Marine Regiment. Airman 2 C. Martin Sergeant reports for duty at Azores. Pvt. James E. Kilpatrick completes crane shovel operator course at Fort Leonard Wood.
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Pvt
Albert R. Paimeil
Walter R. Parnell
Lester
Stratton High School
Gray Lumber Co
Crab Orchard
Second Marine Regiment
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Bobbie L. Lilly
Ralph Lilly
Lillybrook
Azores Island
C. Martin Sargeant
M. Sargeant
McAlpin
Okinawa
Formosa
Sargeant
Eisenhower backs slower pace on school integration
President Eisenhower, reasserting a long standing view, says public school integration should proceed at an even slower pace than court orders require. He notes laws cannot change hearts and urges education and understanding as the nation moves through contentious desegregation cases.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Supreme Court
Little Rock
Central High School
Newsweek Magazine
High Court
U.S
America
Arkansas
Orval
Faubus
National Guard
Four leaf clovers and superstitions across cultures
A Junior Editors quiz explores how four leaf clovers are viewed in the United States the Netherlands Silesia and other regions with beliefs ranging from good luck charms to fairies witches and marriage omens The piece notes that modern views are lighter and invites readers to color the picture and search for a real four leaf clover with a prize for Nancy Roop of Ohio.
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United States
Silesia
Nancy Roop
Cuyahoga Falls
Ohio
Beckley
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