Supreme Court declares public school segregation unconstitutional
The Supreme Court unanimously rules that separating Negro and white students in public schools violates the 14th Amendment's equal protection guarantee. Chief Justice Warren states that separate facilities are inherently unequal and the ruling affects 17 states plus the District of Columbia, with new arguments planned on two questions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Warren
District of Columbia
Alabama
Arkansas
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
Eisenhower blocks McCarthy hearing access in probe
President Eisenhower forbids officials from briefing Senate investigators on private conversations about the McCarthy Army row and bans public release of a supposed FBI letter on Ft Monmouth. Brownell mirrors the order and the committee weighs the secrecy ruling amid partisan debate and calls for inquiry.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Brownell
Sen. McCarthy
FBI
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
Secretary of Defense
Mundt
RSD
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
McCarthy
Pentagon
Sen
J. Edgar Hoover
Sen. Dworshak
Idaho
Hoover
Army Intelligence
N. J
Red Blackmail Tactics Revealed in Australia
CANBERRA Australia The royal commission disclosed that Kremlin agents in Australia used blackmail to recruit spies. William Windeyer cited Petrov who led a Soviet ring and obtained asylum for himself and his wife. Since 1951 recruitment had grown harder and spies targeted Australia’s Foreign Ministry and military departments. Petrov outlined five main activities of Soviet operations.
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Canberra
Australia
Royal Commission
Kremlin
William Windeyer
Vladimir M. Petrov
Petrov
Russia
Soviet Union
Windeyer
Red
Foreign Ministry
Canada
Igor Gouzenko
Ex Con Captured After 4 Murders In South Georgia
Paroled Georgia convict Tom Williams, 45, suspected in four brutal slayings in Colquitt County, was captured near a swamp east of Moultrie. Lt. W. E. McDuffie of the Georgia Bureau of Identification detained him and took him to an undisclosed jail. Williams was linked to the Rowland double murder and another drive-in slaying, with evidence including throat slashes and a near banknote loss. Citizens had searched for days as fear gripped the community.
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Moultrie
Georgia
South Georgia
Tom Williams
W. E. McDuffie
Georgia Bureau of Identification
Williams
W. C. Rowland
E. T. Norman
J. D. Croft
Norman
West Virginia Weather Update And River Levels
Considerable cloudiness with scattered showers in central and southern portions this afternoon. Partly cloudy and cooler Tuesday with north portion tonight. Low 47 to 52. Beckley and Oak Hill highs yesterday around 73, lows near 70. Rivers at Bellepoint, Bluestone near normal but muddy. Greenbrier river 2.5 feet above normal, Bluestone Reservoir at normal stage but muddy.
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Beckley High
OAK Hill High
Bellepoint
Surrender of Huk leader Taruc signals Magsaysay drive
Manila reports Taruc, 40, surrendered to a Manila Times journalist after months of negotiations, hailed by President Magsaysay as a major step against the Huk rebels. Army units pursue Taruc’s elite guard while priority shifts to Jesus Lava as the rebels’ top Communist in the Philippines. If not granted amnesty, Taruc faces trials on murder and sedition charges. In Peabody Massachusetts a flash flood from a dam burst creates a health crisis, millions in damage, citywide closures, water boil orders, and widespread layoffs amid leather tannery contamination and gasoline spills.
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Manila
Luis Taruc
Huk
Ramon Magsaysay
Luzon
Taruc
Carlos P. Romulo
Jesus Lava
Philippines
Manila Times
Benigno Aquino
Magsaysay
Here
Magsaysay Long
Burdiss Says Guard Company Reschedules Meeting
Capt. Fred Burdiss announced that Company F of the National Guard will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday instead of 7:30. Plans will be made for a tactical problem to be held at the Guard grounds in Prosperity.
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Fred Burdiss
Co. F
National Guard
Prosperity
State Court to Study Gas Storage Ruling
The West Virginia Supreme Court agreed 4-1 to review a Putnam County case over underground gas storage rights. Amherst Land Co. appeals after a lower court dismissed its suit against United Fuel Gas Co Godfrey L Cabot Inc and four individuals seeking metering of gas from a producing well.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
Amherst Land Co
United Fuel Gas Co
Godfrey L. Cabot Inc
Putnam County
Amherst
Cabot
Hatfield Campbel Creek Coal Co
Hatfield
United Fuel
Turnpike Fencing Contract Awarded to Baltimore Firm
West Virginia Turnpike Commission accepted Anchor Post and Products Inc. of Baltimore for fencing along the turnpike at a bid of 273710 dollars. Five bidders competed with prices from 273710 to 541426 dollars. Delays due to wet weather and landslides on the Charleston end were noted by general manager Okey L. Patteson.
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West Virginia Turnpike
New Jersey Turnpike
Okey L. Patteson
West Virginia Turnpike Commission
Anchor Post and Products Inc
Baltimore
Patteson
Charleston
Walking In Sleep Linked To Death
Parkersburg West Virginia and Hancock Maryland report a 12 year old boy Ray Braden fell from a speeding passenger train near Hancock while on a WV patrol trip. His shoes and clothes were found on the seat and his parents say he may have been walking in his sleep. The body was found between main line tracks a mile west of Sir John's Run. Ray had drawn for a seat on the trip as an assistant patrolman earlier.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Hancock
Charles H. Braden
Ray
West Virginia
Washington
Brades
Sir John's Run
Brightest senior in nation hails from Louisville school
Gwynneth Muriel Gibson, 18, of Du Pont Manual High School, was named the brightest high school senior by the National Education Association after competing with 8 911 top students. She earned a $500 scholarship, says smart work is simple: pay attention, do homework, yet she also works part time as a long distance operator and serves as VP of three student groups. Her parents were valedictorians, and her sister Eva is a National Honor Society member. Gibson plans to become a high school math teacher.
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Louisville
Gwynneth Muriel Gibson
Miss Gibson
du Pont Manual High School
National Education Assn
Winston G. Gibson
Vermont
Eva
Gwynneth
French decide to renew air raids from Dien Bien Phu
French high command halted the evacuation accord with Vietminh for wounded from Dien Bien Phu and announced plans to resume air strikes on rebels moving toward the Red River delta. Only 11 of the wounded were evacuated as Giap redirected traffic and the road to Son La remained blocked.
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Hanot
Indochina
Vietminh
Dien Bien Phu
Red River
Son la
Vo Nguyen Giap
Giap
Hanoi
Saigon
Dien Bien Phu Son la
V. M. Molotov
Geneva
Creator of Panzer Attacks Succumbs
SCHWANGAU Germany Authorities here have announced the death of Col Gen Heinz Guderian mastermind of the Nazis lightnin Panzer attacks in World War II He was 65 The veteran tank commander died Friday from a chronic liver ailment Guderian created the Panzer division which swept into Poland at the start of the war He helped plan the thrust into France in 1940 the break through to the sea and the defeat of France
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Schwangau
Germany
Heinz Guderian
Guderian
Poland
France
Russia
Moscow
Georgi Zhukov
Hitler
Stock Market Opens Higher on Broad Gains in Early Trading
New York stock activity showed gains across major sectors including railroads steel motors chemicals and aircraft. Atlas Corp rose on an 2000 share block and Armour and Lehigh Coal moved higher while Goodyear Anaconda Westinghouse and GM traded lower as bonds held steady at the open.
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New York
Atlas Corp
Consolidated Gas Electric
Armour
Lehigh Coal & Navigation
VU. S., Steel
Studebaker
United Aircraft
American Cyanamid
Atlantic Coast Line
Union Pacific
Cities Service
Goodyear
Anaconda Copper
Westinghouse Electric
General Electric
Southern Railway
General Motors
6 600 Negro Students In Tri County Schools
The Supreme Court ruling outlawing segregation will affect about 6,600 Negro students in Raleigh Fayette and Wyoming counties. Stratton High School has about 665 students, with 346 in the other county high schools. Elementary enrollment totals roughly 2, maybe 871 in city schools, plus 1,320 county wide. Fayette County reports around 685 high school students and about 2,007 elementary students. Wyoming County estimates 250 high school students and 415 elementary pupils.
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Supreme Court
Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
Stratton High School
Fayette County
Wyoming County
Board and Union Buildings Entered on Weekend
State Police report two Raleigh County locations the Board of Education maintenance department and the Union Hall on Affinity Road were entered over the weekend. A maintenance spokesman said no items have been confirmed missing at Cranberry site as of noon.
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Board, Union
Raleigh County
Cranberry
Sophia Students Parents Set Agreement Session
Thirty two Sophia High School pupils who have completed a semester of driver education training and their parents will enter son and parent or daughter and parent agreements at the high school at 7 30 p m today. A member of the Beckley Detachment of State Police will direct tonight s agreement making session.
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Sophia High School
Beckley Detachment
State Police
Dillinger Gang Member Killed in Indiana Ambush
Clyde Alfred Steinbarger a 56 year old alleged Dillinger gang member was shot dead in a Leesville store during a police ambush after state police waited a week following a tip from store owner Wayne Armstrong. Steinbarger had a long record of safecracking burglary and armed robbery.
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Bedford
Ind
Clyde Alfred Steinbarger
Dillinger
Leesville
Steinbarger
Midwest
FBI
Chicago
Wayne Armstrong
Increased Social Security High on Agenda for Week
Washington weeklong closed sessions of House Ways and Means focus on a must bill to broaden social security. Republicans split on major provisions to raise the wage base to 4200, extend coverage to farm operators and other groups, and boost monthly benefits for current and future retirees and survivors.
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House
Ways and Means
Eisenhower
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Joseph N. Welch
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Bluestone Reservoir
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