Justice Minton Retires with Health Still Sound
Washington reports Justice Sherman Minton plans retirement after more than eight years on the U S Circuit and service on the Supreme Court in Chicago. National Guard and state police officials say martial law papers were available but not needed as governors consider emergency powers. Adj Gen J J B Williams says martial law remains a last resort to be used if necessary.
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Washington
Sherpreme
Polite Eee Iusise
National Guard
Adj
J. J. B. Willams
Williams
Sturgis
Don Sturgill
Sturgis Hightucky
Behoo
Sturgis High School
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Sturgill
Frankfort
B. Chandler
Gen. Williams
Kentucky
Mann
Indiana
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eisen
New Albany
Jeandillon
Ind
Harry
Supreme Court
Mers
Truman
Minton
Eisenhower
Boycott grows at Matoaka High amid integration tension
At Matoaka High in Mercer County West Virginia attendance fell as an anti integration boycott drew 110 students to class from 604. Principal Ralph Bird reported a representative of the White Citizens Committee of Alabama visited and a Black pupil enrollment remained low while authorities monitor the situation amid threats and blockades.
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Matoaka
W.va
Matoaka High School
Mercer County
Board of Education
Ralph Bird
Bird
Matoaka Elementary
Lawrence Thorne
White Citizens Committee of
Alabama
H. V. Slemp
Springton
Clyde Maxey
Arista Elementary School
Evelyn Poe
Athens
W. R
Pete) Cooke
Matoaka High
Aie
Mercer
West Virginia
Slomp
Mount Gay School Gate Padlocked During Desegregation Incident
Pupils at Mt. Gay Elementary found the fence gate padlocked with a crude sign reading No colored allowed. White adults gathered as bus drivers kept children on buses until sheriff deputies and State Police broke the lock and admitted colored students already enrolled this week. Enrollment ranks around ten.
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Logan
Mt. Gay Elementary
Severn
Mt. Gay School
Tennessee School Attendance Rising in Clinton Amid Guard Drawdown
In Clinton Tennessee the National Guard reduces its 60 man force after four days of easing tensions over racial integration at Chin ton High School. Attendance rises at the school to 3M students including all 12 Negroes out of 800 total as the guard withdraws and local civil defense leaders assume closer policing duties.
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Clinton, Tenn. U
Clinton
National Guard
Chinton High School
Harlem Negro Leaders Question Stevenson Harlem Talk
Harlem Democratic figures warned that Negro dissatisfaction with civil rights planks makes it unwise for Adlai E Stevenson to address Harlem crowds during his five day campaign swing with Estes Kefauver. The issue surfaced at a closed luncheon led by Mayor Wag ner Carmine DeSapio and Hulan Jack.
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New York
Harlem
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
New York State
New Jersey
Connecticut
Chicago
San Francisco
Robert F. Wagner
Amd
Carmine G. DeSapio
Manhattan
Hulan E. Jack
Bronx
Brooklyn
Queens
Wagner
Herbert H. Lehman
Kentucky
Wte
New York City
Cross Burn Found on WWHS Lawn in Wake of Integration
Police extinguished a burning area on the Weed row Wilson High School campus shortly after 1 a.m. county officials say it was the first incident linked to school integration marked by a smoking cross. No one was injured. A large county meeting followed at the school with both Black and white teachers in attendance.
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Weedrow Wilson High School
Cress Peralag
Texan Lands Plane on Glen Daniel Farm
A Texas pilot forced to an emergency landing on E. H. Meadows farm in Glen Daniel due to bad weather. A 1934 Piper Tri-Pacer carried one passenger from Fort Worth to Alexandria and will be flown on after landing. the plane will be disassembled for repairs at the local airport.
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Texas
Glen Daniel
T O C
Harold Hanks
Raleigh County Memorial
E. H. ‘Meadows
Ray Crowder
Fort Wo
Hanks
Senger
Yarl Murphy
Ft. Worth
Alexandria
Lexington
Elkins
Piedmont Airlines
Air
Renewed Police Probe In Infant Murder Case
New Haven police intensify inquiry into infant Cynthia Ruotolo found in a Hamden lake. FBI withdraws from active probe though facilities remain available. State’s Attorney Abraham Ullman leads investigation at the County Courthouse with Coroner James Corrigan and local detectives.
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New Haven
Conn
Ruololo
FBI
Hamden
Office of State's
Alty
Abraham S. Ullman
Cynthia
Whitney
Eleanor Ruotolo
Sears Roebuck
Ullman
Ex Fayette Man Faces Execution Tonight in Electric Chair
Robert Lee Hopkins aged 27 of Indianapolis awaits execution at 9 p.m. in the State Penitentiary for the murder of Charleston used car salesman Thomas Lanty Ervine. Gov. Marland has not indicated a second reprieve. Hopkins is to be escorted to the death house at 3 p.m. and may receive a last meal and ministerial contact. He was baptized by chaplain Rev. Ira Mays and spent time with family and guards. About 15 to 20 officials and reporters will witness the electrocution amid prior psychiatric findings of no insanity.
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Minton
Sturgis
Minton Toney
Eisenhower
Maine
Oannen
Sturgill
Focal
Sturgi
Moundsville
Robert Lee Hopkins
Indianapolis
State
Charleston
Marland
Thomas Lanty Ervine
DuPont City
Ira Coiner
Hopkins
South Hall
Kimberly
Fayette County
Ira Mays
Conner
James E
Maroney
Ervine
Missing Witness Testimony in Nassif vs Motors Insurance
A sheriff's deputy sought two witnesses for the Nassif versus Motors Insurance trial. Charles Miller and Carl Blackburn failed to answer summonses. Miller later testified while Blackburn remained missing. Nassif seeks $2,300 damages for a wreck he says totaled his car. Motors Insurance contends repair is possible.
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Oak Hill
Thomas L. Nassif
Motors Insurance Co
Charles P. Miller
Carl Blackburn
King Coal Chevrolet
Beckley
Miller
Blackburn
Eccles Man Released After Posting Bond
Basil Smith of Eccles posted a $1,000 bond for release from Raleigh County Jail. He awaits October Grand Jury action after arrest by a sheriff’s deputy for a June 6 breaking and entering at Burleson Service Station and waived preliminary hearing before Magistrate Harry Callaway.
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Basil Smith
Eccles
Raleigh
Smith
Burleson
Harry Callaway
Princess Grace to quit films for motherhood in Paris
Princess Grace of Monaco tells newsmen she is leaving her film career to focus on being a mother and wife. Accompanied by Prince Rainier III she plans to return to Monaco in early November to await the birth of their baby.
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Paris
United States
Grace
Kelly
Monaco
Prince Rainier II
Crisis Deepens as Menzies Mission Fails in Suez
Reports say the Menzies mission has failed to break the deadlock over Suez. Egyptian sources indicate Nasser rejects the 18 nation plan for canal operation and warn only U.S. intervention can avert a British French action.
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Suez Canal
Menzies
Qalro
Egypt
U.S. State Department
Washington
U.S
London
United States
Dip
Jomats
Five Nation Committee
Robert G.menzies
Nasser
Condon
Britain
France
Britain Split Over Next Move In Suez Crisis
London reports a deep split in Britain over appealing to the United Nations or using force to keep the Suez Canal open. Support leans to UN recourse while hardliners insist on force if needed. Prime Minister Eden may face a Commons vote as Parliament prepares a special two-day Suez debate.
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London
Britain
U.N
Eden
House ‘of Commons
Suez
Beckley Street Meters Take In 348.72 This Week
City Recorder reports street meters in Beckley collected 348.72 dollars for the week ending today. The figure reflects receipts from all city meters and offers a snapshot of downtown activity.
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Beckley
City Recorder
Miss West Virginia Seeks National Title in Atlantic City
Carolyn Jane Miller, a Martinsburg resident and West Virginia University sophomore, competes in Miss America preliminaries in Atlantic City. She performs in talent and swimsuit segments, earning applause as judges tally points for talent, personality, poise, and crowd appeal.
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Atlantic City
West Virginia
Carollyn
Convention Hall
Carolyn Jane Miller
MGM
Martins
Burg
Carolyn
West Virginia University
Adrantic City Board
Morgantown GOP Rally to Hear Rep Martin Jr in West Virginia
West Virginia Republicans convene in Morgantown for a rally at Monongalia County Courthouse. Rep Joseph W Martin Jr of Massachusetts 4th District scheduled to speak after a GOP gathering with speakers including Cecil H Underwood and Hugh D Scott.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Morgantown
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Monongalia
GOP
Martin
America
House of Representatives
Fiveside
West
Virginia
Staney
RB. Cox
Chapman
Charleston
U.S. Senate
Cecil H. UN Thal
Oglebaulderwood
Sistersville
guberna'Park
Hugh Lorial
D. Scott
Pennsylvania
John D. Hoblitzell Jr
Parkers Man
Burg
Davis Elkins
Tremors Rattle Knoxville Area Sensing Two Shocks
Two distinct tremors shook Knoxville and nearby areas today. The first at 8:37 a.m. EST lasting about five seconds rattled downtown and homes, with no injuries reported. A second tremor at 8:50 a.m. EST was slightly weaker, felt as far as Clinton, 20 miles away, and triggered many calls to weather offices in Asheville and the Weather Bureau.
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Tenn
Knoxville
Bearden
Clinton
Weather Bureau
City
North Carolina
Asheville
N.C
Canals Reported on Mars by Japanese Astronomer
A Japanese astronomer Dr Michikazu Onishimi Kobe reports seeing canals in Mars northern hemisphere during close approach, with observers noting a bright object possibly a comet and a dust cloud. Seventeen observatories worldwide tracked Mars as a near 35.1 million mile approach. weather hampered viewing in the United States.
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Associated Press
Mars
Michikazu Onishimi
Kobe
Japan
Earth
Osaka
Tsuneo Saeki
East Asia Astronomical Society
United States
Weather and celestial data from Beckley Sun and moon
The report lists sun and moon rise and set times for Saturday and Sunday, first quarter in September, prominent stars Antares Vega Sirius Canopus and Rigel, visible planets Saturn Venus and Mars with rise times, and notes civil defense observance. It references The Weatherton and a forecast service issuing twice daily updates.
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Antares
Washington
the Weatherton
Alde
Baran
Vega
Satur Os
United States
Sirius
Canopus
Rigl
Taurus
Saturn
Mara
Venus
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Sherman Minton
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W. E. Lewallen
Anderson County Civil Defense Organization
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Oak Ridge
Adlai
Texan
Infant
Fayette
State Supreme Court
Miss
Wheeling
Rever
Naval Observatory
Washington, D.C
John Hall
Observatory
Naval Research Laboratory
W. VA
Beckley High
AK Hill High
Fea
Bellepoint Greenbrier
Coon
Beckley Skies
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