Private School Plan Shelved At Little Rock
The Little Rock Private School Corporation plans to lease four high schools and run them as private, segregated institutions but abandoned the plan amid federal action. Gov. Faubus supports preserving traditions while courts block evasion of school desegregation. Federal orders shut private schools and transfer control. 10,000 pupils affected.
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Shorteng Res Pess
T. J. Raney
He Lite
Ark
Seg Corporation
Action School Corp
Cam- Aueae
Rand
Supreme Court
United School Systems
NAACP
Litlle
Virgil Blossom
Little Rock
Charlottesville
Rock Private School Corporation
Federal Circuit
Ae Omaha
Gov. J. Lindsay
Almond ,Jr
Norfolk
Orval Royal
Faubus
U.S. Marately
St. Louis
Shal R. Beal Kidd
Isl
Front Royal
Peiping Claims U S Plan Using Sidewinders to Down Planes
Peiping charged that U S Sidewinder missiles were used by Nationalist forces to shoot down Communist planes in an air battle on September 24. The People’s Daily described the act as a grave provocation and warned of punitive action against Chiang Kai-shek’s air force.
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Tokyo
Red China
U.S
Peiping
Chiang Kai-shek
People’s Daily
U.S. Imperialisn
Defense Ministry
Wenchow
Chekiang
Kwangtung
Formosa Strait
Liu Hoh-tu
U.S. Air Force
Taipei
Washington
Pentagon
Jail round-up reports multiple arrests in Raleigh County area
Robert Meador was jailed at 3:30 p.m. by a constable on destruction of property. Eva Hawks was jailed at 11:20 p.m. on drunk and disorderly charges. Norman Evans and David Webb, both of Maynor, booked at 3 p.m. on grand larceny tied to coal mine theft of batteries and fuel pumps worth about $60. Jackie Hambrick, Princeton WV, jailed at 6:30 p.m. on desertion from the Navy. Clifford Thomas released at 12:01 a.m. today after serving a drunk driving sentence.
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Robert Meador
Qdd
Raleigh
Mabscott
Eva Hawks
Norman Evans
David Fred Webb
Maynor
Spruce Mountain
Rock Hollow
FBI
Jackie Lee Hambrick
Princeton
West Virginia
Navy
Clifford Thomas
Optimism at Warsaw Talks Between US and China
In Warsaw US Ambassador Jacob Beam and Chinese Ambassador Wang Ping-nan met for the fifth time as optimism rose about easing tensions in the Strait. Secretary of State Dulles appeared encouraged while Peiping signaled willingness to continue talks, with no immediate plan to go to the United Nations. The core dispute remains a cease fire demanded by the United States and a pullout of U.S. forces by China.
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Warsaw
Poland
United States
China
Formosa Strait
Jacob Beam
Wang Ping-nan
Washington Dispatches
Dulles
Wang
Chou En-lai
Peiping
Washington
United Nations
U.S
Dulles urges partial policy shift over Quemoy defense
Secretary of State Dulles said there could be important U S policy changes on Quemoy if China’s communists show flexibility. A cease fire in Formosa could lead to withdrawal of part of the Nationalist forces on the offshore islands, he added at a news conference.
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China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Formosa
Taipei
Washington
Dulles
U.S
Quemoy
United States
Vic Formosa
Mullens Area Mines Visited By Thieves
Thieves hit two Mullens area mines over the weekend. Premier Pocahontas Co. reports 2,000 electric exploder caps missing from its powder magazine in Herndon. Winding Gulf Coals Co. at Maben loses 63 gallons of gasoline and two cases of motor oil from a storage house. No arrests yet.
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Mullens
RNS
Premier - Pocahontas Co
Herndon
Powder Magazine
Maben
Winding Gulf Coals Co
Stanley Epling
Nixon Campaign Swing Signals 1934 Style Comeback
Vice President Nixon readies campaign push targeting a Republican Congress. In an Indianapolis speech he urged party members to fight hard, attacking Democrats on socialism and Communist threats while praising Eisenhower era gains. He warned of a radical Democratic spending binge if Republicans lose ground.
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Washington
Nixon
Republic Congress
Indianapolis
Ind
Harry Truman
Hig Ilk
Truman
Eisenhower
Congress
Wolv
Plane Missing With 10 Aboard
A Neptune patrol plane from Brunswick Naval Air Station is missing in south Florida waters with ten crewmen aboard. Last radio contact was 3 30 p m Monday after noon takeoff for instrument checks. authorities say it disappeared.
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Key West
Fla
Florida
Brunswick
Maine
Naval Air Station
Daniel Decker
James F. Rumford
Weather outlook for WES Virginia with showers possible
Cloudy conditions with a high around 70 to 75 degrees and low 45 to 50 in western areas. Showers likely Wednesday. cooler air moves in tonight with rivers at normal stage and clear gauges noted at Bellepoint and Bluestone Reservoir.
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Beckley
Jak Hill
S.s
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Jury Deliberating In Accident Suits At Raleigh Court
A Raleigh County Circuit Court jury of 12 deliberates at noon after morning testimony in a cross suit between Fred Dancy and Samuel Hairston over a December 1957 collision at the G Street and S Fayette Street intersection in front of Stratton High School. Dancy seeks $346.28. Hairston $113.73.
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Raleigh County
Fred Dancy
Samuel Hairston
G Street
S. Fayette Street
Stratton High School
Dancy
Hairston
A.P. Leeber
G. Berk Lynch
Celestial Movements Bring Venus From Morning to Evening Star
The Sun and Moon times for Wednesday are given with sunrise at 6 20 a m and sunset at 6 10 p m The Moon rises at 7 42 p m The article notes Venus will shift from morning to evening star as Earth and Venus continue their orbits around the Sun in December
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Earth
Venus
Road funds reach record pace in Charleston report
The Road Commission announced record highway funding with August expenditures around 8.1 million dollars. Contracts for the next three months are projected at nearly 36.0 million dollars across 68 projects in 25 counties, all expected to set new quarterly and yearly records.
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Charleston
Road Commission
Patrick C. Graney
Rites Wednesday For Slain Man John Milton Prunty
Funeral services for John Milton Prunty 53 shot to death Saturday night during a mining operation on Devils Backbone Mountain will be held at 2 pm Wednesday at United Holiness Gospel Tabernacle Keystone McDowell County Burial will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery Lucy Mae Darmon 31 neighbor who admitted fatally shooting Prunty faces murder charges and is held in Wyoming County Jail since surrendering Saturday night
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Herndon
John Milton Prunty
Devils Backbone Mountain
Keystone
McDowell County
United Holiness _ Gospel + Tabernacle
Oak Grove
Lucy Mae Darmon
Printy
Wyoming County
Teacher Retires After 40 Years in Teaching
Prosperity educator 8B. F. Moye received retirement approval from the Teachers Retirement Board after four decades in the classroom. The board announced 54 retirees today, including Moye.
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F. Moye
Prosperity
Teachers Retirement Board
Tis
Escape on Alcatraz: Convicts Widen Manhunt After Break
On foggy Alcatraz Island a 28 year old Missouri prisoner Aaron Burgett and companion Clyde Johnson attempted to escape. Johnson was captured after a gun threat. Burgett fled the rugged shores with a Coast Guard patrol nearby pursuing. The water runs 50 to 53 degrees as guards and FBI close in on the maximum security site.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz Island
Aaron Walter Burgett
Missouri
Gurenan
San Faneisce Bay
Bengatti
Clyde M. Johnson
FBI
Indianapolis
Grand Harold Miller
Miller
Alcatraz
Johnson
Coast Guard
Joseph Latimer
Solden
Bureau of Prisons
Army
Hospital Treats Three Children After Injuries
Beckley Memorial Hospital treated three children on Monday. Charlotte Jarrell six of Stickney was treated for injuries to her right arm after falling into a six foot well while her father dug Friday. George Hendrick seven of Eccles received treatment for an injured right arm. Larry Riffe six of MacArthur hit his head on a porch corner and was treated for head injuries.
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Beckley Memorial Hospital
Charlotte Jarrell
Earl Jarrell
Stickney
George Hendrick
Eva Mac Hendrick
Eccles
Larry Riffe
Edward Riffe
MacArthur
UN chief signals US and UK to withdraw troops soon
Dag Hammarskjold said the United States and Britain agreed to conditional troop withdrawals from Lebanon and Jordan. He noted Britain would start with Jordan in October and complete withdrawals as the situation allows, while the US has already pulled Marines from Lebanon.
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N.Y
Apco
Dag Ham
Marskjold
United States
Britain
Lebanon
Jordi. l
Dhaa
Hammarskjold
Lief
Aradhem Cinonce Ly
Jordan
General Assembly
Middle East
Spe
Lebnon
U.S
Socu
Clothing Drive Aims to Help Raleigh County Students
An appeal by Raleigh County Board of Education Attendance Director E R Hartsog seeks clean usable clothing for needy students. PTA volunteers will run a clearing center at Teel Elementary School to sort by size and distribute through schools to prevent dropouts due to cold weather.
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Raleigh County
Board of Education
E. R. Hartsog
Hartsog
Raleigh
Central
John Gollechon Jr
PTA
Gollecon
Beckley
Greensboro
N. C
Hartson
Teel Elementary School
Calloway 1
Heights
Hurricane Ilsa Weakens While Staying At Sea
Hurricane Ilsa, which caused no damage as it stayed offshore, weakened as it moved northeast toward its death. The storm remained about 350 miles southeast of the Newfoundland coast, with its closest approach to land 235 miles east of Bermuda.
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Washington
Ilsa
North Atlantic
Helene
Bermuda
Newfoundland
World TV Hookup Seen By Means Of Sputniks
A Russian radio commentator predicted a global television hookup via Sputnik transmitting stations. The satellites would stay motionless relative to Earth if they completed one revolution around the globe every 24 hours.
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London
Sputnik
De Gaulle forms cabinet for Fifth Republic birth in France
Premier de Gaulle unites cabinet to plan the Fifth Republic as Guinea transfers sovereignty at midnight. Referendums favor the new constitution except in Guinea where Sekou Toure calls a constitutional convention. De Gaulle prepares to grant powers, outline electoral law, and address Algeria rebellion with a presidential leadership.
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Paris
de Gaulle
French Guinea
de Saulle
Conakry
Guinea
Jean Rislrucci
Sekou Toure
France
Louis Napoleon
Algeria
Ex-Area Couple Dead In Murder Suicide Tragedy
In Pomona California Herbert Craft 41 fatally shot his estranged wife Ethel 37 and then killed himself after leaving a note about ending a messy relationship Police say this followed marital difficulties and is a second tragedy for the Crafts since leaving Mullens Craft a native of Dott Mercer County born August 1917 was a partner in a California rubber repair operation Funeral services were held Friday and burial was in California Craft survived by a son and a married daughter two stepchildren one brother and his stepmother with no local relatives present.
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Mullens
Ans
Pomona
Calif
Herbert Craft
Ethel
Crafts
Craft
Kathleen
California
Dott
Mercer County
Virginian Railway
Winter Looms Over Quemoy as 2000 Children Live Beneath
On Quemoy and Lit- Vie, over two thousand children shelter in caves and underground housings as winter nears amid influenza smallpox and exposure fears. Dr. Lin Chia Chiang warns the cold damp conditions will sap the weak, while the State Department ships 190000 in civilian relief including shelters and medical supplies to the area.
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Forrest Edwards Quemoy
Quemoy
Lit- Ve Quemoy
Lin Chia Chiang
Quemoy Medical Center
Little Queeney
State Department
Washington
Quemoys
Connunisehalla
Lin
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