Little Rock Wins 2 Year Delay in School Integration Case
Federal Judge Harry Lemley suspended integration at Central High School for the 1959-60 and 1960-61 school years. the NAACP plans an appeal led by Thurgood Marshall. Nine Negro pupils faced protests, fires, bomb threats, and guard supervision during the year, with Ernest Green the only graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Little Rock
Ark
Thurgood Marshall
NAACP
New York
Harry Lemley
Washington
Supreme Court
Sep
Court of Appeals
High Court
Marshall
Lemley
Roy Wilkins
UPI
Harry J. Lemley
Central High School
Faubus
Central High
U.N. Reopens Hungary Executions Case At Private Meeting
The United Nations Investigation Committee reopens the case on the executions of Imre Nagy Pal Maleter and two journalists amid global protests. Diplomats consider asking the Soviet Union for responsibility comments while Yugoslavia faces protests over Nagy’s exit. Refugees demonstrate in Bonn and Paris as the UN weighs a special report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William N. Oatis
United Nations, N. Y
U. N
Russia
Hungary
Imre Nagy
Pal Maleter
West Germany
Copenhagen
Danis
Moscow
U. N. Investigation Committee
E. Ronald Walker
Australia
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Nagy
Budapest
Ernst Meinstorp
Denmark
Maleter
West
Bonn
Paris
French National Assembly
Foreign Affairs Committee
Couple uncovers graves under home linked to Warrens
In Johnson City Tennessee a 60 year old woman recounts four years of dirt hiding a lime covered skeleton found by her husband beneath their bedroom. Sheriff Deakins issued a warrant for Orville Warren and his wife Gladys who confess to prior killings and claim up to five bodies may lie buried under the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
Tenn
UPI
James H. Vance
Friday
Orville Warren
Gladys
Vance
Mrs. Vance
Deakins
Warrens
Warren
Josie Fair
Orlando
Fla
Washington, D. C
Tennessee
Mother pens blind girl living in filthy cell
Laura Jane Irons, a four year old who is blind and mute and weighs 114 pounds, was found in a bare sealed room with a floor covered in human waste. Deputies and a county attorney described the girl as starved while her mother Mrs Jack Irons 24 said she would tell her story. The doctor said the child could possibly speak if taught and she was treated at a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Novata
Okla
UPI
Laura Jane Irons
Sheriff's Deputies
Lloyd Colter
Jack Irons
United Press International
Lynn Barnes
Laura
Arthur Johnson
Five Die as Army Helicopter Crashes in Kansas
Five airmen were killed when an Army H21 helicopter crashed on a ranch near Manhattan Kansas during a thunderstorm. The crash happened about 19 miles east of Fort Riley on U.S. 40, during a routine night training flight. Names were withheld pending next of kin notification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Riley
Kan
Manhattan
Philip Hostetter
U.S. 40
Here
Chicago Retires Last Streetcar
Chicago ended streetcar service for the first time since the turn of the century as Old No. 238, the Green Hornet, made its final run and stopped at the terminal. Motorman William Armstrong called it the end of an era and said he was glad to retire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Armstrong
Rennick’s of Sarasetta-Branch of Lighthouse Inn
Local business brief notes Rennick’s of Sarasetta as a branch of the Lighthouse Inn in New London. The notice highlights a property association and potential service offerings under the inn group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rennick’s of
Sarasetta
Lighthouse Inn
New London
Priests Return From Red China Battle Over Charges
Two American priests Cyril Wagner and Joseph McCormack arrived in Hong Kong after five years imprisoned in China. At a press conference Wagner admitted some black market money dealings but defended his actions while McCormack dismissed the Communist charges as false and said the trial was ridiculous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
UPS
Free World
Red China
Cyril Wagner
Pittsburgh
Joseph McCormack
Ossining
N. Y
Father Wagner
Father McCormack
New York
Playground Equipment Arrives For Sarasota Park Dedication
Ted Romines of Ocala Moose Lodge donated swings see saws merry go round chin bars and a large steel archway for a city public park on 18th Street in Sarasota. The Moose Lodge civic affairs chairman Ted Watts said the one acre site will be fenced and opened for children during late July ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
18Th Street
Sarasota
Thoughts on Shorts and Summer Style Shifts
Minnie Mermaid notes that change signals progress yet not all changes are progressive as Sarasota gains permanent residents and women shift from skirts to shorts. The forecast calls for a Saturday high of 90 to 95 with showers possible later. readings show a 29.98 barometer, no rainfall in 24 hours, and light southerly winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Mermaid
Sarasota
Dag Hammarskjold Quits Beirut Mission for Middle East
U N secretary general Dag Hammarskjold ended talks in Beirut and flew toward Israel as bombs exploded near the Lebanese presidential palace. He planned visits to Jerusalem and Amman en route to Cairo to assess support amid Lebanon’s six week rebellion and regional pressure from the UAR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
Dag Hammarskjold
Middle East
Israel
Jerusalem
U. N
Amman
Cairo
United Arab Republic
Hammarskjold
Hussein
Samir el Rifai
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eisenhower
Orval Faubus
National Guard
Ernest Green
Minnijean Brown
Minnijean
Grady Miller
Virgil Blossom
Central
Ecerrence
OASIS
New York Department of Sanitation
ASPCA
U.N
Sian
Janos Kadar
Cyprus
Nicosia
Troodos
EOKA
Britain
London
Washington County
John
Dag
Inside the News
Edgewood Gardens
Eddie Hamilton
E. J. Bacon
Teddy Roosevelt
New York State
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!