Clinton High School opens with full Negro enrollment amid integration tensions
In Clinton Tennessee the high school resumed with 12 Black students present among 324 in class while white attendance rose. National Guard presence and a federal court order sought to prevent interference as 250 residents gathered nearby Oliver Springs, and a bomb scare prompted a search with no explosives found.
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Collision Between Passenger and Mail Trains Near Santa Fe
A Santa Fe Railroad passenger train and a fast mail train collided near Springer New Mexico this morning. Up to 20 people were killed and many injured, including four crewmen. Sixteen victims were from a rolling dormitory for Santa Fe Chief dining and lounge staff. No passengers were killed. Rail traffic is blocked.
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Newton
Kan
Santa Fe
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Springer
Coalfax
Eisenhower to Launch Iowa Campaign Swing
President Eisenhower announced plans for his first political address at the Newton plowing contest in Iowa on September 21 with a major farm talk a week later. The president avoided direct comment on Hagerty criticism, saying misquotation by a newspaper fueled Democratic protests. He advised reporters to seek Hagerty for answers and described Hagerty as an intelligent White House staff officer not solely his spokesman.
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Iowa
Adlai E. Stevenson
Hagerty
Frank G. Clement
Tennessee
Jim
Jim Hagertize
White House
Snow on Mars Spotted by Russian Astronomers
London dispatch reports Russian astronomers claim sighting snow on Mars. Moscow radio described bright spots seen in August as a large white icecap breaking up with Martian spring.
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London
INS
Mars
Moscow Radio
Sarasota County Schools Struggle With Overcrowding
About 9 250 students are back in Sarasota County classrooms as officials warn of severe crowding. Brookside Junior High reports about 700 pupils with 40 per room according to Philip B Glaney while St Marthas Parochial School lists 750. Winter tourist influx will raise enrollments further and early dismissals are in effect for several grades.
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Sarasota County
Carl C. Strode
St. Martha's
Philip B. Glaney
Brookside Junior High School
Alta Vista School
Identity problem at Brink's robbery trial
In Boston a Brink's Inc cashier testified he could not state the amount stolen while eight men stand trial for the heist. The defense questioned the counting room procedure as the witness described tagging on money bags and the uncertainty of the total.
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Thomas B. Lloyd
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Outlook brightens on Suez talks a possible compromise
Egyptian experts and Menzies Committee specialists held closed doors aiming to craft a face saving formula for the Suez crisis. An aide reported a calmer, more conciliatory mood in Nasser and indications that a compromise might be reached, with a second evening meeting planned.
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Ethopia
County to Hold Special Beach Meeting Over Public Access
A county Board of Commissioners calls a 9 am special meeting to discuss county owned beaches amid ongoing controversy. Reports note visits by Black visitors to Siesta Sands Beach have increased, as the legislature granted a referendum based power to sell public beaches if approved by voters.
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Board of County Commissioners
Siesta Sands Beach
Nixon’s Father Arranged Own Funeral Before Death
Francis Anthony Nixon 77 died at his La Habra home after facing death bravely. He had arranged his own funeral with Rev George E Jenkins for last rites at East Whittier Friends Church and burial at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier. He had been in a coma since 2 a.m. with pulmonary congestion as the cause.
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Francis Anthony Nixon
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George E. Jenkins
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Quaker) Church
Alhambra
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Whittier
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East Whittier Friends Church
Frank Nixon
U S Demands China Redress for Downed Navy Plane
U S officials prepare a sharp protest seeking damages from Red China for the Aug 23 shootdown of a Navy P4M Mercator with 16 crew. The claim may exceed two million dollars. Dulles to approve. China disputes the attack claim while recovery of crew bodies continues.
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U. S. Seventh Fleet
President Endorses Col Nelson for Congress in Florida
President Eisenhower gave a personal endorsement to Gustin M. Nelson Republican candidate for Florida 7th District seat. Nelson, Saraso ta county commission chair, met the President at the White House with 25 other Republican candidates. Eisenhower expressed strong support and noted interest in Florida.
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Eisenhower
Gustin M. Nelson
Congress
Florida
Sarasota
Manatee
Charlotte
Nelson
Sarasota County Commission
West Point
Fly Spraying Nears Finish in Sarasota County
Medfly spraying continued in Sarasota County with planes focusing on the south half of Siesta Key and along the South Trail and east and south of Phillippi Creek near Sugar Bowl Road. A second plane targets the Phillippi Creek area and Sugar Bowl Road while a third covers Siesta Key to Osprey. If weather holds, planes move to Venice Laurel and Englewood areas late this afternoon and should finish today or tomorrow.
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Sarasota County
Siesta Key
Phillippi Creek
Sugar Bowl Road
Osprey
Herbert Krauch
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Venice-Laurel
Englewood
County government shifts on zoning and bids sought for Alta Vista
County yields to property owners on trail commercial zoning and bids are requested for the Alta Vista school addition. The county building boom continues at a record pace and NEWS reports changes in executive personnel. Eisenhower posed with Col Gus M Nelson.
Four Santa Fe Chief Victims Named After Train Crash
The Santa Fe railroad identified four of the 20 employees killed in the Santa Fe Chief crash. Named: RE. O. Foster engineer from Raton NM, W. H. Adams fireman from Raton, W. L. Shriver conductor from Las Vegas, and Leo J. Rush engineer on the special mail train from Raton.
City Se schedules budget hearing for 1956 57 budget
City Commission sets budget hearings at City Hall on September 10 11 and 12 to review the 1956 1957 budget. The sessions were moved to next week because several commissioners could not attend this week.
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City Hall
Medfly Planes Nuisances Carwashing Rains Needed
Local readers hear Minnie Mermaid vent about medfly spray and car washes amid storms. Sarasota area forecast calls for party cloudy with afternoon thundershowers and temperatures near mid 80s. East Gulf marine winds will be light to fresh during showers.
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Minnie Mermaid
Sarasota
East Gulf
S.E
Soviet Ambassador in Cairo Suez Talks Amid Tensions
Evgeny Kisseler, Soviet ambassador, figures in Cairo discussions as Nasser asserts Egypt’s control over the canal. Moscow radio and Soviet backing shape Arab sentiment while Syria echoes Egyptian nationalism. Unclear Western intervention and Russian aid loom over a looming Anglo French operation.
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Gamal Abdel Nasser
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