Arkansas Senate Passes Faubus Bill to Close Schools
The Arkansas Senate sent to Gov. Faubus a bill to close public schools threatened with integration and lease them to private operators. The plan would allow displaced students to attend any school, including church schools, and would require state tuition to cover expenses if Central High School is closed.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Senate
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
Ray S. Smith Jr
Hot Springs
Arkansas Atty
Bruce Bennett
National Assn. For
Colored People
Central High School
Central High
North West Orient DC6B crashes near Minneapolis airport
A North West Orient Airlines DC6B with 61 aboard plowed into a cornfield after takeoff from Minneapolis. All escaped before fire. at least 49 hospitalized including four crew. Passengers included 11 army members en route to Fort Lewis. Cause under investigation. Rep Don Magnuson among the injured but not seriously hurt. Flight originated in Washington with stops en route to Ohio and Midwest states.
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Minneapolis
Northwest Orient Airlines
Don Magnuson
Dwash
Fort Lewis
Wash
Magnuson
Sen
Warren Magnuson
D-Wash
Wold-Chamberlain
Red China warns Quemoy defenders of imminent invasion
Peiping radio broadcast a stark warning that Nationalist Chinese forces on Quemoy should withdraw as Red China vows a landing is imminent. A Japanese monitored broadcast said leaflet warnings were sent by the Fukien mainland army headquarters to Quemoy's commander and deputy.
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Tokyo
Peiping
Red China
Quemoy
Red Chinese Army
Fukien
Probers Turn To Carnival World
Senate Rackets Committee probes the circus and carnival world to expose alleged Teamster violence and corruption. Testimony targets Harold Gibbons and his 300-pound aide Robert Baker amid questions on payoffs, welfare funds, and goon activity linked to St. Louis Teamster locals.
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G. Milton Kelly Washington
Senate Rackets Committee
Teamsters Union
Ings
St. Louis
Harold Gibbons
Gibbons
Robert
Barney) Baker
Baker
Washington
Joseph Ferrera
John L. McClellan
Barney Dandridge
Teamsters
Howard H. Hartman
Teamster Local 405
McClellan
Lou Shoulders Jr
Wilbourne
George Harville
Shoulders
Bobby Greeniease
Kansas City
Hearing Set Today On Kierdorf Case
A hearing was scheduled to decide on summoning a grand jury to probe the death of Frank Kierdorf a Teamsters Union business agent in Pontiac Michigan. State and county prosecutors based the request on a key witness account from Mrs Irish Harrieson. She said ex husband Leann Harrelson knew of the arson before Kierdorf went to the hospital. Additional hearings were set for Harrelson Herman Kierdorf and Mrs Thon with possible releases if charges are not filed.
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Pontiac
Mich
Teamsters Union
Frank Kierdorf
Michigan
Paul L. Adams
Oakland County
Frederick Ziem
Irish Harrieson
Leann Harrelson
Teamsters Local 614
Kierder
Harrelson
Mary Ann Thon
Kierdorf
Frank
Teamsters
Chinese and U.S. Planes Join In Exercises
Nationalist and United States planes conducted joint air defense drills off Formosa as Red China intensified shelling of the Quemoy island group. Nationalist sources reported land and sea movements seen as prep for an invasion while a defense ministry spokesman cited heavy shelling overnight and throughout the day.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
U.S
Quemoy
Defense Ministry
Amateur Missilemen Plan New Launch at Fort Hood
A squad of seven Houston youths aided by the Army prepared two more home-built rockets for launching at Fort Hood. One rocket is expected to carry a live mouse. The group had limited success in their initial firing yesterday.
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FT. Hood, Tex
Houston
Army
County Equalization Board Meets Friday
The county commissioners court will meet as the county board of tax equalization Friday. Hearings precede the annual budget hearing set for Monday. Oil company tax representatives are expected to attend after requesting postponement of the previous Aug 18 meeting.
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County Commissioners Court
County Board of Tax Equalization
Equalization Board
President Signs Bill Extending Bracero Program
President Eisenhower signed a bill extending the Bracero program for two years to June 1961. The plan authorizes recruitment and temporary Mexican farm workers when domestic labor is unavailable and requires U S employers to cover contract costs. The Mexican worker total surpassed 400 000 in the past fiscal year ending July 1.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Mexico
United
States
Supreme Court Deliberates Desegregation of Little Rock Central High
The Supreme Court opened an extraordinary session to decide whether desegregation at Little Rock Central High School should resume immediately or be delayed. The NAACP urged no delay, while the Little Rock School Board sought a 22 year postponement. President Eisenhower's aides signaled a preference for a slower pace. The session drew a full courtroom as Chief Justice Warren opened proceedings in a grave, routine tone.
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Supreme Court
National Assn
Little Rock Central High
Central High
High Tribunal
Little Rock
NAACP
Eisenhower
J. Lee Rankin
Rankin
Executive Branch
James C. Hagerty
Rankin’s
Hagerty
Lite Rock
Justice Department
Warren
Virginia School Boards Block Pupil Assignments
Charlottesville and Norfolk school boards are under injunctions forbidding pupil assignments to white schools pending federal desegregation orders. The Virginia Pupil Placement Board offered to handle Negro admissions, while state law reserves assignment powers to the board. Both cities face ongoing federal hearings over desegregation plans and discriminatory aspects of local schemes.
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Charlottesville
Corporation Court
George M. Coles
Norfolk School Board
Supreme Court
Virginia
Norfolk
Norfolk Board
Federal Dist
Walter E. Hoffman
Hoffman
Dist
John Paul
Paul
Storm Daisy Triggers New England Hurricane Watch
A hurricane watch is ordered for southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island as Daisy moves north in the Atlantic at 125 mph. Gale warnings extend from Provincetown to Morehead City with tides two feet above normal. forecasters warn Cape Cod and southeastern Massachusetts may receive a brushing depending on Daisy’s turn.
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Miami
Fla
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Atlantic
Daisy
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Weather Bureau
Provincetown
Mass
Morehead City
North Carolina
New England
Gordon Dunn
Cape Cod
Three Other Television Quiz Shows Under Investigation
New York district attorney plans to question at least a dozen more people in a widening probe of television quiz shows sparked by the Dotto case. David S. Worgan said three additional shows are under scrutiny for possible irregularities, with ten people already questioned. The complainant, Edward Hilgemeijer Jr., alleges a woman received quiz answers in advance. Dotto was dropped last August. In St Louis, James Odell, once jailed for worthless checks, reportedly won $2000 on Dotto with advance answers.
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New York
District Attorney's Office
Dotto
David S. Worgan
Dist
Atty
Frank S. Hogan
Worgan
Hogan's Office
Edward Hilgemeijer Jr
Hilgemeijer
Hilgemeirer
Federal Communications Commission
Columbia
National Broadcasting Co
St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
James Odell
Odell
Weather summary for Texas regions
Readings show 102 degree high in the state with morning 7 30 am temperature around 64. Today 68 in East South Central and North Central Texas as skies stay clear to partly cloudy through Friday. West Texas remains clear to partly cloudy with isolated thunderstorm possible Friday afternoon and little overall temperature change.
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Snyder
Texas
West Texas
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Paul van Dalsem
House Education Committee
Orval Faubus
Solons
Virgil Blossom
Horace Mann
Cornfield
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Milwaukee
E. C. Wiegand
Sandusky
Ohio
Airlines
Jerry Christian
Christian House
Metroplitan Stadium
James Wilkinson
Seattle
W. J. McGinnis
A. R. Mielke
Marge Gallagher
Probers
Carnival World
Big Ringling Brothers
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Teamster
U. S
County Equalization Board
Scurry County
Jack Martin
Fluvanna
Bob Jordan
Wayland Mathis
Lee Watson
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