Ike's Integration View Hurts GOP Campaign
President Eisenhower's go slow stance on racial integration burdens Republican candidates in ten key states. Democrats portray him as reluctant to back school integration, while Republicans offer cautious explanations through White House press.
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Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
New York
Michigan
California
Roy Wilkins
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Justice Department
Little Rock
Supreme Court
J. Lee Rankin
Snyder Spotlight Highlights Farm Tour and Cotton Prospects
Readers learned that after two wet years crops improved with vegetation thriving for nearly a decade. Nolan von Roeder forecast potential strong cotton yields after surveying fields, while county budget hearings on Labor Day cut the tax rate from 1.17 to 1.11, likely lowering year end surplus and bond retirement pace. Temperature swings ran from 102 to 61 in a week, with 60s nights and high 90s days.
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Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Nolan von Roeder
von Roeder
Equalization Board
Snyder
Road Death Toll on Labor Day Weekend Rises
Traffic fatalities during the Labor Day weekend were tracking below early NSC estimates of 420 deaths for the 78 hour period ending Monday. The 1957 three day stretch logged 445 deaths with 95 drownings and 96 other mishaps, compared with last year’s 636 total and a 1951 record of 658.
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America
National Safety Council
Council
Labor Day
Traf
Fic
Texan Sailor Killed in Navy Destroyer Accident
An 18 year old sailor from Brashear Texas Elvey Wayne Colbert died on Thursday while working on the boilers of the destroyer Sperry at Norfolk Virginia. Navy officials called the death a freak accident and cited a possible short circuit in a portable light drop cord as the cause while an investigation continues.
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Norfolk, Va
Texas
Sperry
Navy
Elvey Wayne Colbert
Brashear
Tex
Colbert
Quemoy Defenses Tighten as Bombardment Persists
AP report from Formosa details eight days of artillery exchanges around Quemoy and Amoy Bay as Communist shells pound Nationalist forts. U S and Nationalist leaders meet in Taipei to discuss defense while U S officials weigh possible involvement.
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Forrest Edwards
Taipei
Formosa
U. S
Quemoy
Amoy Bay
U.S
Red Chinese Army
Fukien
United States
Eisenhower
Congress
U.S. Army
Wilber M. Brucker
Isaac D. White
US. Army
Pacific
Brucker
Chiang Kaishek
Tiger
Wang Shuming
Everett Drumright
Roland Smoot
U.S. Taiwan
White
Aid Granted To Improve Sewer Farm In Snyder
A $10.000 federal aid grant was approved for Snyder to expand its sewer farm facilities. Roy Dunlap said the funds come via George Mahon and cover one third of the project. The plan includes seven oxidation ponds on 23 acres with 30 inch depths, stocking fish to eat mosquitoes and related insects.
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Snyder
Roy Dunlap
George Mahon
U. S
Texas Department of Public Health
Dunlap
Byrd Rallies Virginia to Resist School Integration
Sen. Harry F. Byrd urges massive resistance to the Warren court opening segregated schools in Virginia. He warns of stress and world eyes on the state and says the governor and General Assembly will follow the people’s will after due deliberation, including possible school closings.
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Berryville
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Virginia
Byrd
General Assembly of
Warren Court
Supreme Court
Norfolk
Charlottesville
Arlington County
Khrushchev Backs Talks on Nuclear Test Ban
In Moscow Khrushchev accepted Western talks on a universal nuclear test ban for Oct 31 in Geneva. He warned Russia could resume testing if talks drag or Western delays persist, while Western diplomats see the move as a positive step toward ending the nuclear crisis. Technical experts agreed on needing widely scattered control posts.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Geneva
Russia
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Kremlin
China
Mussolini's Widow Observes Memorial
In Predappio Italy police watched for trouble as Benito Mussolini's widow Donna Rachele Romano and other family attended a memorial Mass at the Predappio Cemetery chapel marking the first anniversary of his public burial.
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Predappio
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Donna Rachele
Romano
Weather Summary for Texas Regions
Weather notes show Texas highs near 98 on Friday with 66 overnight and 70 at 7 30 am Saturday Readings cover North Central and West Texas with partly cloudy skies Sunday and Monday Coastal areas may see widely scattered thunderstorms South Central Texas remains clear to partly cloudy with afternoon thundershowers near the coast No significant temperature changes expected
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Snyder
Central
West
Texas
County to adopt 1959 budget at 10 am hearing
County commissioners set tax rate at 1.11 per 100, below last year’s 1.20, aiming for a 1.315 million total budget with 96 percent tax collection. The airport and hospital levies double, library adds a new operation, and tax rolls must be completed by Oct. 1 as assessor Geral Greene warns of staff needs. Outstanding debt totals 1.743 million.
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County Commissioners Court
Edgar Taylor
Geral G. Greene
Quiz Show Controversy Sparks New York Probe
New York district attorney Frank Hogan expands inquiry into multiple television quiz programs amid complaints of irregular practices. The probe follows stand by contestant allegations on Dotto and rising claims involving Twenty one and other shows. Officials and lawyers pursue possible fixes and libel actions as doubt and curiosity grow.
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New York
Gunpowder Factory
Atty
Frank S. Hogan
Dotto
New York District Attorney's Office
Colgate-Palmolive
Edward Hilgemeier Jr
New York World Telegram & Sun
Hilgemeier
Herbert Stempel
Charles van Doren
van Doren
Nbc-Tv
Stempel
Barry & Enright
World-Telegram & Sun
New York Journal American
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