Mob Attacks Integration Protests in Clinton and Mansfield
A hundreds strong mob disrupted Clinton Tennessee streets in protest of school integration at Clinton High School. In Mansfield Texas, more than 300 residents barred Negro enrollment at the high school, prompting Texas Ranger involvement and a school board move to delay integration for a year.
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Texas
Clinton, Tenn
Iaunchet
Clinton High School
Mansfield
Tex
Clinton
U. S
Robert L. Taylor
East
U.S. 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals At
Houston
Love Tops Suez Crisis As Girl Marries Egyptian
In Sheffield England on September 1 AP reports Jill West 18 wed Dr Shawkat Abdel-Kader Ismail 31 an Egyptian. The wedding won over the Suez crisis with Jill's parents opposing the match but not attending. The couple plans a two week England honeymoon then travel to Egypt. The bride and groom promise to mend the rift with Jill’s relatives before leaving.
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Sheffield
England
Jill West
Shawkat Abdel-Kader Ismail
Egypt
Jill
Dr. Ismail
Ten Die As Air Force Plane Crashes in Alaska
An Air Force B50 weather plane from Eielson Air Force Base crashed on a tiny Susitna River island 50 miles northwest of Anchorage. Ten crew members were killed and one is believed dead. Names were withheld. helicopters landed on a mud bank near the wreckage.
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Alaska
Air Force
Susitna
Eielson Air Force Base
Fair
Bombs Hit Episkopi Cantonment in Cyprus Attack
In Nicosia the British reported a series of bomb blasts at the Episkopi Joint Middle East Command Cantonment. A gasoline fire damaged the sergeants and officers messes, with unexploded devices found. The violence follows a hospital gunfight that left four dead, as security tightens amid Suez Crisis tensions.
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Cyprus
Episkopi
Joint
Middle East
Greece
Labor Day Traffic Toll Rises With Weekend Deaths
The Associated Press report notes 28 traffic fatalities by 8 a.m. CST on Labor Day weekend, including 2 drownings and 5 other causes, bringing the toll to 35. The National Safety Council estimates up to 480 may die during the holiday period ending Monday midnight amid widespread rain across the eastern U.S. and cautious driving.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
15 Car Crash Near Mt Vernon Sparks Record SI Traffic
A 15 car pileup nine miles north of Mt Vernon is described as Southern Illinois' worst traffic accident to date. Details are continued on Page 3.
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Mt. Vernon
Illinois
Holiday Traffic Toll Rivaled by Safety Council Estimate
The National Safety Council warns the 480 traffic deaths could top two weeks earlier AP counts by 114. A non-holiday survey labeled 366 deaths over 78 hours from 6 p.m. yesterday to midnight Monday, with Christmas 1955's 609 deaths as the record three‑day toll. State totals include Illinois 203, Indiana 300, Iowa 100, Kansas 200, Michigan 100, Missouri 400, New York 321, Ohio 501.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
Illinois
Indiana
Town
Kansas
Michigan
Missouri
New York
Ohio
Kitten Hidden in Mailbox Baffles Louisville Police
Sept 1 AP report says teens tampered with a letter box in Louisville Kentucky. Police and a postman opened the box finding a calm faun colored kitten. Postman Henry T Pierce Jr took the kitten to his six children.
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Louisville
Henry T. Pierce Jr
Pierce
Campaign Slogans Stolen by Teens in Chicago Ward
In Chicago's 43rd Ward, hand-lettered campaign slogans were stolen by youths and moved to a hotel, leaving organizers puzzled about the motive and asking for tips.
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Chicago
43Rd Ward
French Units Sail Today For Cyprus
Thousands of French troops board ships bound for the Mediterranean as preparations advance for talks on the canal issue. An advance party has reached a British ruled island near Suez while France and Britain bolster forces in the region ahead of a five nation committee led by Australia. The plan seeks an international board linked to the United Nations with Egypt as a member.
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Mediterranean
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France
Algeria
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Cyprus
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Canal
Robert G. Menzies
Australia
London
United Nations
Stevenson Silent On Governor Candidate Amid Paschen Fallout
Adlai E. Stevenson declines to name a Democratic candidate to replace Herbert Paschen as Illinois governor while investigations into a welfare fund in Paschen’s office continue. Mayor Daley and James Ronan weigh options including Morris Sachs and Otto Kerner among others. Ronan denies a link between the employee fund and his party duties.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Herbert C. Paschen
Illinois
Richard Daley
Ean
Daley
James A. Ronan
Paschen
Cook County
Ronan
Democratic State Central Committee
William Stratton
Stevenson
Joseph Leman
Stephen Mitchell
Democrat’ National
Chicagoity
Morris B. Sachs
John E. Cassidy
Peoria
Karl Meyer
John S. Clark
Otto Kerner
Robert J. Dunne
Richard Austin
Abraham Marovitz
Cornelius Harrington
The
Chicago American
Corning
N.Y
State Democratic Committee
Ike to Offer Stevenson Intelligence Reports
Washington September 1 The White House indicates President Eisenhower will formally offer Adlai Stevenson intelligence reports on foreign affairs next week Press Secretary James Hagerty said Stevenson had welcomed such an offer Chicago news conference yesterday If accepted the CIA would provide the information to the Democratic nominee to ensure continuity in foreign policy and avoid partisan conflict.
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White House
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Stevenson
Chicago
Central Intelligence Agency
Forecast Fair and Dry Through Labor Day Weekend
The Weather Bureau reports fair and dry conditions across most of the nation for the Labor Day weekend. Cooler air is expected to spread from the Northwest to the northern plains with scattered showers Sunday. Snow flurries possible in northern Wyoming as a cooling trend enters Monday.
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Weather Bureau
Plains
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Mississippi Valley
Outlook
Ohio Valley
Southern Illinoisan Skips Labor Day Publication
The Southern Illinoisan will not publish on Monday due to Labor Day. The paper notes a publishing pause and returns with the next issue on Tuesday.
Pelisy Assigned to 588th Engineer Battalion
PFC Donald BR Pelisy son of Mrs. Glesser Leenwaller 420 E Division St Murphysboro has been assigned to the 588th Engineer Battalion at Fort Belvoir Virginia.
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Donald BR. Pelisy
Glesser Leenwaller
E. Division St., Murphysboro
Fort Belvoir
Four Convicts Escape San Quentin, Flee By Plane
Four California convicts hijacked a plane at Happy Camp and flew to Medford Oregon. Gerald Baucum 27 of San Francisco led the flight with accomplices Charles Morgan 37 Los Angeles Paul Marquez 26 Los Angeles and Edward Virgil 26 Sacramento. FBI agents searched along roads near Myrtle Creek Oregon after the theft and pursuit.
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Ore
FBI
Oregon Ice
Here
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San Quentin
Siskiyou County
Oregon
Myrtle Creek
Happy Camp
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Medford
Gerald E. Baucum
San Francisco
Baucum
San Diego
Marine
Charles Morgan
Paul Marquez
Los Angeles
Edward Virgil
Sacramento
Virgil
Morgan
Marquez
Du Quoin Fair Opens with Big Crowd at New Hambletonian Site
Crowds swell at the Du Quoin State Fair grounds the new home of the Hambletonian as visitors enjoy a cloudy but lively Saturday morning. Promoter Buck Kidd reports track conditions should be nearly perfect by afternoon while three days of Grand Circuit races begin with a 100 mile Labor Day feature. Senator Dirksen speaks during the Grand Circuit program, presenting the winner Anka da, a 3 year old trotter owned by Dave N. K. Ward. The Starlight Horse Show closes with the Col Gus Thompson Memorial stake awarded to King of the Hollow from Sunnyslope Farms. Dorothy Collins headlines Stagerama returning after travel rest.
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The
Hambletonian
J. E. (Buck) Kidd
Springfield
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Ankada
Dave N. K. Ward
Dirksen
PeThe
Starlight
Gus Thompson
Donny Hayes
Don Hayes
King of the Hollow
Sunnyslope Farms
Scott City
Kan
Dorothy Collins
Fair Schedule Attracts Big Car Sprints And Revue
The program lists events for Labor Day including a 100 Mile Championship Big Car Race at 1 p m. with $3.50 to $4.50, the 1956 Stagerama with 8 p m. shows $1 to $2.50, and Labor Day Revue starring Tennessee Ernie at 8 p m. with $2.50 to $4.50. Monday features Big Car Sprints at 1 p m. priced $2.50 to $3.50.
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Tennessee Ernie
Stagerama to Close as New Acts Take Outdoor Stage
The festival continues through Sunday featuring the Whiz Kids, Roger Ray, and Dancing Waters. Tennessee Ernie and an all-new cast will headline Labor Day night with the star due to arrive Monday, according to fair officials.
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Roger Ray
Dancing Waters
Tennessee Ernie
Seven Stateville inmates cause disturbance at Joliet prison
Seven convicts provoked a disturbance in the detention hospital at Stateville penitentiary Joliet. Assistant Warden Joseph Dort said the men banged on tin plates and threw food and water against walls in protest of moving three prisoners to Menard State Penitentiary psychiatric division.
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Stateville Penitentiary
Joliet
Joseph Dort
Dort
Menard State Penitentiary Psychiatric Division
Woman Surrenders in Williamson County Murder Case
Alida Cannon 30 turned herself in at Williamson County jail about 1 45 a m after confessing to shooting her husband Raymond Lee Cannon 31 in their home near Wolf Creek Church. He was found dead in bed with one chest wound. Two sons 10 and 7 were cared for by a grandmother as authorities prepare murder charges and an inquest in Marion.
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Alida Cannon
Rt. 3
Carbondale
Williamson County
Raymond Lee Cannon
Wolf Creek Church
Carl Miller
Herrin
Miller
Terry Lee
Marvin Ray
Eden Park
Sneed
Cannon
Herschel Cannon
California
Iva Chitty Cannon
Sangamo
Ordill
Joe
Marion
James
Gillespie
Gerald
East Gary
Ind
George
Crewe Cover
Richard
Kenneth
Beverly Cannon
John Boswich
Oak Park
Wilson-Frick Funeral Home
Berkeley Boy Wounded in Air Gun Accident
James P. Bowler II 13 of Berkeley was wounded when a pellet gun discharged while his cousin William Bridley 15 showed it. They were with grandparents near Cruce Lake west of Waukegan. Bowler underwent surgery at St. Therese Hospital. doctors said condition not critical.
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Berkely
Waukegan
James P. Bowler II
Berkeley
Bowler
William Bridley
James P. Bowler Sr
Cruce Lake
Wauke
St. Therese Hospital
Weather update for Southern Illinois weekend
Cloudy cool period for Southern Illinois with a few afternoon showers. Tonight partly cloudy and cooler. Sunday mostly fair and pleasant. Lows near 60 tonight, highs in the low 60s.
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Illinois
Weather and lake levels report
Weather data records show low yesterday 70, today 65 at 6 pm. High yesterday 86, noon today 79. Precipitation totaled 1.09 inches from early yesterday to 7 am today. Sun rose at 5:25 am and set at 6:34 pm. Crab Orchard Lake is 3 inches below spillway, Little Grassy Lake 31 inches below spillway today.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
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