Integration Dispute Grows as Guard Warns Newsmen
In Little Rock Arkansas armed guardsmen blocked a New York Times interview at Central High School as segregationist crowds gathered. Nine Negroes refused entry. Maj. Gen. Clinger warned reporters of arrest and fines for breaching peace.
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Little Rock
Ark
Central High School
New York
Orval Faubus
Ben Fine
New York Times
Fine
Sherman T. Clinger
Clinger
Arkansas Baptist College
Faubus
Eisenhower
Newport
R.I
James C. Hagerty
White House
Dale Alfod
Alford
Blossom
U. S. Dist
Ronald N. Davies
Central High Integrated
Army weighs moving Texas bound unit away from mixed marriages
In Bad Kreuznach Germany on September 5 AF the U S Army urged Negro soldiers with white wives to transfer out of the Texas bound 2nd Armored Division before it moves to Fort Hood Texas in November. Army and division spokesmen cited embarrassment and cited caution over interracial marriages within the unit.
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Bad Kreuznach
Germany
U.S. Army
Texas
Army
Heidelberg
Spinster Traces Wildy Family To 1500 In 20000 Words
Miss Pearl Wildy of New Athens completes seven year project tracing the Wildy family back to 1500 in Switzerland. She published a seven pound 848 page genealogy after spending 2500 on research and 15000 on printing. Only 65 of 700 copies sold at 25 each. the rest sit at the family farm with her brother Alex and 89 year old mother Mrs Catherine Wildy.
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Pearl Wildy
New Athens
Wildy
Switzerland
Miss Wildy
Alex
Catherine Wildy
Dallas Ordered to Integrate Public Schools
U S District Judge William H Atwell instructed Dallas public schools to begin desegregation at mid term after Christmas. The Dallas system opened current term segregated, with the 5th Circuit previously reversing Atwell and ordering integration with all deliberate speed.
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U. S
William H Atwell
Cola Dallas
Dallas
Atwell
5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Edwardsville Man Killed in Collision Near Bridge
A 38 year old Edwardsville man Dallas J. Prior died in a two vehicle crash near Collinsville after his car struck another vehicle, then hit a concrete bridge and caught fire. State police identified him as the victim.
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Collinsville
Edwardsville
Here
Dallas J. Prior
Stratton Declares He Is Not a Modern GOP
Governor William G. Stratton says he is an active Republican who supports progressive programs and Eisenhower, but rejects labels. He favors state-led functions in education welfare and hospital aid and notes no current Illinois GOP trouble from factional strife.
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O. T. Banton
Springfield
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Tratton
Kansas
Wisconsin
Stratton
Washington
U S Airmen Laud New Russian Jet At McGuire AFB
The TU104 jet from Moscow landed at McGuire Air Force Base New Jersey with a Soviet delegation aboard signaling possible future U S Soviet air links. American and British airmen praised its design while noting questions about commercial viability and range.
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McGuire Air Force Base
N.J
Russia
United States
Moscow
Soviet Union
United Nations
Air Force Base
New Jersey
New York
Peiping
Prague
Siberia
New York City
Teamsters Deny Corrupt Control Claims Ahead of Convention
Washington AP reports Teamsters leaders led by President Dave Beck and James Hoffa denied AFL CIO charges that the union is dominated by corrupt influence. They argued the allegations are overstated and pledged to defend member rights while awaiting the Miami convention opening Sept 30. George Meany warned unions must purge corruption or risk expulsion.
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Washington
Afl-Cio Ethipractices
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Midwest Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Beck
Afl-Cio
Hoffa
Senate Committee
Afa-Cio
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
George Meany
Weather outlook: fair, cool nights and mild days
Fair and cool tonight with little temperature change. Friday will stay fair with highs near 80 and lows in the upper 50s. Yesterday's high 82, low 55. today’s noon reading 76 as sun rises at 5 30 and sets at 6 27. Little Grassy Lake spillway levels show 5 inches below and 3 inches below in two measurements.
Conspiracy Bribery Case Yields Multi Defendants Sentences
New York September 5 John Johnny Jo Dioguardi labor racketeer and two others were sentenced to two years in prison for conspiracy and bribery. Dio was fined $1,000 while Max Chester former Local 405 official received $2,000 and Samuel Goldstein Local 239 president was fined $1,500. Judge Mullen noted the sentences match the evidence and gave Dio the maximum term.
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New York
John
Johnny Jo) Dioguardi
General Sessions
John A. Mullen
Dio
Max Chester
Accused Bookie Uses Police HQ Office in Passaic
Stanley Gradcki faces arraignment on a bookmaking charge and operates from the third floor of Passaic police headquarters. He heads the police department's parking meter maintenance bureau.
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Passaic
N.J
Stanley Gradcki
Gradcki
Shuman Calls for Private Ownership of Rural Cooperatives
Shuman urged Illinois electric cooperatives to retire federal loans and operate as private enterprises with the Rural Electrification Administration as a credit agency, not a supervisor. He warned against a federally owned power system threatening independent coops.
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Ingfield
Aidtocidad
Wastibe Farm Bureau Federation
Charles B. Shuman
Illinois Assn. of Electric Cooperatives
Federal Rural Electrification Administration
Shuman
Mitchell Says Labor Honest in Address at Labor Convention
Secretary of Labor Mitchell praised most labor leaders as honest while urging the public to view recent Senate Rackets Committee disclosures as a minority report. He spoke at the Illinois State Federation of Labor convention where ISIU and ISFL merger talks were discussed amid governor Stratton’s brief remarks.
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Chicago
Mitchell
Labor
Senate
Illinois State Industrial Union
ISIU
CIO
ISFL
AFL
International Afl Co
Stratton
Reuben G. Soderstrom
Live Wisely Age Slowly Prevention of Aging in Health
A health service article urges moderation and self restraint to extend the quality and length of life. It emphasizes regular medical checkups, preventive care, and economic and psychological factors affecting aging. The piece cites Plato and stresses personal responsibility and doctor partnership for a healthier prime and aging.
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Albert L. Chapman
Division of Special Health Services
United States Public Health Service
Plato
Pqeatty i Gallas
Revolt in Cienfuegos Topped by Castro Faction
Rebels backed by naval units and maritime police seized the police HQ in Cienfuegos as fighting raged from dawn. Troops moved in from Santa Clara and Havana forces, with bombing and naval aircraft reported. By noon shooting ceased though planes bombed nearby stations. casualties included police, navy, and terrorists amid alarms of a military junta led by Castro.
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Havana
Cuba
Cienfuegos
Ess
Santa Clara
Las Villas
Cayo Loco
Navy
Mora Naval Base
Campovince
Fidel Castro
Amny
Clenhinaes
Castro
Batista
Wolfson bids $5 million to keep Dodgers in New York
Louis E. Wolfson offered 5 million dollars to purchase the Brooklyn Dodgers and keep the club in New York. Walter Troutman announced the bid as Walter O’Malley was in Wyoming and unavailable for comment. O’Malley warned a modern park is needed or the team could relocate, possibly to Los Angeles.
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New York
Louis E. Wolfson
Brooklyn Dodgers
Walter Troutman
Wolfson
Walter O’malley
Wyoming
O’malley
Los Angeles
Troutman
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Marietta, Ga
Lee
Lawrence Dale
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