Attendance Slipping State Women Take Spotlight at Fair
State fair coverage notes Women Organizations Day with leaders from across New York visiting the Harriet May Mills Memorial Building where awards honor public service. Attendance on Labor Day reached 72 654 with three day total 154 065, below last year’s pace due partly to half price tickets not being valid on peak days and favorable weather keeping crowds lighter on Saturday and Sunday. An estimated 12 000 remained on grounds as the piece notes continued on page five.
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New York
Harriet
May Mills
Labor Day traffic deaths top 400 in early tally
Early Labor Day traffic toll surpasses 400 with 420 deaths and 8 drownings, 7 plane crash deaths, and 51 in miscellaneous causes. Texas leads states with 36 fatalities followed by California 32 and Ohio 30. officials doubt a new record will be set and expect a lower final toll.
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Ned N. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Dearborn
United Press
Texas
California
Ohio
New York
Missouri
Illinois
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Labor Day Toll Tops 40 Across New York State
Accidents over the Labor Day weekend claim 45 lives in New York State with 33 highway fatalities reported from Friday evening to last night. Authorities warn the toll could rise beyond 453 nationally if bad weather and heavy traffic persist. News notes multiple fatal crashes in Ohio New York Texas and a drowning near Huffman Texas.
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New York State
Newark
Ohio
Zanesville
Muskingum River
Troy
Today's Editorial Page Highlights School Crisis
The editorial notes a continuing crisis in schools with many communities especially suburban and rural areas suffering as the new session begins. Sylvia Porter is cited on the topic. Other features span Amusements Letters Bridge Radio-TV Classified Sr.Forum City Life Sports Deaths and more with Today's Pictures on page 12.
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Sylvia Porter
Two Drivers Arraigned In County Drunken Driving Cases
Two drunken driving arraignments dominated a county and city court session. Floyd B Tuck 34 of AD 2 Clay pleaded not guilty to felonious drunken driving and left the scene charge after a pole crash on Briggs Street and a sewer vent incident on Seymour Street. He posted 1500 bail and faces separate Sept 27 examinations. John De Finn 67 Fulton and Syracuse pleaded guilty to drunken driving and had license and registration revoked after arraignment before Peace Justice Fred Root.
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Clay
Truman H. Preston
Tuck
Baldwinsville
Ambrose Abert
John McCormick
Briggs St
Seymour St
John de Finn
Fulton
Syracuse
Fred Root
Pitcher Hill
Root
Finn
Oneida St
Slocum Ave
Woman accused in $22,000 Fellows Advertising embezzlement
A mother of three is sought on two counts of second degree grand larceny for forging checks at Fellows Advertising Agency 511 E Fayette St. Over 20 months the bookkeeper allegedly stole up to 22 thousand dollars. She reportedly had signing authority and altered records. The case surfaced after Byron Fellows disclosed shortages from September 1954 to April 1955 and 99 forged checks were turned over to police.
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Fellows Advertising Agency
E. Fayette St
Charles Edick
P. Leo Dorsey
Byron Fellows
Concern
Fellows
John Litcher
William Busch
Philadelphia
Nasser to answer canal control plan amid Suez talks
Cairo amid rising tension as President Nasser prepares to respond to the Dulles plan for international control of the Suez Canal. Australian Prime Minister Menzies leads the five nation Suez Committee with US Sweden Iran and Ethiopia under pressure for progress.
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Lou Henderson
U. S
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CATRO
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Suez Canal Committee
Dulles
Robert Gordon Menzies
Suez Committee
Menzies
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Sweden
Iran
Ethiopia
John Foster Dulles
Suez Canal Company
Egypt
Ike Offers Stevenson Confidential Briefings on Foreign Intel
President Eisenhower proposes weekly confidential briefings of foreign intelligence to Adlai Stevenson after the latter asked for such information. White House officials said the offer was prepared as the opposition sought access to current data. In Dacca two killed and five injured as protests over food shortages and floods escalate.
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Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Whites House
James C. Hagerty
Dacca
East Pakistan
Pat Eienhower
Hagerty
Werei
Hagerty Says Eisenhower Stevenson Briefings Offered
Hagerty stated that Eisenhower and Stevenson are both offering weekly intelligence data briefings to him. He referenced the ongoing discussions about national security oversight and information sharing between campaigns.
Pilot says girlfriend leaped from plane above Mt Tam
Flora Elizabeth Anderson a 21 year old UC Berkeley student died after leaping from a light aircraft during a struggle with the pilot Stanley Gordon 28. Authorities termed the death a possible suicide resulting from a silent struggle aboard the San Rafael flight en route to Stinson Beach. Searchers combed Mt Tamalpais terrain but found no trace of the coed.
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Anderson
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University of California
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A. Marin County Sheriff's Posse
Air Force
Javits Urges Amendments to Youth Court Act
New York Attorney General Jacob K. Javits proposed amendments to the Youth Court Act at the 47th annual conference of New York State municipal officials. He stressed the act should be understood and amended rather than repealed and urged cautious, sympathetic application.
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Jacob’ K. Javits
State Youth Court
New York State
Javits
Jis
No Fair For Fair Weather Tonight To Tomorrow
The article notes a brief state fair forecast with sunny today and mild temperatures. Scattered showers are expected late tonight and tomorrow morning, with clearing and cooler weather tomorrow afternoon. A high near 75 is forecast, with winds shifting from southwest to northwest.
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Andrew P. Keller
Time bomb damages Nicosia hotel housing British police
A time bomb exploded in a hotel bedroom in Nicosia causing considerable damage to the premises where British police are stationed. No casualties were reported.
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Nicosia
INS
Baptists Open 76th National Convention in Denver
About 15 000 delegates gather in Denver for the 76th annual National Baptist Convention opening ceremony. A musical features a 1000 voice interracial choir under the opening program.
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Denver
Joke: Roses win heiress marriage for old man
A cartoon caption or joke line shows an old man boasting he wooed an heiress by sending 25 red roses for her 30th birthday, implying a playful win in romance through a simple gesture.
Clinton High School Integrated Attendance Sparks Guard Deployment
Negro students return to Clinton High School amid National Guardsmen watching from nearby for possible violence. Nine students enter through a side door as white peers jeer. three Negro pupils absent. Guards and state troops moved to Oliver Springs to quell demonstrations after a white man was shot. A public address system was prepared but unnecessary as tense calm prevailed.
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Clinton, Tenn
Clinton
Oliver Springs
Clinton High School
Adj
Joe Henry
Maryland High School Protest Over First Integrated Term
A Poolesville High School crowd of 35 to 40 demonstrated against admitting new Black students on the school’s first integrated term. Attendance dropped about 50 percent, with buses sparsely used and Black pupils arriving by private car as some white students stayed away. Similar racial tensions and police presence occurred in Mansfield Texas as Governor Shivers sent Rangers to prevent violence over enrollment attempts.
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Poolesville, Md
Poolesville High School
Clinton
Oliver Springs
South
Mansfield
Tex
Allan
Shivers
Texas
Rangers
Uto
Clifford L. Davis
National Association For the
Hope dims as Frank Nixon enters coma in California
In Whittier California Frank Nixon father of the vice president lapsed into a coma. Doctors said the condition is grave and death could follow. Vice President Nixon visited his father overnight as Hannah Nixon sat by the bedside holding his hand. Ernest Nixon arrived to offer support before his father again slipped into a coma around 2 30 a m. The elder Nixon previously suffered a ruptured abdominal artery and stomach hemorrhages on August 22.
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Nixon
Ernest
University of Pennsylvania
Cross Burned in Kentucky School Protest Incident
A four foot high cross was burned in front of Nicholasville School in Kentucky. The act followed protests over the hiring of three Negro school bus drivers. The Jessamine County School Board rescinded its order and decided to hire white drivers.
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Nicholasville, Ry
Ins
Nicholasville
Jessamine County
Three youths swept from rowboat in Hempstead Harbor incident
A passing speedboat swamped a rented rowboat near PORT WASHINGTON sending three Westbury youths into Hempstead harbor. One boy is missing after the incident last night.
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Westbury
Hempstead ‘Harbor
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