Nashville School Wrecked by Blast U S Asks Injunction
U S Attorney Brownell moved in Little Rock seeking a court injunction to stop Gov. Faubus and Arkansas National Guard leaders from blocking Negro students from entering Central High School. The action follows three court orders to desegregate and notes directives from Judge Davies. Faubus offered to meet with leaders for a solution amid the standoff.
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Washington
Atty
Brownell
Arkansas National Guard
Little Rock
U. S. District Court
Orval Faubus
National Guard
Central High School
Justice Department
U. S. Dist
Ronald N. Davies
Central High
Faubus
Sherman T
Clinger
Marion £. Johnson
Johnson
Bomb threat forces Phillips High evacuation in Birmingham
In Birmingham Alabama Phillips High School evacuated its 2400 white students after anonymous bomb threats tied to anti integration tensions. Police blocked streets around the downtown black square building slated to explode at 9 59 am as students marched out calmly. Earlier police dispersed a Woodlawn High protest as demonstrators gathered nearby.
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Birmingham
Ala
East Park
Woodlawn High
Woodlawn
Phillips
Seaway Toll Rate Debate Moves to Chicago Hearing
Washington reports the tolls committee opens a preliminary forum on the St. Lawrence Seaway toll rate. Reece Harrill, committee chair, expects witnesses in Chicago to oppose the plan for a composite rate based on capacity and cargo. Local land transport spokesmen voice strong counterpoints.
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Washington
Chicago
U. S. Tolls Committee
St. Lawrence Seaway
Reece Harrill
Tolls
Seaway Corporation
Tolls Committee
History repeats in today’s editorial overview
David Lawrence reviews a century of headlines where war civil rights and crime dominated public attention. He suggests lessons from history on today’s Editorial Page while other features appear across pages including Amusements Financial Bridge Radio-TV Classified Sr. Forum City Life Sports Deaths and letters.
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David Lawrence
Radio-Tv
City Life
Eisenhower Urges Patience in Little Rock Crisis
President Eisenhower urged patience as the government prepared to seek a court injunction to restrain Arkansas Governor Faubus from blocking Negro students at Central High in Little Rock. White House and Justice Department officials said action would be taken this afternoon, with Eisenhower later returning to Newport for golf amid concerns over the Middle East.
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Newport, R. I
Eisenhower
Little Rock
Ark
Rhode Island
White House
Justice Department
U. S. Dist
Ronald W Davies
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
Central High School
Faubus
James C. Hagerty
Atty
Brownell
Washington
Hagerty
Bayard Ewing
Ewing
Ewling
Middle East
Syria
Lodge urges UN to act on Hungary crisis
U S delegate Henry Cabot Lodge called for a special U N General Assembly session to end the grim course of events in Communist Hungary. He urged swift action as Hungarians suffer shootings and imprisonments, following a report indicting the Soviet Union and Janos Kadar regime for brutal repression.
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United Nations
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.N. General Assembly
Hungary
Lodge
Aviation Assembly
Australia
Keith C
Shann
Assembly
Special Committee of
Soviet Union
Janos Kadar
Shawn
United States
Polish Red Chief Pays Tito Visit in Belgrade
Polish Communist Party Chief Wladyslaw Gomulka arrived in Belgrade with a top Polish government and party delegation for his first meeting with Marshal Tito, a major exponent of national communism. The visit aims to discuss ideological alignment and cooperation between Poland and Yugoslavia.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Communist Party
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Marshal Tito
Josef Cyrankle- Che
Federal Pay Rise Study Under Way
Washington UPI reported the administration is reviewing selective pay raises for about 1.5 million postal and civil service workers. Civil Service Commission chairman Harris Ellsworth said a small cabinet committee is examining federal wage scales after President Eisenhower vetoed a blanket pay hike. He pledged a logical fair and discriminating proposal based on expert study to Congress next session.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Harris Ellsworth
Eisenhower
Congress
Syria summons cabinet as nation calls mobilization
Damascus officials met in urgent session to counter perceived U S provocations and consider Syria's response to five U S warships near its coast. Foreign Minister Salah Bitar warned against American war of nerves while reaffirming Arab Liberation policy amid denials of a protest to Washington.
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Damascus
Syria
U. S
Salah Bitari
U.S
Bitar
Latakia
Washington
Firefighters Battle 70 Blazes Across California
Nearly 6,000 firefighters battled 70 wildfires across tinder dry forests and brush. Most blazes were brought under control by dawn, but several raged on. The most severe fires hit Angles, Los Padres, Sequoia and Plumas National Forests, with arson suspected in some cases.
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San Francisco
California
Angles
Los Padres
Sequoia
Plumas National
Camillus Onondaga GOP Primary Debates Settle Local Rifts
Republican families in Camillus and Onondaga face a primary vote to settle intra party disputes. Polls run from noon to 9 p m with results tallied across nine Onondaga and seven Camillus districts. Key contests include supervisors in the Fifth Ward and incumbents facing challengers.
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Camillus
Onondaga
William Savage
GOP
Fifth Ward
Dulles Sees Peaceful Path in Syrian Crisis
Secretary of State Dulles expressed optimism that the Syrian crisis would be resolved peacefully, while warning of elements that could trigger serious trouble. He said the United States will act under certain circumstances but did not specify them and criticized Moscow for seeking greater Middle East influence. He ruled out a general hands off accord with the Soviet Union and urged skepticism toward such arrangements.
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Washington
Dulles
United States
Soviet Union
Russia
Middle East
Moscow
Debbie Drips a Bit Delayed Storm Spares Local Area
Tropical storm Debbie was forecast to hit with lingering rain and warmer air. The region saw light rain and expect mild conditions through tomorrow with the high around 71 and a low near 62 as winds shift from east to southwest up to 30 mph.
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Debbie
Boy Bitten While Capturing Rattlesnake
In St. Petersburg Daniel Boorte, seven, was bitten on the thumbs while capturing a rattlesnake. The incident underscores the need for caution and experience in handling venomous snakes.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Daniel Boorte
Daniel
Voices From Venus Impress The Pentagon Not At All
The Pentagon found 41 000 miles per hour flying Venutian sounds unimpressive and unconvincing though Wayne S Aho and allies push to press the case. Enid Brady identifies Venutians Cymatrak Human Matra and two pilots Mandall and Johan claim a space station 40 000 miles above Earth and speak on a higher frequency.
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Outer Space
Pentagon
Mandall
Johan
Enid
Venus
United Press
Mom
Earth
Maine Votes to Abandon Early Vote in 1960 Referendum
Maine voters approved ending the early September election system in a special referendum. The state will hold all elections in November starting in 1960, after this year's September vote. the change ends the era of the unreliable political weather vane that followed the second Monday in September since statehood.
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Portland
Maine
Iit
Massachusetts
Air Force fires secret missile from Cape Canaveral test site
A small fast missile was launched yesterday from a secret test facility at Cape Canaveral. Observers said the firing appeared routine and Patrick Air Force Base confirmed the launch two hours later without elaborating. The yellow flame rose at approximately 9 40 a.m. local time.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Patrick Air Force Base
Heaven not a market in the preacher’s luncheon tale
A do good lecturer at a luncheon club quips that heaven will not be a place for buying and selling. A business man at a back table mutters that commerce has moved elsewhere, highlighting humorous chatter about commerce and heaven.
Dynamite blast hits integrated Nashville school
A dynamite explosion wrecked Hattie Cotton School in Nashville as protests over first grade racial integration intensified. Police arrested three white men near Fehr School while segregationist John Kasper spoke at a rally. No injuries were reported, but windows shattered and residents awoke to blasts. Authorities tied the blast to ongoing integration clashes. Detonating cap wires and a detonator were found as roadblocks surrounded seven city schools amid another day of demonstrations.
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Nashville, Tenn
Nashville
Hattie Cotton School
Nepro
Hattie Cotton
Fehr School
John Kasper
Clinton
Tenn
Douglass Hosse
Hosse
John Irwin
Carrie May Stay at Sea Hurricane Report Near Bahamas
The season’s third hurricane Carrie moves west-northwest over open sea with 160 mph winds and a 1 mph forward speed. If on course it may pass 300 to 400 miles northeast of San Juan with hundreds more miles of ocean ahead toward the general land area. Tropical storm Debbie forms in the Gulf and tracks north through Georgia and the Carolinas after crossing Florida with heavy rain and strong winds.
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Miami
Fla.n
U. S.weather Bureau
San Juan l
Carrie
San Juan
U. S
Mynah Bird Elmer Named Despite Gender Confusion
In Fort Worth Forest Park 200 the mynah bird Elmer will be renamed after officials learned the bird is not male. Superintendent Jim Brown doubts males lay eggs and notes the bird was believed to be a male for five years.
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Fort Worth
Tex
el- Aelmés
Forest Park 200
Elmer
Jim Brown
Brown
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Walter F. McGuinness
Paul Maggio
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