Progress Reported in Suez Talks Between Nasser and Menzies Group
In Cairo the Menzies Committee and President Nasser are said to have moved to substantive talks on a possible Suez settlement. The five nation group Aus Ethiop IA Iran Sweden and the United States push an 18 nation operation plan for the canal nationalized by Egypt. Lloyd in Paris says NATO will get a report on the London conference and that use of force remains a last resort with military preparations precautionary.
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Cairo
Egypt
Menzies
Nasser
Suez Canal
Robert G. Menzies
Australia
Ethiopia
Iran
Sweden
United States
Red Sea
Dulles
Paris
Council
The
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Selwyn Lloyd
London
Lloyd
Santa Fe Chief Hits Mail Train in New Mexico Tragedy
A head on crash between the Santa Fe Chief and a sidetracked mail train near Springer New Mexico early today left twenty railway workers dead. At least seven were injured with many passengers unharmed. The wreck severely mangled both trains with seven cars remaining on the tracks. Identified dead include L J Rush E O Foster W H Adams and W L Schriever.
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Springer
N. M
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Denver
L. J. Rush
Raton
E. O. Foster
W. H. Adams
W. L. Schriever
Las Vegas
Jim Walter
Rockford, Ill
Charles Kincaid
Albuquerque
William P. Wright
Chicago
Norman Rosen
New York
Jessie Schweizer
Maplewood
Hattie Meckfensee
Associated Press
John B. Curtis
Ranch
Curtis
Eisenhower to Campaign in Midwest Farm Belt in 1952 Run
President Eisenhower outlined his early re election plan centering on the Midwest farm belt He will speak in Newton Iowa on September 21 and deliver at least four speeches this month A nationwide TV radio discussion on farm policy is planned from an undecided site He condemned extremist actions on both sides of school desegregation and reaffirmed commitment to the Supreme Court ruling.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Newton
Iowa
South
Rosh Hashanah Observed Across Terre Haute Synagogues
Terre Haute observes Rosh Hashanah the Jewish New Year beginning the ten high holy days. United Hebrew Congregation conducts services with Rabbi Emil Leipziger at Temple Israel and Rabbi Marshall Berg at Temple Bnai Abraham. Services run Wed 7 45 p m and Thu 10 a m at Temple Israel. Wed 7 p m Thu 8 a m Fri 8 a m at Temple Bnai Abraham. Atonement fast follows on Sept 15.
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Terre Haute
United Hebrew Congregation
Emil Leipziger
Temple Israel
Marshall Berg
Temple B’nai Abraham
City teachers greet 9000 students as 1956 57 school year opens
Some 420 city school teachers welcomed over 9,000 youngsters at classroom doors on Wednesday marking the start of the 1956 57 school year. Kindergarten through senior high pupils registered in 18 grade schools while Laboratory School enrollment follows on September 12.
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Laboratory
Council Applies Economy Axe To County Budget
Vigo County Council slashed numerous budget requests on the second day of reviews for the 1957 county budget. Council members and officials questioned line items from Clerk Catherine Fee and Auditor Everett Acree to Sheriff Trierweiler and other officers, with large cuts to prisoners meals and tax season staffing. Continued On Page 16, Column 4.
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Vigo County
Everett Branam
Frank Mann
Charles Leeth
Pierce Turner
Fred Bauer
Stanley J. Cooper
Edward Johnson
Everett J. Acree
Thelma Nasser
Catherine M. Fee
Everett Acree
Paul B. Sheehan
John Trierweiler
Paul Meadows
Luers
Self-Styled Pauper Found With Cash in Terre Haute Banks
Chief of Detectives Willard Gantz said a 70-year-old man who claimed to be penniless was found with $595 in his billfold and nearly $10 000 deposited in two Terre Haute banks. Guy Bean 511 North Sixth street was identified after a north side woman reported him sleeping on her porch and seeking lodging.
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Willard Gantz
Terre Haute
Gantz
Guy Bean
North Sixth Street
Bean
North Side
Spencer and Moline
Ill
Laboratory School Opening Seeks 1956-57 Registrants
All students from kindergarten to 12 planning to attend the Laboratory School for the 1956 57 year must register at 9 o clock Wednesday September 12. School will dismiss early Wednesday afternoon with full days for grades 7 to 12 beginning Thursday September 13. Grades 1 to 6 attend until noon on Thursday and Friday. Transfers from township trustees should present documents.
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Laboratory School
Pedestrian 63 Fatally Hurt On Highway 40
A Terre Haute resident Benjamin C Red Palmer aged 63 died after being struck by a car on U S Highway 40 near Highland Lawn cemetery. Driver Don D Allery 43 Brazil said he could not avoid the collision. Palmer was pronounced dead on arrival at St Anthony Hospital. He is survived by his wife Ruth two daughters Lorene Richardson and Donna Oliver and three step-daughters. Continued on page 3 column 4.
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Terre Haute
Vigo County
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Benjamin C. “Red” Palmer
Fourth Avenue
Don D. Allery
Brazil
Joseph Crock
Raymond Foltz
Don Bovenschulte Palmer
Allery
Palmer
St. Anthony Hospital
Ruth
Lorene Richardson
Donna Oliver
Bedford
Helen Knott
Dear Driver Please Look Out For My Little Girl
A father begs drivers to slow down near schools and intersections after describing his seven year old daughter starting first grade. He urges cautious driving and notes the risk of children darting from parked cars, asking others to protect her as she rides toward education.
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Scoot
Racial disorders flare as schools open across South
Racial tensions surged in southern communities as the new school year began after the Supreme Court ruling on segregation. Sporadic clashes occurred but many districts moved toward integration with increased Negro enrollment. The Southern Education Reporting Service estimates about 300,000 of 2,500,000 Negroes live in integrated districts, mostly in border states. In Clinton Tennessee, National Guardsmen with tanks aided law and order as nine of twelve eligible Negro students attended classes before returning home. Continued on Page 3, Column 5.
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South
U. S. Supreme Court
Troupiiag
Tennessee
Southern Education Reporting Service
Knoxville
Tenn
States
District of Columbia
Deep South
High Tribunal
Law and Order
Tennessee National Guardsmen
Clinton, Tenn
East
End of Draft Called For By Stevenson
Los Angeles September 5 Stevenson demands end to military draft at earliest moment safest for nation. He tells American Legion convention the national will supports abolition and attacks Republicans for politicking with peace. He urges a campaign over which party offers the most responsible peace program and notes future forces may rely on mobile units and tactical atomic weapons. He stresses urging trained men to re enlist.
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Los Angeles
Adlai E. Stevenson
National Convention of the
American Legion
Stevenson
Swedish radar worker indicted for grand espionage
Anatole Ericsson a 46 year old radar instrument maker was indicted for grand espionage for Russia. The indictment says he supplied Russia with secret radar information since 1951. Ericsson pleaded guilty at a preliminary hearing on August 21 and said he sold blueprints and photos of Swedish radar equipment to Russia.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Anatole Ericsson
Russia
Ericsson
Tennessee judge who ordered Clinton integration a famed Tennessean
U S district judge Robert Love Taylor who ordered Clinton High School integration is a Tennessee figure from Washington County and a former state party leader. His family arc spans governors Alf and Bob Taylor with a history in Democratic politics and Tennessee history. He first ruled on Clinton in 1952 denying Negro admittance before the 1954 Supreme Court ruling. He signed the latest order January 4 and has a reputation for firm rulings, including sentencing segregationist John Kasper for contempt of court.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Clinton High School
Anderson County
Tennessee
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Robert Love Taylor
U. S
East Tennessee
Washington County
Upper East Tennessee
Circuit Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Clinton High
John Kasper
Washington, D. C
Taylor
Kasper
Little Bob
Alf Taylor
Bob Taylor
Alf
Bob
Washington
Uncle Bob
Russians Hold Japanese Fishermen Near Habomai Islands
Nemuro coast guard reports seven Japanese fishing boats captured by Russian patrols near the Habomai islands. The boats were harvesting sea weed and fishermen were warned to avoid the area.
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Nemuro
Japan
Nemuro Coast Guard
Habomai Islands
Coast Guard
Weather map reports showers and river levels
The weather map indicates showers with temperatures around 83 to 84 degrees. River stage reads 1 foot and falling as of 2 p.m., sunrise at 6:22 and sunset at 7:15.
Local Conditions Report
Yesterday's high reached 87 degrees and the low dropped to 59 with no precipitation.
Forecast for Terre Haute and Indiana Regions
Cloudy with showers and thunderstorms tonight into Thursday. Cooler tonight and Thursday. Low 60 in Terre Haute area, 50s to 60s elsewhere, with 70s to 77s north and 76 to 85 south by Thursday afternoon. Mostly cloudy statewide with scattered showers and cooler conditions.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
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