Faubus Moves to Close Central High if Negroes Return
Gov. Orval Faubus and aides push legislation to close Central High School entirely if the seven Negro pupils are readmitted by court order or federal action. The plan, to be submitted to the Arkansas Legislature, aims to counter possible Supreme Court orders for reopening on Sept. 2.
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Little Rock
Ark
Orval Faubus
Central High School
Arkansas
Faubus
Pulaski County
Atty
Bruce Bennett
Alaskans Vote Tuesday on Statehood Status
Alaskans face a special election Tuesday to decide three statehood propositions. If all pass, Alaska would become the 49th state joining the Union, while failure of any vote voids the admission act. The vote highlights mixed views on costs, taxes, and potential population and investment growth linked to oil discoveries.
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Juneau
Alaska
Eisenhower
Montana weather: unsettled northeast with thundershowers
The Montana forecast notes east regions partly cloudy Monday and Tuesday with possible thundershowers in the western mountains Tuesday afternoon. Highs reach 85 to 95, with Monday nights dipping to 50 to 65, and western areas see 82 to 92 highs becoming cloudy Tuesday afternoon with similar nights.
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Montana
Western Mountains
Khrushchev: No imminent war risk despite imperialist threats
In a Smolensk speech dated August 13 and published in Moscow, Nikita Khrushchev assured Soviet citizens that he personally does not foresee another war. He said guarantees cannot be given to lunatics in the imperialist world, but current conditions do not show clouds of thunder.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Army Jupiter Rocket Blasts Off But Moon Misses Orbit
An Army Jupiter C rocket launched Explorer V to study space radiation but the satellite failed to reach orbit. Officials said the four stage launcher appeared to function, yet signals ceased after a few minutes and the cause remained unknown.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
API
Washington
Pentagon
Explorer
John Barclay
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Huntsville
Ala
Barclay
George Ludwig
University of Iowa
Ludwig
Driver's Fiddling With Radio Costs 4 Lives
An Eastford Connecticut crash killed four rear passengers and blinded a fifth after the driver fiddled with the radio. James A. Gibbons 20 of East Fairhaven was charged with negligent homicide and bonded. The car with seven party-goers crashed on Route 44 while en route to a New Britain party.
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Eastford
Mass
John Scott
Elaine Pemberton
New Bedford
Mas
James A. Gibbons
East Fairhaven
Mary Meddosa
Wiliam Gomes
Connecticut
Gibbons
Gomes
Miss Mendosa
New Britain
Valier Woman Dies in Crash Raises Montana Toll to 112
Mrs. Marge Lindquist of Valier died after a car hit a parked oil tanker near a curve in Valier early Sunday. Her husband Bob Lindquist was seriously injured. the truck driver Miles L. McGraw was asleep in the cab and uninjured. The crash marked the 112th highway death in Montana this year, down from 127 a year ago.
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Conrad
Valier
Marge Lindquist
Bob
Portland Wreck and Fire Kill Ten in Oregon Near Portland
Two car crash on US Highway 30 east of Portland killed six adults and four children of a Keller Texas family. A Milwaukie house fire killed four Jasmer children and left the mother Lola Jasmer a widow. coroner identifies nine month infant Donald Jasmer and three other youngsters among the victims.
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Ore
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Tex
Nelson
Irene
Providence Hospital
Robert W. Fouts
Vancouver
B.C
Ronald Gene Thompson
Yakima
Wash
James H. White
Howard Mickelsen
Howard Bergstrom
Fouts
Milwaukie
Leslie Peake
Donald Jasmer
Donna Kk. Jasmer
Debra Mary Jasmer
Dennis Jasmer
Jasmer
Darrell
Darlene
Douglas
Lola Jasmer
Ambush Kills Greek Cypriots as Cyprus Truce Jeopardized
In Lyssi near Nicosia the ambush by Royal Ulster Rifles killed three Eoka members. A British soldier was wounded as gunfire followed a suspected arms transfer. Authorities recovered a rifle, submachinegun, pistols, shotguns, pipe bombs and a large cache nearby.
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Cyprus
UPI
Mediterranean
Lyssi
Eoka
Royal Ulster Rifles
Famagusta
George Grivas
Koka
Butte Girl among five injured in Yellowstone crash deaths
A weekend crash on Swan Lake Flat road in Yellowstone Park killed Pat Pinegar 19 and Clyde Moore 20. Survivors include Charles Westwood 18 and Marion Summers 18 with Janet Waymire 19 hospitalized. Pinegar was granddaughter of John Pinegar. Moore son of Charles and Mrs Moore. Waymire daughter of Larry and Mrs Waymire.
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Yellowstone National Park
Pat Pinegar
Spanish Fork
Utah
Clyde Dean Moore
Lodge Grass
Mont
Charles Edward Westwood
Marion Summers
Pearl River
N. Y
Janet Waymire
Butte
Westwood
Park
Swan Lake Flat Road
Mammoth
Miss Pinegar
Moore
John F. Pinegar
Charles D. Moore
7th Fleet Placed on Precautionary Defensive Posture
The Defense Department announced that the U S 7th Fleet has been directed to take normal precautionary defensive measures due to increased Red Chinese fire on the Quemoy Islands. The order extends to all other Far East naval units.
Artillery follows Up Aerial Strike On Chiang s islands
Red China bombarded Quemoy and Little Quemoy and the Tan group in renewed shelling after a major night and morning attack. Nationalist forces defended Tungting Island 17 miles south of Quemoy repelling gunboat and landing craft actions. Two torpedo boats were sunk near Tungting with several crewmen captured.
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Taipei
Formosa
Red China
Quemoys
Tan Islets
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Quemoy
Tungting
Rioting in Nottingham as Whites and West Indian Immigrants Clash
A 90 minute battle in central Nottingham left eight Englishmen hospitalized including a policeman hit by a car. Over 200 people fought with knives razors hats and clubs as baton armed police and fire crews restored order after mass lynching threats.
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Nottingham
England
Britons Protest Rocket Bases At RAF Station
About 200 Britons marched six miles to an Royal Air Force station in Ely to protest the Anglo American agreement and the plan to establish rocket bases in Britain. The rally was organized by a local Labour party branch opposing Prime Minister Macmillan's Conservative government.
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England
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Britain
Labor Party
Macmillan
Train wreck injures two in Mountain Home
A Union Pacific freight train derailed in Mountain Home Idaho injuring two men aboard. The eastbound derailment involved between 15 and 30 cars and occurred Saturday night.
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Mountain Home
Idaho
UPI -Betwen
Union Pacific
Heart of
East Helena Family Home Invaded By Big Bull Snake
A yard long bull snake crawled through an East Helena living room as Amy Chambers and her 7 year old son Alan watched in fright. Service station operator Mike Koich killed and identified the snake, which Mrs. Chambers believed entered through an open back door.
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East Helena
UPI
Amy Chambers
Alan
Mike Koich
Koich
Fire in Bursa Bazaar Destroys 400 Shops and Homes
A million dollar blaze in Bursa Turkey razed over 400 shops and houses in the bazaar district. The fire killed two people and seriously injured ten as a hot dry wind fanned the flames. Authorities estimate the damage at one billion lira.
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Turkey
Bursa
UPI
Hussein seeks Arab reconciliation with Nasser over relations
Jordan's King Hussein and Premier Samir Rifai push to restore diplomatic ties with the United Arab Republic and renew Arab League cooperation. Reports say Nasser delays, insisting Amman take the initiative, while Lebanon also seeks smoother ties with Cairo ahead of Suad Chehab's late September presidency.
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Hussein
Jordan
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Arab League
Lebanon
U.A.R
Samir Rifai
Saudi Arabia
Faisal
Amman
Rifai
Yussein
Suad Chehab
Alaska to Grow as Seaton Predicts Statehood
Interior Secretary Fred A. Seaton told reporters in Fairbanks that Alaska will see a sizable population rise after statehood. He said inquiries about farming and industry reach about two thousand daily and endorsed Republicans for Alaska’s congressional seats while avoiding involvement in Stepovich’s Senate bid. Seaton anticipates more settlers as borders open with statehood and plans to visit during the territorial referendum, traveling via the Alaska Railroad to Anchorage and then Juneau on election day.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
UPI
Fred A. Seaton
Interior Department
Seaton
Mike Stepovich
Senate
Stepovich
Congress
America
Anchorage
Juneau
Nautilus Sets Transatlantic Underwater Speed Record
The submarine USS Nautilus returned to the U.S. coast near Ambrose Lightship after a 6 day 1 hour 55 minute undersea voyage from Portland England. It averaged over 20 knots, beating the Skate's 82 day record and signaling a triumphant port entry into New York Harbor. Skipper William Anderson praised the crew with well done to all hands.
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Ambrose Lightship
U.S
Ambrose
Portland
England
United States
Jules Verne
Narrows
New York Harbor
William Anderson
Anderson
Hudson River
Off duty officer’s dramatic Newark chase ends with badge torn
Newark patrolman David Tom in street clothes spots a motorist run a red light and commandeer a passing car. He fires once as the car escapes, then confronts it again as it nearly hits him. The driver backs up, narrowly missing the officer before tearing the badge from Tom’s hand and speeding away.
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David Tom
Toma
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