Eisenhower Vows Legal Means to Uphold Integration
President Eisenhower stated he will use every legal means to uphold the Federal Constitution in the Little Rock school integration case. He planned to return to Washington for a White House conference with Atty. Gen. Brownell and other officials, then fly back to Newport, with a possible Baltimore stop for Ruth Eisenhower’s social debut. Faubus had ordered National Guardsmen to Little Rock Central High School to halt integration, seeking peace and order while federal authorities discussed possible custody actions.
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Newport
R. I
Eisenhower
Arkansas
Orval E. Faubus
Little Rock
Washington
White House
Atty
Brownell
Syria
Baltimore
Ruth Eisenhower
Milton S. Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins University
Newport Country Club
Supreme Court
Faubus
Court Petitioned To Postpone Integration Edict
The Arkansas Little Rock integration case upticks as Gov. Faubus deploys National Guard to block nine Black students from Central High. The Little Rock School Board asks a US District Court to postpone indefinitely its order to integrate citing rising tension between pupil groups and antagonistic parent factions. President Eisenhower plans to return to Washington for a conference on the case.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Arkansas
Little Rock
Orval Faubus
Newport
R. I
Washington
Atty
Gen
Brownell
Faubus
Central High School
Central High
National Guard
Ark
Sergeant Acquitted in Trainee Misconduct Case at Fort Carson
A special court martial at Fort Carson, Colorado, acquitted Sgt. J C Alexander Brown of mistreatment accusations from trainee Pvt. Maurice Willis. Brown testified he disciplined trainees as duty required, stressing a duty to work with fellow Black soldiers. Willis alleged a nosebleed from a stomach strike and a slap. defense witnesses described Brown as even tempered and outside disciplinary reach. The case forms the second of eight enlisted men charged in trainee mistreatment.
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FT. Carson
Colo
J.C. Alexander Brown
Brown
Warrington
Fla
Maurice Willis
Kansas City
Willis
9Th Infantry Regiment
Pvt
Paul J. Seiburt
Seiburt
Lebanon Receives French Tanks Under 1957 Pact
Paris announced that France delivered tanks to Lebanon starting in 1957 under a long standing agreement. A Foreign Office spokesman did not reveal the number sent and noted Syria has been receiving arms from the Soviet Union.
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Paris
France
Lebanon
Syria
Soviet Union
Travel Ban Lifts for Americans to Red Bulgaria
The United States lifts its seven year old ban on travel by Americans to Red Bulgaria. An easing precedent mirrors actions on Red China and individual requests may be approved for professional or national interest reasons.
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Washington
United States
Bulgaria
State Department
Avery Brundage
International Olympics Committee
Department
Sofia
Red China
Brundage
Harvey Hudson
Associated Press
Paris
Reid
State Dept
U.S
U.S. to Rush Weapons To Mideast In Swift Airlift
The United States plans an airlift to Jordan and rapid arms deliveries to Lebanon, Iraq and Turkey amid serious Syrian tensions. Officials said Pentagon moves speed up shipments drawn from European stocks and aim to reassure Syria's neighbors of U.S. resolve against Communist threats.
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Washington
United States
Middle East
Jordan
Lebanon
Iraq
Turkey
Syria
Lou W. Henderson
State Dept
Eisenhower
Dulles
Newport
R. I
Pentagon
Military Air Transport Service
Air Force
Hussein
Mideast
Defense Dept
U.S
Idaho Man Heads Power Group
John T. Kimball of Idaho Power Co. was elected president of the Northwest Electric Light and Power Assn. FE. M. Naughton steps down as president of Utah Power and Light Co. New officers include Dr. Tom Ingledon of Vancouver and George M. Brunzell of Washington Water Power Co. The banquet featured planning remarks by William V. O'Brien of General Electric Co. and an induction ceremony for two Blackfeet Indians.
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East Glacier
John T. Kimball
Idaho Power Co
Northwest Electric Light and Power Assn
NELPA
FE. M. Naughton
Utah Power and Light Co
Tom Ingledon
Vancouver
B. C
British Columbia Electric Co
George M. Brunzell
Washington Water Power Co
Spokane
William V. O'Brien
New York City
General Electric Co
Legal Fight Over Old Boat Legend Sinking 103 Years Ago
In Clarksville Texas a dispute over what may be the remains of the Jim Turner paddler-wheeler arises as two claimants press salvage rights. Benny Badgett and Merle Ferguson seek ownership of the wreck found in the Red River with an octagon mast, amid rumors of cargo including gold whisky and chinaware from the 1850s era.
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Texas
Clarksville
Tex
Red River
Here
Benny Badgett
Jim Turner
Badgett
Ed Shipp
Isabel
Okla
Merle Ferguson
Frank Edwards
S. B. Allen
Bonham, Tex
Clarksville North Standard
Oglesby & Griswold
Shreveport
Turner Wilson & Co
New Orleans
Jack Logan
Red River Valley
Logan
Farm Output Up Despite Fewer Farmers
Farm output has risen 36 percent since 1940 as mechanization fertilizers and improved seeds boost productivity. Experts credit modern farming methods and efficiency. Remove outdated items you no longer use with Want Ads to raise income. Phone 5451.
Traveler of fake checks finally jailed after 11 years
Charles Speedie 51, known as The Traveler, passed more than 500000 in phony checks across 40 states using nearly 350 aliases. He was arrested in Middleburg Heights Ohio after a tip from Oregon authorities. police found merchandise warehouses in San Fernando and Speedie admitted a long career of forgeries and cashing bad checks. He claimed work as a writer and photographer for a farm equipment firm.
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Los Angeles
Middleburg Heights
Cleveland
Ohio
Charles Speedie
San Fernando
Calif
Speedie
Lane County
Oregon
D. R. Sheldon
Robert Brown
Brown
Fay Branch
Oklahoma City
Salt Lake City
Need of Water Projects Voiced at Powell Meeting
W A Dexheimer, commissioner of reclamation, outlined three main reasons to continue reclamation projects despite rising costs. He cited water conservation, growing food needs, and multipurpose planning as essential. The discussion occurred during the 10th Annual Upper Basin Irrigators Conference marking the Shoshone Reclamation Project anniversary.
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Powell
Wyo
W. A. Dexheimer
Reclamation
Dexheimer
Lightning Hits Three Times Near Miller Home
A Bigfork resident recounts a rare thunderstorm incident in which lightning struck within 100 feet of the Miller residence near Echo Lake store three times in three minutes. A pole was hit, a haystack burned, and a field was struck before firefighters contained the blaze.
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Bigfork
E. A. Miller
Miller
Echo Lake
Montana Weather Forecast For Friday and Saturday
Montana east section expects partly cloudy skies Friday and Friday night with increasing winds and warmer highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s and lows in the 40s to 50s. West section shows mostly cloudy north and partly cloudy south with cloudier Friday night and Saturday, highs 78 to 88, lows 40s to 50.
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Montana
State Electrical Group Meets In Butte Today
Leading industry figures gather in Butte for three days as the Montana Chapter National Electrical Contractors Assn meets at Finlen Hotel. Officers to be elected Saturday with talks by John H. Powel Phil Smith and Joe Bollenger on fastenings lighting and membership progress. A Montana Employers Benefit Board session closes the event.
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Butte
Montana
National Electrical Contractors Assn
Finlen Hotel
Board of
John H. Powel
Seattle
Phil Smith
Salt Lake City
Joe Bollenger
Montana Employes Benefit Board
National Electrical Benefit Fund
Galen Naylor
Billings
Art Stuart
Bozeman
Keith McConnell
Anaconda
A. L. Rowe
Great Falls
Earl Coyne
Bollenger
National
Olliver Schmidt
Walter Scheid
Lewistown
Kenneth Mitchell
Ed Anderson
William Wilson
Frank Gilroy
Missoula
Soldier Girard Trial Resumes in Maebashi Japan
The trial reopens with defense denying orders to fire on scrap collectors. Lt. Billy Mahon testified that firing empty casings is dangerous and not instructed. Specialist 3 C William S. Girard faces manslaughter charges for a January 30 death in Maebashi.
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Naka Sakai
Girard
Rebel Sailors Lead Uprising Bid In Cuba
Cuban government forces backed by tanks and warplanes fought a day long battle in Cienfuegos to crush an uprising led by naval and maritime police defectors tied to Fidel Castro. About 400 rebels were killed or captured as police headquarters and the city hall were bombed and shelled.
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Havana
Cuba
Batista
Cienfuegos
Naval
Fidel Castro
Francisco Tabernilla
Army
Adm
Rodriguez Calderon
Cienfuegos Navy Post
Cayo Loco Base
Cienfuegos Bay
Anaconda Girl Killed in U S 10 Crash Near Butte
Barbara Mengon 17 of Anaconda died when a car she rode in overturned on U S Highway 10 about nine miles southeast of Butte early Thursday. Driver Maurice Finnegan 26, also of Anaconda, was treated for injuries and not seriously hurt. The accident occurred at about 1 15 a m as Finnegan said headlights blinded him on a curve. The car left the road and rolled into a ditch. Mengon’s body was taken to Richards Funeral Home. Authorities noted this was Montana’s 137th traffic fatality in 1957 and counted five Silver Bow County deaths this year.
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Barbara Mengon
Montana
Butte
Miss Mengan
Hickory St
Anaconda
Richards Funeral Home
Maurice D. Finnegan
Finnegan
Miss Mengon
Richard Mengon Sr
Hickory
Mengon
Richard Mengan Jr
Silver Bow County
St. James Hospital
State Highway Patrol
Peter Lehman
William Madlena
Don Miller
Walter Stocker
Roller Crushed Road Worker Near Circle Montana
Tony Roos, 46, a Montana Highway Department employee, was killed when a 6 ton road roller slid off a shoulder on Montana Highway 18, fell 15 feet, and crushed him. Priest Father Pavalis administered last rites as Roos died en route to Glendive hospital. Survivors include his widow Vera and five children.
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Glendive
Montana Highway Dept
Circle
Clarence Owen
Warren Meade
Tony Roos
Terry
Montana
Pavalis
Highway Dept
Roos
Vera
Labor racketeer Dio sentenced to two years in prison
Johnny Dio and two co-defendants received two year terms and $1,000 fines for bribery and conspiracy in a labor extortion case involving Kings Electro Plating and Kings Automatic Plating in New York. Dio, real name John Dioguardi, invoked the fifth amendment repeatedly before the Senate Rackets Committee.
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New York
U.P
Johnny Dio
General Sessions
John A. Mullen
Dio
Mullen
Washington
John L. McClellan
Senate Rackets Committee
Committee
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
McClellan
John Dioguardi
Congress
Tombs
Sing Sing
Thomas L. Dewey
Yellowstone Park visitors rise again surpassing million mark
Yellowstone National Park officials report 1 417 072 visitors through Aug 31, up 148 706 from a year earlier. Travel this season is 11.7 percent higher than 1956 and 20.4 percent above 1955, with the millionth guest admitted on Aug 6, the tenth straight year above one million.
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Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Yellowstone National Park
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