26 Negro Pupils Seek Federal Court Desegregation Order
Twenty six African American students filed in Federal District Court at Alexandria asking the Fairfax County School Board to submit within ten days a complete plan for prompt and reasonable desegregation. Attorney Frank Reeves warned delays would burden the board to prove necessity. the board recently proposed a gradual grade by grade desegregation over twelve years. The story also notes the Gen Nathanael Greene Homestead in Anthony Rhode Island and Nathanael Greene's Revolutionary role.
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Alexandria
Fairfax County
Federal District Court
Frank Reeves
Reeves
Fairfax County Schol Board
Misses skirt pattern and size guidance
Printed Pattern 4852 offers a casual neckline and slimming skirt with a scalloped yoke. Includes half sizes 1414 164% 182 202 2242 242 with size 16 fabric yardage and mailed directions. Send fifty cents plus ten cents for 1st class mail to Anne Adamas at Winchester Evening Star.
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Anne Adamas
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Norfolk School Board Intent Is Challenged
Federal court motions contest the Norfolk School Board plan to build two new Negro elementary schools Rosemont and Coronado. If upheld, eight Negro children would be admitted to Norview Elementary shifting earlier pupil placement rulings and affecting transfers, with further legal contest anticipated August 27.
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Norfolk
Norfolk School Board
Federal District Court
Rosemont
Coronado
Norview Eelementary
Walter E. Hoffman
Norview Elementary
Rosement
State
Red Skelton Chats With Leukemia Victim
Moscow Idaho based Red Skelton telephoned a local hospital to cheer 10 year old Mardella Kleer of Deary who has leukemia. He arranged a hospital room set and promised a future special show for her.
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Moscow
Idaho
Red Skelton
Skelton
Richard
Mardella Kleer
Deary
Mardella
Daily Across Clue Puzzle Errors Obscure Answers
A reader submission presents a misformatted Daily Across puzzle with scattered clues and fragmented entries. The list includes numeric gaps and garbled letter indicators, hindering solution paths and revealing OCR-like transcription issues.
Middle East Anti Red Group Changes Name
The Baghdad Pact alliance has renamed itself the Central Treaty Organization with Ankara confirming the change. The group once included Britain Iran Iraq Pakistan and Turkey and moved headquarters to Ankara after Iraq withdrew. Nearby notes say a British official called the Tehran report premature.
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Ankara
Turkey
Central Treaty Organization
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Baghdad
Iraq
Tehran
Foreign Office
Former Soldier Sues Uncle Sam Over Pay Difference
Nick A. Kanakis 26, a pharmaceutical firm representative and physical therapist, sues the U.S. for 3276 dollars plus interest and allowances claiming his 222.30 lieutenant pay exceeded his 85.80 private pay during service from Feb 1957 to Jan 1959. The Army allegedly had no officer vacancies for physical therapists. His attorney cites federal rules exempting reserve medical specialists from certain commission grades.
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Houston
Tex
Uncle Sam
Nick A. Kanakis
Kanakis
Methodist Hospital
Army Medical Specialists Corps
Army
Gordon J. Kroll
Balloon tires debut on U.S. cars in 1922
The first balloon tires appeared on American automobiles in 1922. The tire and tube industry boosted its daily newspaper ad spend by 11.7 percent from the prior year.
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U.S
John Mann Church Plans Two Special Programs
John Mann Methodist Church sets two events: a Million Dollar Wedding sponsored by youth on August 26 at 8 p.m. and Home Coming on August 30 with morning worship at 11 and a 3 p.m. service led by Rev. Homer A. Bullett of Harpers Ferry W Va. Pastor Rev. M A Bullett invites all friends to both observances.
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John Mann
John Mann Methodist Church
Homer A. Bullett
Harpers Ferry W. Va
M.A. Bullett
Friends of the Church
Supervisors Back Fairfax School Board On Desegregation Plan
Fairfax County supervisors approved the school board's desegregation plan by a 4 to 2 vote. No details were disclosed, but chairman Samuel S. Solomon said the board adopted the program upon learning 26 Negro pupils planned to enter white schools amid a suit filed earlier this week.
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Samuel S. Solomon
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