Byrd Endorses Three Top Democratic Gubernatorial Hopefuls
Sen. Byrd backed the leading Democratic state office seekers at a Harrisonburg rally, urging fidelity to democratic principles. He highlighted opponents Lt. Gov. Stephens and State Sen. Harrison with Gov. candidate Almond absent due to illness, while Almond and Dalton prepared to debate in Richmond.
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Sen
Byrd
D-Va
A. E. S. Stephens
Albertis
Harrison
Brunswick
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Almond
Ted Dalton
Radford
Richmond
Brake Failure Blamed in School Bus Crash Fatal to Three
Three All Saints Catholic School pupils, ages 5 to 12, died after a school bus lost brakes and rolled into a 34 foot ravine on Los Angeles Fast Side. Twenty four others were injured as rescuers rushed them to multiple hospitals.
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Los Angeles
All Saints Catholic School
Steven Majorca
John de Santis
Edward Alwelling
Milton Smith
Ponce
Lyle Christy
Ambassador Protests Death Of U S Citizen In Haiti
In Port au Prince Ambassador Gerald Drew condemned the death of Shibley Talamas a 30 year old textile factory manager amid Haiti turmoil after the Sep 22 presidential election. Talamas died after arrest while police said he attacked an officer and attempted to seize a machine gun. Authorities cited a heart attack but reports of bruises and autopsy hints circulated. The ambassador pressed for explanations and urged caution under curfew as Haiti confronts a tense political scene ahead of the Oct 14 expected transfer of power to Francois Duvalier.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Gerald Drew
Shibley Talamas
United States
Caribbean Negro Republic
Drew
Louis Roumain
Roumain
Talaimas
Talamas
U.S
Kenscoff
Antoine Talamas
Pelionville
Francois Duvalier
Duvalier
Cross-Country holdup killer surrenders after deadly spree
Victor Wayne Whitley 26 of Granger Texas ends a nationwide holdup run that left three dead and four officers wounded in Michigan and Indiana. Whitley, captured unarmed with minor injuries, blamed his dead partner Ralph Walker Taylor and provided a list of 21 holdups from Delaware to Texas.
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North Vernon
Ind
Victor Wayne Whitley
Granger
Tex
Michigan
Indiana
Seymour
Whitley
Ralph Walker Taylor
Kenova
W. Va
Wilmington
Del
Texarkana
Dugald A. Pellot
Clinton
Mich
William Kellems
Scottsburg
Fred Lee
Indianapolis Post
William Kirkham
Robert Gray
Gray
Douglas A. Vogel
Vogel
Lame Duck Cabinet Governs France After Defeat on Algeria Plan
Paris reports a lame duck cabinet governed France as the National Assembly rejected Premier Bourges-Maunoury’s partial self rule for Algeria by 279 to 253. He resigned, Coty refused, and Bourges-Maunoury agreed to stay until a successor is found amid inflation fighting and widespread strikes by farmers and workers.
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Paris
France
National Assembly
Maurice Bouges- Maunory
Algeria
Bourges-Maunory
Rene Coty
Coty
Burges - Malnory
Bourges- Maunory
U.N
Bourges- Maunoury
Jacques Soustelle
Soustelle
Charles de Gaulle
Japan wins seat on United Nations Security Council
Japan was elected to the United Nations Security Council with 55 votes to 25 for Czechoslovakia, backed by the United States, and Canada and Panama were chosen for two-year vacancies. Japanese Ambassador Matsudaira hailed the vote as a vote of confidence and pledged efforts for world peace.
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United Nations
N. Y
Japan
U. N Security Council
Czechoslovakia
United States
Canada
Panama
Kot) Matsudaira
U. N. Economic and Social Council
Chile
Costa Rica
Sudan
Netherlands
France
China
Australia
Cuba
Philippines
Josef Dlirich
Soviet Union
Britain
Latin America
British Commonwealth
Middle East
Western Europe
Europe
U.N
Greece
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Brown Chest Drive Reaches 45 Percent of Goal
L. W. Brown of the Winchester Frederick County Community Chest announced the 1957 campaign kickoff at the George Washington Hotel. Gifts and pledges reached $92,018 pre campaign and totals at headquarters brought the fund to $22,095, 45.4 percent of the $48,611 goal, with $26,540 still needed. Brown stressed helping the less fortunate and equal opportunity for all.
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L. W. Brown
Winchester- Prederick County
Community Chest
Chest Fund
George Washington Hotel
Mr. Brown
Faubus Fears Guard Shift Won’t Ease Tension At Little Rock
Governor Faubus rejects immediate withdrawal of federal troops from Little Rock Central High School noting they are U S Army troops while federalized. He cites ongoing talks with North Carolina Governor Hodges and delays a decision on calling Arkansas’s legislature as crowd unrest continues and a minor incident involving Melba Pattillo and white students is reported.
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Special Star
Ark
Arkansas National Guards
Little Rock
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
Washington
Arkansas
Central High
Melba Pattillo
New Motto Appears on Dollar Bills
Washington AP reports a 1955 law requires the motto In God We Trust on paper currency. The new bills feature the motto above the word one and carry the signature of Treasury Secretary Robert B. Anderson, succeeding George M. Humphrey on July 29.
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Washington
Robert B. Anderson
George M. Humphrey
the Treasury
Boy Stung Many Times Recovers After Bee Attack
Two year old David Dunn was stung by 50 to 60 honey bees while playing with siblings Mary and Carolyn near their home at 414 Pairmont Ave. City Engineer J R Brandon alerted police and ambulance enabling rapid hospital treatment.
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David Dunn
David
J. H. Dunn
Pairmont Ave
J. R. Brandon
Brandon
Dunns
N. Braddock St
Hopital
Mary Dunn
Carolyn Bayliss
Dunn
Little Rock Pastor Attacks Federal Troop Invasion
The Rev. M. L. Moser, Sr of Central Baptist Church denounces federal troops in Little Rock as a violation of constitutional rights and a move toward centralized power. He calls the school desegregation crisis a broader fight over governance rather than race.
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Little Rock
Ark
M. L. Moser
Central Baptist Church
The
Star Today
Arkansas
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Michor
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George Smith
Stephenson
Anita Pennypacker
John E. Pennypacker
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