Syria denies talks with Turkey under mediation plan
Syria rejects mediation talks with Turkey under King Saud auspices and says it will escalate its complaint to the UN over Turkish troop concentrations on the border according to an official Damascus statement.
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Macmillan to Bring Top Nuclear Policy Planners to U. S.
London reports Prime Minister Macmillan will take three top nuclear policy planners to Washington for a conference with President Eisenhower. They aim to propose a US British partnership in nuclear and rocket research and coordinate efforts through a joint planning directorate in Washington.
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Foreign Office
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Moscow
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Philip de Zulueta
Middle East
School Closed For Cleanup After $100,000 Fire
Dumfries Elementary in Prince William County sustained an estimated 100000 damage from a Saturday night blaze. The building was gutted in the lower wing, nine fire companies fought the fire, and 20 of 26 classrooms may be back by the weekend.
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Dumfries
Prince William County
Pattie
Trains Collide Near Turkish Base. Dozens Dead
A head on collision between the Simpson Balkan Express and a local passenger train near Catalca Turkey killed 19 people and wounded many more. Reports say a local train packed with soldiers suffered most casualties while station masters were arrested as inquiries begin.
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Istanbul
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London
Crash Victims Identified Migrant Worker among the Dead
The Rt 7 crash near Winchester killed Lawrence D. Jones 39 Immokalee Florida and Dorothy May Sheetz Houston Texas. Jones was a migratory fruit worker with several apple harvest seasons. Sheetz’s body was sent to Houston for funeral services Wednesday.
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Fla
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Houston
Tex
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Miss Sheetz
Houston Texas
Mr. Jones
Supreme Court Ends Virginia Pupil Placement Plan
Republican Ted Dalton urged a special Virginia Legislature session to repeal the massed resistance pupil placement plan after the Supreme Court struck it down. He called for quick action to fill the resulting legal vacuum and offered to back legislation adopting a pupil assignment plan. Dalton urged Gov. Stanley and Democratic candidate Almond to sponsor the measure to address desegregation crisis.
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Ted Dalton
Virginia
Dalton
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GOP
General Assembly
Almond
J. Lindsay Almond
Democratic Casa
Didate
Stanley
State Senate
Armistead Boothe
Alexandria
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Supreme Court rejects review on Virginia pupil placement law
The Supreme Court refused to review a lower court ruling upholding Virginia’s 1956 Pupil Placement Act in Norfolk and Newport News segregation cases. The decision leaves the circuit court’s stance intact, with judges finding the act unconstitutional on its face and not requiring racial mixing, while debates widen into gubernatorial politics.
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Queen Elizabeth II Receives Star-Studded NYC Welcome
The Queen and Prince Philip arrived in New York to a massive ticker tape greeting. Gov. Averell Harriman welcomed them as crowds along Staten Island and Manhattan cheered and confetti rained down during a festive parade and ferry ride past the Statue of Liberty.
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Shell blasts as freight car burns near Piedmont
Fire aboard a Seaboard Air Line ammunition car near Piedmont Alabama detonated shells at intervals, causing evacuations of about 200 residents. Fort McClellan troops patrolled the area as the car burned, blocking the Birmingham to Richmond main line and delaying rail traffic.
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Wilmington
N.C
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Meghway
Alabama
Richmond, Va
Thomas I. Thomas, Winchester Cold Storage Leader, Dies
Thomas I. Thomas 72 longtime manager of Winchester Cold Storage since 1943 died at his home 608 8 Washington St. He was born September 25 1845 in Eckert Md survived by wife and one daughter and three grandchildren his son Lt. Joseph B. Thomas killed at Salerno. Funeral tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church with Rev. W Holt Louder. Pallbearers listed. memorials to Christ Episcopal Church Memorial Fund.
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W Va
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Almond Maintains Stance After Virginia Ruling
Democratic governor candidate J Lind Almond said his campaign position remains unchanged after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Virginia’s pupil placement law. He noted being unfazed by past desegregation battles and declined to propose next steps for Virginia.
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J. Lindsay Almond
U.S. Supreme Court
Virginia
Almond
Little Rock
High
Absence Rate Hits Twenty Percent in Winchester Schools
Superintendent Garland R. Quarles reports 491 pupils absent today in Winchester, about 20 an 18 per cent of enrollment across five schools. James Wood shows 329 absent from 1,211, with Douglas the only school down from prior days.
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Garland R. Quarles
James Wood
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Virginia Avenue
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Handley
Best U S View of Sputnik Tonight Likely Across Regions
Cambridge observers say the Soviet rocket, launched Oct 4, will cross the nation three times this evening. It will pass about 150 miles high, moving southward, with sightings near Boston around 6 05 p m EST and similar times along the East Florida New York and Washington corridors. Moonwatch head Dr Leon Campbell warns viewers not to mistake Venus for the satellite as it moves like a high flying jet.
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
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East
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Washington
Democrats Claim President Responsible for Little Rock Tension
The Democratic National Committee statement says President Eisenhower bears substantial responsibility for the trouble at Little Rock due to inaction on enforcing constitutional rights. The advisory council criticizes delays in creating the Civil Rights Commission and appointing an assistant attorney general to oversee enforcement, noting six weeks since the law took effect with no commission or key appointees.
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Eisenhower
Little Rock
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Advisory
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Council
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North Carolina
Democratic National Committee
Congress
Senate
GOP Framework in South Jolted
The Wall Street Journal reports a large survey of Republican strength in the South following Little Rick. The Star notes the piece appears on page 4 today.
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Wall Street Journal
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