Little Rock School Integration Plans Abandoned
National Guard troops ring Little Rock Central High as the school board halts integration amid Faubus orders. Nine Negro entrants did not attend. whites and a crowd of about 200 adults watched as guardians and officials faced protests and leaflets from segregation supporters. The NAACP plans potential legal action.
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Little Rock
Ark
Little Rock Central High
National
Orval Faubus
Faubus
Eisenhower
Justice Department
Central High School
Harrisonburg Fire Truck Burns Up in Grass Blaze
Harrisonburg Hose Co. No. 4 returned from a grass fire five miles from town to find their 1942 fire truck destroyed. The vehicle ran into a ravine while trying to move, and nearby departments aided with no success. Insurance estimates place replacement at about $15,000.
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Harrisonburg
Hose Co. No. 4
Shenandoah
Bridgewater
Elkton
Grottoes
Negro Man Killed In Clarke County Hunting Accident
James Philip Fields 22, of Moorefield West Virginia, died from a heart shot when a rifle discharged while hunting on Cecil Wolfe farm near Berryville. The incident occurred at about 10 a.m. as a 14-year-old white boy reached for the gun. Fields was pronounced dead at the scene and the body is at John H Enders Funeral Home in Berryville awaiting return to Moorefield.
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James Philip Fields
Moorefield
W Va
Cecil Wolfe
Berryville
Donald Sheet
Wolfe
Faetody
John H Enders
Willam A. Lundy
Crestview
Fla
Army of the Confederacy
Bill
Traffic Deaths Exceed Labor Day Predictions
Traffic fatalities over Labor Day weekend totaled at least 610 Americans with 431 deaths from traffic incidents. Drownings accounted for 87 lives and 92 deaths occurred in other accidents. The National Safety Council had predicted 420 traffic deaths, while the three day period saw a rise from last year and a record high during the era.
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National Safety Council
Nede Dearborn
Associated Press
Budget Reduction Fails to Justify Tax Cut Says Eisenhower
President Eisenhower told a news conference Congress cut spending by about a billion dollars, not enough to justify a tax cut. He warned inflation is the country’s main problem and rejected peacetime wage price controls while pushing conservative governance. He hopes continued savings could enable lower taxes next year.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Clearing Cooler Weather Forecast For Area Tonight
Scattered showers end this evening as skies clear for tomorrow with cooler temperatures. Lows between 64 and 72 degrees. September rainfall totaled 1.7 inches, notched as the second driest August tied with 1904 for August record.
Burial Rites Rushed For 176 Jamaicans Killed in Train Wreck
In Mandeville Jamaica a Roman Catholic excursion train derailed near Kendal killing 176 with death toll likely to rise. Nearly 700 injured crowded hospitals as authorities order a national day of mourning and rapid burials.
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Mandeville
Jamaica
Caribbean
Kingston
Montego Bay
Kendal
John J. McEleney
Woburn
Mass
Spalding
Mandeville Hospital
Acung
John Stow
Norman Manley
Supreme Court
Stow
Balaclava
Kenda
Eisenhower Says ICBM Testing Far From Production
President Eisenhower during a news conference argued that mere testing of intercontinental ballistic missiles is far from production. He noted Soviet claims were evasive and declined to reveal progress while stressing high priority and long timelines for a practical long range missile capability.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Eienhower
Soviet Union
Robbers Take $1400 From Nain Market in Broad Daylight
At Crossroad Grocery in Nain operator C H Lyles said two men robbed him at gunpoint and fled in a blue 1948-50 Plymouth with District of Columbia plates. He described the dark skinned adult male as 25 to 30, wearing a khaki shirt and pants, and added a second man was light skinned of similar age. An alarm extends to VA MD and DC as investigators pursue leads.
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Robert L. DeHaven
Lyles
Mr. Lyles
District of Columbia
JWS
Byrd Attacks Court and Civil Rights Bill at Picnic
U S Sen Harry F Byrd addressed about several thousand at his Berryville orchard picnic blasting the Supreme Court for eroding states rights and opposing desegregation rulings and FBI files. He condemned civil rights legislation as evil while praising Thurmond and noting budget cuts as a good sign.
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Berryville
U. 5S
Harry F. Byrd
Supreme Court
High Court
Sen
Byrd
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Sen Strom Thurmond
Sen. Byrd
Congress
Len Byrd
CIO Urges Repeal of Right to Work Law in Virginia
Norfolk regional CIO organizer Oliver Singleton urged voters to back Republican Ted Dalton to repeal Virginia's right to work law. He called for destroying the Byrd organization if repeal succeeds. Washington APL CIO VP Albert Hayes dismissed claims of widespread labor leadership corruption and blamed employers and politicians for McCellan committee scrutiny.
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CIO
Norfolk
Ted Dalton
Virginia
Oliver Single ‘Ton
Maryland
District of Columbia
Delaware
Byrd Organization
Washington
Apl-Cio
Albert J. Hayes
McCellan
Negro and white pupils attend Gillespie School together
In Greensboro North Carolina five African American children entered Gillespie Elementary and Junior High Schools alongside white students for the first time amid limited disruption. Police Chief Paul Calhoun moved to calm hecklers as observers watched the integration proceed at the historic moment.
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Frederick and
Clarke County
Robinson Elementary School
Joan Whitacre
Bonnie Cooper
Eugene H. Cooper
Danny Easter
Dayton Easter
Greensboro
N.C
North Carolina
Gillespie
Paul Calhoun
Parther
For Sale Damsons and Prunes at L C Dick Estate
Estate sale notice in Clearbrook Virginia lists you pick fruit with prices at 75e per bit. Indicates L DICK ESTATE as contact with location in Clearbrook VA and a date or code 1 (1p-0-3-20).
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Damsons
Stanley Prunes
L. C. Dick
Clearbrook
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