Gas Used To Quell Rioters At State Prison
State prison disturbance erupted after a blast and guard’s shotgun halted an inmate attempt. Two hours of turmoil ended when fear gas subdued the riot. Prison director Fred Hallford said 2,000 inmates screamed in fury. several guards were injured and one suffered a heart attack. Two prisoners and a guard were hospitalized. Beds and fixtures were wrecked as inmates attacked with metal posts.
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City Schools Expect 3 400 On Thursday
City schools anticipate a record enrollment with about 3 400 pupils Thursday, slightly up from last year. Superintendent Dr. Garland Quarles says the figure mirrors Frederick County gains as county schools reopen with roughly 5 500 students. Several transfers among white and Negro students are noted, including the James Wood assignment and Stonewall School moves.
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Frederick County
James Wood
Gibson School
Stonewall
Julian E. Brown
Brook
Virginia Labor Day Toll Rises With Road Crashes and Drownings
The Associated Press reports fifteen Virginia deaths over the Labor Day weekend, including eleven highway fatalities and four drownings in the 78 hour period ending last midnight. Notable early losses include a three-vehicle crash near Covington. Virginia’s 1963 highway toll reached 637, compared with 584 a year earlier. A Patrick County crash on U S 58 near Stuart killed Troy Maynard Martin, 19, when a tire blew and the car left the road. Four youths died when a car left Virginia 687 near Covington and hit a tree. A 15-year-old, Jesse Lee Britt of Handsom, drowned in the Nottoway River inlet after swimming with friends.
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Associated Press
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Covington
Troy Maynard. Martin
Patrick Springs
Stuart
Jesse Lee Britt
Handsom
Southampton County
Nottoway
Three Americans aboard missing Viet Nam plane
A Vietnamese air force two engine B26 with three Americans aboard disappeared after completing strafing and bombing runs about 300 miles north of Saigon. U S authorities said the crew included a captain, a first lieutenant, a staff sergeant, and a Vietnamese observer.
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South Viet Nam
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Giant sunflowers and weather outlook in Berryville report
Mrs. Noah Buckbee of Berryville reports a nine foot tall sunflower with 56 blossoms, some six to eight inches wide, grown without special care and yielding actalillys. She notes her plants exceed typical seven feet and jokes about overcare. A September forecast predicts wetter cooler conditions and above normal participation for the month.
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Noah Buckbee
Berryville
Town Crier
Treasure Box Delayed Opening For Alterations
Classified blurbs note a treasure box will not open until September 11 due to alterations. Also advertised are toy and car listings including a 1962 MGA roadster and a 1963 Sprite Renault G, along with full dark cottons and half sizes now available.
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Renault G. W. Motors
Wender’s, Inc
Record Labor Day traffic toll hits 545 deaths
Traffic deaths during the Labor Day holiday rose to 545, a record for the period from Friday evening to Monday midnight, with 20 boating fatalities and 46 drownings. The weekend included multiple fatal crashes, notably a 10-death crash near Dayton in southeast Texas, and followed earlier holiday tolls this year.
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Michigan
Dayton
Texas
Walkout closes Gary Steel Plant over grievance suspensio
About 15,000 U.S. Steel workers at the Gary Indiana Gary works walked out after a grievance committee member was suspended for five days. Pickets blocked entrances as supervisors began banking furnaces. Union officials said the suspended man was not technically an employee while serving on the committee.
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Gary, Ind
Gary
United States Steel Corp
Jack McLaughlin
United Steelworkers Union
U.S. Steel
McLaughlin
Ceremony Cancelled in Boston After Admiral's Wife Dies
The transfer of command for the 1st Naval District to Rear Adm. Wallace M. Beakley was canceled due to the death of his wife in the Boston Naval Shipyard, hours before the scheduled change of command aboard the USS Constitution.
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Boston
1St Naval District
Wallace M. Beakley
Boston Naval Shipyard
Buddhist Monk Denied Asylum In U S Embassy
In Saigon a young Buddhist monk sought asylum at the U S Embassy but was turned away saying the embassy is full. Three monks had earlier been granted asylum, while tensions rose as Vietnam's military governor demanded their return observers noted political friction.
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Vie Nam
U.S
Buddhist Antigovernment Movement
Ton That Dinh
State Department
Washington
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Ngo Dinh Diem
East German Writer Defects To West Berlin
Prof Hans Mayer an East German national prize winner and liberal intellectual defected to West Germany during a Hamburg lecture tour He will not return to Leipzig University where he taught for 15 years Mayer age 56 was once honored by East Germany for works on classical literature and his move is seen as a blow to Soviet bloc intellectuals
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Germany
Hans Mayer
West Germany
Mayer
Leipzig University
Soviet Bloc
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Negro Coed at UGA Secretly Married White Student
Charlayne Hunter, the first Negro woman at the University of Georgia, disclosed she secretly married Walter Stovall, a white student, last spring and that they are expecting a child in December. Stovall, 25, of Douglas, Georgia, said his father reacted strongly to the news.
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New York
Charlayne Hunter
University of Georgia
Walter Stovall
Douglas
George
Stovall
Atlanta Jounal
Holiday Weekend Unmarred in Winchester and Frederick County
Holiday weekend passed peacefully in Winchester and Frederick County with one personal injury accident reported, no fires or drownings. DST confusion caused travel schedule tweaks as metro areas stay on fast time. Schools reopened for about 7,400 students in Frederick and Clarke Counties while parks close for the year and a rest stop operation drew hundreds of cups of coffee and dozens of doughnuts.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Ela
Labor Day Weekend Rioting Becomes Noted Tradition
Thousands of young people rioted over Labor Day weekend in Hampton Beach and three other resort towns including Seaside Oregon Ocean City Maryland and Lake George New York. Police cited more than 400 arrests as the scenes featured casual dress street dances rock throwing bottle tossing and excessive drinking. Evangelist Billy Graham linked the outbursts to youths seeking purpose and meaning and warned they may turn to violence.
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Los Angeles
Billy Graham
1957 Was Worse Summer Driest in a Decade
The summer of 1957 ranked as the third driest in ten years for June to August with 10.56 inches of rain. August brought 2.60 inches, slightly above the 50 year average. The driest June-August in the decade was 5.13 inches in 1957, with 9.59 inches the next driest in 1961. Agricultural leaders blame spotty rainfall for crop damage, as some farms got rain while neighbors received little or none.
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Neighbors Plan Passive Tactics After Racist Incident
Folcroft residents announce nonviolent demonstrations and boycotts against any business serving the Bak er family who moved into a white neighborhood. State police guarded the Delmar development after a mob blocked the move. the Bakers repaired their row house amid vandalism and egg rocks and vegetables littered the lawn.
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Folcroft
Falcroft
Horace
Sarah Baker
Delmar
Khrushchev Heads Home After Tito Talks
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev left Belgrade for home after a two week vacation that seemed to seal reconciliation with Yugoslav President Tito. A warm airport farewell followed their talks, which both men said cleared the path to closer Soviet Yugoslav ties. Chinese officials sent only a minor representative to the departure, signaling continued snubs amid tensions over Tito’s independent Communist stance.
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Yugoslavia
Khrushchev
Tito
Governor Wallace Defies Court With Closed Tuskegee School
Governor George Wallace kept Tuskegee Public School closed by force amid a federal desegregation order. 108 riot-trained troopers ringed the building while Macon County Board of Education insisted schools open as scheduled. Doar of the Justice Department met with board members but did not reveal plans while mounted deputies and state police maintained the blockade.
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Ala
George Wallace
Tuskegee, Ala
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Coe Ae Ent Witn
Elece
Macon County Board of Education
Macon County
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Dallas County
Jim Clark
Justice Department
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Macon
John Doar
Doar
Jus Department
Weather rise in Richmond region nudges temperatures higher
A southerly circulation brings a slight uptick in Richmond area temperatures. The AP report notes warmer conditions though no significant precipitation or storm activity is expected. Highs near seasonal norms and modest humidity characterize the forecast as residents prepare for milder warmth.
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