UN Opens Crucial Session Amid Disarmament Debate
The U N General Assembly opens a crucial session to elect a new president and consider Malay as the 82nd member while disarmament tops the agenda. Dulles and Gromyko prepare policy speeches as Russia and Britain back a hard line against Red China seating.
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United Nations
N. Y
U.N. General Assembly
Assembly
Thailand
Wan Waithayakon
U.N
United States
Russia
Dulles
Andrei Gromyko
Syria
Middle East
China
India
Red China
Britain
U.S
London
U.N. Disarmament
Big Three
Canada
Soviet Union
Boy Trapped In Box Dies In New Jersey School
A one year old boy, Charles Harris, died after being trapped for two hours in a 22 inch deep wooden box used for athletic equipment at Locust Ave School in West Long Branch New Jersey. The lid reportedly shut as the hasp snapped and authorities work to determine the cause while heat and shock are noted factors. Teacher Mrs Hazel Lozier alerted the school superintendent Elbert Hoppenstedt as officials and police conducted a search.
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West Long Branch
N. J
Charles Harris
Locust Ave
Hazel Lozier
Elbert Hoppenstedt
Patrolman Dies After Russian Roulette Challenge
Cleveland patrolman Howard Rickert, 36, died from a self inflicted head wound during a Russian roulette game with a six shot revolver. His partner George Trammel and two ambulance attendants heard him say four is too many and three are better for a 50-50 chance before the fatal shot.
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Cleveland
Howard Rickert
George Trammel
Rickert
Trammel
Huck Finn Offensive Sparks Editorial Debate
The Star editorial page considers the growing claim that Huckleberry Finn is racially offensive amid a broader challenge to native American literature and folk music. The piece notes controversy over authorial works and cultural impact.
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Mark Twain
the Star
Try Our New England Clam Chowder HoJo George Washington Hotel
A Howard Johnson restaurant at the George Washington Hotel promotes New England clam chowder. The brief item highlights the dish as a featured offering in the dining venue.
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New England
Howard Johnson
George Washington
Telephone operations remain normal at local office
Robert E. Heitzel, manager of the local Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, said today all operations are normal. There are no pickets at local installations and all employees reported to work as scheduled. long distance calls to affected areas have been completed satisfactorily so far.
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Robert E. Heitzel
Chespeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Heitzel
Heltzel
Dhat
Rescue Crews Dig Into Tons of Rock For Trapped Miner
Rescue teams 4000 feet inside Tierney No.1 mine Herndon West Virginia press on to reach trapped miner Arlie Davis amid a deadly roof fall. Paul D Kratsch and Arnold Wingo bodies recovered. 115 miners at Primier Pocahontas Co. face ongoing shoring and extraction efforts.
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Mullens
W.va
West Virginia
Arlie (Padge
Davis
Tierney No
Herndon
Paul D. Kratsch
Princeton
Arnold T. Wingo
South Mullens
Primier Pocahontas Co
E. L. Murphy
Lloyd McKinney
Bud
Grant Hudson
Allen C. Kales
Kedley
Rocket blast at test site kills one injures six
An experimental rocket engine not running exploded during a routine test at the Maval air rocket test station near Lake Denmark. Herbert L. Bell of Arlington Texas died from burns. Six others were injured, including four Chance-Vought representatives. Cause under study.
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Dover
N.J
Herbert L. Bell
Arlington Tex
Lake Denmark
Reaction Motors, Inc
Bell
Chance-Vought Aircraft Co
Dallas
Dover General Hospital
William Dellecker
Hackettstown
Hjalma
Lagerquist
Ramsey
R. L. Johnson
R. D. Tweedy
Chance Vought
Glen Repp
Elmer Baier
U S Mediator Seeks End to Phone Strike
Federal mediator meets with top negotiators as 23,800 AT T installers strike across 44 states and DC. CWA says the walkout is 100 percent effective. service reports show limited long distance delays and automatic local service in most areas. Wages and travel allowances are at issue with a one year contract proposed by the union and a 15 cent hourly increase plus travel pay.
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New York
States
District of Columbia
CWA
Joseph E. Dunne
American Telephone
Tropical Storm Esther Aims at Louisiana Marshlands
Esther, a tropical storm with 50 mph winds, moved north at 10 mph toward south Louisiana. Warnings extended from Lake Charles to Grand Isle as residents along the coast prepared. past storms Audrey and Bertha are recalled for context and caution.
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New Orleans
Esther
Reau
Lake Charles
Jury Deliberations Begin in Confidential Libel Trial
In Los Angeles a six by six juror panel begins deliberations in the Confidential magazine criminal libel case against Publisher's Distributing Corp Hollywood Research Corp and Fred and Marjorie Meade. The jury will decide if the defendants conspired to publish lewd material with penalties up to five years and a $5000 fine. The judge defined obscenity and malice and noted truth alone is not a defense without motive. Maureen O'Hara and Dorothy Dandridge testified for the prosecution as major witnesses in a trial that had promised an all star lineup.
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Los Angeles
Publisher's Distributing Corp
Hollywood Research Corp
Fred
Marjorie Meade
Herbert Vv
Walker
Walter
Maureen O'Hara
Dorothy Dandrige
Governor Seeks Pause in Little Rock Integration Standoff
In Little Rock Governor Paulius offers no public cue on his next move in the Central High School integration dispute. Rep Brooks Hays visits Faubus and says a solution cannot be postponed, while Mayor Mann asks for 24 hours notice as tension and rumors mount.
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Little Rock
Ark
Brooks Hays
Orval Paulius
Integration Central High School
Hays
Arkansas Democrat
Eisenhower
Faubus
Texas
Woodrow Wilson Mann
Mann
Central High
Moscow says first satellite to be launched shortly
London reports a Moscow radio broadcast stating the Soviet Union will launch its first artificial satellite soon. It notes the craft will be heavier than U S designs and carry a strong radio transmitter for widespread amateur reception. The broadcast cites speeds required to reach lunar, solar, and interstellar orbits and mentions 125 rockets planned for 1957 58 IGY observations from the USSR and Antarctica.
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Moscow
London
Moscow Radio
Soviet Union
Antarctica
Rainfall Reaches 4.03 Inches in September Totals
Local rainfall for September climbs to 4.03 inches with 0.55 inches more today. Temperatures dip to 60s tonight with a high in the 70s expected tomorrow. A rummage sale at Reformed Church on Cameron and Cork Streets runs Friday evening and Saturday morning.
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Cameron and
Cork Sts
Thai army seizes power as Pibulsonggram flees to Malaya
Bangkok sees tanks around the capital as Sarit Thanarat proclaims a seizure in the name of the people. Ousted pro Western premier Pibulsonggram reportedly flees to Malaya while Sarit, now Bangkok governor, promises a new government and vows to honor SEATO and foreign treaties.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Sarit Thanarat
P. Pibulsonggram
Malaya
Phumiphon Adaldet
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Sarit
Pibulsonggram
National Assembly
Wan Waithayakon
U. N. General Assembly
U. N
Phao Sriyanond
Adm
Yuthasart Kosol
Communists May Enter U S For 1960 Olympics
The United States ruled that Red Chinese or any bona fide Communist athletes may enter the country to compete in the 1960 Olympic Games. They will face health and security checks but no fingerprinting, per State Department spokesman Lincoln White.
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Washington
United States
State Department
America
Lincoln White
Attendance Up At Integrated Nashville Schools
In Nashville six integrated elementary schools saw higher attendance today as first grade classes resumed under a federal court injunction and police protection. Picket lines vanished and Hatty Cotton School reopened after a dynamite blast. most of the Negro pupils in mixed classes attended, though exact figures were unavailable. Federal Judge William E Miller reinforced order with a new injunction replacing the previous temporary restraining order.
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Nashville, Tenn
Hattie Cotton School
William E. Muller
Judee Miller
Johnson warns U S must meet missile threat at any cost
Louis Johnson, former defense secretary, told the American Legion in Atlantic City that the United States must confront the reported Russian intercontinental missile threat at whatever cost.
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Atlantic City
Louis Johnson
American Legion
United States
Flu Threatens 10 Close Schools And Industry
Asian flu outbreaks in Britain disrupt navy units and risk shutdowns of schools and industry. Derby reports 60 bus drivers ill and 129 pupils at one school. Donisthorpe colliery lists 220 sick miners. Coventry and Bury also affected with 1400 of 7000 Bury students out.
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London
Britain
Derby
Donisthorpe
Coventry
Bury
Eisenhower Meets Brundage on Federal Budget Talks
President Eisenhower and Budget Director Percival Brundage discussed federal budget problems for 45 minutes at Newport Rhode Island. Maurice Stans, Brundages new deputy, attended after being sworn in. The president planned two speeches during a Newport stay and a Washington trip with a World Bank IMF meeting and NSC session on the schedule.
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Newport
Eisenhower
Percival Brundage
White House
Brundage
Washington
Maurice H. Stans
Vacatirn
Fisenehower
World Bank
International Monetary Fund
International Finance Corp
National Security Council
Three Indicted On B and E Charge in Frederick County
Frederick County Circuit Court Stand jury returned indictments charging breaking and entering, larceny and hit and run. Clarence Whitlock John G Campbell and James Webber face two counts of breaking and entering and larceny for an August 7 incident at Muriel Fosbrink's storehouse. Trials scheduled October 17 18 before felony juries.
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Frederick County
Clarence Whitlock
John G Campbell
James Webber
Muriel E. Fosbrink
M.R. Fosbrink
J. Randolph Larrick
Webber
Whitlock
Milton Harris
Campbell
Yesters
Elwood Harris Kerns
W. L. Brown
Ruth M. Brown
Kerns
Harris
James F. Laux
Police Seek Escapee From Local Lock Up
Police search for Daniel Henson a Middletown man in his 20s who broke away during a transfer from the city lock up to the county jail He was pursued by Officers Maurice Lake and Paul Dick as far as Indian Alley near Mc Crorys store before slipping away Details on the charge were not learned this afternoon
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Middletown
Daniel Henson
Maurice Lake
Paul Dick
Henson
Indian Alley
McCrory
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American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Long Lines
Sixth Ave
New York City
Telephone Exchange
Communications Workers of America
Walter A. Maggiolo
Mediation and Conciliation Service
Communication Workers of America
Louisiana
Phao
Pibul
SEATO
Nashville
U.S. 1
Richmond
Lke
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