Byrd decries Ike use of troops in Little Rock as illegal
Senator Byrd denounces President Eisenhower's dispatch of troops to enforce desegregation in Arkansas as an usurpation of power and predicts severe consequences. He labels the move ill advised and deplorable, warning it will harden bitterness and resistence in the South.
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Richmond
Byrd
D-Va
Little Rock
South
Berryville
Rep
Tuck
Harrison
Winchester
Arkansas
Senate
General Assembly
Virginia
Supreme Court
Northerners Back President Ike as Little Rock Crisis Grows
Southern officials attacked Eisenhower's decision to send federal troops to enforce school integration in Little Rock while northern leaders supported the move as essential for law and order. Prominent figures like Adlai Stevenson and Gov. Averell Harriman criticized Faubus and urged firm action to uphold constitutional rights.
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Eisenhower
Little Rock
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Orval Faubus
Arkansas National Guard
A. B. Chandler
Kentucky
Esenhower
Chandler
Sen
Olin Johnston
D-Sc
National Guard
Averell Harriman
New York
Lite Rock
Faubus
New York Democrat
Russell
Sea Island
Frank Clement
Tennessee
Theodore McKeldin
Maryland
McKeldin
Cecil Underwood
West Virginia
Arkansas
McClellan
D-Ark
Marvin Griffin
Georgia
James Folsom
Alabama
Griffin
Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
Prescott Bush
R-Conn
Bush
Ribicoff
Hoffa Indicted on Five Counts of Perjury
James R. Hoffa vice president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters faces five counts of perjury from a federal rackets grand jury. The indictment alleges he lied to the grand jury during an inquiry into alleged wire tapping at Teamster headquarters in Detroit. Also indicted was Benjamin Franklin Collis secretary treasurer of Local 299 with twelve counts of perjury tied to the same investigation.
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NEW Yorkk
James R. Hoffa
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
The
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Grand
Teamster
Detroit
Benjamin Franklin Collis
Integrationists Blamed for Defeat of Gray Proposal
Arlington state senator Charles R. Fenwick blamed NAACP and white integrationists for defeating the Gray Commission assignment plan in the Virginia General Assembly. He noted the plan sought to balance Supreme Court anti segregation rulings with voluntary segregation and parental choice. Fenwick, on the Gray commission since 1954, argued the state instead passed a system of state administered placement.
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Arlington
Virginia General Assembly
Charles R. Fenwick
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Gray Commission
Fenwick
U.S. Supreme Court
Stanley
General Assembly
Assembly
Senate
Supreme Court
Fen
European Papers Spotlight Little Rock Desegregation Front Page News
European newspapers feature Little Rock integration as front page drama. Communist outlets attack U S democracy while left and right press criticize Eisenhower delays. Reports from Paris Rome and London show protests, headlines, and foreign reactions to federal troop intervention.
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Little Rock
Europe
London
United States
Moscow
Soviet Russia
America
Kimsomol Pravda
U.S
United Nations
Paris
Vive Faubus
U. S
Arkansas
Faubus
France
Franc Tireur
Eisenhower
NATO air sea drills suffer two jet collisions two missing
In predawn Atlantic maneuvers during the Strikeback NATO exercise two F4D Sky Ray single seaters from USS Saratoga collided. Two F2S trackers from USS Essex were overdue and feared to have collided. More than 100 ships and 700 aircraft paused to search for the crews.
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London
U.S
Atlantic
Saratoga
Essex
Iceland
Norway
NATO
U. S. Essex
Plan to Relieve Berryville Water Discoloration
Berryville Town Council endorsed a plan to relieve discoloration in mountain-supplied water for about 30 families. H L Maxwell outlined an eight inch main extension from near the filtration plant past the veterans club and a bid from George B Thomas Inc for the line. Council approved the bid and backups include cleaning the mountain reservoirs and installing above ground mains in the Smith Addition. A long term plan for uniform water quality will be discussed at the October meeting.
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Berryville
H. L. Maxwell
Broadstater
Maxwell
Veterans’ Club
Raw Mountain
Rt.7
Smith Addition
George B. Thomas Inc
Auto Inspection Procedure Changed
State police announce three changes to auto inspection rules for the period starting Oct 1. Changes include allowing operation at motorist risk after rejection, permitting inspections in rain, and permitting a half inch of cloudiness on divided windshield center strips. Rejection stickers will indicate vehicle defects. Correction shows auction number MO 2-8303.
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Richmond
C. W. Woodson Jr
Woodson
Girard Linked to Scavenger Chase in Sakai Killing
Witness Hidetsugu Onozeki testifies Girard chased six to seven Japanese brass collectors for over 50 yards on a Somagahara range before fatally shooting Mrs. Naka Sakai. Onozeki says Girard mocked her as she climbed into a foxhole and fired. Nickel corroborates partial timing and intent.
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Somagahara
Japan
William 3. Girard
Naka Sakai
U.S
Hidetsugu Onozeki
Girard
Ottawa
Sakai
Cold Nights Help Area Fruit Growers Color Apples
Area fruit growers report two consecutive cold nights fueling the coloring of this year’s apple harvest. Monday and Tuesday evenings provided the only good coloring conditions, and the cool nights remain a key factor in ripening and color development.
Eisenhower Returns to Newport Vacation Headquarters
President Eisenhower arrives at Newport Rhode Island after addressing the Little Rock crisis from Washington. A Marine helicopter lands him on the lawn of the Newport White House while his Columbine STI arrives from Washington. He plans a round of golf after informal talks with aides.
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Newport
R. I.P
Eisenhower
Washington
Little Rock
Newport White House
U. S. Naval Base
Narragansett Bay
Quonset Point
R. I
Columbine Sti
Bay
Newport Country Club
White House
Juror Illness Complicates Libel Trial In LA
Iness of a juror adds complications to the Confidential magazine criminal libel conspiracy trial. Judge Herbert V. Walker awaits a doctor's report to decide if juror Carl Rush should be replaced by the remaining alternate. Rush complained of a cold and the jurors were in their seventh day of deliberations when the interruption occurred.
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LOS Angeles
Herbert V. Walker
Carl Rush
Rush
Nine Negro Students Enter Central High Under Armed Escort
Nine Negro students entered Central High School under armed guard after clashes with white mobs outside. One white man was clubbed and another stabbed as paratroopers protected the entrants, while six Negro girls and three Negro boys walked in to attend classes.
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Central High
Little Rock
Ark
Central High School
Little Rock Faces Federal Troops Over Integration
In Little Rock, crowds debate President Eisenhower's order sending federal troops to Central High School to enforce integration after a bloodied Monday. Witnesses describe mixed feelings, from support to fear, as Maj. Gen. Walker outlines troops will ensure a peaceful school entry while warnings against loitering and interference are issued.
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101St Airborne Division
Central High School
Little Rock
Camp Campbell
Bob Starr
Ark
Eisenhower
Angri
Central High
Edwin A. Walker
James Meyers
San Antonio
Tex
Louis Breault
James A. Smith
Walker
Lite Rock
Ft. Campbell
101St Airborn
Franklin Ray Beck Indicted In Theft of Bakery Payroll
Franklin Ray Beck age 24 of thee Front Royal Road was indicted in a B and C Baking Co payroll theft case detailing about 220 dollars missing from the firm's office on June 28. Beck is in custody in Mt. Airy N C on a breaking and entering charge.
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Franklin Ray Beck
Thee
Front Royal Road
B & C Baking Co
Corporation Court
FP. M. Funk
Winchester Police Department
Beck
Mt. Airy
N. C
Hannah Fisher
Millwood Pike
W. E. Edwards
Commercial & Savings Bank
AFL CIO orders unions to report on corruption clean up
The Teamsters Union and the Bakery and Confectionery Workers International Union were directed by the AFL-CIO Executive Council to address alleged corruption. They have 30 days to file a report detailing steps to clean up the conditions.
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New York
Teamsters Union
Bakery and Confectionery Workers International Union
Executive Council
Afl-Cio
Smallwood Named Campaign Manager for Clarke County
Sheriff W. W. Smallwood Jr was named Democratic campaign manager by a Clarke County mass meeting announced by secretary John R. Friant The Democratic ticket includes Governor candidate J Lindsay Almond Jr Lieutenant Governor A E Stephens and Attorney General Albertis Harrison as announced.
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W. W. Smallwood, Jr
Clarke County
Mr. Smallwood
John R. Friant
J. Lindsay Almond, Jr
A. E
Stephens
Albertis
Harrison
Attesmey
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Luther Hodges
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Aurore
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Roosevelt
Truman
Italy
Netherlands
West Germany
Austria
Paese
Rome
L’unita
Iron Curtain
Britain
Jimmy Dodson
Demetria Stroud
Central
Henry Carter
Paul Downs
Springfield
C. E. Blake
Blake
Raymond Longerbeam
Clowe's
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Longerbeam
Leonard Ellis
Parters & Merchants Bank
Ellis
Hannah
Bulletin
Smallwood
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