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ARKANSAS BARS INTEGRATION Guardsmen Ring School LITTLE BOCK, Sept. 3 (AP)-Onty white students went to class at Little Reck Central High School this morning while about 200 white adults stood outside the ring of National Guardsmen placed there last night by Gov. Orval Faubus. None the nine Negroes scheduled to en-' COIISJderabJV. i a i nomcm-m ter the 2000-pupil high school today showed up, apparently in compliance with a school board request.

The board called oil the! scheduled integration early a aln "TMr. he brought the today after the governor ordered the troops to the school grounds last night, in efiect halting the planned race mixing. Taubus told a television White students ol Little Rock Central High School file into the tirst day" of classes while National Guardsmen patrol the grounds. No Negro students showed up lor the scheduled integration after Gov. Orval Faubus ordered out the Guard.

His actions caused the school board to ask Negro students to stay away. Brownel! Investigating Little Rock Roadblock WASHINGTON Bt President! find out if any violation of federal selves and not by laws Eisenhower said today Atty. Gen. law has occurred. He commented that the eompro- Eisenhower, asked about the mise civil rights bill which Con- Brownell is looking into the situa- enforced to Bights, as far as Justice Department enforcement is con- and provided for limited tion at Little Rock, where Little Rock dispute and Integra-'gross finally" adopted expresses Gov.

Orval Faubus headed off, tion problems in general with the; the reaction "of the American peo- school integration wrjh National-reopening of schools, said he haslple toward the idea of equal rights Guardsmen. (contended time and time again'even though the bill does not" go At the same tune Eisenhower that impossible to change far as he proposed is con ple hearU fey xvi And yet, he said, when laws'are lick the problem of school Integra- tion by being true to themselves enacled lhey mllst and not by laws. a gradual spirit. Faubus last night stationed Eisenhower said the Jiroblem! jury trials for persons accused of guardsmen around a high school will be solved in the long run by'violating court orders in that which had been ordered' by a fed-'Americans being (rue to them- field, era! court to accept Negro pupils today. A short time later the school bonixl told prospective Ne- pro pupils to stay away from white schools.

They did. The governor did not say his aim was to block integration lie said that might be a result. Faubus did say peace and oitler could not, be. maintained along integration by force. Television-Movies Begin Home Stand BARTLESVILLE, About 300 families viewing Hollywood's latest films ifrom local movie theaters Okla.

(II -today began Without going into detail Risen- their own home television sets. hower said Erowncll is attempting was the beginning of a unique comi io find out what happened in the that has the movie'said Gritting said he hopes to have 2,000 subscribers to the 'service within a year. At the cm-rent charge of S9.50 per month per set, 1,500 customers would permit the pajiy to break even, Griffing experiment mat lias the way of a roadblock against picture producers a Officials of the movie industry grauon in the Arkansas e.ily. watching closely. The'have been invited here to observe Presumably Eisenhower meant; TcJemovier, knmvn as operation.

Public acceptance the attorney genera? is trying to 00 uld prove the salyation of the system could mean a na-j TV advocates. movement: for" similai TM is piped into Hie homes bvise'ups. Griffing said movie mak- roa.xia! cable and is outsioV the'era tool? favorably toward Tele- I Federal Communication Commis-jmovies as one method of increas- sion's jurisdiction. The films are ing their market, cut by i from four theaters here owned by'sion Two thousand Amarillo busi-: video Independent Theaters, Bamlesville, 60 north of nessmen are receiving thrnush 'Oklahoma City. receives the three major the mails this week a oonfiden- Video is banking on the successjTV networks amfwas selected 'or tial questionnaire concerning a i of tlle renlure and has tentative, the tesl so it could be determined new downtown hotel plans to make similar installations.if the fresh movies could provide in of iis 170 other mreaters strong competition jvith TV The form comes from the It has recejvedl The films one a day "are con- Hockenbury of permits from several cities.

jlinuous from noon until midnight Harrisbure. Penn. The firm is Bartlesville's population is and are received in black and carrying out a survey on (lie need MO. Video President Henry S. audience last night that to maintain peace and order the school had to remain un- integrated at least tor the time being.

There were only two quiet demonstrations from the crowd, composed of about 200 students and as many adults. There were no Negroes in sight although a tniolcload of young Xegroes drove to within a block of the school and then left. There was loud handclapping and a few Rebel yells when a teen-aged bo'y unfurled a Confederate flag. "This is no gag," he soberly told a newsman. Members of the Capital Citizens Council distributed leaflets among the spectators.

The leaflets were entitled "What Lincoln said about segregation," and "P.S." at the end included this sentence. "We can and will abolish tax schools if necessary." 0 Faubus had mentioned in his speech that a massive telephone campaign was under way to enlist white mothers for an assembly on the i school grounds today and that motor caravans were converging on the capital' city from other sections of the state. The Rev. Corbett Mask of Benton, some 20 miles to the southwest, aid that he had brought "about a dozen" segregationists with him to, tbfe school. About a dozen National Guard ieeps and trucks were parked bumper to bumper in front of the school and a half-track weapons carrier with the weapons removed block one street.

A few juardsmen congregated across street from the crowd and others were strung out along the 2-block-long front of the buildmg and two or more were stationed at each of the numerous en- rances. flag" out again a few minutes Jater and there was another burst of applause. Some 500 white students were in the building about 30 minutes before classes were scheduled to start and the crowd thinned down considerably, Gen. a T. Clinper, Arkansas adjutant general, arrived on the scene a few minutes before the start nf classes and said that he was pleased to see the crowd so orderly.

Ho estimated the number of Guardsmen at 250. He added that he would report to Fauhus later today. Clinger would not say whether the troops today. be pulled out a Negro newsman, L. C.

Bates, husband oE the Arkansas president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, showed up at the School. White people immediately engulfed him but made no to harm him. Asked what he was doing the-re Bates quipped: "I'm just adding a little color." He said the NAACP attorneys definitely would take some action counter Faubus' move. r.ov. ORVAL FAUBUS THE AMARILLO GLOBE-TIMES cny EIHTIOX Thirly.fourthYear, No.

142 28 Pagca Price 5c Amarillo, Texas, Sept. 3, 1957 Mass Burials Held for Victims of Train Crash MANDEVILLE, Jamaica, Sept. 3 (AP)--The smell of death hung heavy over this little Caribbean mountain resort today as burial services were rushed for nearly 200 killed in the wreck of a Roman Catholic excursion train. It was one of the worst disasters in railroad history. The 12-coach train was packed with nearly 1.500 Roman Catholics returning to Kingston from a religious pilgrimage and holi- IKE CASTS DOUBTS ON RED INTERCONTINENTAL MISSILE WASHINGTON, Sept.

3 Wl --jfor an extended vacation at New President Eisenhower, comment-'uort, R. dealt with these other ing on Russia's intercontinental I matters: missile claims, said today merej INTEGRATION Eisenhower testing of such weapons is a long way from actual production. Eisenhower made the statement at a news conference when said he has conferred with the Justice Department regarding the halting ol integration at Central ment ai a news conference when High Schoo jn Li(t Rork Ark asked whether he could give the nd that the department is inves The crowd stood quietly most lhe time. A National Guard tenant colonel told the boy the flag Rot to displRy it Survey on New Downtown Hotel of il new hotel, under contract with the Amarillo Chamber nf Commerce. The answers Hocfcenbury re- roives will to a large cl lermine the kind nf hotel Arm riilo if miy.

Questions posed to the Ama rillo people are meant lo de tcrmine llnw hie convention facilities should he. Whether Amarillo wants multi-storied lintel Incaleil In Hie business district on a rein ttvoly site, having store rentals, elevators, banquet room ami food department. Whether Anmrillo wants A lower of rooms, food department, store rentals, rahann or motel-type roomn nnd recreational facilities Including a School Zone Speed Limits in Force Police J.t. JUanicl Carter, head of the traffic division, warned city motorists today that the opening of school means the 15 m.p.h. speed limit in all school zones will be strictly enforced and that radar equipment will Be used In some zones.

Carter said the radar equipment will be used primarily in the. school areas where he said stricter traffic regulation is neeessarv. American people any information on the status of this country's efforts to continental (ICBMt. develop' ballistic inter" i i tigating. Gov.

Orval Faubus ordered Na- are going to whip this thing iiii the long run by Americans true to themselves and not by laws. CONGRESS Eisenhower replied hot much when asked whether anything had happened to 'change his assertion two weeks ago that he was tremendously disappointed in the performance of grounds, and the school board The questioyr asked for com-' plameri integration despite ment in The light of the Soviet'" 1 deral ct)llrt order rov ''ng Union's announcement last week, that it had successfully tested! As to the scho01 integration pic- such a weapon. ilure generally. Eisenhower said journed its first session last Fri- ZOO. ilgrimage day outing at Mon- tegp Bay.

on ca's north coast. Nine coaches derailed and plunged over a 100-foot embankment near Kendal, miles irom Mandeville. count of the dead reached at least 183 today. The Catholic bishop of Jamaica, the Most Rev. John I.

McEleney of Wobum, tional Guardsmen to the school I Uie 85th Congress, a mo might rise to Whether Hie AmarlMo businessman and his company could help obtain convention patronage. Whether Ihere Is any illffl- rulty at tills time, ill obtaining hotel reservations for business and professional friends. WheJher the businessman u'lll work on a committee. Whether Ilif businessman Invest. Results of the survey will, he presented to the chamber's board of directors, possibly before Oe.l.

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KM I. RomvrqHft a mm IIMW hbw tc fmr until marry C. PARK for PnlNTlNfi -II Denominational Unity Conference in Session By I.OIUS CASSKI.S for a major effort to rcunile the OBERLIN, Onio (UP) Christian leaders from all parts of North For (lie next eight days, they America met on lhe elm explore the specific differ campus of Oherlin College lodayjcnccs in doctrine and organiza- i tinn which keep Christians separated into more than 250 denomi- 5th Child Expected By Billy Grahams NEW YORK (UP)-Evangelist and lay leaders who are now gath ered at Oberlin. The conference is sponsored the U.S. conference for (he Work Council of Churches, the Nationa Council of Churches and the Ca nations.

They v.ill also talk about nadian Council of Churches. The their common bonds, and will i Rev. Angus Dun, Kpiscopa to mark- out a role toward even-'bishop of Washington, D.C., is union. (chainnan Billy Graham and Ins wife expect uwinnan Among lhe'17 U.S. and Canadian Dun told Hip United Press heir child next spring.

churches represented here, either no one expects the conference tn Graham gave the news lo official delegations or by ob- result in an immediate wave of j'niled Press reporter belore servers, are most of the loading denominational mergers. But he left New York Sunday Protestant and denomi- expressed confidence that it will night for a vacation at his Mon-jnations. The Roman a i achieve "profound progress in mu- reat, N. home, lie had asked church is nol participating. IMA! understanding" which- will This "North American confcr- pave lhe way for later attempts cnce on faith and order' has oul an acllul1 lan hat it not be mentioned until to- lay.

Graham's pretty wife, Ruth, (wo years in preparation.More:" ni ln vas in New York with her bus- than :100 local conferences were Dr Snm McCrea Cavert. U.S. innil for the first few days of lii.s held and Jfi tcgional groups made oxpalliv( secretary of the World Eisenhower replied that anything he said had to be the framework of national se entity. Ho went on to say that careful reading of the Russian announcement marked it more for what II did not say than for what it did say. The President called lhe Soviet announcement most evasive.

The Russians always a been known for statements which serve only tbeir own said. said that in the past the Russians have been something less than completely reliable, and added that on this occasion he saw no reason for placing more crc-dence than usual in the Soviet announcement. As for this country's progress in that field, lite President actually said nothing about the status of work. He did say many millions of dollars have been spent within the'capacity of available scientific knowledge and what be cfcllcd the whole arrangement. The missile program has the highest priority, he said, hut added that it will be a long time be fore a long range missile is the best means of delivering explosive power.

Eisenhower. tomorrow; Loewenstern to Tax Study Post day. Torrential rains hampered the Tile President touched off a search for additional Head. round of laughter by pulling a Xearly 700 persons were re- sheet of paper from his pocket injured. About50(1 crowded See PRESIDENT Page 1 hosnifal-s in Mandeville, at nearby SpaMinf and in Kingston.

Many were put two to a Doctors and nurses were rushed to the hospitals, to work around the clock. A single-engine plane flew in medical supplies. About ISO persons received emergency treatment but went home. Most of the victims were young people, between 16 and 30. Bodies of the dead lay under a Gov.

Price Daniel will appoint Hugo Loewenstern to the State Tax Study Commission, the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce was informed today. The commission was created HUGO I.OEtt'E.NSTEKX this year by the Legislature through House Bill 371. Amarillo chamber officials were notified nf the upcoming appointment--expected to he made this week--by the Texas Real Estate Association. Gov. Daniel told the real estate! group last week that Loewenstern will be a member of the commission.

The tax commission is instructed to make a systematic review of the entire Texas lax structure to provide basic information for efficient administration and for a simplification and co-ordination I Holiday Is Last One For 610 Americans By TIIF, ASSOCIATED PRESS Traffic Drowning Miscellaneous Total ST 610 of state and local tax systems and fiscal relations luge banyan-like tree behind the Mandeville Hospital yard. Bright ights strung on wires burned throughout the night to aid relatives and friends in thi task of dentification. Many of them rode tive hours by bus to reach Mandeville. Smoke fires burned to cut the smell. Many bodies, so mangled that dentification a impossible.

vere buried near the wreck yes- jterday in co'fins hurriedly made by boys at a nearby youth training center. More mass of (he unidentifiable were planned today. Burial generally takes place as soon as possible after death on this tropical island. Some 50 bodies were claimed and taken to Kingston. Acting Gov.

Slow and Chief Minister Norman Manley i hurried to' the wreck and ordered i commission is composed of an immediate- investigation, lo he headed by the chief justice of the supreme court. four-day Fourth of July toll." In this year's Independence Daj weekend, a 102-hour period, traf-1 others an appointed by fie. took 426 lives. The traffic toll Darnel. nine members.

One of the me hers must be chairman of thi House Revenue and taxation Committee. Two must be members of the House. Three mus, be members of the Senate. The three By TIIK ASSOCIATED PJIESS Accidents killed at least for a similar period Memorial Day was 413. The count of accident (ieatbs covered a 78-hoiu- period from 6 rusade when it began ifi weeks intensive studies to i i is-l CQ ncil Churches, said the con- Americans during the I-abor Day P-m.

Friday to midnight Monday. -i i. i. tills a over-all accidenmi go, hut returned to Iheir Mon-'sues which will be hiid before the I pr "get the weekend. reat home.

'420 nolecl theologians ministers rlll unity movement down out Tn1 to11 from traffic was This year's over-all accidental death toll also was Commission members are appointed for two years and may be reappointed. The commission elects a rhairmitn and vice chairman. Commission Stow railed for a national day of mourning Suiwtey. i houses and clubs in Kingston, normally a gay resort cen- See BURIALS--Page 3 Explorer En Route To Arctic Dies NEW YORK wi Peter Freii- 71. explorer and author who members here Saturday with a group SOX MAINTAIN I.KAR, Irek (o Oolormlo BKAI1TV HINTS llnted for new mothers-- Page IS.

WHAT HAS to olfer he "SEPARATE TABLES" In viewed ami reviewed bv Bill MoKeyuol.ln-- Puce jj. WHAT'S HAPPENED on nlr ham runway project? Don Bo.veU huge rot-king ami rolling PATIENCE IS labeled iy for poll hjr one of the no Pay. hut are reimbursed for explorers en route to the polar the theological stratosphere andi th two-thirds of all hcst for a l-abor Day weekend expenses. (regions died of a heart' i The commission may hire a ck at Elmcndorl Air Force on the level of practical Christian 'denial deaths. Drownings took 07 i "We than 10 years.

The record conc.Tii." during summer's last holi-I in lfl51 liast year's over There were 92 fatalities in a lo wns THE WEATHER olhor of i ci'" 1 nls, with pri.l he lio "al Safety Council vale plane crashes accounting forj wnil had i the 420 many. jdeaUis. also had estimatecf some A A I 1 I A I I I Vulr holiday compared with 435 lasl A A A ihlc for outdoor opcrn tlnyx with or no rntnfnll Inrtlcnlcrl A I A AN'I) SOUTH PLAINS: yOAl A 1 next for pitnly nnd sftiilhffnslcrn I PuMly tnnlnly Son Id noons shftwpt lofln 1 In (hmufor- portion, flrnrrrtlly fair nr.d Wf JH 1 llOlKlay in 1951. The National Safely Council had predicted 420 traffic deaths. Ned II.

Dearborn, council president, said: "We are deeply disappointed, of course, Dial Hie Labor Day toll not only was higher than our prc- iholiday estimate, bill exceeded the cars would he on the million highways during the weekend. Although there recognized normal trnffic. death loll tor a similar vveokend period, tost survey by The: Associated Press for a recent weekend showed traffic, fatalities, 82 nnd 87 miscellaneous deaths for total of 567. sonnol, purchase office equipment, printing supplies, pay rent and postage and other sums. The commission is to report to the Sfith or before 1.

1959, on the results of its itudv up to that time. II may nol that report, however, rerom- nend specific tax. The commission also is allowed hold hearings. Comic Dictionary SPOMGKR A man who can keep afloat inly when he has A raft of ricnds. Base 1 in Alaska.

Television associates here were advised that Freuchen, on arrivs! a tlie base, refused permit anyone lo carry his bags and climbed a long stairway to the Alaskan Chateau there. He was dead when a Navy doctor readied his side moments alt- he was stricken. Freuchen, a native of Denmark, wns with a group planning to make a color film tor a television adventure scries. July last year rnsuctwn Won the lop pHue on the TV quiz ihow "The JI.OQO Question.".

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