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September 5, 1956

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Headlines from September 5, 1956

9 NEGROES ATTEND SCHOOL IN CLINTON; Violence Flares in East Tennessee

By John N. Popham Special To the New York Times.associated Press Wirephoto

9 of 12 Negroes attend Clinton HS without incident; illus; Principal says others were kept home by parents fearing outbreaks; Marshal Quarles reads injunction barring interference with integration at hs entrance; 7 pupils walk home unguarded, 1st time since term opened; Clinton calm; 40 Guardsmen ordered to Oliver Springs after militiamen disperse armed mob; Henry comments; 15 whites held for refusing to disperse; illus; part of crowd 'roughs up' 4 news photographers and 3 reporters; threatens to shoot; seizes notebooks of 2; R Kelley of Life loses 2 cameras; some newsmen given mil escort out of town; Negroes W Capshaw and L P Spraggins held for attempt to murder J Payne; 5 whites, held in attack on Pew, freed in bond; 7 Negroes barred from white schools, Knoxville; School Bd holds more time needed to to orient parents and children

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JORDAN IS TRYING TO CHECK NASSER; Bids Lebanon and Syria Join to Curb Cairo Dominance JORDAN IS TRYING TO CHECK NASSER

By Sam Pope Brewer Special To the New York Times

Jordan seen trying to check Nasser dominance in Arab world; King Hussein bid for conf with al Kuwatly and Pres Chamoun (Lebanon) on Arab problems seen move to get their cooperation; reptdly has discussed matter with them in separate meetings; objection to Hussein inv by Damascus pro-Communist paper Al Rai Al Aam noted; Communists use Arab sympathy for Nasser to stir trouble

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MOTORMEN VOTE AGAINST STRIKE ON CITY SUBWAYS; Independent Union Rejects a Resolution Calling for Walkout Sept. 13 WAGNER SHUNS SESSION Bars City Hall Recognition of 'Splinter Groups'--Quill Assails Rival 'Clique' Wagner's Absence Noted MOTORMEN VOTE AGAINST STRIKING The Unionists Disciplined T.W.U. Has Exclusive Pact

By Ralph Katz

Wagner refuses; bars City Hall intervention with NYCTA on behalf of MBA or other 'splinter' groups; Quill sees new strike, press conf; confs with Wagner, other officials; MBA votes 2 to 1 against new strike in stormy 3 1/2-hr meeting; Loos estimates 1,400 attended; notes Wagner absence; holds Quill, NYCTA try to provoke strike

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Notable Births

Low Thia Khiang

1956Low Thia Khiang, Singaporean businessman and politician[†]

Low Thia Khiang is a Singaporean former politician and the secretary-general of the Workers' Party (WP) between 2001 and 2018. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Hougang Single Member Constituency (SMC) between 1991 and 2011, and the Bedok Reservoir–Punggol division of Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC) between 2011 and 2020.

Roine Stolt

1956Roine Stolt, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[†]

Roine Stolt is a Swedish guitarist, vocalist and composer. A major figure in Sweden's rock history, Stolt led two of his country's most successful progressive rock bands: Kaipa in the 1970s and The Flower Kings in the 1990s onward.

1956Debbie Turner, American actress[†]

Debbie Turner is an American actress who played the role of Marta von Trapp in the film The Sound of Music.

Historical Context for September 5, 1956

In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]