Montgomery Negroes Begin Voter Registration Inquiry
Montgomery leaders plan a voter registration push as part of the ongoing bus boycott. Martin Luther King Jr and the Montgomery Improvement Association push to broaden Negro voting rolls amid challenges to Alabama registration rules. Rufus Lewis chairs the voter committee, signaling possible court action to overturn constitutional tests.
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Montgomery
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr. King
King
Improvement Assn
Rufus Lewis
Citizens Club
Lewis
Shock tubes hit 18 000 mph in Avco lab
Air Force and Avco researchers disclose shock tubes at Avco Research Laboratory Everett Mass reached speeds up to 25 times sonic velocity and temperatures near 15 000 degrees Fahrenheit in millionths of a second. Tubes 100 feet long 4 inches wide generate hypersonic shocks to study earth atmosphere interactions with satellites.
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Washington
Air Force
Avco Research Laboratory
Everett
Mass
Avco
Joint Air Force Company
Arthur Kantrowitz
Los Angeles Roundup Nets Nearly 200 Dope Suspects
A three day narcotics roundup dubbed the biggest in history rounded up about 200 people in Los Angeles city and county jails. The operation involved federal state and local officers and began Friday afternoon. One arrestee was former bantamweight boxer Keeny Teran linked to narcotics sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Walter R. Creighton
State Bureau of Narcotics
George R. Davis
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
Keeny Teran
Teran
Matthew M. O
12th Air Force Guards Europe With Atomic-Scale Power
Maj. Gen. Robert M. Leeg leads U S air forces in Libya near Tripoli showing the atom packing capabilities of Matador guided missiles and jet aircraft. The 12th Air Force under NATO sits across Germany and France with two missile squadrons and about 800 warplanes, a focal point for Soviet interest and Western defense.
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Wheelus Air Force Base
Libya
Robert M. Leeg
U. S
Lee
U. S. Air Command
Europe
Tripoli
U. S. Air Force
4Th
Allied Tactical Air Force
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U. S. 12Th Air Force
United States
Germany
France
12Th
U.S
Tunisia First Free Elections See Big Turnout for Neo-Destour
Tunisia held its first legislative elections since independence with the National Front led by Hamdi Bourguiba's Neo-Destour expected to win all 98 seats. Officials reported 118,198 votes for the Front and 1,693 for Communists as 70 to 90 percent of 750,000 eligible voters, all men, cast ballots. Ben Youssef urged boycotts but fled after government moves to arrest him.
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Tunis
Tunisia
France
National Front
Hamib Bourguiba
Neo-Destour (Independence
Tunisian National Assembly
Salah Ben Youssef
Neo-Destour
Ben Youssef
Djerba
Congressman decries women housing congress plan
Rep. Quigley denounces Housing Admin Albert Cole's proposal for a women’s congress on housing funded by the government. He calls the plan a gimmick, noting housewives can voice housing preferences to builders, not federal officials, and questions the $12 daily expense for attendees. He says Congress makes housing policy without such input.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. ©. Livingstone
Washington
Rep. Quigley
D-Pa
Albert M. Cole
Women's Congress
Cole
Sam
Quigley
Madison Avenue
Congress
Pensacola Race Fight After Orange Heist
In Pensacola Florida a mob of about one hundred African Americans attacked two white men after a white man accused a Black driver of stealing oranges. Johnnie J. Maloy and Hillary Calhoun were selling fruit when a gunfight left Foster King injured and Maloy concussed. Love Andrews wrestled the gun from Maloy. Andrews faces affray charges while Calhoun is jailed on the same. Police report no charges yet against Maloy or King.
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Pensacola
Fla
Johnnie J. Maloy
Maloy
Foster King
Hillary Calhoun
Love Andrews
King
Andrews
Calhoun
Amarillo Weather Warm Spell During 1956 Stretch
Daily readings show Amarillo having sunshine for 77 of 85 days in 1956 with Sunday afternoon data noting wind and visibility. Oklahoma City and Dallas recorded mild winds and clear or fair skies while Amarillo reported light wind and partly cloudy conditions.
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Amarillo
Houston
Cidy
Dallas
Fair Okla
City
Clear Amarillo
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Sasaes
Shivers names Lausche as possible Democratic nominee
Texas Governor Allan Shivers on Meet the Press said Ohio Governor Frank Lausche is the only man he could name as a potentially acceptable Democratic presidential nominee. He stated he could not support Adlai Stevenson or Averell Harriman and indicated reservations about Estes Kefauver and Lyndon Johnson if ADA NAACP and DAC influenced their platforms. He stressed the choice is about principles, not personalities.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Allan Shivers
Ohio
Frank Lausche
Shivers
NBC
Meet the Press
Adlai Stevenson
Tennessee
Estes Kefauver
ADA
Averell) Harriman
New York
Lausche
Sen
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Sam Rayburn
Bonham, Tex
Johnson
NAACP
DAC
Hall Butler clash on Eisenhower duties and 56 campaign
In Philadelphia on the Bulletin Forum Hall and Butler spar over whether Eisenhower would delegate powers if reelected. They dispute Kefauver's Minnesota win as farm policy signal and Hall accuses Butler of misquoting the President.
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Associated Press
Paul M. Butler
Leonard W. Hall
Congress Hall
Philadelphia
Bulletin Forum
GOP
Eisenhower
Estes Kefauver
Minnesota
Adlai Stevenson
Hall
Butler
Philadelphia Bulletin Forum
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kefauver
Stevenson
Playful Skunk Visits Grocery
A roving pet skunk entered Rex Smith Grocery at 2nd and Buchanan last night. The animal mingled with customers and ignored the store, ending its roam in a dog’s company. Owner to be sought. Smith will hold the skunk until claimed.
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Rex Smith
2Nd and Buchanan
Smith
KGNC TV Matinee Schedule Highlighted Programs
Colorcast Matinee Theatre airs at 2 p m while Howdy Doody is set for 4 30 p m on KGNC TV delivering children’s entertainment and family viewing today.
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Kgnc-Tv
Tug's Log Tells Sad Tale
A Gulf coast mystery unfolds around the tug SS Bratt. From March 1955 sinking after a Mississippi River collision to March 1956 losses in Mobile Bay, the crew endure drownings and rescues as Coast Guard probes the Bratt's fate. Co owners Jessie Sires and Charles Smith oversee operations. Sires drowns in a later incident.
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New Orleans
Bratt
Mississippi River
Mobile Bay
Victor L. Johnson
Coast Guard
Landrey
Jessie Sires
Charles Smith
Sires
Smith
Pat O'Day
One Survives XB-51 Crash Near El Paso
An Air Force XB-51 experimental bomber crashed on takeoff from International Airport El Paso killing one of two occupants and seriously burning the other. Names were not released. the craft had jet engines in each wing and one in the fuselage and two such planes were built.
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EL Paso
Air Force
Warner Brothers
International Airport
Fire destroys lumber yard in NE area
A blaze of undetermined origin destroyed a Langford Electric Construction Co yard in the 5600 block of NE 19th near midnight. The Old Scratch Construction Co buildings were briefly threatened. The roof collapsed within an hour. traffic along U.S. Route 66 was halted by onlookers. James T. Langford reported no damage estimate at press time.
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NE &Th
Langford Electric Construction Company
Old Scratch Construction Company
5609
James T. Langford
Kentucky
Eisenhower Hosts Historic Three‑Way Summit at White Sulphur
President Eisenhower prepares for a two day meeting at the Greenbrier with Mexico’s President Ruiz Cortines and Canada’s Prime Minister Louis St Laurent. They travel via Charleston and White Sulphur Springs for talks aimed at North American solidarity amid the Cold War.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Mexico
Canada
Swank
Greenbrier
Allegheny Mountain
State Dulles
U.S
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Louis St. Laurent
Charleston
Vernon Clifford Alleges Sleep During Moonshine Arrest
Vernon Clifford 37 told authorities at arraignment that he was asleep in his own bed when arrested on charges of possessing moonshine whisky. Officers said he was intoxicated from the gallon of moonshine found with him.
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Knoxville. Tenn
Vernon Clifford
Clifford
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12Th Air Force
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REO
Harriman
Skunk
Tug
Leroy Landrey
Larose
Ihe
Ae Ana
By Marvin L. Arrowsmith
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St. Laurent
Ruiz Cortines
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Ottawa
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