Cross Burnings Reported Near Alton Amid School Integration Debate
Police investigated two cross burnings in Alton Illinois tied to vigilante intimidation linked to the school board decision to admit Black students. A cross burned on the Missouri side near the business district and another in a Negro area near city limits as tensions rise with a court suit to block state funds.
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Missouri
Mississippi River
Alton
Alton School Board
Elijah Conley
Apple for Students Scheme Backfires at San Angelo High
At San Angelo High School principal John L. Bishop canceled the apple for the teacher custom and offered a surplus government apple to pupils through the cafeteria. Several boys took crates to their cars prompting the principal to ask them to unlock cars so janitors could recover the apples, ending the program.
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San Angelo
San Angelo High School
John L. Bishop
Breeding Stock Judging Opens at Houston Show
Over 1 300 head of prize stock valued above 1 000 000 dollars move into Houston fat stock show barns for the 18th annual exposition. Judging of jersey and guernsey dairy cattle begins Tuesday with breeding division entries including 228 Herefords 200 Brahmans 60 Shorthorns 250 Aberdeen Angus 175 Jerseys 40 Guernseys and 300 sheep.
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Houston
Jersey
Guernsey
American Brahman Breeders’ Association
W. O. Cox
Cox
Eagle Lake
King Ranch
Gov Earl Long Faces Sharply Curtailed Political Career
Governor Earl K. Long suffered a coronary thrombosis and, per his physician, must rest for at least 30 days with absolute physical and mental rest. He must quit smoking and coffee and limit work to several hours daily after the rest period, signaling a major change in his political activity.
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New Orleans
Earl K. Long
Long
Winfield
General Hospital
Robert Bernhard
Bernhard
Kaufman Named Chairman of Bnai Brith Texas Group
Stanley Kaufman of Dallas was chosen Sunday as chairman of the men’s group of the B’nai Brith Texas State Conference for 1950. Mrs. Alfred Sallinger of Dallas was named chairman of the women’s group. More than 350 delegates from 30 Texas cities attended as officers were installed by D. H. White of Houston and Mrs Jean Laufman of Chicago. Other officers include Mrs Morris Bogudanow of Houston and Mrs Hyruback of San Antonio as first and second vice presidents, plus Mrs Louis Benitz of Houston as treasurer and Mrs Robert Rosenthal of San Antonio as counselor. Men’s group officers include three vice presidents Herbert Levy of Houston Charles Levinson of Fort Worth and Bernar Klein of Beaumont.
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Dallas
Stanley Kaufman
Texas
Alfred Sallinger
Jean Laufman
Chicago
Supreme Council of Women
D. H. White
Houston
District 7
Morris Bogudanow
Hyruback
San Antonio
Louis Benitz
Robert Rosenthal
Herbert Levy
Charles Levinson
Fort Worth
Bernar Klein
Beaumont
Conservation Honor Given Texas Newsman
Walter R. Humphrey editor of the Fort Worth Press was named an honorary vice president of the American Forestry Association. The award acknowledges his special interest in conservation and leadership in his field.
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Fort Worth
Walter R. Humphrey
The
American Forestry Association
Humphrey
Dowager Queen Mary Stricken by Sciatic Disorder
London, Feb. 6 Queen Mary 82 has been unable to walk for a week due to severe sciatic neuralgia. Confined to Marlborough House she refuses to stay in bed, amplifying weakness. The condition, common yet serious in the elderly, keeps her awake and drains strength.
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London
Queen Mother
Marlborough House
Ex Solon urges farmer coops to unite against market perils
Former congressman Jerry Voorhis, now head of the Cooperative League of the USA, told Consumers Cooperatives Associated delegates from six states that farmers should form cooperatives to own and control procurement, arguing price supports risk politics and that coops offer the real solution to rural economic woes. Eugene Butler of Dallas urged lay representation on health boards as 200 of Texas 254 counties lack public health units.
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Jerry Voorhis
Cooperative League of the USA
Consumers Cooperatives Associated
Voorhis
California
Eugene Butler
Dallas
Progressive Farmer
State Board of Health
Texas
Eskimos reject Interior plan for reservation living
Eskimos in Barrow Alaska voted 231 to 20 against a proposal by the Interior Department to live on a reservation. They object to excluding hunting and trapping areas and to relinquishing possessory rights. Similar votes are planned in Shungnak and Hydaburg areas.
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Barrow
Alaska
Interior Department
L. B. Williams
Alaska Native Service
Reinholt Brust
ANS
Juneau
Williams
Shungnak
Austinite Takes Office In Rheumatism Society
Fort Worth February 6 The Texas Rheumatism Association elected new officers with Dr M D Levy Jr of Houston named president and Dr Louis W Breck of El Paso and Dr W P Moran of Austin as vice presidents. Chosen governors include Dr Robert P Thomas of San Antonio and Dr Alfred Harris of Dallas. The retiring president Dr Howard C Coggeshall warned that cortisone and new drugs for arthritis remain experimental and not yet available in the Southwest.
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Fort Worth
Texas Rheumatism Association
Howard C. Coggeshall
Dallas
M. D. Levy Jr
Houston
Louis W Breck
el Paso
W. P Moran
Austin
Robert P. Thomas
San Antonio
Alfred Harris
Coggeshall
Southwest
Free Book Offers Treatment Insights for Arthritis
Excelsior Springs Missouri February 6 A free book on arthritis and rheumatism explains why drugs provide only temporary relief and how to obtain lasting relief. The enlarged booklet titled Rheumatism is sent with no obligation to readers who request it from The Ball Clinic Dept. 2302.
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Excelsior Springs
Ball Clinic
Missouri
Owner of Daily Bros. Circus Hurt in Wreck
Ben Davenport owner of the Dailey Bros. Circus at Gonzales was seriously injured when his car collided head on with another automobile. All five occupants of the two cars were hospitalized.
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Daily Bros. Circus
Hugo
Texas
Ben Davenport
Dailey Bros
Gonzales
Britain and Labour unite on farm aim but differ on state role
Britain faces a food security theme in the campaign as Conservatives and Labour promise a 50 percent rise in farm output and guaranteed prices. The main split is over nationalization with Labour advocating public land ownership for idle marginal land while Conservatives oppose state ownership and push protections against foreign competition and import regulation.
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London
Britain
United States
Labor Party
Laborite
Imsport
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