Judge schedules segregation suit for September hearing
Federal Judge Ben H. Rice Jr. set a September hearing on a suit by four Texas Negroes to end segregation in 44 state parks. The August date was agreed by officials, but the court moved to September. The case asks to end segregation as the Legislature had ordered enforcement this summer.
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Ben H. Rice Jr
Texas
Joe Reenhill
State Parks Board
A. Simpson Tate
Dallas
T. R. Registre
J. W. Presley
P. E. Medlock
Tyler
W. Astor Kirk
Austin
Parks Board
Llano Funeral Friday for Former Austinite
Funeral services for Miss Juanita Knowles, formerly of Austin and Llano, are set for Friday at 10 30 a.m. at Batrey Funeral Home in Llano. She died June 12 in San Francisco and is survived by a sister Mrs M D Lewis of Austin and a brother Lewis Knowles of College Station.
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Juanita Knowles
Austin
Llano
Buttrey
Miss Knowles
San Francisco
M. D. Lewis
Lewis Knowles
College Station
Priests Receive Word on New Posts in Austin and Boston
The Rev. George Johnson of St. Austin's Chapel is reassigned as pro curator for the Paulist Congregation at headquarters in New York. The Rev. Thomas F. Tierney of the Newman Club at the University of Texas is assigned to the Boston area Newman Club. Changes take effect in September. Tierney will be honored at a Newman Club Annex open house and leaves Monday for a six week Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome. Tierney, a Canadian native, earned a doctor’s degree in Rome and marked 25 years in the priesthood last year.
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George Johnson
St. Austin’s Chapel
Thomas F. Tiernley
Newman Club
University of Texas
James F. Cunningham
New York City
Father Johnson
Father Tierney
Boston
Mass
University Avenue
Austin
Rome
Canada
University of Rome
Shadow Play on Juneteenth at Rosewood Park
The shadow play Up From Slavery depicting the Negro’s journey from bondage to today will headline Juneteenth programs at Rosewood Park. George Madison directs the 8 pm event with music from Negro church choirs and Rosewood Choral Group. The day includes swimming tennis breakfast parties a girls softball game two Junior League ball games a swimming exhibit junior relays boxing exhibitions a teen matinee dance and a 7 pm band concert followed by a Mother Hubbard softball game at 9 pm with adult players in women's attire.
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Rosewood Park
George Madison
Rosewood Choral Group
Mother Hubbard
Citizens Warned Pay of Teachers Should Be Raised
Ronald Byram, former Austin School Board president, told Rotary Club at Stephen F. Austin Hotel that despite a 100 percent salary rise over the past decade, pay remains inadequate. He said a fall bond issue is planned to boost teacher salaries. Bertram H. Simon was introduced as a new Rotary member and Austin Symphony Society president.
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Byram
Louis Goldberg
The
American Statesman
Bertram H. Simon
Rotary Clan
Simon
Austin Symphony Society
Bluebonnet Girls State Arrivals In Austin For Mock Government
About 250 girls arrive in Austin to run the Bluebonnet Girls State a pretend 49th state under American Legion Auxiliary sponsorship. They set up a cap itol at the Texas State School for the Deaf and begin with an orientation before Governor Allan Shivers speaks. Elections are held with federalist and nationalist parties and officers sworn in Saturday by Justice Meade Griffin. Austin participants include Scottie Stevenson and Ann Benbow.
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Austin
Bluebonnet Girls State
American Legion Auxiliary
Texas State School For the Deaf
Allan Shivers
Federalists
Nationalists
Meade Griffin
Texas Supreme Court
George Benbow
Newfield
Italy Receives $7.1 Million for Grain Under Marshall Plan
Washington reports Italy was allotted seven million one hundred thousand dollars on Tuesday to buy American bread grain under the Marshall Plan.
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Washington
Italy
Stop Worrying About Skin Itch Ointment Ad Claim
An advertisement promotes Grays Ointment with menthol to soothe external skin itch conditions such as rash tetter redness ringworm pimples chafing and insect bites. The copy claims long relief with a mentholated formula and notes the product’s historical presence over a century with a value pack lasting weeks.
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