Baptists win control of Pillsbury Academy trustees
The Minnesota Baptist Convention secured the sole right to elect Pillsbury Academy trustees in a Minnesota Supreme Court ruling. The decision confirms a 1887 law, upheld by 1889 legislation, allowing vacancies to be filled by the Convention. The school reports liquid assets of 350000 and real estate beyond a half million in Owatonna.
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Hennepin County
Dell
Minnesota Baptist State Convention
Airline merger hearing ends with long legal battle ahead
A CAB hearing on North Central and Lake Central's proposed merger concluded with no immediate ruling. The decision is expected to be appealed, likely to federal courts, as the dispute over control and management of the two carriers drags on for years.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
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Lake Central Airlines
Lake Central
Midwestern
A. L. Wheeler
Federal
Australian megascolides truly be the world’s largest worm
The giant Aus tralian megascolides average four to six feet with some reaching 11 feet. They can be an inch thick and weigh a pound or more. These worms are a favorite delicacy of the duck billed platypus.
Sparkman accuses administration over deficit ahead of 1956 vote
Senator Sparkman says the Eisenhower administration aims for a balanced budget for political reasons after the election while planning large future outlays. He cites a billion in military spending and 4.9 billion in foreign aid, predicting a deficit for the year ending June 30, 1957, and criticizes COD-style carryovers. He favors targeted economic aid and awaits details.
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Washington
Sen. Sparkman
D-Ala
Eisenhower
White House
Sparkman
Segregation Ends on Atlanta Municipal Golf Courses
Mayor William Hartsfield announced Atlanta will comply with a federal judge order and the U S Supreme Court ruling to allow Negroes to play on Bobby Jones and other city courses. The city must pay $100 in legal costs to plaintiffs Dr H M Holmes Alfred Holmes and Oliver W Holmes, who sued after being denied entry July 19 1951.
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William Hartsfield
U. S. Supreme Court
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Alfred Holmes
Oliver W. Holmes
Bobby Jones Municipal
Odd Iowa Rule on Liquor Sale Is Modified
Des Moines Iowa Liquor Control Commission loosens a prior ban allowing Iowans to visit the commission as liquor salesmen four times a year one visit per calendar quarter unless invited more often The change stems from a Polk County District Court injunction filed by Carl S Foster Guthrie Center alleging the former policy favored out of state salesmen and Judge C Edwin Moore granted the injunction December 2 The commission sought dissolution of the injunction after adopting the new rule
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Carl S. Foster
Guthrie Center
Foster
Commission
Mayor Christmas Sends Merry Christmas Greeting
Randall N. Christmas the recently elected mayor of Miami issued a public holiday greeting wishing a merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous new year to all citizens and visitors in the city.
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Miami
Filia
Christmas
Randall N. Christmas
Night Before Christmas Echoes in Cold War Seasons
Washington analyst James Marlow reflects on a holiday mood amid global tension and domestic politics. Ike’s recovery, Salk vaccine debates, Geneva talks, and Dixon Yates contracts frame a fragile year as Christmas approaches.
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Washington News
Associated Press
Eden
Faure
Geneva
Salk
Woman 104 Turns Birthday Wish to Tobacco Gift
WEST LIBERTY Ky. Aunt Justine Govedon recalls surprising everyone when she stayed in the area after turning 104. She says she wants tobacco for her birthday and Christmas, noting she has kept a clay and corncob pipe nearby for about 86 years and would accept anything but sweets.
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Justine Govedon
Justine
Replaced steamboats haul thrice the old tonnage on the river
Steel barges push up and down the Mississippi carrying three times the tonnage of steamboats in their heyday a century ago.
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