Alabama Bus Segregation Ruled Unconstitutional
A three judge federal panel in Montgomery ruled city and state bus segregation unconstitutional in a 2-1 decision. The ruling, on six month anniversary of the Montgomery boycott, states separate seating violates the federal constitution though judgment not entered yet.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Richard T. Rives
Sth
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Frank M. Johnson Jr
U.S. Middle District Court
Seybourn Lynne
U.S. District Court
Birmingham
U.S. Supreme Court
South
Richmond
Columbia
S.C
Vandals Wreck Fairmont School Under Construction
Vandals caused over 10000 in damage to the 1 million dollar Fairmont senior high school under construction. Using an ax they damaged 19 doors, water fountains, sinks, thermostats, and furniture in 15 rooms. Construction supervisor Dick Sward named Orville Madsen and Sons as contractors.
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Fairmont
Minn
Dick Sward
Orville Madsen and Sons
St. Paul
Dag Hammarskjold gains UN backing for Middle East peace effort
The UN Security Council unanimously approves a second phase of Dag Hammarskjold's mission to ease Arab Israeli tension. He will focus on good offices to ensure compliance with 1949 armistice terms, with no second personal mission planned for now. Arab critics press to avoid a permanent settlement and keep aims limited to reducing clashes.
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United Nations
N.Y
Security Council
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Middle East
11-Nation Council
Israel
United States
France
Briish
Flames Sweep Waterfront in Duluth Blaze Hurts No One
A section of Duluth Minnesota's downtown waterfront burned around noon as three frame structures on South First Avenue East were consumed. Fire crews from all city departments fought the wind whipped flames while empty gasoline drums exploded adding risk. No injuries were reported by 1 pm.
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Duluth, Minn
Duluth
Personal Income Up Two Billion in April
The Commerce Department reports April personal income rose to a record annual rate of 317 billion dollars, the second consecutive rise of about two billion. Agricultural income increased by 4 billion from 14.1 to 14.6 billion dollars.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Police Ban Dancing to Rock and Roll in Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz authorities banned public dancing to rock and roll after a weekend Civic Auditorium event drew about 200 teenagers. Lt. Richard Overton cited obscene and highly suggestive dancing, saying future public dancing to rock and roll will not be tolerated in the city. No charges were filed.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Richard Overton
Civic Auditorium
al Huntsman
Eisenhower Okays Payment to Red Lake Chippewa Members
President Eisenhower signed a bill to pay $100 to each member of the Red Lake band of Chippewa Indians from timber and lumber sale proceeds on the Red Lake Reservation in Minnesota.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Red Lake Band of
Red Lake Reservation
Minnesota
Adlai Kefauver Clash Shapes California Primary
California voters choose between Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver in the final primary clash for the Democratic presidential nomination. Stevenson holds a hoped for edge in California's 68 votes as Kefauver warns of a severe setback for the loser. Other primaries in New York Montana South Dakota and Iowa also unfold with Eisenhower securing renomination.
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California
Adlai Stevenson
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Stevenson
Kefauver
New York
Montana
South Dakota
Iowa
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Democratic State Committee
Eisenhower
Lar Daly
Chicago
Talks on Foreign Aid Cuts With Eisenhower Tonight
President Eisenhower invited House Democratic and Republican leaders to a White House conference to discuss a 1.109 billion dollar cut in foreign aid voted by the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Senate leaders plan a bipartisan meeting when the bill moves to Senate action as debate nears Wednesday.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House Gop
Martin
Massachusetts
White House
Senate
Knowland
Mildewed Brink's Loot Found in Boston Wall Panel
FBI inspectors counted about 90000 in mildewed Brink's bills found behind a wall at a South End business site in Boston. Two men, Edward Bennett and John F Buccelli, were arrested as accessories after the fact as authorities linked the cash to the 1950 Brink's robbery and traced serial numbers to earlier seizures.
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Boston
FBI
South End
Jordan Perry Jr
Baltimore
Edward
Bennett
Weymouth
John F. Buccelli
Brookline
Buccelli
Perry
Brink
U.S. Board of Parole
B&p
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Bel Air well finally yields water after long gamble
Utilities Board tests at Bel Air raise pump output from 525 to 850 gallons per minute after discovering a water vein when the static level fell from 93 to 213 feet. The long effort began July 1, 1954, with $42,000 spent by the Utilities Department and double that by the drilling firm, ending in a successful recovery.
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Utilities Board
Bel Air
Lamon
Kenneth Ward
Ward
George Thiel
University of Minnesota Geology Department
Utilities Department
France and Germany Reach Agreement on Saar Transfer Plan
Premier Guy Mollet and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer agreed on a procedure to return the Saar valley to West Germany. The accord allows rapid treaty work for a 1 January 1950 political inclusion, outlining a three year transition, continued French coal rights, and an international Moselle Rhine canal project.
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Luxembourg
Guy Mollet
Konrad Adenauer
Saar Valley
Germany
West Germany
France
Saar
Moselle
Rhine
Great Lorraine
Heinrich von Brentano
League of Nations
Third Reich
Fired for Growing Beard Becomes Civil Rights Suit
Gerald F. Barnes sues Atlanta transit system and Amalgamated Street Car Local Union No. 732 for 25000 claiming discharge on April 23 violated his civil rights after he grew a beard. He says the beard was his constitutional right and the firm cited conduct disturbing to discipline as the reason.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Transit System
Amalgamated Street Car Local Union No
Gerald F. Barnes
Barnes
Hickenlooper Wins renomination in Iowa
In Des Moines Iowa Sen B B Hickenlooper won Republican renomination for a third term backed by Eisenhower farm policy. He defeated Atty Gen Dayton Countryman in a county sweep led by populous districts while Democrats nominated R M Spike Evans for Senate and Herschel Loveless for governor amid light presidential year turnout.
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Des Moines
Iowa
B. B. Hickenlooper
Hickenlooper
Atty
Dayton Countryman
Southwest
New National
Mitchell Howard Counties Support Sen Hickenlooper
Reports from Howard and Mitchell counties in Iowa show U S senator Hickenlooper leading Dayton Countryman with large margins. Howard County 19 precincts yielded 815 to 234 and Mitchell County 20 precincts recorded 1711 to 603. Hickenlooper secured the Republican nomination by a wide margin.
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Mitchell
Howard Counties
Sen. Hickenlooper
Howard
Iowa
U. S
Austin Daily Herald
Howard County
Sen
Hickenlooper
Dayton Countryman
Mitchell County
Countryman
Adenauer Set for Seven Day U S Visit
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer will arrive in Washington next Monday for informal talks with President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles. The 80 year old leader’s seven day trip includes potential honorary degrees from Yale and Marquette universities and a prior visit a year ago. His plane is due in New York next Saturday.
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Washington
Konrad Adenauer
Eisenhower
State Dulles
United States
Adenauer
Bonn
Yale
Marquette
New York
Eisenhower Signs 1.9 Billion Agriculture Budget
President Eisenhower signed the Agriculture Department appropriation bill funding the department at 1.93 billion dollars for the new fiscal year beginning July 1. The CCC price support and loan program will receive 928 million dollars to offset losses, and conservation payments to farmers total 227 million dollars.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corp
CCC
Woman Learning to Drive Causes Fatal Crash in Detroit
In a supermarket parking lot a 44 year old woman learning to drive hit the accelerator instead of the brake. The car struck another vehicle head on, then hit a parked truck. Teacher Mrs Eddie Mae Clark 48 died on scene. Mrs Dixon and her husband Wilbur 56 injured. Driver John Houston 37 escaped injury. Dixon to be held for involuntary manslaughter investigation.
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Detroit
Alice Dixon
Dixon
Wilbur
John Houston
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