Differences Come Up On Speed Of Banning School Segregation
In Austin on May 19, attorney Fagan Dickson and Governor Allan Shivers clash over how quickly a Supreme Court ruling banning school segregation would affect Texas. Dickson expects districts to deem segregation unconstitutional before the September term. Shivers doubts any immediate impact for the coming year. NAACP plans widespread state-by-state cases. telegrams urging abolition of public schools are rejected by Shivers.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
U.S. Supreme Court
Texas
Fagan Dickson
Supreme Court
Shivers
Dickson
National Association For the Advancement of ‘Colored People
NAACP
New York
MAACP
Americ
Democratic Party
U.S
Herbert Brownell
Brownell
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Baytown meeting at IOOF Hall with Dr Julie n Spring as speaker
The Baytown Council for Mentally Retarded Children will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday at the IOOF Hall South Fourth and East Humble. Dr Julie n Spring will be the principal speaker. The meeting is open to the public. Burton M Ball administrator of San Jacinto Memorial Hospital attends Texas Hospital Association sessions in Houston. Other Baytown hospital staff attending include Grace Long librarian Elva Swank dietician and Bob Spielman storekeeper. The meeting will continue through Thursday.
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Ioof Hall
Baytown
Oof Hall
South Fourth
East Humble
Julien Spring
Burton M. Ball
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Houston
Texas Hospital Association
the Shamrock
Miss Grace
Long
Elva Swank
Bob Spielman
Louisiana Killers Still Free Despite Southwest Alert
Two suspects in the Mansfield deputy sheriff killing remained at large as a Southwest alert continued. Identified as Jasper MacDonald Self of Houston and Warren Douglas Gates of Beaumont, both were sought as detectives questioned others in Texas cities. One deputy sheriff died and partner Harold Byford, 21, was wounded near Mansfield last Sunday.
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Mansfield
Louisiana
Jasper MacDonald Self
Houston
Warren Douglas Gates
Beaumont
Texas
W. J. Gamble
Harold Byford
Center
Tex
Fort Arthur
Albuquerque
N. M
Lubbock
L. W. Forrester
Bus Strike Called Off In Houston After Driver Vote
In Houston on May 19, CIO Transport Workers Union Local leaders announced drivers voted almost unanimously to accept the company offer. The deal includes a five day work week with no pay loss and about 13 cents more per hour on average, contingent on a city fare adjustment. Top pay remains $1.63 per hour. contract extended to Nov. 3 with a six cent raise.
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Houston
C. C. Stone
CIO Transport Workers Union
Stone
Houston Transit Co
Uition
Threat Of Red Dictatorship In Guatemala Worries
Rumors of a looming Red dictatorship alarm readers as Chiang fears an attack from Formosa and Chiangs forces, while Washington reports Army Secretary Stevens defending charges against McCarthy amid other 1940s tensions. In Texas, parrot fever outbreaks strike Corsicana workers, with links to turkeys processed on April 1 and multiple plants cited.
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Chiang
Formosa
Taichen Islands
Stevens
Washington
UP Army
Robert YT. Stevens
Army Alotic
Sen- Joseph R. McCarthy
Austin
Corsicana
Tex
State Health Department
J. W. Tons
Bureau of Litoratories
Brady, Lampasas
Center
Giddings
Henry A. Holle
Holle
Texan
Health ‘Department
Giddisks
Amon
el Campo
Hays
Corsteana
W. E. Boney Ends Life In Baytown Driveway Shooting
W. E. Boney a 43 year old pipefitter from Port Lavaca shot himself in the heart with a 12 gauge shotgun in the driveway of his ex wife Roxie Boney at 210 Stewart Avenue Baytown. Neighbors and a passing motorist witnessed the event Tuesday evening as Boney had recently threatened to kill himself amid alleged family trouble after a divorce. Justice of the Peace Calder Ewing ruled death by gunshot with the coroner noting a recently found paycheck stub indicating employment. A will note left with a few possessions indicated benefactors for his ex wife and children. Funeral arrangements set for Paul A. Lee funeral home with burial at San Jacinto Memorial Park.
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Boney
Port Lavaca
Herbert Breeman
Baytown
Fi Sti
Stewart
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Benrys
Roxie Boney
Justice of the Peace
Calder Ewing
la Porte
Ewing
Justice of the Peace Roscow Zierlein
Billy) Boney
Huntsville
James Boney
Lee
Woodrow
Conroe
J. B. El+ Nicl
I. W. Gresham
R. T. Bowers
Bayland
Will Fussell
A. L. Rollins
Ella Dee Boney
Abilene
Big Spring Recovers From Floods After Flashing Drought
Big Spring Texas reports return toward normal after floods displaced more than 100 residents Monday night and Tuesday. Police radio operator Pay Hammel notes some families cannot yet return due to high water but no major distress. Highway 225 previously along La Porte Road now ends at the three level interchange with State Highway 148 north of the tunnel, per District Engineer Jim Douglas in Houston.
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Big Spring
Tex
Pay Hammer
la Porte
Houston
District Breineer
Jim Douglas
Shivers Defends Aide Linked to Insurance Probe
Gov Allan Shivers backed longtime aide Lloyd Van Cronkhite amid controversy over his role as public relations counsel for a Houston insurance firm under investigation by Texas authorities. Van Cronkhite says he was paid $1000 monthly briefly, while Shivers warns of political fallout and signals more fireworks to come. The governor did not confirm any campaign duties for the aide.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
Houston
Tohn van Cronkhite
Lloyd's of North America
Ralph W. Hammonds
van Cronkhite
Shivers
Texas
Ike Refuses To Relax Gag Order In Army McCarthy Hearing
President Eisenhower insists he will not rescind or ease his gag order restricting administration officials from testifying on confidential talks in the Army McCarthy hearing. He wants the hearings to run to completion with all facts exposed, while warning the process diverts attention from urgent world and domestic issues. Army Secretary Stevens is expected to address whether authority has shifted, with the President signaling the Army bears responsibility.
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Ike
Warren Duffee
Washington
Eisenhower
Army - McCarthy
White House
Justice Department
Army
Igkeei
Cid
Robert I. Stevens
Toy Nigher
Stevens
Adams
Ealise
Adtvice
Army Loyalty Board
Truman
Ditch Work Deepens as West Baytown Drain Progresses
City crews trench for the Lake Minnesota drainage project along Oklahoma past Nebraska digging a deep 60 inch concrete pipe line to West Baytown. The work, financed from city capital funds, aims to carry Minnesota street water to Black Duck Bry and links to the sewer plant at Goose Creek.
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Lake Minnesota
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Minnesota
Black Duck Bry
Bay
Minnesota Stree
Peoples State Bank
GC. D. Middleton
West Main
Goose Creek Stream
Cow
Grantham
Public Works
Oldahoma
Congress Moves To Ban Liquor Advertising In Press And Radio
The House Commerce Committee revived an old bid by Rep. Joseph R. Bryson to bar beer wine and liquor ads in newspapers magazines or on radio with hearings set. A companion measure by Rep. John D. Dingell would extend the ban to tobacco products. The panel may also weigh television reach. Senate Banking probes housing frauds in the multi million dollar Joan program while farm leaders warn of lower next year crop values.
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Washington
House Commerce Committer
Joseph R. Bryson
D-S.c
Bryson
John D. Dingell
D-Mich
Senate
Democrats
Wetbacks Poured Into Mexico City Report
A Mexico City paper cites Ultimas Noticias claiming over 1,000 wetbacks enter the United States daily via the Rio Grande Valley, while Mexican patrols turn back nearly that many. It notes few immigration agents and a focus on boatmen ferrying migrants, with 120 arrests in six months.
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Mexico City
United States
Rio Grande Valley
Ultimas Noticias
the Grande
Nueva Laredo
Mexica
Lac
Rich man mystery drives Bayshore Bun Linen driver
A Bayshore Bun Linen bus driver from Baytown is believed to have inherited about 80 000 dollars from his foster father Roy Wrandit who came from Mississippi. His brother A Wren of Morton seeks to claim the inheritance and says the driver may be working in this area as a cook or porter. The foster father died last month in Jackson Mississippi leaving a 30 000 dollar bequest to the foster son.
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Bayshore Bun Linen
Baytown
Roy Wrandit
Misntyippi
A. Wren
Morton
Murray Rogers
Wren
Ieee
Cook
Pont
Alt
Wren Naid bin Hirother
Jor Hrown
Jackson
Mian
Showers To Follow West Texas Storms
UNITED PRESS reports scattered light showers across Texas Wednesday and Thursday after a thunderstorm siege in the west. Most moisture gathers in the south and far west with cloudiness statewide, light rain in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, and notable 24 hour rainfall readings in Texarkana, Del Rio, Mineral Wells, Tyler, Junction, Mars, San Angelo, Waco, Waxahachie, and El Paso. Forecasters note a slight warming trend from overnight lows.
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United Press
Texas
Fox
Rio Grande Valley
Texarkana
del Rio
Mineral Welle
Tyler
Junction
Mars
San Angels
Waco
Wafkin
el Paso
Polio second-shot turnout lags in Baytown area
Only six misses recorded in the second polio round, with most absent children later receiving injections. Some La Porte district pupils missed. private physicians and Baytown health office offer make-up shots by Friday. No blood samples taken from 440 Baytown second graders or 113 from other areas at the La Porte clinic. A third vaccination and follow-up samples scheduled for June and fall, dates to be announced.
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Baytown
Motrly Atrent
PL. Mack
la Porte
Ebster
Seabrook
Deer Park
Yuodburg
la Porte Clinic
Soviet Arms Shipment Is Ominous Overture to Latin America Crisis
President Eisenhower condemned arms shipments to Guatemala as ominous amid hints of Soviet bloc involvement in Western Hemisphere affairs. Senator Wiley warned the intercontinental threat, citing a 2000 ton Czech manufactured shipment from Skoda to Guatemala with jet aircraft. Observers speculate destinations include Honduras or British Honduras amid regional unrest and banana worker strikes.
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William Galbraith
Washington
Eisenhower
Western Hemisphere
Arme
Caracas
Guatemala
Conti
Alexander Wiley
Rwis
Senate Foreign ‘Relations
Ouatemala
Wiley
Partijs
Thizi
IntersAmerican Bar Association
Alfredo Chocana
Wiey ¢R-Wik
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Skoda
Czechoslovakia
Mexico City
Honduras
British Honduras
Caribbean
Nurse known as Angel of Dien Bien Phu to be freed
Hanoi reports Viet Minh promised to release Genevieve de Galard the only woman inside Dien Bien Phu during the siege. She is expected to be flown out by French helicopter airlift to Luang Prabang and Hanoi for hospital care. US/UP report notes Geneva announcement and Giap's decision to release her.
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Hanoi
Communites Viet Minh
Genevive de Galard
Terraybe
Dien Bien Phu
Guid Genevive
Luana Prabang
Mairse
Geneva
Tran Trong Kuat
Red
Vo Newren Giap
Genevieve
Indo-China
Cal
West Plots Peace Strategy At Geneva Armistice Talks
At an emergency conference the western Big Three urged the Communist bloc to begin armistice talks for the three Indo China associated states. Britain signaled readiness for immediate military talks with US Britain France Australia and New Zealand, aimed at precautionary measures in case Geneva fails, not binding on the Southeast Asia defense pact.
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Geneva
Britain
United States
France
Australia
New Zealand
India
China
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