Supreme Court integration ruling 9 years later
By Belman Morin AP Special Correspondent on May 17 1954 the Supreme Court outlawed racial segregation in public schools. It cited separate but equal as inherently unequal and noted desegregation progressed unevenly across states and cities with figures for enrolled Black students in formerly all white schools.
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Belman Morin
United States Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Birmingham
Ala
Nashville
Tenn
District of Columbia
Maryland
Tthe
Southern Education Reporting Service
Ford Foundation
Autherine Lucy
University of Alabama
Lynch Kert
Hert
Virgil Hawkins
University of Florida
Orval W. Faubus
Little Rock
Arkansas National
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Clinton High School
Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Boston
San Francisco
Plessy
William Walker Dead At 92
William Jefferson Walker 92 died at 9 10 a m Saturday at the home of his daughter Mrs Dalton Allen 711 E James In addition to Mrs Allen he is survived by two grandchildren Mrs James Fields of Baytown and Mrs Louise Allen of Crockett and two great grandchildren Cecil and Pamela Fields The body will be at Earthman Funeral Home until 8 am Sunday when it will be taken to Crockett for funeral services and burial
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Milliam Jefferson Walker
Dalton Allen
E. James
Allen
James Fields
Baytown
Louise Allen
Crockett
House Holding First Saturday Session Today
Texas House members debated across morning afternoon and evening sessions to approve bills creating Odessa Junior College as the state's eighth state supported four year school and two view district courts in Dallas and Harris counties plus one in Orange and Bexar. Amendments for courts in several counties failed. A proposed constitutional amendment on equal rights for women needed two thirds but lacked it.
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Jerry Pillard Austin
House
Texas
Senate
Odessa Junior College
George Cook
Odessa
San Angelo
Edinburg
Dallas County
Harris County
Orange
Bexar
Travis
Liberty
Chambers
Tarrant
Grayson
John Connally
J. C. Whitfield
Houston
House Insurance Committee
Public Printing Committee
Baytown man shoots burglar inside Houston cafe
A Baytown man told Houston police he shot and killed a burglar inside his father s cafe early Saturday and then spent about 20 minutes trying to summon officers. Robert Richard McLarney, 41, died in an alley behind Paul s cafe from buckshot to the stomach.
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Houston
Robert Richard McLarney
Paul
Richard Harper
Harper
Baytown
Criminal Courts
Sheriff's Department
McLarney
Cooper's Spaceflight Debrief Details Earth Views
Cooper describes a 30 minute recon flight over the globe with Capt. Rankin during debriefing. He notes seeing landmarks from two elements aboard the capsule spacecraft including Clear Lake near Houston and the Himalayas while avoiding details of any sights over Communist China. He smiles, remains cheerful, and revisits the capsule interior with doctors and engineers.
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Kearsarge
Eugene P. Rankin
Gordo Cooper
Rankin
Richard L. Pollard
Earth
United States
Clear Lake District
Houston
Tex
Himalaya Mountains
Florida Peninsula
Washington
New York
South Africa
Communist
China
Mississippi rally attacks school prayers and parental rights
A Saturday speech tied religious law to national policy, charging U S courts with nullifying the Ten Commandments. The speaker linked prayer bans to atheism and blamed secularism for race integration argues parents should control children's associations. The event also covered state officer elections and convention plans with speeches by Judge Thomas J Stovall and other officials.
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Mississippi
U.S
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Thomas ‘J. Stovall
Houston
White House
Conference On Children and Youth
Conference of Education
Washington, D.C
Baytown
Drovers
University of Houston
John J. Andujar
Ft Worth
Physicians
TM44
Denton Kerr
Corpus Christi c
Dallas
Corpus Chamber of Commerce
Corpus Christi
Holiday Inn
Helen Lauve
Galveston
Tarrant
Bonnie Reese
Vivian Sutton
W. A. Goodrich
Graduation Becomes Ordered Night with Seated Guests
A letter from seniors urges May 19 and May 24 graduates to keep seats during ceremonies to avoid crowding the track. They ask attendees to stay seated until the exercises end to remember the night as orderly and respectful for 526 graduates. Signers include Nancy Gilmore, Catherine Walsh, Judy Smith, and many others.
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Nancy Gilmore
Catherine Walsh
Judy Smith
Sharon Hollaway
Alan Erwin
Nevine Cowlng
Leonard Clark
Martha Strauss
Douglas Williams
Katina King
Leyla
Hospital arrivals and admissions list at local facilities
New arrivals and in hospital admissions reported for San Jacinto and Gulf Coast hospitals. Names include Mrs Sarah Patterson Mont Belvieu in room 205, Louie Pratt 401 Brairwood room 202, Graydon Sharver 2009 Terrace Lane room 204, Mrs Charlie J Jones 5503 Cedar Bayou Lynchburg room 1, Harvey Gosford 204 Lee Drive room 222, Lyndon Jackie Novosad 2008 Maryland room 217, Sans Lynn Loftin 4815 N Mi beiniited to Lillie Duke Hospital, John Adamek 202 W Homan room 14, and E H Burnett Channelview with a daughter born May 18 at San Jacinto.
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San Jacinto Hospital
Sarah Patterson
Mont
Belvieu
Louie Pratt
Brairwood
Graydon Sharver
Terrace
Lane
Gulf Coast
Charlie J. Jones
Cedar Bayou
Lynchburg
Irs
Harvey Gosford
Lee Drive
Lyndon Jackie Novosad
Maryland
Sans Lynn Loftin
Lillie - Duke Hos Cital
John Adamek
W. Homan
E. H. Burnett
Channelview
San Jacinto
Funeral Notice for Hanks Holmes of Highlands Texas
Funeral notice for Hanks Holmes 54 of Highlands Texas who died after a heart attack. Survived by wife Lois Holmes of Highlands one daughter Helen Burns of Boylovers one son Willem R Holmes of Houston two brothers John T Holmes and M L Holmes of Joaquin three sisters Mrs Barney Hotoway of Paxton Mrs J E Bass of Houston and Mrs W G Peters of Dayton and four grandchildren. Body at Earthman Baytown Funeral Home until 5 PM Saturday. Services and burial Sunday at Mangum Funeral Home Center Texas.
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Naimes Hanks
Garage Fire Destroys Couch at Baytown Corner
Baytown Fire Chief Art Lintelman says a couch in a vacant garage at Bowie and Allman was destroyed by a 1:23 am Saturday blaze. Origin undetermined. no other garage contents damaged.
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Bowie and
Allman
Baytown
A. H
Art) Lintelman
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