Congressman accuses Lawyers Guild of false credit for civil rights bills
Rep. Forrester charges the National Lawyers Guild claimed authorship of omnibus civil rights legislation. He cites guild resolutions and letters from 1955 1956 alleging drafting of model and comprehensive civil rights bills and influence on pending law.
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Washington, D. C
Rep
Forrester
D-Ga
House
National Lawyers Guild
Bronwell
Congressional Record
Branwell
Althoit
Lane
D-Mass
House Judiciary Committee
Congress
National Lager Guild
House Judiciary
Decatur Man Kills Bride of Three Weeks then Takes Own Life
In Decatur Georgia police report a former serviceman C M Engesser age 29 shot and killed his bride Lydia 25 after three weeks of marriage and then shot himself. Both bodies were found in the living room of Engesser's mother's home. Detectives found no clear motive. Engesser had recently visited the Augusta VA Hospital and returned home in June on a trial visit. The couple had married three weeks earlier and planned a Florida honeymoon.
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Decatur
DeKalb
C. M. Engesser
Lydia
Engesser
Augusta VA
Engessers
Florida
Wholesale Food Prices Rise for Fourth Week
The Dunn & Bradstreet Wholesale Food Price Index reached 6.35 on July 23, its highest since June 1955, up 44 percent from the year-ago 6.08. Increases appeared in flour, corn, barley, hams, beans, eggs, hogs and lambs, while wheat, rye, oats, lard, sugar, cottonseed oil, cocoa and potatoes fell.
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Dunn & Bradstreet
Drnm & Bradstreet
Chick Piano Sale Includes Spinets in Athens Georgia
Classified ads announce Chick Piano Company at 279 N Lumpkin St Athens selling pianos including spinets consoles and practice models. Other listings include uprights, a 5 HP garden tractor and attachments, pigs for sale and a bid for timber land buys. Reynolds and Butler area ads note fish soil and horticulture services and piano sales in nearby towns.
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Chick Piano Company
Athens
N. Lumpkin St
Georgia
Road Closed at Scandrett Gate to Cat Ridge in Butler
Municipal order by the Mayor and City Council of Butler Georgia closes the dangerous sand road from the Scandrett front gate toward Cat Ridge. Signs posted. entry prohibited. Dated May 6 1946. Mrs H S Dunwody is listed in the notice.
Atlanta Youths Admit Slaying Professor for Robbery
Three Atlanta youths admitted killing Georgia Tech associate professor W. K. Pursley during a July 19 robbery. The suspects Paul F. Ardeeser 19 Andrew J. Evans and Donald G. Little confessed to beating Pursley for about five dollars. Police said they stopped Pursley in Atlanta to ask directions and began a fight leading to his death.
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Atlanta
Georgia Tech
Jordan
Paul F. Ardeeser
Andrew J. Evans
Donald G. Little
W. K. Pursley
Ardeeser
Pursley
Clover
S. C
Retiring General Thompson to settle in Columbus after July 31
Brig. Gen J W Thompson deputy commanding general of the Infantry Center will retire July 31 and reside in Columbus. A retirement ceremony and official reception will cap his 30 year military career with an honor guard in Chapel Field at 4 30 P M. Infantry Center and Third Inf Div units will participate led by Col C M Howard who commands the Inf School Troop Com
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Columbus
J. W. Thompson
Infantry Center
Thompson
Chapel Field
Inf
Col
C. M. Howard
Death Toll Reported Heavy in Mexico Quakes
Seismic events struck central and southern Mexico on Sunday with over 100 deaths reported. Seville City and Acapulco areas damaged as the government noted Guerrero and the Federal District suffered casualties and material damage.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Morelia
David Franco Rodrigues
Michoracan
Alto de Rosales
Coalcoman
Pacific
U. S
Chilpancingo
Guerrero
Acapaulco
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Acapulcolis
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Lawyers Guild
Wilson
Butler, Georgia
Dent
Smith’s Pharmacy
Builer, Ga
David Bradley
ED McCants
G.E. Roller
E. J. Stinson
Butler
Dudley Eubanks
Hampshire
Edward Benns Butler
Flint River
Reynolds
Camericus
Floyd Ellington
North Bethel St. Thomaston
Butler, GA
Oscar Wilde
Willis L. Webb
Optometrist
Fort Valley
Upson County
H.S. Christopher
Robins Air Force Base
Tribble
G. N. Byrd
Westlawn Baptist Church
Macon
Mercer University
THE
Citizens State Banks
Federal Deposit Insurance Corpooration
City of
Plymouth
P.D.Q
Luick
Suggs Motor Company
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