Bus Firm's Integration Bid Upheld In Florida
A federal judge issued a temporary injunction preventing Tallahassee from enforcing segregation on a bus line, citing the Supreme Court ruling. The order followed a clash when 200 whites forced Negro riders off buses. The Tallahassee line, a National City Lines subsidiary, seeks damages and a permanent injunction. Nearby cities see mixed integration actions amid threats from white supremacist groups.
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U.S
Dozier Devane
Tallahassee
National City Lines
DeVane
Supreme Court
Southerners Call for Return to Segregated DC Schools
Four southern members of a six man house subcommittee urged a return to segregated public schools in the District of Columbia arguing that two years of forced integration increased costs lowered standards and caused disciplinary and sex problems. They signed an Additional Views document while two other members criticized the report as biased. The DC schools were integrated in 1954 and the group warned of a growing white exodus if trends continue.
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Washington
House
Fridday
District of Columbia
Board of Education
Davis
Dga
Williams
Dmiss
Jones
D-N.c
Broyhill
R-Va
Miller
R-Neb
Hyde
R-Md
Congress
Supreme Court
Subcommittee
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Virginia
Maryland
Eisenhower
Parade Magazine features McKinley High and Iowa Hawkeyes
Parade magazine in The Cedar Rapids Gazette highlights two pieces of interest. It includes an illustrated piece “Where Are Our Children Heading?” based on interviews with McKinley eighth graders Yakima third graders and Binghamton seniors. It also shows Kenny Ploen at Iowa’s Rose Bowl entry with Jim Gibbons catching the pass that beat Ohio State. Parade reaches 15 million readers coast to coast.
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Parade
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
McKinley
Yakima
Wash
Binghamton
N. Y
America
Kenny Ploen
Jim Gibbons
Ohio State
Parade Magazine
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Eisenhower Urges Safe Driving This Christmas Weekend
President Eisenhower urged Americans to follow safe driving rules for the Christmas and New Year weekends. He warned that speeding and reckless driving bring tragic penalties and called for a courteous, safety minded approach to reduce deaths and injuries on highways.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Fingerprints Identify Gunman In Terminal Shooting
In Cleveland FBI identified the gunman as Leon Daily 24 of St. Louis, who killed two and wounded five at the Greyhound bus terminal. The agency traced him through fingerprints and noted prior time at Leavenworth federal prison.
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Cleveland
INS
Greyhound
Leon
St. Louis
FBI
Leavenworth Federal Prison
Life on Mars Appears Gray amid Severe Dust Conditions
The report by Carl Sagan and colleagues notes Mars shows gray plantlike areas instead of green blue hues. They suggest a tougher, more efficient life form may exist, with seasonal color changes and dust storms reshaping dark regions.
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New York
Mars
Carl Sagan
Yerkes and McDonald Observatories
University of Chicago
Sagan
G. P. Kuiper
Earth
South Polar
Chuckle Company Chief Flips Advertising Budget
The Chuckle Company president tells the advertising manager that a reduced program slashed expenses by 50 percent and profits by 75 percent, and that the manager’s salary is cut by 100 percent effective immediately.
Five State Taxes Set New Records in 1956
DES MOINES AP reports the five best state revenue sources set records in 1956, boosting special tax collections toward 250 million. Nine of 13 special sources produced 242,571,541 dollars by year end, up from 210,729,722 in 1955. Records were set for sales, use, income and gasoline taxes, plus motor vehicle registrations.
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DES Moines
US Plane Crashes in Japan Killing Five
A USAF WB50 weather reconnaissance aircraft from Yokota Air Base crashed into a forest slope near Hanno Japan. Eleven crew were aboard five died four bodies recovered two injured and five unaccounted. A Japanese farmer was killed by a falling tree.
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Hanno
Japan
Air Force
56Th Weather Reconaissance Squadron
Yokota
Snow and ice disrupt East Iowa roads Friday
Snow and icy rain moved across eastern Iowa with Cedar Rapids seeing two inches of snow and Dubuque the most precipitation. Cities logged one inch in Mason City and Waterloo while other totals varied. Highways were salted and mostly normal by noon though Readlyn area remained slick. An accident near Readlyn injured a semi driver. forecasts call for more light snow and near normal temperatures next week.
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Iowa News
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Mason City
Waterloo
Davenport
Burlington
Spencer
Ottumwa
Algona
Clarion
Eldora
Marengo
Washington
Mt. Pleasant
Readlyn
Waverly
Kenneth Meier
Northwood
Ellsworth
Albert Lea
Oelwein
Forecast Is Fair For New Year
The weather bureau forecast fair conditions for most of the nation on New Year’s Day with scattered rain in the East and snow flurries over the Great Lakes and northern Appalachians.
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Washington
INS
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Appalachians
40000 British Doctors Hit Govt Pay Demands
London Forty thousand British doctors threaten to quit the National Health Service unless the government grants a 24 percent pay rise. About 22,000 general practitioners and 18,000 consultants and hospital staff would stop accepting government salaries, though patient care would continue.
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London
National Health Service
British Medical Association
Iowans head to Rose Bowl city in festive trains
Iowans converge on Pasadena for the Rose Bowl trip. An estimated 15,000 Hawkeyes arrive by Gold and Black Herky specials Blue and Green trains while alumni join by air and auto. Students visit Las Vegas casinos and Salt Lake City stops amid travel fatigue and welcoming crowds. Two large Iowa families journey on a Des Moines departure, sharing a reunion mood with friends.
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Pasadena
Rose Bowl
University of Iowa
University
SUI Band
Highlanders
Iowa City
Los Angeles
I Club
Iowa
Las Vegas
Salt Lake City
Public Welfare Bureau Re-elects Jordan Chairman
Cedar Rapids news reports C H Jordan re-elected chairman of the Public Welfare bureau for a second term at a special meeting. New at large members Gordon Simonds and Norman Lipsky named. Lipsky also serves as immediate past campaign chairman. Other new members include Arthur F Clauss Ed Sears and Mrs Harold Fry Manning Morrill and Nate Cohn. Retiring Lipsky Ar nold and Lumir Striesky noted.
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Cedar Rapids News
C. H. Jordan
Public Welfare Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Bureau
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Arthur F. Clauss
Ed Sears
YWCA
Harold Fry
Public Health Nursing Association
Chamber
Manning Morrill
Nate Cohn
Cohn
LeRoy Weld Dies Noted Coe Professor and Glossary Author
Dr. LeRoy D. Weld 76 longtime Coe College professor emeritus of physics died at his Cedar Rapids home after a sudden illness. He wrote the internationally known Glossary of Physics, published in 1937. Funeral at Turner Chapel with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Cedar Rapids
LeRoy D. Weld
Noah Webster
B Avenue NE
Weld
Coe College
Turner Chapel
Reuben Tjaden
Harry M.gage
Oak Hill Cemetery
Coe
Turner Company
Springfield
Mass
G. and C. Merriam Publishing Company
Dr. Weld
Malibu brush fire holds line near Montezuma monastery
Firefighters battled two major Malibu blazes across about 25 000 acres halting advance toward a 75 room monastery and 20 homes. Governor Knight declared a statewide disaster as 68 structures were counted burned with arson suspected in one outbreak. The Malibu Sands motel survived while notable residents house a number of stars were protected. Another Bel Air blaze burned 40 acres but caused no structural damage.
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Malibu
Calif
Goodwin J. Knight
Los Angeles County
Keith Klinger
Pacific Coast Highway
Santa Monica
Klinger
Malibu Canyon
Las Flores Canyon
Carbon Beach
Carbon Canyon
Horace Heidt
Louis Hayward
Jane Russell
Bob Waterfield
Jane Havoc
Comedienne
Imogene Coca
Bel-Air
Los Angeles
Eisenhower Considered Bill to Use U.S. Forces in Middle East
The New York Times reports President Eisenhower may ask Congress for authority to deploy U S armed forces as he deems necessary to maintain peace in the Middle East. The White House plan, discussed with Secretary of State Dulles, aims to deter Soviet influence amid unrest in Iraq, Syria, Egypt, and Jordan.
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NEW York
New York Times
Eisenhower
Congress
U.S
Middle East
Washington
James Reston
White House
State Dulles
Dulles
Iraq
Syria
Egypt
Jordan
Eisenhower Arrives in Augusta for Weekend Golf
President Eisenhower landed in Augusta, Georgia, aboard the Columbine with his son Major John Eisenhower and daughter-in-law for a weekend of golf. Mrs. Eisenhower remained at the White House and the President planned to return to Washington on Sunday.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
John Eisenhower
Washington
White House
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L.A
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Malibu Sands
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