Integration Bid Upheld in Tallahassee Bus Case
U S District Judge Dozier Devane ordered a temporary injunction to stop Tallahassee from enforcing segregation against Cities Transit, a National City Lines subsidiary. He cited the Supreme Court ruling and warned against city ordinances hindering integrated service amid threats from white groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Tallahassee
Fla
U.S
Dozier Devane
Neproes
Devane
Cities Transit
National City Lines
Parade Magazine features McKinley High and Iowa Hawkeyes
Parade magazine in the Cedar Rapids Gazette highlights two items of Cedar Rapids and Iowa interest. It includes an illustrated piece asking Where Are Our Children Heading with interviews of McKinley eighth graders Cedar Falls third graders and high school seniors from Binghamton New York. A Rose Bowl entry page spot shows Kenny Ploen as quarterback and Jim Gibbons catching a game winning pass. Parade is read by 15 million nationwide and by several hundred thousand in Eastern Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parade
Cedar Rapids
Towa
McKinley
Cedards
Yake i Wash
Binghamton
N. Y
America
Kenny Ploen
Jim Gibbons
Ghigo State
Iowa
Southern lawmakers press return to segregation in D C schools
Four southern members of a six man subcommittee urged a return to segregated schooling in the District of Columbia arguing two years of forced integration raised costs lowered standards and caused disciplinary problems. The unsigned report backed by Rep Davis and others also warned of a white exodus to suburbs and criticized the district's integration as not a model for the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Davis
Tga
Williams
Dmiss
Jones
D-N.c
Brovill
Miller
Tl-Neb
Hyde
Congress
Carlier
Supreme Court
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
District of Columbia
Sehools
Safe Driving Urged by Ike
President Eisenhower urged Americans to drive safely this Christmas weekend. He called speeding and reckless driving a tragedy for hundreds of families and warned that such acts cast a terrible shadow on the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Life on Mars Seen as Gray and Possibly Harsh
A report from a Mars close approach finds gray surfaces and possible tough plant life. Carl Sagan cites earlier observations by G P Kuiper and others noting color changes, dust storms, and potential vegetation returning after dust clears.
Dust storms and Mars ice cap formation discussed by Sagan
The text notes dust storms this year and the re formation of Mars south polar ice cap after melting. Sagan links these events to possible drevih in Mars equatorial regions and suggests life may have begun on Mars as on Earth but followed a peculiar detour.
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Mars
Earth
Sagan
Polar
Fingerprints Fix Gunman's Identity in Cleveland Shooting
FBI tracing of fingerprints identified the gunman who wounded five and killed one at the Greyhound terminal in Cleveland. The dead man was identified as from St. Louis, with prior time at Leavenworth federal prison.
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Cleveland
INS
Greyhound Bus Terminal
St. Louis
FBI
Leavenworth Federal Prison
Chuckle Company President to Advertising Manager
The Chuckle Company president warns the advertising manager that the reduced program cut expenses by 50 percent and profits by 5 percent while cutting the manager’s salary by 60 percent. The message signals immediate reassessment of the employee’s pay.
Five State Taxes Set New Records in 1956
Five state revenue sources posted new records in 1956 with sales, use, income and gasoline taxes, plus motor vehicle registrations, pushing total special tax collections toward 250 million dollars. The 1955 total stood at 210,729,722 dollars.
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GES
U S Plane Crashes in Japan Killing Five Crew and Farmer
A U S air force weather reconnaissance plane with 11 aboard crashed into a densely forested slope at Hanno Japan Friday night. Five crew members were killed four bodies recovered two crewmen injured and a Japanese farmer crushed by a falling tree. five others were unaccounted for. The aircraft was a WB-50 from the 56th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron based at Yokota Air Base.
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U.S
Japan
Hanno
Air Force
56Th Weather Reconaissance Squadron
Yokota
Icy Snow Closes East Iowa Roads With Salt Not Yet Enough
Snow and icy rain hit eastern Iowa Friday packing roads and slowing travel. Dubuque and Cedar Rapids saw notable precipitation while Mason City Waterloo logged one inch of snow. area highways were salted and mostly normal by noon. A semi truck crash near Waverly injured Kenneth Meier, and ongoing forecasts called for more snow with near normal temps for the region. Ochwein area officials discussed public welfare bureau roles with a slate of new and retiring Chest and Chamber leaders.
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Newa
Iowa
Ihut
Nega
de Hapids
Dubuque
Mason City
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Burlington
Spencer
Othamas
Hal
Waverly
Kenneth Meier
Northwind
Ellsworth Freieht
Alberti Lea
C. H. Jordan
Ochwein
Public Welfare Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Jordan
Chamber Board of
Chamber
Cedar Tapids News
Iowans Arrive in Rose Bowl City for Colorful Trek West
Iowans converge on Pasadena for Rose Bowl festivities with Gold and Black trains and a Club special. About 14 000 Hawkeyes supporters expected by weekend. Students gamble in Las Vegas and tour local sights while families travel together by rail from Des Moines Mason City and Nashua.
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Pasadena
Rose Bowl
University of Tawa
University
Ike May Ask Troop Power In Mid East
New York Times reports President Eisenhower may seek congressional authority to use the armed forces as he deems necessary to maintain peace in the Middle East. The move aims to deter Soviet influence as British influence wanes after the Egypt invasion.
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Ike
Mid - East
New York
New York Times
Eisenhower
Congress
Middle East
Jthe Disputch
Aveshineven
Congressional
James Reston
White House
State Dulles
Dulles
Congressfur
Iroq
Syria
Eerpl
Jordan
Egypt
Forecast Is Fair For New Year's Weather
The weather bureau forecast fair weather for most regions on New Year’s Day. Scattered rain was expected in the Southeast while the Great Lakes and northern Appalachians could see snow flurries.
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Washington
INS
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Appalachians
40000 British Doctors Hit Govt Pay Demands
London up reports Forty thousand British doctors threaten to quit the National Health Service unless the government grants a 24 percent pay rise. The dispute involves 22000 general practitioners and 18000 consultants and hospital staff as leaders plan talks next Friday. The move will not halt patient care, as doctors will work but not take government salaries.
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London
National Health Service
Frome
British Medical Association
BMA
National Health Program
LeRoy Weld, Retired Coe Physics Professor, Dies
LeRoy D. Weld, 70, longtime Coe College professor emeritus and author of a renowned Glossary of Physics, died at his Cedar Rapids home after a sudden illness. He taught mathematics and astronomy before physics, served as chief physicist for Turner Company, and edited Webster's third edition at G and C Merriam. Funeral in Turner Chapel. Burial Oak Hill Cemetery.
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LeRoy D. Weld
Coe
Tedar Ragide
Lettoy OG. Weld
Neal Webster
Bo Oavenue
Weld
Emecritus
Coe College
Ryver
Montday
Turner Chapel
Reuben Tjaden
Starry M.gage
Oak Hill Cemetery
Coolgoulty
Turner Company
Springfield
Mass
G. and C. Merriam Publishing Company
Dr. Wold
Tie
Cedar Rapids
Malibu Brush Fire Rages Across 25 000 Acres Too Threaten Monastery
Malibu Calif AP A massive brush fire choked 25 000 acres with two main fronts threatening a 70 room Franciscan monastery and about 20 homes Gov Goodwin Knight declared a state of disaster to mobilize manpower and equipment Fire Chief Keith Klinger put 168 structures destroyed noting last ditch stands by firefighters saved upscale homes and a $150 000 Malibu Sands motel Significant evacuations occurred in Malibu Township Las Flores and Carbon canyons while a separate Bel Air blaze scorched 40 acres without damaging structures.
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Malibu
Calif
Goodwin J. Knight
Los Angeles
Keith Klinger
Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu Township
Santa Monica
Klinger
Offi‘cials
Malibe Canyon
Pramatle Stand
Las Flores Canyon
Carbon Beach
Carbon Canyon
Handleader
Horace Heidt
Louis Hayward
Jane Russell
President Eisenhower flies to Augusta for golf weekend
President Eisenhower arrived in Augusta, Georgia, by presidential plane Columbine for a weekend of golf. He was accompanied by his son Major John Eisenhower and daughter-in-law. Mrs. Eisenhower remained at the White House. The president plans to return to Washington on Sunday.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
John Eisenhower
Washington
Eisenshower
White House
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Birmingham
Ala
Coucl
F. L. Shuthesworth
Dirminghan
Neer
Birming
White Citizens Council
Ku Klux Klan
Ace
Montgomery
Nearnes
Mobile
I Baton Rouge
McKinley High
Iowa Hawkeyes
Parade Magazine
D.C
Dixie Probers
Virginia
Maryland
Alton Minkeslee
Astreammer
Carl Sagan
Yerkes and McDonald Observatories
University of Chicago
G. P. Kuiper
Americai Association For the Advancement of Science
AEA
East
Qedar Rapids
Ed Sears
YWCA
Harold Fry
Public Health Nursing Association
Manning Morrill
Wale Coln. Cohn
Bureau
Lipsky
Duane Avened
Lumir Strite
Cal
Las Vegas
Gambiling House
Mal
Salt Lake City
Des Moines
Clark Walsh
Charles City
Martha Clark
Woh. Lawrie
Nashua
Lawrie
Jane
Frank L. Bowens
R. J
Soviet Union
Formosa
DR. Leroy OD. Weld
Knight
Malibu Sands
Tom Brill
Comedienne
Imogene Coca
Bel-Air
Miss Coca
Greer Garcon
Eva Marie Saint
Walter Wanger
Joan Bennett
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