Negro Pastor Weeps in Joy At Welcome
In Los Angeles the new Negro pastor Nelson Burlin Higgins Jr. led the Normandie Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church on his first day. The appointment, announced by Bishop Gerald Kennedy, triggered a walkout by most white parishioners and marked the first time a Black pastor served an all white church in the conference amid an interracial district. The church had dwindled from 253 white members in 1937 to 43 last month. White members from other area churches attended to show support for the interracial effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Nelson Burlin Higgins Jr
Normandie Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Gerald H. Kennedy
Southern California- Arizona Methodist Conference
Kennedy
Methodist Church
Los Angeles Area
Methodist
Higgins
Fireworks display and fires light up southeast Kansas towns
In Coffeyville a dramatic Friday night fire atop a 250 foot refinery unit lit the sky as gas vent fumes ignited, drawing porch observers and motorists. Oswego mourns Mollie A Wright, 90, after five weeks illness. Fort Scott sees a spree of break ins halted when four South Bend youths are caught near the Colonial service station. Pittsburg to hold a nationwide civil defense drill Operation Alert 1957, as Iola reports vandalism at Middleton's Market. Parsons announces dial service site acquisition costing about 12 million dollars with 10 lots optioned.
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Coffeyville
Co-op
Fort Scott
Wichita
Bourbon County
Roy Flora
South Bend
Ind
U 54
Ray Cummings
California
Woodson County
Iola
Glen Ward
Uniontown
Parsons
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
17Th Street
Washington
Library program on wildlife studies at McPherson
Stewart M Brandborg of the National Wildlife Federation will study a local system devised by the McPherson County Fish and Game Association. The group has installed 61 pigeon holes in grade and high schools stocked with wildlife conservation pamphlets for students teachers and sportsmen. Brandborg arrives tomorrow night and will stay three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcpherson
McPherson County Fish & Game Assn
Stewart M. Brandhbort
National Wildlife Federation
Washington
McPherson County
Brandborg
Residents discuss plan as court cases surface in community
Community residents discuss the effectiveness of a new plan amid ongoing court cases. The article mentions Mrs. Doherty’s view on child upbringing, Zlatovski and Jane Foster Zlatovski, and a five count indictment tied to spying. It notes arrests of the Sobles and Albam and their guilty pleas.
Adoption Petition For Hildy Studied
Miami circuit judge took under advisement a petition by Mr and Mrs Melvin Ellis to adopt Hildy McCoy. Judge John Prunty found Hildy suitable and the Ellises suitable to adopt but will wait on briefs from the State of Massachusetts before final ruling. The Ellises have reared Hildy since birth. she was born to a Roman Catholic mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami, Fla
Miami
Melvin Ellis
Hildy McCoy
John Prunty
Hildy
Ellises
Massachusetts
Join Sullivan
Hiley
Marjorie McCoy Doherty
Hingham
Mass
Pipeline runs show increase in Kansas crude oil
Pipeline runs of Kansas crude oil rose to 347,581 barrels daily for the week ending July 1, according to the State Conservation Division. This is up 12,980 barrels from the prior week and compares with a 350,000 barrel per day current allowance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kansas
State Conservation Division
Couple Indicted on Conspiracy to Trade Secrets
A onetime Army intelligence officer and his wife, now living in Paris, were indicted by a federal grand jury in New York on charges of conspiring to transmit vital U S secrets to the Soviet Union and its agents. U S Attorney Paul W Williams identified the couple as George
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paris
U.S
Soviet Union
Paul W. Williams
George
Combines in Demand Across Central Kansas and Beyond
E K Gilkison reports strong demand for combines from Oklahoma to Nebraska and into northwest Kansas as harvest season activity increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Bend
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
E. K. Gilkison
Heart Attack Fatal To Dr Harold Guest
Dr Harold Walter Guest 62, chairman of Baker University social sciences, died in a Lawrence hospital after a heart ailment. He had been a Baker faculty member since 1926 and was stricken while attending a civic club meeting last Tuesday.
Bruce Barton Recovers After Mild Stroke
Bruce Barton, 70, author and chairman of Barton Durstin Osborny, suffered a slight stroke last week and is convalescing at his home. He felt unwell after a Midwestern trip and is listed in good condition by business associates.
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New York
Bruce Barton
Barten, Barton, Durstin & Osborny
Business Associates
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Mollie A Wright
Pittsburg
Claude Jackson
Crawford County
Carl B. Brown
Civil Defense Council
Middleton's
Zlatovski
Jane Foster Zlatovski
Jack
Myra Soble
Jacob Albam
Russia
United States
Sobles
Albam
Arkansas City
Garden City
Johnson
Garden Ciy
Dodge City
Coldwater
Elkhart
Harold Guest
Latin America
Gilkison
Canada
Terry
Hollywood
Ladies
Rayon
Ladies’ & Men's
Toyo
Petticoat
S-M-L
Aluminum
Trinidad
Newberry
Chinaware
Alemon
IGA
Troves
Champaigne Velvet
Pky
The
Sunkist
Texas Marsh
P. Bag
Aily
Chanute
S. Santa Fe
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