Eastland Named Impartial Chair of Senate Judiciary
Senator Eastland of Mississippi was chosen by voice vote to head the Senate Judiciary Committee despite protests about his views on racial integration. Critics called him a symbol of racism while supporters praised his restraint and adherence to lawful processes in opposition to the Supreme Court ruling.
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Washington
Eastland
D-Miss
Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Morse
Sen. Stennis
Senate Democratic Steering Committee
Americans For Democratic Action
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
Sen. Kilgore
D-W.va
Senate
Slim clues pursued in Port Chester drive-in bank heist
FBI and police across the East chase faint leads after a $188000 raid on a Port Chester drive-in bank. A male partner forced entry with a key, kidnapped teller Mrs Mary Kostolos and forced staffer Ernest Marino to assist, while Asst. Treasurer J Purdy Ungemack was held at gunpoint during the transfer.
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Port Chester
N.Y
FBI
East
County Trust Co
J. Purdy Ungemack
Foot Prints In New Pavement Lead To Police Questioning
Foot prints and names scratched into fresh pavement at Walnut and Lafayette prompted police to question two 14 year old boys who admitted to the act. They were released after questioning. The pavement is part of a new Walnut Street section to Steuben built by Harry Byers & Sons Inc. City officials said the damage will be repaired at no cost to the city.
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Walnut
Lafayette
Steuben
Harry Byers & Sons Inc
Byers
New Attempt to Free Mrs. McBride on Bail
An attorney for Mrs. Helen McBride plans a new bail bid after two failed attempts yesterday. McBride, 49, is accused of fatally shooting business associate Charles Richard Green, 33. Court action from Orlando, Florida, details unclear in the report.
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Mrs. McBride
Orlando, Fla.p
Helen McBride
Charles Richard Green
Clark W. Jennings
Yester
Day
Man Receives 20 to Life For Slaying In October
Francis Dale Burns 21 pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the strangulation death of Mrs. Phyllis Boydston in her Topeka apartment last Oct. 20. He was sentenced yesterday to 20 years to life.
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Topeka
Francis Dale Burns
Phyllis Boydston
Long Career Ends For Pearl Johnson
Pearl Johnson retires after 44 years as bookkeeper for Western Drilling Tool and Supply Co. starting Aug. 26, 1912 with Elmer Elliott and Frank Elliott. Paul Elliott later owned the firm. Johnson plans rest and time with sister Bess Johnson, while Lee Wilkins takes over the department.
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Pearl Johnson
Western Drilling Tool and Supply Co
W. Walnut
Elliotts
Elmer Elliott
Frank
Elmer
Paul
Miss Johnson
Bess Johnson
N. Forest
Lee Wilkins
Manley Transfer Co
Western Drilling Tool and Supply Company
Tribune
Miss Lucy Plans Return to Bama
Miss Autherine Lucy says she will return to the South within the next week to renew her bid to enroll at the all white University of Alabama. Four suits filed in Birmingham seek four million dollars in damages accusing NAACP and others of defaming her in mob action claims.
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New York
Autherine Lucy
South
All White
University of Alabama
Supreme Court of the United States
Birmingham
Ala
Miss Lucy
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
H. Hobart Grooms
NAACP
Thurgood Marshall
Board of Trustees
Weather Shifts Over Nation
Wet and windy weather was in prospect for scattered sections of the nation today. Rain and gale winds lashed coastal Washington and Oregon with toppled trees and poles and damaged small buildings though no injuries were reported. Cooler air spread inland with light rain and snow in parts of New England and below freezing temps from Montana to the Dakotas.
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Washington
Oregon
Louisiana
Alabama
Mobile
Ala
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
New England
Canada
Montana
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Kansas
Texas
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
New Nazarene Church Opens in Udall After Tornado
A new Nazarene Church at Udall Kansas will be opened tomorrow replacing the church destroyed in last May's tornado. The pastor is Rev. Olin Payton.
Box Car Plan Upgraded For Santa Fe Shops
TOPEKA reports a stepped up program of box car construction has been announced for the Santa Fe shops here in 1956.
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Topeka
Santa Fe
Straight Talk Needed To Hold Diggs in Party
Rep. Diggs of Michigan says he will quit the Democratic Party if the next presidential candidate does not provide straight talk on civil rights. He demands voting rights for Southern Black citizens, an end to intimidation, and a special Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department. He spoke at a church rally supporting Montgomery leaders indicted in a bus boycott conspiracy.
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Detroit
Diggs
Dmich
Justice Department
Montgomery
Ala
Retail ballots deadline announced by Chanute Chamber
The Chanute Retail Council sent 77 ballots to city retailers asking opinions on business closing and sales days. By noon yesterday 48 ballots had been returned, according to Wayne Taylor, manager of the chamber.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chanute Retail Council
Wayne Taylor
Chamber
Storm los Northwest brings fierce winds and rain
A brief Pacific Northwest coastal storm pounded the Seattle area with hurricane force winds lightning and heavy rain last night causing widespread minor damage and little major destruction.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Benson Omits Dollar Ceiling On Farm Props
Washington The administration delays its dollar limit on individual farm price supports in a new farm bill sent to the House Agriculture Committee. Secretary Benson notes the draft omits a cap on loans to any one farmer and explains the measure for quotas and corn supports may follow later. The move echoes Eisenhower’s January message urging consideration of a limit, while Senate debates continue.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Benson
Cooley
D-Nc
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sen
Clements
D-Ky
House
Stark Man 77 Injured In East Humboldt Crash
C W Meade of Stark 77 is in Neosho Memorial Hospital with skull and rib fractures after his car failed to turn toward the Cole Creek bridge east of Humboldt. He may have suffered a heart attack before the wreck which sent the vehicle into a ditch and it rolled twice. Highway troopers Harbaugh Baker and Sheriff Lorance investigated.
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C. W. Meade
Stark
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Humboldt
Meade
Dick Harbaugh
Lloyd Baker
Allen County
B. E. Lorance
Cole Creek Bridge
Cats to Star on TV Playwrights 56 NBC Drama
An alley cat and four neighboring cats will appear in NBC TV drama Playwrights 56 on March 13. The program centers on a man who loses his cat and the people who keep bringing him more cats.
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New York
Nbc-Tv
Plane Down in North Atlantic Near Iceland
A U S Air Force Globemaster with 17 aboard crashed in the North Atlantic off Iceland after leaving Keflavik bound for New York. Wreckage including an oxygen bottle and burned plywood fragments were found by a weather ship Alpha and search planes. The last May Day distress signals indicated engine failure and rapid loss of altitude. survivors were not yet confirmed.
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London
U. S. Air Force
North Atlantic
Iceland
Air Force
Keflavik
New York
Alpha
Reykjavik
Atlantic
Warner-Robbins Air Force
Georgia
Goose Bay
Lab-1
Transport
Rain Forecast Dampens Kansas Weekend Temperatures
The Topeka forecast predicts cool fronts bringing occasional rain across Kansas this weekend. Winds to 35 mph raise dust in western areas. temps to fall tonight with low readings 30 to 45 and highs 40 to 55 across the state. Snow not mentioned. scattered showers in extreme southeast and east-central portions tomorrow.
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Porecast
Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Olathe
Hill City
Chanute
Drive Lagging For Red Cross In Chanute
Chanute Red Cross fund drive may miss its 7500 goal if donations do not increase. The annual campaign started yesterday with about half the volunteers reporting roughly 1200 collected by this morning. In Galesburg a 115 quota was met by 5 pm led by chair Merle Willis. Last year Chanute residential areas gave 2892.
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Chanute
Red Cross
Drive
Galesburg
Merle Willis
Walter M. Poor
Final Induction for Three Neosho County Men Scheduled
Three Neosho County men Ronald L. Madl of St. Paul Kenneth E. Clark of Thayer and Charles R. Dougherty of Thayer were told at the Selective Service office today they will report here Tuesday for final induction into the armed services in Kansas City the following day.
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Neosho County
Armed Services
Kansas City
Selective Service Office
Ronald L. Madl
St. Paul
Kenneth E. Clark
N. Franklin
Charles R. Dougherty
Thayer
Israel Buck Passing on Jet Sales Sparks US France Tangle
Washington reports a US France dispute over France selling 12 Mystere jets to Israel under a NATO contract. Officials fear a US endorsement would appear to back the sale while France seeks to avoid responsibility, amid Western arms policy tensions in the Middle East.
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Washington
United, States
France
Israel
State Department
Herbert Hoover Jr
Maurice Couve de Murville
Roger Makins
United States
Middle East
Arab States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Nine Districts Vote On Wilson County School Consolidation
A consolidation plan will be voted on March 16 by nine districts nine in Wilson County and one in Woodson County Blume No 29. Patrons urge inclusion in the plan. An election was set after a Tuesday meeting. Each district votes separately with educational meetings planned in each area prior to voting.
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Wilson County
Woodson County
Buffalo
Shirley
Mound Springs
Blue
Golden Ridge
Peach Grove
Sorghum Valley
Walter Steele
Don Marple
Peacr Grove
Blume
It Takes Sooner Thief To Catch a Burglar
Edward Ayler Cox aged 44 pleaded guilty to a burglary charge and received a two year prison sentence. A petty thief had ransacked Cox's hotel room and was arrested. Detectives found missing money from a recent $429 safe cracking job. Cox confessed when confronted. Police said the helpful thief was turned loose due to insufficient evidence.
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Oklahoma City
Edward Ayler Cox
Cox
Grant's Tomb Transfer Bill Signed by Harriman
Governor Averell Harriman signed a bill authorizing New York City to transfer Grant's Tomb to the federal government. The move would place the National Memorial under national custody and oversight.
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Albany
N. Y
Averell Harriman
New York City
Grant
Health of the Target for Adlai Not Kefauver
Stevenson accuses Eisenhower health handling while Kefauver attacks the administration over propaganda and postponement. Eisenhower enters California and Wisconsin primaries as third party stirrings emerge. Byrnes hints at a Southern state rights party. Knowland slate backs Knowland in Wisconsin and New Jersey holds its April 17 primary.
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Adlai
Kefauver
Associated Press
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Sen. Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Minnesota
New Hampshire
California
Wisconsin
For America
House of Representatives
White House
New Jersey
Martin J. Rafferty
Newark
Thoms E. Stephens
Walter J. Kohler Jr
John Chappel
Ashland
Sen
William F. Knowland
Calif
For America Seeks All American Electors To Bar Ike
A self styled conservative movement hopes to qualify enough all American electors to throw the election into the House. Brig Gen Bonner Fellers ret national director says Eisenhower is not a conservative. H Dan Smoot cochairman says plan not necessarily stop Ike. Gen Mark Clark ret warns of third party aim to stop Eisenhower. Clark disavows association with the move.
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Washington
For America
Bonner Fellers
Eisenhower
H. Dan Smoot
Smoot
Dallas
Mark Clark
Charleston
D.C
Ike
Clark
Avalanche in Idaho Kills Boy Injures Eighteen
In Wallace Idaho heavy rain and wind sparked an avalanche that swept 20 frame houses in Mace village, burying five. A 10 year old boy died and 18 people were trapped. Quick rescue kept casualties low guided by mountain path downslope.
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Wallace
Idaho
Mace
Here
Mamemoth Mountain
Greensburg
Kas
Kiowa County Signal
Haviland Journal
John Conrad
Syracuse
Major Surgery For Humphrey Bogart
Actor Humphrey Bogart is resting after major chest surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital. Doctors say a small esophageal swelling was removed and linked to inflammation, not cancer, per Dr. Maynard Brandsman.
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Los Angeles
Humphrey Bogart
Good Samaritan Hospital
Bogart
Maynard Brandsman
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