Resistance Spreads as Southern Schools Move to Desegregate
Southern School News reports desegregation steps spread to 340 senior districts across the South and border states by June, with opposition led by the Citizens Council. The summary cites Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia, noting new desegregation actions, court cases, and political reactions including elections and interposition resolutions.
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Judgeship Tilt Near Tie in Kanawha County GOP Race
The Kanawha County Court canvass for the May 8 GOP nomination for Common Pleas Court judge remains in a dead heat between Dennis R. Knapp and Perry Potterbauer. Bruce Bartlett notes the tally is close with no clear margin yet and ballots from Precinct 203 may be disputed. County Court President Hubert Kelly leads Bartlett by about 150 votes in the ongoing count.
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Nitro Election Sparks Rivalry in City Mayoral Race
Nitro faces a divided mayoral contest with two main factions amid bitterness over sewer purchase and a harmony candidate. Mayor W. W. Alexander seeks a 11th term while Clarence Tee Watt backs a reform slate, amid broader Kanawha Valley municipal elections including Smithers and Honceverte where voters weigh school and road questions.
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State Con Makes Most Wanted List
A former Lincoln County West Virginia man Alfred James White 52 is listed on the FBI most wanted list as armed and extremely dangerous. White fired at a state trooper during an arrest attempt and fled. He is 5'8.5" tall 165 to 170 pounds brown hair brown eyes with facial scar and mole. Call FBI with information.
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Spencer Man Arraigned After Roane Tavern Shooting
Edward Hensley 32 of Spencer owner of the Rainbow Inn was arraigned on unlawful and felonious shooting charges in Spencer Justice of the Peace court. Victim Ralph R. Jackson 25 of St Albans suffered gunshot wounds to both legs and a fractured left femur and remained hospitalized in Gordon Memorial. Police describe Jackson's disruption, Hensley firing three shots, and the weapon misalignment as the shooter claimed to aim at the floor. Investigations continue with Roane County authorities holding Hensley in jail.
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Coalburg Boy Dies in North Carolina Car Crash
Elizabeth City N C June reports Freddie Allen Palmer 18 of Coalburg West Virginia died in a hospital yesterday from injuries suffered in an auto accident a year earlier. State trooper O L Wise said the driver Robert Allen Smith 18 of Portsmouth Virginia told him he fell asleep while returning from Nags Head and the car struck the end of a bridge on Highway 198 in Currituck County.
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Deterrent Force Seen as Temporary at WVU Commencement
Morgantown June 4 7 Gen Curtis LeMay chief SAC warned WVU graduates the deterrent force should not be indefinite and urged education human understanding and wisdom in human affairs. He received an honorary Doctor of Science as part of a three day commencement with Nathan Hall and Earle Thompson also honored.
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Supreme Court to Review Dr Wright verdict in 1947 surgery case
The Supreme Court will review Eva Gray's appeal after Cabell County Circuit Court set aside a $12 000 verdict for her claim that Dr Chauncey Wright left a medical device in her abdomen during a June 1947 gall bladder operation. The lower court found insufficient proof of the doctor's knowledge of the device. The decision was by a 3-0 vote with two judges absent. In a separate matter the court refused to intervene in a Kanawha County will case and agreed to review a Braxton County issue on checks without funds, linked to Bowser Mining Co. and J G Singleton at Harrison County Bank Lost Creek.
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