Supreme Court Bans Segregation in Two Colleges and Railroads
The Supreme Court, in three unanimous, precedent setting decisions, strikes down segregation in two state universities and one railroad dining car. It rules separate facilities must be truly equal and avoids broader constitutional questions. The rulings affect the University of Texas Law School and the University of Oklahoma graduate school, and bar railroads from dining car segregation. The court also discusses tidelands oil cases and adjourns until October.
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Ennanimous
Washington
Supreme Court
South
Justice’ Department
Texas
Louisiana
Douglas
Tidelands
Aia
McLaurin
University of Oklahoma Graduate School
Vinson
Mc Laurin
Bailey Case Heads To Execution After Court Refusal
The West Virginia Supreme Court refused a 3 to 2 appeal by Bailey's attorney D. Boone Dawson to halt the scheduled June 16 electrocution of 13 year old Charleston glass plant worker Robert Ballard Bailey. Bailey was convicted for the October 22 slaying of Mrs. Rosina Fazio, found battered near Charleston streets. a Florida posse captured him a week later. The case triggered a major Charleston police investigation and Bailey faces the state's mandatory death sentence after a first degree murder conviction with no mercy recommendation.
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Taconte Supreme Court
Robert Ballard Bailey
Bailey
Charleston
D. Boone Dawson
West Virginia
Rosina Fazio
Dewey ‘Williams
Florida
Two Accidents Injure 83 Persons in England
Two separate transportation accidents in Northern England injure eighty three people, none seriously. Near Tollerton the Newcastle York passenger train derailed, eight passengers and two train crew hurt as cars tore track. In Liverpool a bus of workmen collided with a streetcar, injuring seventy three.
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Tollerton
Enzg
England
Newcastle-York
York
Liverpool
Inside Today Amusements and Radio-TV Tips
Fragmented OCR text listing items such as amusements, a pattern radio TV feature, a sports section, and a few personal names. The readable pieces suggest a small-town newspaper page with entertainment listings, a radio column, and note of sports and society items. Names include Dorothy DIX and Bettoriats, with scattered numbers and dates.
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Byrnie Lov
Parsons
Pattern Radio-Tv
Dorothy DIX
Hemuth
GOP to Buck Home Rule Rent Control
House GOP leaders plan to sidetrack the rent control measure approved by the banking committee that would extend controls from June 30 to December 31 and then six more months in areas deciding on continuation. Rep Wolcott signals a motion to re remit the bill to committee with no instructions, potentially pigeonholing it. Democrats forecast GOP defeat but expect defections from urban Republicans to support passage next week.
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House
Washington
INS
GOP
Chamber
Banking
Aready
Senate
Wolcott
Mich
Banking Committee
Martin
Mass
Patrolmen Face Assault Counts in Triangle District
Two Charleston patrolmen Troy Taylor and Frank Thompson were charged with felonious and simple assault on two African American women during Sunday vice raids in the Triangle district. Warrants were sworn at 12 a.m. before Justice H. G. Thayer, with bond set at $500 each as investigators probe an alleged incident at a Gauli Street restaurant.
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Gauli St
Charles Ray
Thompson
Taylor
Thayer
Tomore Row
Ada Mae Johnson
Court St
Jean Wheeler
Young St
Wheeler
Fischers Fined For Tax Evasion
Three Charleston brothers Albert E K Fischer Walter G Fischer and Frank J Fischer were fined for income tax evasion by Federal Judge Moore The Fischer & Fischer Meat Market proprietors pleaded guilty to filing false returns for 1943 through 1946 and received fines ranging from 3500 to 10000 with three years probation on remaining counts The judge noted the offense equaled stealing money from the government and adjusted fines based on each brother s financial condition
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Charleston Brothers
Moore
Albert EK. Fischer
Walter G. Fischer
Frank J. Fischer
Fischer & Fischer
Washington St. W
Suilty
Albert
Walter Fischer
Frank Fischer
Reds Plan West Germany Rally Against Schuman Plan
Berlin dispatch notes a massive Communist youth rally planned in West Germany to denounce Robert Schuman's pooling proposal for Western Europe's coal and steel. Honecker announces West rally aims to recruit East Germans and mobilize youths, with 70 percent of ages six to 24 targeted, amid East German strength claims.
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Europe
Berlin
West Germany
Red
Schuman
Robert Schuman
Western
Ruhr
Germany
Moscow
Erich Honecker
FDD
East Berlin
Bonn
Rhine
Honecker
FDI
PRI
East
Republic
Bavaria
Baltic
Ligt
Ordnance Plant To Lay Off 207 In Six Months
The South Charleston Naval Ordnance Plant plans to lay off 207 workers by December 1 as a result of reduced appropriations. Lt. Col. Ringquist confirmed the report, saying 102 would go by September 1 and 105 more in the following months. He noted production ceased but 322 workers are preserving machine tools and 153 were discharged last year. Ringquist plans to oppose the move to Defense Secretary Louis Johnson and Navy officials, warning it risks defense readiness.
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South Charleston Naval Ordnant
Glen RK. Ringauist
E. H. Hedrick
D-W.va
Navy
Hedrick
Ringquist
Civil Service Commission
Louis Johnson
Senate Crime Probers Will Hear Dope Agent
The Senate Crime Committee will hear Narcotics Commissioner H. J. Anslinger testify behind closed doors Tuesday. The panel aims to trace and expose drug traffic ramifications in the United States and show how it ties into international schemes.
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Washington
INS
Senate Crime Committee
H. J. Anslinger
U. S
Reventiva Iy
Picibire
Indictments accuse Western Union in race wire case
Bridgeton New Jersey June indictments name Charles A Cumberland County grand jury and J W Donaldson charging Western Union Telegraph Co with aiding and abetting in horse race betting. State official says Western Union cards show up to 300000 a year in betting via local office operations. Donaldson and Freke accused of conspiring and collecting about 26000 monthly in message charges.
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Bridgeton
N. J
Charles
Cumberland County
South
Torey City
J. W. Donaldson
Western Union Telegraph
Leo Fink
Teaneck
G. J
Nelson F. Stamler
James Nolaro
Donalds
Western Union Ecards
Frake
Maintaini
Derry Hose
Western Union J
Freke
Donaldson
Foreign Aid Bill Signed By President Shapes Peace Effort
President Truman signed the 5.25 billion foreign aid authorization as a major step toward peace and freedom. Acheson and Johnson urged Congress to approve 1.222 billion for arms to Europe and Asia, noting Soviet atomic weapons raise costs and risk. They warned Soviet actions create two armed camps and menaced world peace.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Acheson
Defense
Johnson
Congress
America
Europe
Asia
Rue. Sig
Paul Te
Tax cuts advance as House panel trims excise duties
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to cut $60 million more from excise levies totaling $1.43 billion. It slashes wartime tires and tubes taxes, raises slot machine tax to 150 annually, and maintains liquor, refrigerators, musical instruments and photographic taxes with selective reductions. Toasters may be exempt. tire and tube duties fall to 3.75 and 6.75 cents per pound respectively.
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House
Washington
Ways and Means
Tyumsa
U S Jobless Roll At 13 Month Low
Washington reports unemployment at a 13 month low with May employment at 59 million nearly 60 million and joblessness about 3 657 000 a four percent civilian rate. Census data show May employment up 1 063 000 from April while unemployment fell to near four percent. Commerce Secretary Sawyer calls the figures encouraging as economy nears the postwar record of 1948.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Commerce
Sawyer
Gazette Want Ads Drive Busy Year Round
An advertisement for Gazette Want Ads features Mr. Snead praising the Gazette’s results. It highlights painting services and tire checks, noting Canterbury’s favorable view and a contact dial number as the ad promotes service ads.
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Gazette
Mr. Snead
A. T. Snead
Mr. Canterbury
Canterbury
Truman to Announce Bi Partisan Panel on McCarthy Charges
President Truman plans to name a special three man panel to review federal records of all persons accused by Senator McCarthy of being Communists in the Government. The panel will work with the loyalty board and access FBI files, focusing on McCarthy related cases.
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McCarthy
State Department
Washington
INS
Truman
Sen
R-Wis
White House
Tydings
Senate
Emmanuel Larsen
Amerasia
Larsen
FBI
Teuman
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz, Jr
Remington Faces Formal Suspension By Commerce Dept
The Commerce Department orders economist William Remington suspended from his post in the international trade offices. Suspension takes effect July 5, with leave without pay until the dispute with Secretary Sawyer is resolved. Remington and Far Eastern chief Michael E. Lee deny Communist ties and vow to fight ouster. Lee has extra time to answer charges. Officials say Sawyer’s move is not tied to loyalty investigations.
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Commerce Department
William Remington
International Trade Offices
Commerce
Sawyer
Remington
Michael E. Lee
Department
Congress
Anmia
Elizabeth Bentley
Loyalty View Board
Lee
Congressional
Window Washer Plunges to Death in St Louis
A window washer fell 150 feet from the seventh floor of a downtown St Louis building. The victim was identified as James W Haggerty, 40, who narrowly missed a pedestrian and a parked cab in his fall. Police investigated the incident as a fatal plunge.
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ST. Louis
St.Louis
James W. Haggerty
Aboard Plane Down Off Florida SOS Flares Seen
Defense Secretary Johnson plans to urge Gen. MacArthur to testify on Asia communist threats. Johnson and Gen. Bradley travel to Tokyo for a conference with MacArthur while congressional pressure grows for testimony.
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Florida
C&P Seeks Rate Hikes Amid Expansion Pullback
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co of West Virginia seeks a fourth postwar rate rise to fund an expansion plan slowed by revenue gaps. Proposals would add about 2.9 million dollars gross annually and 1.7 million net, following a third increase in April. New monthly rates for major cities are listed, with present rates in parentheses. The report also covers Iowa Republican primaries with Hickenlooper leading, Loveland backing Brannan plan, and multiple state races.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
West Virginia
Charleston
Tewa
Bill Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Epfon
Albert J. Loveland
BI Thompson
Loveland Hed
Fay
Nelson G. Kraschel
Iowa
Brannan
Nationals Shell British Steamer Cheung Hing
A Nationalist shelling of the 520-ton British coastal steamer Cheung Hing off Amoy 22 miles at sea killed several passengers and wounded six others. The vessel, with 162 crew and four British officers, was reportedly in legitimate trade and carrying fertilizer material. Captain J Skinner said a broadside caused a list, with the ship expected to reach Hong Kong later.
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Hong Kgng
Wang Ying-ecvung
The
Ta Hing Shipping Co
Cheung Hing
Wang
Amoy
J. Skinner
Cheung Z | Hing
Hong | Kong
Col
U S Officials Say Hundreds of A Bombs Being Produced
Washington officials said America is producing hundreds of atomic bombs per year and building a military and propaganda edge over Russia. Defense officials noted stockpiles large enough to deploy in field campaigns without city use. Gen Lawton Collins said U S warheads can be used in artillery and missiles, while uranium ore exports from the Belgian Congo hint at production scale. Navy and Army plans anticipate broader tactical atomic use aboard carriers and in near future.
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Washington
Ctine
U. S
Russia
Defense Department
Gen. J. Lawton
Collins
Army
America
UW. 5S
Isi
Belgian Congo
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Hanford
Wash
Air
Navy
Missing Quebec girl Nicole Renaud hunted in bear country woods
Police in Quebec question an unidentified man about the disappearance of Nicole Renaud, eight miles north of Chateau Bigot. Search teams comb the woods and fields after she vanished Saturday afternoon. A torn blue denim piece was found near L. D. Breton's house, but no foul play is suspected at this time.
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Quebec
Fasyeer-Nid
Nicole Renaud
Chateau Bigot
Auestlioned
Chateau, Bigot
L. D. Breton
Nicole
Two West Virginians Die in Ohio Mishap
A car carrying four West Virginia residents crashed into a train at Lordstown Ohio and two occupants died. The dead were Webster Goddard 40 of Beach Botten W Va and Autus Cox about 50 of Mounds ville WV. Edward Murray 46 and his wife Sally 49 were hospitalized in fair condition. The four were en route to a Girard funeral and cause of the crash was not identified.
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Warbein
West Virginia
Lordstown
State Highway Patrol
Webster Goddard
Beach Botten
W. Va
Autus Cox
Moundsville
Edward Murray
Sally
Highway Patrol
Girard
Sister Ship Joins In Aerial Search For Missing C46
A sister plane joined the aerial search after a C46 bound for Nassau from San Juan disappeared 330 miles northeast of Miami with migratory workers aboard. distress flare and beacon were sighted. Coast Guard units and ships patrolled the area. Pilot Joseph Halsey of Seattle reported attempting to gain altitude when the craft went into the Atlantic. The Coast Guard dispatched multiple aircraft and surface cutters to assist and recover survivors or remains. The missing plane was operated by West Air from Teterboro New Jersey.
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Nassau
MIAME
B& Nersans
Atlantic Ocean
Miami
Erteuse
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Wilminston
N.C
Sassou
Bahamas
Aves
Joseph Halsen
Seattle
Wash
Coast Guard
Matignal Alriine
Eest
Cnar
Joseph Halsey
Geven
William Holleran
Ghime
High Court Splits On T-H Law Aga' Hn
The High Court split 3 to 4 on a Taebionthes 55447 case involving oath requirements for union leaders. Justices Minton and Dowglas did not participate in the May ruling but joined later for the appeal. The court upheld the oath requirement in a separate concurring opinion while rejecting reconsideration of the earlier decision.
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High Court
T-H Law Aga’ Hn
Washington
Gourl
Cates
Jower Co
Vanother
Con2
Canis
Mataram
Ne Laval
Workers Union
Justice
Minton and
Dowglas
Elet
van Thion
Minten
Vinson
Reed
Burton
Douglas
Jackson
Frankfurt
CIO
Steel Workers
CTO
Afrs
Ican Communications
Charleston Weather Forecast Spoiled By Jumbled Text
Fragments from a newspaper page mix show a west region forecast with last quarter moon and scattered notes. Vague references to Saturn and plates appear among unreadable lines, offering little usable detail.
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Charleston Glass
Fischers
Reds
Schumian
Western Union
ePrawato
Wuyni
Biken
Anny Jannson
Far East
Hurd
U.S
MacArthur
Gen
Tokyo
House Foreisey Affairs Committee
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
China
Johnsons
Rep
Fulton Re Pa
Otes
Foreign Affairs Comites
Jap Red Party
MacArthur Yokyo
Japanese Communist Party Central Committee
K. Tokuda
Sanzo Nozaka
Nozaka
Japanese Communist Party
Tokuda
C&p
Hickenlooper
Associated Press
Albert J. Laveland
California
James Roosevelt
Imakes
South Dakota
Chan Gusney
Man Tiesice
Hunt Girl
Ohio
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