Prize Winning Editor Announces Resignation
Robert W. Brown, longtime editor of the Columbus Ledger and Sunday Ledger-Enquirer, announces resignation effective February 28, 1957. He led the papers to prominence, including the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for meritorious public service after joining in 1948.
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Navy Pilot Killed in F9F Jet Crash Near Pensacola
A Navy pilot died when his F9F jet trainer crashed into a pine forest near Bay Minette. The service identified him only as a military pilot at Pensacola Naval Air Station while next of kin were notified.
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John C. Hughes 76 Danville dies services set today
Funeral services for John C. Hughes 76 of Danville will be held at Johnson's Chapel Church at 2 p.m. with Rev. C. G. Redding officiating Interment in adjoining cemetery Peck directing He died Saturday at 10 a.m. in a Tuscaloosa hospital He is survived by his widow two sisters two brothers two stepsons and several relatives Pallbearers listed as James Hughes Solon Hughes Grady Hill Ed McCormick and Thomas C. Hughes
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Anna M. Hughes
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James Hughes
Solon Hughes
Grady Hill
Ed McCormick
Thomas C. Hughes
Patterson Flies To Texas For NAACP Hearing
Alabama Attorney General John Patterson will fly to Tyler Texas for a Monday hearing on making an injunction against the NAACP permanent. Texas seeks to bar the group from further business in the state and Patterson will discuss legal points with Texas Attorney General John Ben Shepperd.
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Patterson
Texas
John Ben Shepperd
NAACP
Edmund L. Rinehart
Montgomery records dispute delays NAACP action in Alabama
An application by Patterson forced the Negro organization to produce certain records for court examination. When it refused, Jones fined the organization 100000 contempt. The Alabama Supreme Court reviews the order, delaying NAACP action in Alabama until resolution. Sheppard seeks a permanent injunction in Texas claiming the NAACP is a...
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