Hill Hopes South Can Make Supreme Court Back Down
Senator Hill argues a southern campaign can pressure the Supreme Court over school segregation and urges rallying public opinion across the country. He warns against alienating non Southern Democrats and cautions that a third party revolt could harm the South’s goals.
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Hill
Supreme Court
Montgomery
Lister Hill
D—Ala
Alabama
Virginia
South
Congress
Democratic Party
Commerce Department predicts Christmas trade to beat 1956
Field representatives across 30 states forecast Christmas buying will equal or exceed last year's volume. Price increases account for much of the 3 to 4 percent rise in their area. December 1956 sales were a record 19.4 billion dollars, with nine months of 1957 running 6 percent ahead.
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Washington
Commerce Department
David Jamieson
Philadelphia
New York
Charleston
S.C
Detroit
Dallas
Phoenix
Ariz
Reno
Nev
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Cleveland
New Orleans
Jacksonville
Fla
Greensboro
N.C
Richmond
Chicago
Memphis
Kansas City
Houston
Denver
Salt Lake City
Albuquerque
Seattle
Boston
Buffalo
Atlanta
Savannah
Minneapolis
St.Louis
Cheyenne
Wyo
Portland, Or
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Rites for Mrs Ida Parker Held at Union Hill Church
Services for 81-year-old Mrs. Ida Parker of Town Creek were set for 2 p.m. at Union Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Hamp Pierce and Rev. Grady Parker officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. She died December 3 in Phil Campbell, Alabama, and was a native of Lawrence County. Surviving are four sons, two daughters, three stepsons and two stepdaughters, plus 42 grandchildren and 52 great grandchildren. Elliott Funeral Home of Moulton was in charge.
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Ida Parker
Town Creek
Union Hill Baptist Church
Hamp Pierce
Grady Parker
David Rutherford
Wert Rutherford
Sally South
Arkansas
Elliott Funeral Home
Moulton
Blast in Villa Rica Burns 20 in Georgia
A gas explosion in Villa Rica’s business district caused a fire that burned twenty people, some seriously. Flames swept a drug store a ten cent store a jewelry shop and a dress shop as fire crews from Atlanta Douglasville Carrollton and Bremen battled the blaze.
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Villa Rica
Villa Rica Hospital
Atlanta
Douglasville
Carrollton
Bremen
Strike Settlement Nearer At Mobile
Mobile company and union officials resumed talks with a citizens committee and reported agreement on 9 of 47 contract points. The strike began Oct. 31 when about 150 bus drivers and mechanics walked out for higher wages. The company offered 18 cents raise over two years.
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MOBILE#—Company
Citizens Committee
Glen P. Brock
Mobile City Lines Inc
Police Post Applicant Sentenced for Forgery in Birmingham
Clyde Jones, 29, who applied for a Birmingham police job, pleaded guilty to forging a name as an endorser on a check and was sentenced to two years in jail. Five other cases were dismissed on the recommendation of the deputy solicitor.
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Birmingham
Clyde Jones
Wallace Gibson
Depuy
Willard McCall
Jones
Tuscumbia Infant Dies in Home Fire
In Littleville, Alabama a five month old boy, Timothy Aycock, died from burns after a heater fire destroyed the Aycock family home. Parents severely burned while fleeing. the father started the fire and found the house collapsing as they fled. The child died at Franklin County Hospital hours later. Neighbors found the parents beneath a tree beside the burned site.
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Tuscumbia
Ala
Timothy Aycock
Leon Aycock
Franklin County Hospital
Littleville
Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte once U S Mint branch
The Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte North Carolina was formerly a branch of the U S Mint, reflecting its historic ties to national currency production and its evolution into a standalone cultural institution.
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Mint Museum of Art
Charlotte
N.C
The
U. S. Mint
Canada Land Area Report Acknowledges Size
A historical note states Canada covers 3,577,000 square miles. This figure appears in a land survey overview, with emphasis on national geographic extent and regional boundaries.
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Canada
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