Central High Christmas watch amid new tension in Little Rock
In Little Rock Arkansas Central High School faced tension as 2000 white and 9 Negro students were dismissed for Christmas amid charges of favoritism toward Negroes. The case followed the suspension of Minnie Jean Brown for tossing food at white students and ongoing segregationist scrutiny of NAACP leader Mrs. L C Bates.
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Central High
Little Rock
Ark
Central High School
Margaret Jackson
League of Central High Mothers
L. C. Bates
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Army completes fourth National Guard troop release
The Army finally released 500 Guardsmen from federal service marking the fourth reduction in force since President Eisenhower ordered a nationwide reorganization. About 400 guardsmen remain on integration duty under deputy U.S. marshals as the rumor of troop substitution was denied.
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U.S
Army
Eisenhower
Girard Gets His Discharge and Silent On Type
William Girard, at Ft Sheridan, was discharged from the Army three hours after arrival. He refused to say which of the five discharge types he received and left with his Japanese wife Haru for a quiet family gathering in Ottawa. Army officials declined to discuss the discharge.
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FT. Sheridan
William Girard
Ottawa
Ill
Gil
Army
Girard
Army Separation Center
Haru
Louis
Chicago
Japan
U.S
Town Creek 4-Hers Offer Nativity Play
Town Creek Alabama junior 4-H Club held a December meeting with a nativity play directed by Mrs. Edith Adkins and Mrs. Etta Sanderson. Four 4-H members from 4th to 6th grades portrayed shepherds wise men angels Joseph and Mary with a doll baby Jesus, plus a film demonstration on constructing Christmas corsages by Mrs. Eloise Maddox.
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Hazlewood
Town Creek
Ala
Elaine Pierce
Judy Tippet
Becky Taliaferro
Mary Alice McGregor
Mary Dell Calhoun
Laverne Hughes
Sharon Booth
Diane Lansdell
Peggy Jeffreys
Linda Sue Irvin
Lynne Hall
Judy Pierce
J. W. Weems
Christ
Edith Adkins
Etta Sanderson
Jesus
Eloise Maddox
Dairymen Rally to Oppose Milk Price Support Cut
Washington lawmakers and dairy groups vow a fight after Secretary Benson proposed reducing price supports on milk and dairy products to 75 percent of parity next April 1. Senators Wiley Proxmire Humphrey attack the plan as harmful and call for higher parity. National Milk Producers Federation estimates annual dairy income would fall by 250 million dollars.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
House
Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sen. Proxmire
D-Wis
Congress
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Agriculture Committee
Scrooge
National Milk Producers Federation
Welfare checks decline as November payments drop
The state department of pensions and securities says November payments total 5,211,506, down 720,000 from October due to a 10 point cut in the rate. Old age and assistance averages fell from 42.67 to 38.15. dependent children averaged 32.77 per family. November recipients totaled 141,861, with 104,802 old age pensioners, as declines appeared in most categories. The cuts reflect lower legislative appropriations.
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Montgomery
State Department of Pensions and Securities
J. S. Snoddy
Snoddy
High Latitude Frontier Settlement Study at UW
A UW led project on High Latitude Frontier Settlement studies future northern area development above the Arctic Circle. Professor Kirk Stong directs research in Norway Sweden Finland and Alaska with three field teams to assess strategic value for war and peace.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Arctic Circle
Kirk Stong
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Alaska
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