Yearend look at Alabama politics race and reform
Rex Thomas reviews a year marked by school desegregation and bus integration battles in Alabama. He notes Supreme Court rulings against segregated buses, autherine Lucy's campus turmoil, looming reapportionment debates, mansion fund spending row, and governor Folsom's budget tensions. He also covers presidential electors and party shifts in 1956.
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Rex Thomas Montgomery
Alabama
Supreme Court
Montgomery
Birrmingham
Mobile
National City Lines of Chicago
House
Senate
Autherine Lucy
University of Alabama
Texas
James E. Folsom
Folsom
Charles W. McKay Jr
Sylacauza
McKay
Sylacauga
Adlai Stevenson
W. F. Turner
Walter B. Jones
National
vAssay
Jones
NAACP
Actress Geraldine Page Recited Shakespeare While Thread Winding
Geraldine Page, renowned stage and screen star, once recited Shakespeare during her shift as a thread winder, blending artistry with factory work in her early career.
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Geraldine Page
Stocks Gain Second Week in Mixed Market
The New York market ended slightly higher for a second week as traders focused on tax-year gains. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks rose 50 cents to 180.70, only 50 cents above year-end 1955 levels amid rotation and switches across sectors.
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New York
Associated Press
Funeral Held For Clifton Cat Taylor
Last rites were held for Clifton Cat Taylor 48 at Leslie Church Cullman County. Burial followed in adjacent cemetery Peck Funeral Home directed. Survivors include wife Bessie two sons Dewitt and Kenneth all of Ripley Tenn two daughters Elsie Mae Barlow Odessa Tex and Mary Faye Turbercile Eva I Tex one brother James Taylor Eva1 and six sisters Olene Turner Decatur Elzora Mooney Florence Mooney Lavola Mooney Winelle Woodall Maybelle West all of EvaI four grandchildren. Taylor was a Church of God member.
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Hartselle
Clifton
Cat” Taylor
Morgan County
Lauderdale County Hospital
Ripley
Tenn
Lestrie Church
Cullman County
Peck Funeral Home
Bessie Taylor
Dewitt Taylor
Kenneth Taylor
Elsie Mae Barlow
Prichard
Mary Faye Turbercile
Odessa
Tex
James Taylor
Eva
Olene Turner
Decatur
Elzora Mooney
Florence Mooney
Lavola Mooney
Winelle Woodall
Maybelle West
Taylor
The
Church of God
Smithsonian’s Washington collection of early American bicycles
The Smithsonian Institution in Washington D C showcases a fabulous collection of early American bicycles. Its display highlights historical designs and technological progress in the evolving bicycle era.
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The
Smithsonian Institute
Washington D.C
Chou En Lai Takes Boat Trip With Suhrawardy
In Dacca East Pakistan Premier Chou En Lai concluded his Pakistan visit with a 12 mile river trip to Narayanganj aboard a boat with Prime Minister Huseyn Suhrawardy. They held separate talks and Chou planned to meet Nehru in New Delhi tomorrow.
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Dacca
East Pakistan
China
Chou En-lai
Pakistan
Husseyn Suhrawardy
India
Nehru
Chou
New Delhi
Suhrawardy
Nareyanganj
Diver Launches Canal Clean Up
A Dutch diver with a United Nations salvage team began clearing the southern Suez Canal of war debris. Flip Gwoud and four crew work from the Danish tug Protector to extract sunken ships including the Abukir and Hercules, with oxygen torches and hoisting to canal banks.
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Suez
Egypt
United Nations
Suez Canal
Flip Gwoud
Protector
Abukir
Suez Canal Authority
Hercules
Castor
Zamalek
U.N
Port
Canal Authority
Suhrawardy and Chou Emphasize Western Ties and Friendship
Suhrawardy presented a pro-Western stance and attacked Nehru while Chou Enlai avoided questions on Pakistan India relations. He said Pakistan China differences do not harm their friendship and focused on maintaining ties.
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Suhrawardy
Nehru
Chou
Pakistan
India
Lehman Urges Curb Senate Filibuster
Retiring Senator Lehman of New York urged Northern Democrats and Republicans to join for an effective anti filibuster rule when the new Congress meets Thursday.
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Washington
Lehman
Senate
Congress
Maple Sap Yield Fact Boosts Early Syrup Prospects
An average maple tree yields 15 to 20 gallons of sap, which boils down to a little more than a quart of syrup, illustrating the conversion efficiency for home producers and small-scale operations.
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J. C. Jones
Caren
Clifton Taylor
Second Avenue
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Jerrie English
Raymond Stewart
Women’s Air Force
Decatur High School
WAF
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Ismailia
Morgan County National Bank
State National Bank
Morgan County Board of Realtors
P. O. Box
Decatur, Ala
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National Association of Real Estate Boards
L. L. Bates
T. J. Briscoe
Clay Callaham
William B. Lee
Lloyd E. Logan, Hartselle
Frank Chenault
Robert T. McWhorter
Murray Dodd
J. F. Osborn
Daren H. Easter
Charles Parker
Earl Glenn
Robert H. Pettey
Z. K. Goode
James B. Ratliff
R. E. Rogers
Herbert R. Sherrow
Fred M. Speake, Hartselle
L. N. Speake, Hartselle
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L. B. Wright
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