Authorine Lucy Determined To Meet Class At Alabama
On the Alabama campus a tense stand unfolds over Autherine Lucy and Polly Ann Hudson. Lucy, 26, vows to attend classes despite exclusion amid protests. Birmingham federal action seeks to compel enrollment. Hudson seeks divorce while challenging the university’s basis for denying admission.
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Autherine Lucy
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Birmingham
Polly Ann Hudson
Board of Trustees
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Ipimale Glimpses and Ase Fer Ase Fer
Ipimale glimpses and ase fer phrasing appear as fragmented text. The readable portions suggest a local note or column item with unclear context and no identifiable events, persons, or organizations to summarize beyond the scattered words.
Scruggs seeks national party post from Decatur area
A former Decatur resident Buck Scruggs of Talladega qualified this week as a candidate for delegate at large to the national Democratic convention this August. Scruggs, a Decatur High School alumnus, is active in the local Lions Club and remains a well known figure among area residents.
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Boys & Girls
Ed Bowman
Phenix City Trip Denied Restoration Of Citizenship Rights
Three men convicted in the 1934 Phenix City vice cleanup have petitions for restoration of citizenship denied by the Alabama Pardon-Parole Board. Former sheriff H Ralph Mathews ex deputy J H Ashie Roberts Jr and Ernest Allen were denied on Monday per board member W H Swearingen.
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Phenix City
Alabama Pardon - Parole Board
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Ashie) Roberts, Jr
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Senate to settle who heads Case money gift probe
Senate faces a clash over which panel should investigate a $2,500 campaign contribution to Senator Francis Case. Senator George argues the full Senate must resolve jurisdiction between the four member special committee and the Rules Committee backed inquiry led by Senator Hennings.
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Decatur Bank Shows Gains in 1955 Ranking and Deposits
The American Banker lists State National Bank of Decatur rising from 427th with deposits of 50,236,303 on December 31, 1954 to 399th with deposits of 55,513,196 on December 31, 1955.
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Poujade Bares Power Tactics
Paris report says Poujade followers disrupted the National Assembly forcing a three day adjournment with a filibuster threat. A Poujade disciple was unseated on illegal election maneuver charges as debate moved to the contested seat of another Poujadist. Jean le Pen attempted to read the constitution while cries from Communist and Socialist members pressed the issue.
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Bus Boycott Leader Draft Status Upgraded to 1-A
Fred D. Gray, a 25 year old Montgomery attorney and leader in the city bus boycott, has been reclassified 1-A by the local draft board. State Selective Service Director James W. Jones confirmed the change, noting Gray has been exempt as a practicing minister.
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Fred D. Gray
City Lines
State Selective Service
James W. Jones
Filibusters Tie Up Alabama Senate Amid School Funding Talks
In Montgomery the Senate remains tied up for the third straight day as filibusters delay action on a House approved plan permitting schools to borrow up to 15 million dollars to avert funding cuts. The measure sits in the Senate Finance Committee and may not pass until Friday.
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Senate
Goodwyn
Senate Finance Committee
Hollis Powell Trial Pending in Morgan County Court
This morning in Morgan County Circuit Court plans were being made to try Hollis Powell on a charge of assault with intent to murder. The grand jury had already wound up a major part of its business and no new report was expected Monday.
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Weather and river outlook for today and Thursday
The report lists a low of 48 tonight and a high of 54 on Thursday. River conditions are mentioned but details are unreadable.
Jones Testifies For Minimum Acreage Bill
In Washington Eighth District Congressman Robert E Jones urged a House agricultural subcommittee to support minimum cotton acreage allotments. The bill sponsored by Gathings and Abernathy would add up to one percent of the national allotment to guarantee four cotton acres per farm or the highest prior year planted, whichever is smaller. Jones warned that farm income was 21 percent below 1951 levels and emphasized aid for small cotton farmers.
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Robert E. Jones
House Agricultural Subcommittee
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Gathings
Arkansas
Abernethy
Mississippi
Britain to Free Malayan States by Summer 1957
Britain announced that nine Malay states and the former Straits Settlements of Penang and Malacca would gain independence in about 18 months, while Singapore remains a crown colony. The plan follows a three week British Malayan conference and transfers internal defense to a Malayan minister.
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Two Injured in City Auto Crash at Vine and McCartney
At 7 a.m. today a collision between a car and a truck at Vine and McCartney streets hospitalized one man and provided emergency care to another. Emmitt K. Hollis, 46, farmer from Hillsboro, was listed in fair condition with internal chest injuries at Decatur General Hospital. Norman Parker, 49, of 703 West Moulton Street, cab driver, received treatment at Bank Street Hospital and was discharged. See TWO on Page 2.
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Three Qualify For JP Post In Decatur
E I Sheats Carlisle Buck and B F Wear qualified with the Morgan County executive committee as candidates for justice of the peace precinct 1 Decatur Buck and Wear currently serve as JP s H J Banks 803 McCartney St NW failed to qualify for the spring primary under Alabama Democratic loyalty rules Banks admitted voting for Eisenhower and Nixon in 1952 Banks is a Negro and has been a notary public here for years
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Ike Says Will Know Course By March 1
President Eisenhower indicated he will decide soon and reveal his course after March 1 if he has the information he needs. He hinted a news conference and possibly a nationwide TV and radio address to explain his decision. He did not rule out Warren running if he does not seek a third term, and joked about his brother Milton’s presidential ambitions.
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Citronelle Well A Gusher Energizes Oil Field
Citronelle Alabama reports a wildcat well No 1 Boy Scouts of America near the town limits produced clean high gravity oil. A 26 minute test yielded 2 520 pipe feet of 45 5 gravity oil with no salt water from 28 feet of pay at depths 10 917 to 10 945 feet, showcasing continued prolific activity.
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Mail Rate Hike Appears Doomed
Washington report says the Eisenhower administration faces failed effort to raise mail rates to reduce the postal deficit. After a closed-door meeting with Postmaster General Summerfield, Republican leaders predicted no rate increase in the House this year. Summerfield outlined a plan to raise most postal rates, including a five cent test on mailing a letter.
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House
Summerfield
Republican Policy Committee
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Si Garrett's Fraud Trial Delayed in Alabama
The vote fraud trial of Silas Coma Garrett, former Alabama attorney general, was postponed to April 2 after defense lawyers Roderick Beddow and G Ernest Jones sought a delay. The hearing was previously set for March 5.
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Silas Coma Garrett
Alabama Atty
Garrett
Roderick Beddow
G. Ernest Jones
Negroes Enter Carolina College Sparks Campus Turmoil
Report notes a campus climate shift at Carolina College as a federal court order ends facial barriers and integration moves unfold amid reactions from students Leroy Frazier Ralph Frazier and John Lewis Brandon. The piece contrasts with University of Alabama riots over a Negro coed admission, underscoring regional desegregation tensions.
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Ralph Frazier
John Lewis Brandon
Southern University
University of Alabama
Rescue Plane Found Down in Venezuela
The U S Navy reported a Neptune P2V patrol bomber missing on a Antarctic rescue mission has been found in northeast Venezuela. All seven men aboard are safe and unharmed.
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Puerto Rico
U.S. Navy
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Venezuela
Town Creek Appointee to Lawrence Tax Board
A Town Creek appointee replaces Dewey Bynum on the Lawrence Tax Board after Bynum resigned recently, marking a leadership change within the local tax panel. The identity of the new appointee was announced by city officials and is expected to affect tax policy discussions in upcoming meetings.
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Lawrence Tax Board
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Dewey Bynum
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