Behind the Scenes Senate Huddles Split Democrats
The piece recalls two backroom Senate huddles in January 1955 and January 1956 shaping Democratic unity and dissent. Lyndon Johnson urged unity in 1955 to sideline civil rights, while 1956 saw renewed pressure with the Harris-Fulbright natural gas bill amid Emmett Till’s murder and Chicago’s civil rights tensions.
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Washington
Senate
Haddie No. 1
Lyndon Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
Chicago
Johnson
Paul Douglas
Herbert Lehman
New York
Douglas
Huddle No. 2
Emmett Till
Mississippi
Texas
Supreme Court
Constructive is the Word: Col Harry Ayers at 70
Col Harry M Ayers publisher of The Anniston Star celebrated his 70th birthday noting no change in his constructive drive for Anniston Alabama and the United States. His life has been one of building for city state and nation amid hard times. May his shadow never grow less.
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Harry M. Ayers
The
Anniston Star
Harry
Anniston
Alabama
United States
Col. Ayers
Nehru
Pandit Nehru
Brussels
Third International
India
Congress Party
Com
Krishna Menon
London
England
Philip Spratt
Menon
Free World
Khrushchev
Bulgaria
International Communist Movement
New Statesman
Stalin
Bulgarin
Travelers thank newspapers for promoting traffic safety
The Travelers Insurance Companies express gratitude to newspapers for their traffic safety editorials in 1955. They note editorials helped prevent accidents and saved lives, urging continued caution and courtesy to maintain a model traffic safety record in the Decatur area.
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Travelers Insurance Companies
Decatur
Alabama Legislature faces school funding crisis and plan
Voters demand action as Morgan County schools warn of April closure and a shortened term unless state funds rise. A fact finding committee may define needs. Gov. Folsom vows no closures, while lawmakers weigh new financing paths beyond the defeated Goodwyn measure.
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Morgan County
Alabama
County Board of Education
Goodwyn
Folsom
Higher Priced Gas Rift in Democratic Party Emerges
The piece discusses a natural gas bill that would raise prices for Northern consumers and challenge constitutional interpretation. It warns of a split in the Democratic Party along regional lines, comparing potential friction to anti-lynching and fair employment bills. It notes past delays when Lyndon Johnson was sidelined by a heart attack and the current push to pass the bill quickly.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Detroit
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Lyndon Johnson
Clements
Kentucky
Lyndon
Expecting the Worst Attitude Hindering Joyful Living
Living Today by Arlie 8. Davidson argues that preemptive pessimism harms success and happiness. He cites a job interview where a trained candidate declined the role, underscoring that belief in failure can cost opportunities. He urges families and individuals to avoid chronic worry and to adopt a balanced, proactive mindset.
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Davidson
Edgar Guest
Douglas Gambit in Filibuster War Over Gas Bill
Congress braces for a possible filibuster as Senator Douglas, a wounded World War II veteran, may offer an anti lynching amendment to the natural gas bill. The measure would federalize race based attacks and affect the Till case, drawing Johnson into a political confrontation.
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Congress
Douglas
Lyndon Johnson
Marine Corps
Iwo Jima
Mississippi
Justice Department
Washington
Texas
Johnson
Senate
Hubert Humphrey
Nehru and Weeks clash over air control and communism
The piece contrasts Sunny Weeks and Fred Lee over air traffic control policy and rail-minded influence, notes Lee’s dismissal and a costly Commerce survey, then shifts to Nehru’s stance toward communism and Khrushchev’s India visit, with critical views on Menon and Spratt.
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Sunny” Weeks
Boston
Commerce Department
Fred Lee
Civil Aeronautics
Lee
Telephone Company
Weeks
American Telephone and Telegraph
Sunny Weeks
Vermont
Massachusetts
Hoover
Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
Washington
Community Chest
Ikemen
Lees
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Josh Lee
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAA
Cresap, McCormick and Paget
Chicago
New York Central
Robert Murray
Aeronautics Personnel Pai
American Music Conference cites 28 million in US audience
The American Music Conference reports more than 28 million Americans attend Scenee events, highlighting the large national audience for the program and its cultural impact across the country.
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United States
The
American Music Conference
National Safety Council cites 1954 motor crash toll
The National Safety Council reports 36,000 deaths and 1,250,000 injuries in 1954 from motor vehicle accidents with a total cost of 4 million dollars.
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National Safety Council
Ten Labor Leaders Convicted Under Taft Hartley Law
Victor Riesel reports the Justice Department convicted seven of ten labor leaders for falsely claiming they were not Communists under the Taft Hartley act. The piece notes plans for new arrests, praises AFL representative Harry Goldberg in Rome and recounts political tensions with neo Fascists and Communists, and critiques government actions toward labor peace.
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Victor Riesel
Justice Dept
Harry Goldberg
Indonesia
Italy
Goldberg
AFL
Rome
Riesel
Big Law
Benito Mussolini
United States
Free World
Harry
Foreign experts weigh Molotov successor impact on Cold War
Labor observers in the United States warn that choosing Andrei Gromyko as Molotov’s successor could trigger a harsher cold war stance from the Soviet Union. Gromyko is described as bitterly anti US and the AFL-CIO merger leaders caution on Soviet aggression.
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Labor
Ussr
Molotov
U. S
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Waterfront clash looms as longshore unions duel
The AFL-CIO International Brotherhood of Longshoremen plans a spring campaign to oust the Longshoremen's Association from New York and other eastern and gulf coast docks. With funds and manpower ready, the union will seek a government election after October 1 and deploy workers to distribute literature on the docks amid a tough battle.
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East
Gulf
Afl-Cio
International Brotherhood of Longshoremen
New York
Feud resumes between Meany and NAM chair in New York
The dispute between George Meany and NAM chairman Charles R. Sligh Jr. re ignites on January 19 in New York. Meany will reply to Sligh with a strong counterattack, continuing a public clash that started at the NAM Congress luncheon last month.
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George Meany
Charles R. Sligh, Jr
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM Congress
New York
Sugat
Meany
Afl-Cio
Contributed Once Long Ago Lovers Remembered
The speaker recalls holding your hand and whispering words of love long ago, a time when time itself seemed to fade. Joy filled every kiss as fancies swirled, yet the beloved’s departure left the speaker searching for a guiding morning star. Herschel Stegar
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Herschel Stegar
TV Station Seeks Backing Over House Sound Recording
WSFA TV urged viewers to protest to state representatives after a cameraman was denied consent to film with sound in the State House during the opening of a special session. The House later took a voice vote on the request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
House of Representatives
Wsfa-Tv
Hayes Aircraft Wins $6.6 Million Air Force Contract
The Hayes Aircraft Corp. won a U S Air Force contract worth 6.665 million dollars for modifying C119 Boxcars and converting B50s to jet tankers. About 5 500 people are employed at the Birmingham plant at the municipal airport.
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Birmingham
Air Force
Hayes Aircraft Corp
The double bass, largest violin family member
The double bass is the largest member of the violin family and the lowest in pitch.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Sheridan School
Arlie
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British Commonwealth
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Mao
John Foster Dulles
Goa
King
U.S
Hall Syndicate, Inc
the Morgan County. National Bank
FDIC
Federal Reserve System
Hayes Aircraft
Southern Engineering CO
Phang
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