FHA Says More Negro Housing Units in South Than Whites
Senator Sparkman cites a Public Housing Administration report showing 35 400 Negro housing units vs 34 030 white in 15 states including the Deep South. Alabama Georgia Mississippi Tennessee and Florida listed higher Negro counts, while coastal states also show gaps.
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FHA
South
Wilbur Jennings Washington
John Sparkman
Public Housing Administration
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Tennessee
Florida
George Thinking of Me Dear Eunice
The fragment shows a personal note asking if laughter was heard and apologizing, addressed to Eunice, with introspective tone. It reads as a brief intimate reminiscence or apology.
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George
Eunice
Representative Laurie Battle Seeks District Feedback
Rep Laurie Battle of Alabama's ninth district mails 12000 questionnaires to gauge public opinion on major congressional issues and gather a cross section of voters' views.
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Laurie Battle
Alabama
Congress
Fragmented Anecdotes on Travel Tales and Daily Life
A collage of comic vignettes and conversations from a bygone era. A boastful traveller John Henry Jarvis Alpinstock dominates social talk and bleeds into humorous exchanges about families, kittens, and modest religious reflections.
Battle asks public for views on world peace and domestic policy
In a public appeal, Battle seeks citizen input on steps for world peace, Taft Hartley reform, school crisis solutions, and national economy policy. He warns of anti religious communists abroad and internal dissent at home and urges quick responses to the questionnaire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
America
The Poor Man's Philosopher Defends The Common Cold
HAL BOYLE argues the common cold is not a disease but a social safety valve. He mocks anti histamine cures and suggests keeping the cold to prevent deeper illnesses, noting mind over germs influences illness and proposing a grasshopper hormone for fun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Bicycle summons ends with Dijon verdict not a vehicle
Claude Jacquem in farm laborer rode home without a rear light and was fined for not stopping. A police whistle led to court. the magistrate ruled a bicycle is not a vehicle because it has no axle. The Appeal Court upheld the view that a bicycle is not a vehicle.
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DIJON
Claude Jacquemin
Jacquemin
Family dinner conversation reveals strain and longing
A Washington family discusses money worries at dinner. Sylvia asks why they must pray daily for bread as tensions surface over affordability and an impending divorce.
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Sylvia
Brother
Riverside High School Exam Week and February Theme
Exam week ends at Riverside High School and the second semester begins Monday. A film The Nature of Color played at the assembly. World Series film was shown to Music Club members. A Thursday program on Honesty featured Jo Ann Parker and Betty Carl Hendon. The Student Council plans to promote February's Courtesy theme.
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Riverside High School
Music Club
Betty Carl Hendon
Jo Ann Parker
Winners Listed In Yo-Yo Contest At The Capitol
Winners in the yo yo contest at the Capitol theatre were announced. January 21 results show Tommy Nebrig first with Charles Davis Jerry Mason Bill Hinz Millard Teal as runners up. January 28 boys winner Bill Hinz with runners up Davis Mason Cavanaugh Godwin Berrett. girls winner Linda Sparkman with Joan Hoppenjans. Next contests set for February 4 and February 11 with prizes including sweaters and a named engraved trophy for the boy or girl 7 to 17 years old.
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Capitol Theatre
Tommy Nebrig
Charles Davis
Jerry Mason
Bill Hinz
Millard Teal
Ronnie Cavanar
George Godwin
Billy Berrett
Linda Sparkman
Joan Hoppenjans
the Capitol
Traffic Night Crashes More Lethal Than Daytime
Night traffic accidents carry about twice the fatality risk of those occurring in daylight. Experts cite reduced visibility and higher impairment rates as key factors contributing to the disparity.
Austinville Class Visits Wheeler Refuge for Wildlife Tour
Professor Edwin Price leads nine Austinville High students on a visit to Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge. The group tours the sanctuary, views waterfowl including many Canadian geese, and inspects fur caught by cooperative trappers. Refuge manager John H. Sutherlin welcomes school groups year round.
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Tinville High School
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
John H. Sutherlin
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Esther Hall
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Supirjet
Jeem
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Himsel
Lewis
Joe Dickman
Library
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
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Professor Edwin Price
Aus
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Chevrolet
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