State reacts with restrained tone to court order on integration
Alabama officials offered largely nonconfrontational reactions to the Supreme Court ruling directing the end of classroom segregation with local conditions to be considered. Lt. Gov. Hardwick praised it as the only practicable approach, while Gov. Folsom and legislators framed the decision as a hopeful, measured path allowing time for transition.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Supreme Court
High Court
South
Guy Hardwick
Ruby Hurley
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Birmingham
James E. Folsom
Albert Boutwell
Jefferson County
Former Town Creek Resident Succumbs
Town Creek man 94 dies after funeral services at Town Creek Church of Christ. Retired farmer formerly lived in Town Creek Hatton and Oneonta Hospital. Survived by son Ray Oneonta daughter Mrs E K Martin nine grandchildren 19 great grandchildren one great great grandchild and sister Mrs Eva Spangler Town Creek. Grandsons pallbearers. A J Thompson Decatur conducted service.
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Town Creek
W. C. Cemetery
Church of Christ
Morgan
Oneonta
Kay
Hedick Mentey
St .On
Oneonta Hospital
Hatton
Ray
E. K. Martin
Hope
Eva Spangler
A. Thompson
Decatur
Pentagon Evacuation Test Planned for June Drill
The Pentagon will test how long it takes to clear its 29 000 workers in a war scenario. The June 15 Operation Alert includes 15 000 federal employees deploying to secret sites, while Pentagon staff will evacuate only to two large adjacent parking lots.
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Washington
Pentagon
Eisenhower
Alabama Lawmaker Warns Court Ruling Affects Children Now
A veteran Alabama lawmaker urges adoption of a committee recommendation and warns the Supreme Court decision impacts Alabama children presently and in the future. He says residents must decide integration locally by city, county, or community.
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Alabama
Supreme Court
Englishman backs down from planned Billy Graham humiliation
A jealous Englishman who split with his girlfriend after her conversion in Harringay Arena planned to slap Billy Graham during a London press conference, hoping for a front page photo. He refused, later joining hundreds in a Wimbley Stadium service to accept Christ as the evangelist spoke.
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Billy
Maddox
Billy Graham
Harringay Arena
London
Wimberly Stadium
Jesus Christ
Pentagon tests traffic plan to evacuate 9000 cars
The military district of Washington states a traffic control plan to move about 9,000 cars from a 70 acre parking area into an intricate road system, aiming to avoid traffic jams as evacuation advances beyond the capital area.
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Earel
Military District of
Washington
Pentagon
Freed Airmen Reach Hawaii After Chinese Captivity
Four U S Air Force pilots freed from Chinese captivity near Hong Kong march toward Hawaii for a reunion after more than two years as they return from the Korean War. Capt Harold Fischer Jr of Iowa Lt Lyle Cameron of Nebraska Lt Col Edwin Heller of Pennsylvania and Lt Roland W Parks of Nebraska arrive with stops at Guam and Wake Island before a five day stay in Hawaii.
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Rolland G. Cameron
Lincoln
Neb
Lyle W. Cameron
Peiping Radio
Cameron
Honolulu
U.S
Hawaii
Hong Kong
China
Harold Fischer Jr
Swea City
Iowa
Lyle Cameron
Edwin Heller
Wynnewood
Roland W. Parks
Omaha
Air Force
Guam
Wake Islands
Fragmented reminiscence of marriage and reconciliation
A speaker recalls a strained relationship and acknowledges marriage to another person. The narrative notes a change in bitterness, a lunch encounter, and a reflective question about overlooking a joyful experience, ending with a contented smile.
Haymes Cannot Be Deported Over Hawaii Trip
District Judge Burnita S. Matthews ruled that Argentine born singer Dick Haymes cannot be deported for his 1953 Hawaii trip. She found Hawaii a geographic part of the United States and that Haymes did not leave the country, rejecting the immigration service's view of his ineligibility for citizenship.
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Washington
Dick Haymes
Hawaii
Dist
Burnita S. Matthews
Immigration Service
Haymes
Rita Hayworth
United States
Matthews
American Samoa
Swains Islands
Southwest Pacific
Construction Booms in Decatur Area in 1955
Total building value nears 1954 peak as May permits reach 150000 for 19 projects. First five months tally 1865261 with 142 houses started, already over half of 1954’s 253. Want ads claim results.
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Decatur
Ing
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