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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1955

Page

6

Maryland Teachers Colleges Bow To Racial Integration

Maryland state boards unanimously abolished segregation in five teachers colleges in Baltimore Frostburg Salisbury Ton gan Bowie and Salisbury. The move follows the Supreme Court ruling on school integration and calls for compliance by Maryland counties before court action.

Associated Press Maryland Deep South U.S. Supreme Court National Assn. For Advancement of Colored People Maryland State Board of Education Board of Trustees of Teachers Colleges Baltimore Thomas G. Pullen Jr Supreme Court Frostburg Salisbury Tongan Bowie White Citizens Councils Selma Ala US. Supreme Court Mississippi Herman Talmadge Georgia Tom Brady Brookhaven Miss Shhools Brady Talmadge High Court U.S

Special techniques for sowing seeds in hot dry weather

The article advises home gardeners on summer seed sowing for lettuce carrots beans and other short harvest crops. It emphasizes moisture and a porous mulch soil mix of peat moss and sharp sand, deep soil preparation, daily watering to three inches deep, and mulching to conserve moisture until seedlings root deeply.

Thieves Hit Two Hartselle Stores Over Night

Chief Deputy Hyde reports $50 taken from Hartselle Grocery Company with pennies left untouched after entry through a rear window. A hammer found in the store belonged to J E Bartlett's Food Mart, which was entered by panel damage but left mostly intact. No fingerprints were recovered as investigators, including Deputy Hogan and Police Chief Looney, probe the East Main Street break ins.

Hartselle Richard Hyde Chester Hogan M. L. Looney L. P. Darnell Hyde Hartselle Grocery Company Hartselle Grocery J. E. Bartlett Food Mart Main St

Strike Knocks Out Little Rock Bus Service

M AFL bus drivers and mechanics walk out at 1 30 am halting the sole city line serving Little Rock and North Little Rock leaving about 40000 riders stranded. The strike follows a deadlock over appointing a chairman for a three member arbitration panel to resolve contract disputes for 137 drivers and 41 mechanics with demands including a 14 cent per hour wage increase.

Little. Rock Ark AFL Little Rock

Somerville Man Charged With Assault on Wife

Walter Cowley, 35, released on $750 bond after arrest by Morgan County Sheriff on a warrant by his wife Mrs. Lizzell Cowley. She alleges he beat her with a stick, injuring her left arm and hand and legs. justice J. R. Ransom arranged for her to sign the warrant in Somerville.

Somerville Walter Cowley Morgan County Cowley Jimmie Collier Lizzell Cowley J. R. Ransom Ransom

Fourth Birthday Party For Donna Roberts In Moulton Area

Mrs. Orval Roberts hosted a Saturday birthday party for her daughter Donna on the Moulton Decatur highway. Guests enjoyed games prizes and favors as a cake with homemade ice cream was served. The event included many local names among attendees and helpers. In Atlantic City Thurgood Marshall urged desegregation by the 1956 school term at the NAACP convention.

Orval Roberts Moulton-Decatur Highway Donna Roberts Joel Nelson Barbara Hill R. V. Nelson James Legg Willie B. Gillan Carolyn Rita Diane Keenum Gail Alexander Janet Chrys Dellashaw Mary Ellen Fisher Judy Suggs Brenda Hill Barbara Joan Phares Barbara Keenum Selma Roberts Jerry Jimmy Boyd Clark Roger Hill Carolyn Roberts Ann Jan Harp Willie Mae Ricky Larry Smith Roger Brooks Opal White Ronnie Cox Janice Randal Velita Hampton Frankie Bates Gary Gillan Brendia McCulloch Vonda Sue Steve Legg Ronald Roberts Atlantcc City N.J Thurgood Marshall NAACP Marshall

McCarthy Tries to Climb Out of Political Basement

James Marlow notes Sen. McCarthy once again struggles for visibility after a 67-22 Senate condemnation last December and a 77-4 rebuke to his resolution. The piece discusses his waning influence, confrontations with Eisenhower, and the Army McCarthy hearings.

McCarthy Washington Sen R-Wis Senate Eisenhower

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