Probe Is Asked Into Beatings By Negro Leaders
Three Montgomery Black leaders urged Gov. Patterson and U.S. Attorney General Rogers to investigate a violent incident at a Selma public lake involving four Black individuals. The letters, signed by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr and Rev Ralph Abernathy, request federal attention.
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John Patterson
U.S. Atty
William P. Rogers
Selma
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Ralph D. Abernathy
Montgomery
Montgomery Lake Violence Sparks Civil Rights Response
The Montgomery NAACP and MIA leaders received letters with memos alleging attacks on three Black residents at the lake and the disappearance of Rev. Horace G. Bell. The statements urged action to prevent mob justice and noted a man named Quintus Hooten was beaten near the lake by white men as he approached.
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Quintus Hooten
E. L. Carl
Johnny Foster
Southern mob violence pattern noted in letters to officials
The statements recount beatings of Carl and others, with one man reported missing since last Saturday after going to Dallas County to fish. The letters describe mob violence in the South and cite the Parker lynching in Mississippi as part of a growing pattern, urging investigations and action. The public lake in Dallas County opened recently with many Black fishermen present without incident.
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Carl
Circuit Sdl
Blanchard McLeod
Selma
Bell
Dallas County
First National Bank of
Montgomery
Mack Parker
Poplarville
Miss
Alabama Florida Crude Oil Stocks Up 20,000 Barrels
The Bureau of Mines reports crude petroleum stocks in Alabama and Florida on May 23 totaled 2,265,000 barrels, up 20,000 barrels from the prior week.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
Alabama
Florida
Driver Killed as Truck Rams Truck in Georgia
In Dallas Georgia a Alabama truck driver William C. Keel 46 of Sylacauga was killed when his tractor trailer struck the rear of another truck which then hit a school bus carrying 80 Negro children. The children escaped injury. State Patrol Sgt. T E Bentley identified the victim.
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Dallas, Ga
Alabama
State Patrol
T. E. Bentley
William C. Keel
Sylacauga
Ala
Anniston Man Killed in Michigan Wreck
Vernon L. Lindsey aged 22 from Anniston Alabama was killed when his car lost control and hit a utility pole in Detroit Michigan. He was employed locally.
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Anniston
Michigan
Detroit
Vernon L. Lindsey
Ala
Dulles Estate Skips Most Heirs For Widow In Will
John Foster Dulles left the bulk of his estate to his widow Janet Avery Dulles in a July 25 1958 will filed in New York Surrogate's Court. The will provides half the trust income to daughter Lillias Dulles Henshaw and outright to her $10 000, and the other half to son John Watson Dulles with an extra $100 000. Princeton University receives $10 000. son Avery receives $5 000 due to special circumstances. total estate size undetermined.
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New York
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Avery Dulles
Sullivan and Cromwell
Janet Avery Dulles
Fifteen Year Terms For Station Robbery Plea
Mobile Alabama AP reports Eugene Fowler age 31 formerly of Detroit and Charles I Schelling 25 of Mobile pleaded guilty to a service station robbery. Each man received a 15 year sentence after halting trial to enter the guilty pleas.
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Mobile
Eugene Fowler
Detroit
Charles I. Schellinger
Here
Haleyville minister to speak at Memorial Drive gospel meetings
W C Quil len of Haleyville Church of Christ will speak May 31 to June 9 at Memorial Drive Church of Christ 224 Memorial Dr NW. Daily services start at 10 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. with the first two night services at 6 p.m per Memorial Drive minister E Robert McAnally.
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W. C. Quillen
Haleyville Church of Christ
Haleyville
Memorial Drive Church of Christ
Memorial Dr. NW
Memorial Drive
E. Robert McAnally
Cutter Commander To Head Port Of N. O.
The Sebago coast guard cutter commander Cmdr. C H Waring from Jackson Mississippi is relieved of command to become port captain of New Orleans next month. Capt David O will take command of the cutter.
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N. O
Mobile
Coast Guard
New Orleans
Cmdr
C. H. Waring
Jackson
Miss
Sebago
David 0
St Bridget of Sweden School Staffed by Irish Sisters
Van Nuys California report notes St Bridget of Sweden School is staffed by Irish Sisters of Charity and serves the local community with religious instruction and education programs.
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van Nuys
Calif
St. Bridget of Sweden
Irish Sisters
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