28 May 1951
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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1951
Page
1
AP columnist HAL BOYLE describes chasing a tweed look by adopting a shaggy, casual style and smoking a pipe to appear tweedy. He notes Frances’s reaction, a discovery that the “tweediest” masks are just ordinary men and recounts being mistaken for a tweedier version of himself by strangers.
The Nation Today reports Congress delaying action on higher income taxes amid ongoing hearings and closed-door talks. It traces House Ways and Means progress, projected timelines into June, and Senate schedules that could push final passage into late summer. It also shows illustrative tax increases for a married two‑earner family across income brackets, noting caps and the 90 percent rule for top earners.
MONTGOMERY AP An attractive state employee is under hospital care for a deadly dose of carbon monoxide fumes blamed on a suspected double attempt at self destruction. Leon J. Henderson, 33, of Montgomery, was dead on arrival. Louise Rogers, former Patsburg resident now in Crenshaw County, is expected to recover after they were found in a car with tightly closed windows off the Troy Highway. The coroner said a suicide note was signed by both and indicated unhappiness led them to take death as the outcome. Henderson had been unemployed most of the year.
Desmond Miles 34, Covington County resident, charged with murdering J A Hill 45 of Roberta after confessing to an on road shooting during an altercation. Miles led officers to Hill’s body on a logging road north of Andalusia while serving a drunk driving sentence in Elba. No trial date set.
A three judge panel in Charleston hears a pivotal challenge to secondary school segregation in Clarendon County South Carolina. NAACP argues the system itself violates equal protection while officials push for potential abolition of segregated schools if banned. The case precedes an anticipated U S Supreme Court appeal with Thurgood Marshall leading plaintiffs counsel.
James C. Lee Sr a prominent Birmingham businessman and civic leader died at his home yesterday. He recently resigned as chair of the Jefferson County Service Board and was president of the Buffalo Bottling Co. An Army veteran of World War I he attended Viren 4 Maibisry Institute and Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Survived by widow Elizabeth Turley Lee and son James Lee Jr the bottling company executive.
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