Voting Survey Dubbed Distorted by State Attorney General
North Carolina officials and leaders debate a regional council survey on Negro voting. Atty. Gen. George B. Patton called the report distorted, while two eastern leaders and NAACP President Kelly M. Alexander said eastern registration faced hurdles. The survey notes literacy tests vary by county and some whites or Negroes can register with help from white sponsors.
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Raleigh
Southern Regional Council
North Carolina
George B. Patton
Atton
Patton
James R. Walker Jr
Weldon
Halifax
Northampton
Kelly M. Alexander
Charlotte
NAACP
Piedmont
Airman Faces Court Martial In Swindle At Shaw Air Force Base
Shaw Air Force Base reports a general court martial for the fourth airman in a payroll swindle totaling about 38 000 dollars. S Sgt Bernice R Moore 31 from Durham North Carolina is accused of 2814 in illegal payments. Airman 1st Class Peter Cyprian Jr 26 of Gary Indiana was sentenced to dishonorable discharge hard labor and forfeiture after pleading guilty to 4340 in excess payments between December 14 1956 and March 27 1957. Additional charges involve about twenty airmen and two civilians. Two civilians face federal trial in Columbia and Airman 2C John Davis Jr 22 from Cleveland Ohio will be tried tomorrow.
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Shaw Air Force Base
S.C
Bernice R. Moore
Durham
N.C
Gary
Ind
Peter Cyprian Jr
James H. Nix
Ridgeland
Charles W. Tatum
Greensboro
Lorenzo Monts
Brooklyn
N.Y
Columbia
John Davis Jr
Cleveland
Ohio
McElroy’s Big Sacrifice for Defense Post Nomination
Procter Gamble president Neil McElroy, a longtime public servant, is considered for Eisenhower’s secretary of defense. He would give up a $25 000 salary and stock holdings to lead an estimated four million employees worldwide. McElroy is noted for organizational skill and personable leadership. He grew up in Cincinnati, attended East High, played basketball and piccolo at Harvard, and built a reputation as a decisive, well balanced leader.
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King Puttos Doma
Procter Gamble Co
Senate
Eisenhower
Charles E. Wilson
Defense
McElroy
Cincinnati
Community Chest
Camilla
Daugher
Ae Omer
Mac
Berea
Ohio
East
Withrow
Neil
Harvard University
Harvard
Dou I
Average Leaf Prices In Decline On Georgia Florida Markets
The Associated Press reports downtrends across Georgia Florida flue censored tobacco markets as season end nears. Final sales occurred at eight markets Alma Baxley Hazlehurst Nashville Swainsboro Sylvester Thomasville and Waycross with overall averages $1 to $7 per cwt lower than Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Georgia-Florida
Alma
Baxley
Hazlehurst
Nashville
Swainsboro
Sylvester
Thomasville
Waycross
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S
School Board Deliberates Appeals on Desegregation Requests
Parents of 24 Negro children challenge last month’s rejection of admission to white schools. The board did not set a ruling date. NAACP figures warned legal action may follow if appeals fail, with advocates arguing segregated schools are illegal and inferior and urging broader desegregation.
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C. C. Pearson
Durham
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Pearson
Thomas H. Wyche
Dr Alexander Dies in Atlanta After Leading Protestant Center
Dr John M Alexander 65 longtime president of the Protestant Radio and TV Center since its founding a decade ago died yesterday in Atlanta. He previously led churches in Richmond Columbia Birmingham and Fayetteville. Pearl divers in the Persian Gulf wear white coveralls to guard against stinging jellyfish.
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Atlanta
John M. Alexander
Protestant Radio and TV Center
Richmond
Columbia
Birmingham
Ala
Fayetteville
N.C
Persian Gulf
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Ballard
Puffin
Borden
N. Main ST
Washington ST
Kelly Alexander
DR. Alexander
High Point
Eastern
Carolina
Kivett Drive
Thurston ST
N. Main
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