Ives Pushes FEPC Bill Amid Filibuster Threat
Senator Irving M. Ives announces plans to seek passage of a fair employment practices commission bill in the next Congress. He cites potential Southern filibuster as a major hurdle and aims to move hearings after January. Ives, sponsor of a bipartisan anti discrimination measure, expects Senate Labor Committee approval but fears floor debate blockage. He plans to enlist prominent church leaders to testify.
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Washington
Irving M. Ives
Congress
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Ives
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
Labor Committee
South overcall of two clubs ends in heavy loss
Oswald Jacoby analyzes a recent deal where a two clubs overcall by South leads to a sharp counter by West. West doubles the overcall after the bad bid, setting a trap that exposes South and East to multiple ruffs and eventual loss of 1100 points. The hand ends with South wrongly blaming luck.
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Oswald Jacoby
NEA
East
South
West
Big North Carolina Schools Face New Year and Growth
North Carolina opens its public schools in September with about 32 000 teachers serving 850 000 students across 2 400 schools. New facilities cost 47 million state money plus 22 million local funds, while 7 783 more classrooms are needed. Birth rates raise first grade numbers and a Oct. 3 bond vote seeks 50 million for continued construction.
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Bryan Haislip
Raleigh
North Carolina
Anson
Union
Cleveland
Jonas Ridge
Burke County
John Cameron
School House Planning
Cameron
C. D. Douglas
State Board of Education
Douglas
Pesan
Merry Hill
Mars Hill
Bertie County
Magnolia
Duplin
Prospect Hill
U S Korean Economic Board Holds First Full Meeting
The combined U S Korean Economic Board convened in Seoul for its first full meeting and outlined plans to spend about 50000 dollars on rehabilitation and reconstruction in South Korea.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S. - Korean Economic Board
South Korea
North Jersey firemen defy ordinance with free beer giveaway
Prospect Park volunteers planned their annual convention but found a local ordinance barred beer sales. Undaunted, they distributed beer free to buyers of 50 cent glasses to hold the drink at the event.
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Prospect Park
N. J
North Jersey
Vet's Rescuers Set for Highest Medal for Heroic Save
New York fire chief plans to award two firefighters James Rice and John Dougal the department’s top medal after they rescued Sidney Herman, a 23 year old Navy veteran perched on a 14th floor ledge at Fort Hamilton. The pair rope-suspended from a 15th floor ledge to pull Herman to safety after 13 hours of threat to jump. Herman, discharged from the Navy in 1950 for health reasons, was sedated and kept in a psychiatric ward of the veterans hospital following the dramatic rescue.
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New York
Peter Loftus
James Rice
John Dougal
Sidney Herman
Navy
Veterans Hospital
Fort Hamilton
Brooklyn
Thougal
Rice
Herman
Minorities Concept Damaging to U.S.
RELMAN MORIN discusses how the word minority affects Americans using Hiroshi Miyamura and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team as examples. He cites a former prisoner who was drafted into the Japanese Army and reflects on identity, belonging, and national loyalty amid wartime discrimination. He questions the cost of racial categorization and its impact on citizens, artists, and scientists.
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Relman Morin
Hal Boyle
New York
Korea
America
Hiroshi Miyamura
Smith
Jones
McLeod
O'Rourke
Army
California
Los Angeles
Selis
Tokyo
Japan
Miyamura
442Nd Ret
POW Treatment Will Be Probed
The neutral nations supervisory commission will investigate charges by Chinese Red Cross officials that UN forces mistreated prisoners in South Korea. The allegations emerged after visits to Communist prisoners in South Korean camps.
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Freedom * Village
Korea
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
United Nations
South Korea
Red Cross
Duke Football Player Jesse James Birchfield Standout Tackle
Durham report notes Duke University football awaits fall games with Jesse James Birchfield as a stalemore tackle. The article hints at physical defense and potential impact on opponents' ball handling. Birchfield's full name is emphasized as a key attribute in this defensive unit.
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Durham
Duke University
Duke
Stalemore
Jesse James Birchfield
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