Thurmond Remains In Character In Civil Rights Row
Senator Strom Thurmond stayed true to himself as he broke with Southern Democrats and challenged the party’s civil rights stance. His career shows a track record of solo moves, from a WWII combat captain to leading the 1948 States Rights ticket and a long ascent in South Carolina politics.
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Dixie
GOP
Senate
Strom Thurmond
Harry Truman
Thurmond
Brown
South Carolina
Miscasniyer
Jean Crouch
Salt Lake City
Why Do We Ask Why According To Faith
The piece discusses how children ask why and adults seek causes, noting that many reasons are complex and not directly tied to outcomes. It suggests questions about God’s plans for spiritual and natural events, and concludes that faith in God can be as steady as the rising sun.
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R. L. Dieffenbacher
D.D
NEA
Senator Ellender Prepares as Thurmond Speaks
Waiting wife nods as Sen. Allen J. Ellender of Louisiana grips reference material and poses for photographers before entering the Senate chamber while Strom Thurmond delivers a long speech. Ellender says he will follow Thurmond when the South Carolina senator ends his address.
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Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Senate
Thurmond
Sen
Ellender
Western 11 Point Proposal for Nuclear Arms Disarmament
The United States and Western allies proposed an 11 point plan at London talks to halt the nuclear arms race and ease military burdens. Provisions prohibit use of nuclear weapons except in self defense and allow limited transfer under treaty arrangements between allied nations.
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Washington
United States
Russia
London
Governor Hodges denounces violence over school integration
Governor Hodges declared North Carolina will not tolerate lawlessness as school boards in Greensboro Charlotte and Winston-Salem move to admit a few Negro students to all white schools. He noted his personal opposition to mixing races but stressed state readiness to act to prevent disorder.
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Raleigh
Hodges
North Carolina
Greensboro
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
North Carolina Associated Presson
Johan Kasper
North
Skire Sevee
Raleigh School Board
Luther Hodges
Democrats to Run Against Dulles in Next Year’s Campaign
Sen. Smathers, Democratic campaign chief, says Democrats will attack Secretary of State Dulles as a target in the 1958 campaign. He cites Proxmire’s Wisconsin win as proof criticism of Eisenhower foreign policy aids Democratic gains. Humphrey backs foreign policy as a major issue.
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Washington
Smath’ers
D-Fla
State Dulles
Congress
Smathers
Eisenhower
William Proxmire
Senate
Wisconsin
Proxmire
Walter J. Kohler
Joseph R. McCarthy
Knowland
California
Vernon W. Thomson
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Middle Belt tobacco markets open with $40 to $58 prices
The Associated Press reports opening sales on North Carolina Middle Belt markets led to prices from $40 to $58 per hundredweight with most bids between $45 and $65. Markets at Louisburg Oxford and Fuquay Varina showed varied volume and only a small share moved to price support.
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North Carolina
Middle Belt
Federal State Market News Service
Louisburg
Oxford
Fuquay-Varina
Stabilization Corp
Phil Hedrick
North Carolina State Department of Agricul
Negro says held in peonage in New York
Augusta Georgia news reports a 39 year old college graduate James H Brunson claims he and 22 other Black workers were kept in peonage by white farm bosses in New York this summer. He says workers faced beatings and cheats with wages as low as 5.49 for a 72 hour week amid promises of better treatment. Governor Hariman ordered a state migrant farm camp investigation after NAACP pleas surfaced. The piece notes earlier inquiries found no slavery evidence, with some technical violations observed in about a quarter of camps.
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Augusta
New York
James H. Brunson
Augusta Chronicle
Brunson
Oun
Eanen
Averell Harri
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Herbert Hill
Naacp Labor Sec
Priorities Urged For Flu Vaccine
Washington report says state health officers urge priority vaccination for essential workers and TB patients to maintain community services during a possible influenza epidemic. The proposal seeks advisory panels to define local essential occupations and calls for weekly illness reports and rapid pneumonia data collection.
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Washington
Assn. of State
United States
U.S
Public Health Service
Leroy E. Burney
Burney
Two North Carolina School Boards Face Court Over Integration
Charlotte and Greensboro boards prepared to defend in separate courts their decisions to admit a limited number of Negroes to white schools. Winston-Salem had already integrated and faces no suit. Courts weigh the Pupil Placement Act and possible relief via reassignment or tuition grants.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Charlotte
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Charlotte School Board
Geensboro Board
Boro
U.S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Thurmond Filibuster Extends 16 Hours in Rights Debate
Senator Strom Thurmond continued his 16 hour all night filibuster against the civil rights bill. He paused briefly while William Proxmire took the oath as Wisconsin's new senator and then resumed speaking. Senate leadership warned against procedural changes as Thurmond pressed beyond the 16th hour.
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Strom Thurmond
Senate
South Carolina
Senator Thurmond
Washington
Sen
Thurmond
D-Sc
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Proxmire
Sen. Yarborough
Money Bill Passage Expected
Congress prepared to pass a $3 435 810 000 foreign aid bill to fund military and economic aid to allies. The compromise totals 2 768 760 000 new funds and 667 050 000 re-appropriated from prior years. Senate and House conferees settled the figure to ease adjournment and move the civil rights bill forward.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Flu Outbreak Sends Reservists to Camp Lejeune Hospital
Forty two Marine Reservists from Raleigh’s Fourth 155 howitzer battery were hospitalized at Camp Lejeune Naval Hospital with influenza. Officials said cases are mild, some to be released today, specimens sent for testing, and overall respiratory disease at the hospital remains near normal.
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Camp Lejeune
N.C
Naval Hospital
Public Information Office
155 Howitzer
Raleigh
Burlington Buys Martel Mills
Burlington Industries of Greensboro announced the purchase of Martel Mills Corp as of Monday. Martel produces cotton textile goods including tickings sateens and jeans with mills in Spartanburg Batesburg and Lexington South Carolina and operates 87 276 spindles and 2 600 looms.
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Ahseville
Martel Mills Corp
Burlington Industries
Greensboro
C. D. Boyd
Martel
Spartanburg
Batesburg
Lexington
South Carolina
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Maine
Judiciary Committee
Harry S. Dent
Jack Ryan
Burlington
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