Civil Rights Hearing Opens Over Voting Records Fight
The Civil Rights Commission begins its first public hearing in Montgomery on Monday, examining Negro voting conditions in six rural Alabama counties while counties resist releasing registration files. Subpoenas cover Barbour, Bullock, Dallas, Owndes, Macon and Wilcox. If records stay secret, the commission may still use testimony to push federal civil rights action.
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Montgomery
Ala
Civil Rights Commission
Alabama
Michigan State University
Executive Department
Barbour
Bullock
George Wallace
Dallas
Owndes
Macon
Wilcox County
U. S. Dist
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Commission
Eastern Wage Proposal Is Turned Down
Eastern Air Lines machinists and flight engineers have been on strike for 14 days. The union rejected a 49 cents per hour raise for head machinists and inspectors and 44 cents for regular machinists, calling it unacceptable. The company said the offer was only slightly above settlements with other airlines. District 100 leader George M. Brown said no broader issues were addressed and the company must propose a way to resume talks. No meetings were scheduled, and negotiations remain at a standstill.
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Miami
Fla
Eastern Air Lines
Eastern
George M. Brown
District 100
International Assn
Foley Joins Newspaper Guild Picket At Evening Star
Congressman-elect John R. Foley joined the American Newspaper Guild picket line in front of the Evening Star for about 30 minutes on Saturday. He was with his son John R. Foley Jr. Both carried strike posters and Foley said the action was a vigorous exercise of the strikers rights and he offered public support, not commenting on the dispute’s merits.
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Washington
John R. Foley
D-Md
American Newspaper Guild
Evening Star
John R. Foley Jr
Foley
Kensington
Fifth Army Enters Rome Liberating European Capital
On June 5 1944 the U S Fifth Army entered Rome marking the liberation of the European capital from Axis domination. The event underscores a turning point in World War II as Allied forces push through Italy toward final victory.
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U. S. Fifth Army
Rome
County History Award Announced at North Carolina meeting
At the North Carolina Society of County and Local Historians session in Raleigh the Peace Award was established to honor Tar Heel county history writers. The award begins in 1959 and is donated by Mrs. Willie Parker Peace in memory of her husband, S. T. Peace.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Society of County and Local Historians
W. P. Jacobs
Chapel Hill
Willie Parker Peace
Henderson
S. T. Peace
Vance County
F. C. Salisbury
Moehead City
Smithwich
Hodges
C. McLemoe Jr
Garland
North Carolina Poetry Society
Harry S. Truman
Salisbury
Smithwick
North Carolina
Herbert O’keef
E. R. MacKethan
Fayetteville
Young McLemore
STRAC Ready for Limited War as Winds Halt Jump
Major General Hamilton Howze announced STRAC is ready around the clock after a test of rapid action by 3,500 paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg. A mass parachute jump on the Sicily dropzone was canceled due to high winds.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
Strategic Army Corps
Hamilton Howze
82Nd Airborne Division
Strac
Sicily
82Nd Airborne
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