Judge rules Florida bus seating laws unconstitutional
A U S District Court judge in Miami ruled Florida and Miami ordinances requiring segregated seating on municipal buses unconstitutional. The decision, citing the Montgomery Alabama Supreme Court ruling, lets the NAACP pursue an end to segregated seating and directs the city to answer within 10 days. The ruling signals potential broader impact beyond buses.
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Miami, Fla
U.S
Florida
Miami
Constitutional
Ernett Choate
The
National Assn. For Advancement of Colored People
U.S. Supreme Court
Montgomery
Ala
NAACP
Miami Transi Co
Transit Company
G. E. Graves Jr
A. Joseph Reddick
St. James
Tallahassee
Fla
Supreme Court
Reddick
Family Weekly Enclosed With Sunday Enterprise Paper
Enterprise readers will find the Family Weekly enclosed with their Sunday paper this week. The color section includes regular features and many special items designed to enhance enjoyment of The Enterprise.
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Enterprise
Family
Political Ferment In Arab World
Reports of Yemenite aggression charges and plans for an Iraqi government in exile reflect widening Arab world political turmoil. Yemen's minister in Cairo accuses Britain of backing rebels and reinforcing Aden. An Arab League call to UN intervention accompanies word of exile Iraq leaders seeking a government inside ten days with aims to redraw regional alignments.
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Cairo
Abdel Rahman Abutaleb
Yemen
aLeal
Arabian Peente
Aden
Said
Britain
United Nations
Arab League
U.N
al Gumhurriya
Damascus
Iraq
Russia
Egypt
Syria
Iran
Pakistan
Turkey
Nuri Said
Amman
Jordan
Abdullah Rimawi
Call Issued For Condition Of National Banks
WASHINGTON The comptroller of the currency issues a call for a statement of the condition of all national banks as of the close of business Monday, March 31. The action requires banks to submit detailed financial data and reports to the OCC for review and regulatory surveillance.
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Washington
Democrats Clinch Senate Control As Congress Opens
The opening of Congress faces high government costs and a record peace time budget, making a general income tax cut unlikely. While individual relief seems doubtful, bipartisan moves favor revising business excise taxes and aiding small businesses. The Eisenhower budget will guide spending around 72 billion dollars for the year starting July 1, limiting tax reductions despite Treasury surplus forecasts. Kent's advisers oppose cuts to curb inflation.
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Washington
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Capitol Hill
Eisenhower
Treasury
Conviction Of Sacher Confirmed
U S Sacher was convicted in U S District Court in March 1956 and sentenced to six months in jail plus a $1000 fine. He had been a member of the lawyers section of the Communist party.
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Washington
U. S
Sacher
U. S. District Court
Communist Party
Salvage Pace Rises as Suez Canal Clearing Progress
Divers and crews advance at two major obstructions in the Suez Canal the Ferdan bridge and the Akka sunken ship Egyptian salvage teams from the canal authority lead efforts in Port Said area with U N oversight. Mahmoud Yunis says large ships could move in four days while Wheeler forecasts open channel for oil tankers by March aiming for May full clearance.
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Port Said
Egypt
Suez Canal
Ferdan Bridge
Usdauer
Middle East
Mahmoud Yunis
Suez Canal Authority
U. S
Raymond A. Wheeler
U. N
Suez City
Atlas
Wheeler
5-Cent Letter Stamp May Be Proposed
A Republican lawmaker says Postmaster General Summerfield will ask Congress to raise first class letter stamps from 3 to 5 cents. The plan, presented at a White House GOP meeting, has Eisenhower backing. Summerfield has pursued higher rates to reduce the postal deficit, though a 2 cent increase had not been proposed before.
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Washington
Summerfield
Congress
White House
Eisenhower
Coldest Weather of Season Numbs North Carolina
The Associated Press reports record low temperatures across North Carolina as the mercury drops well below freezing. Greensboro hits 12 degrees, Asheville 13, Raleigh 14, Charlotte 17, and Wilmington 20. Highs today near 24 to 32 in the southwest with a warming trend forecast for tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Greensboro
Asheville
Raleigh
Charlotte
Wilmington
First Day License Plate Sales Break State Records
Thousands in North Carolina crowded sales agencies to purchase new orange on black license plates as records fell in Charlotte Wilmington and other cities. Linwood Lawrence won A-1 after hours of camping in Raleigh while Rocky Mount dropped the VD prefix amid protests from last year.
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North Carolina
Carolina Motor Club
Department of Motor Vehicles
Raleigh
Linwood
T. Lawrence
New Hill
Motor Vehicles Department
Charlotte
L. C. Fletcher
Lowell
Jessie Knott
Winston - Salem
Asheville
Greensboro
Wilmington
Rocky Mount
Joe Garrett
Garrett
Ike Rejects Five Power Arms Talks
President Eisenhower rejects for now a Soviet proposal for five power talks on disarmament while promising further proposals at the United Nations. He welcomes Bulganin’s willingness to consider limited aerial inspection, a point the United States has urged since the 1955 Geneva summit.
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Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
United States
United Nations
White House
Nikolai Bulganin
Bulganin
Russia
Britain
France
India
Moscow
Geneva
Gan
Eisenhower to Seek Congress Backing for Middle East Standby Authority
President Eisenhower aims to address Congress with a plea for standby authority to use U S military forces in the Middle East amid fears of Soviet expansion. Secretary Dulles framed the region as highly dangerous and outlined a tentative resolution authorizing military and economic programs and 400 million dollars in aid, pending House and Senate invitation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
U. S
Middle East
John Foster Dulles
Soviet Union
Senate
House
Dulles
Deste Redes l Ite
Congress Command
Nehru
Polley
Esenhower
Chou En-lai
National Committee
Lausche Casts Deciding Vote to Save Senate Control
Democrats clinched control with a 49 to 46 vote after Sen. Frank Lausche of Ohio backed the party against Styles Bridges. The roll call determined who would preside as pro tempore with Neely arriving in a wheelchair to cast his vote. Javits was absent, unclear on his plans for the term.
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Washington
Senate
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Lausche
Carl Hayden
Arizona
Walter George
Georgia
Sen
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Bridges
Hayden
Matthew Neely
West Virginia
Jacob K. Javits
New York
Javits
Sen. Knowland
California
GOP
Nixon
Alpinists Rescued From Mt Blanc By Helicopters
In Chamonix France eight climbers were pulled from Mt Blanc’s snows by two helicopters after a 12 day ordeal. Frenchman Jean Vincendon and Belgian Francois Henry, both 23 and 24, remained unrescued as rescuers could not reach them.
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Chamonix
France
Mt. Blanc
Europe
Jean Vincendon
Francois Henry
Vincendon
Henry
Indians Seek New Approach To World Problems
The Indian Congress party’s high command urged a new approach to global issues, rejecting reliance on threats or armed force. Nehru drafted the resolution, advocating respect for each nation's freedom and noninterference, while calling for peaceful methods to resolve Middle East and Hungary matters.
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Indore
India
NehiTu
Congress Party
Congress
Middle East
Hungary
Egypt
IMT aT It Over IMT aT It Over
Robert L. Dieffenbacher writes on dieting in a land of plenty noting excess food and the need for self discipline. He warns that overeating and undereating cause physical ailments and shorten life as a nation consumes more than bodily needs but not enough spiritual nourishment.
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Robert L. Dieffenbacher
D.D
NEA
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