Georgia Segregation Legislation Set for Senate Passage
Governor Marvin Griffin faces smooth Senate passage for segregation bills allowing closing of mixed schools and grants to private school operators. Opposition focuses on non administration measures such as naturopath licensing and auto liability insurance. The League of Women Voters campaigns for clarification amid questions from Georgia parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Thomasson
Atlanta
Marvin Griffin
Senate
Georgia
General Assembly
State Highway Board
W. A. Blasingame
Griffin
Howard Overby
Gainesville
League of Women Voters of Georgia
Walter Paschall
Clar
Confederate Vet Celebrates 108th Birthday in Crestview
Confederate veteran William Allen Lundy known as Uncle Bill marks his 108th birthday in Crestview Florida. A Home Guard veteran from Elba Alabama he recalls the Civil War and plans a courthouse district celebration. He moved to Crestview after his daughter Vinnie Lundy died and remains among the last Civil War survivors with two other Confederates and one Union veteran still living.
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Crestview
Fla
William Allen
Bill
Lundy
Home Guard
Elba
Ala
Crestview Fe
Aes
Charlie Lundy
Gentoo
Gibraltar
Laurel and
Fia
Vinnie Lundy
John Salling
Slant
W. W. Williams
Franklin
Tex
Albert Woolson
Duluth
Minn
Solon Seeks Reason for Omissions in Postmaster Pay Data
Sen Olin D Johnston asks Postmaster General to explain why 39000 postmasters salaries were dropped from the annual Post Office manual. He cites public and government criticism and notes salaries are no longer based directly on office receipts. The department may disclose a postmaster salary upon congressional or press request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Summerfield
Post Office
Post Office Department
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
L. Rhoe Walter
Congress
Walter
White and Negro Ministers To Meet in Jacksonville
White and Negro ministers in Jacksonville plan an interracial meeting on February 13 to discuss segregation. The Jacksonville Ministerial Association invited Negro pastors after a recent meeting. Camp Lejeune Marine Base influence aided the push, with base-linked congregation from Midville Baptist Church nearly all from the base. The Rev Deva Morris urged urgency saying this change is present now.
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Jacksonville
N.C
North Carolina Press Association Midwinter Institute Opens
The North Carolina Press Association hosts its 31st Midwinter Newspaper Institute January 14–16 on UNC and Duke campuses with speakers including Sen Albert Gore and Gov Hodges. The event features awards, luncheons, aPast Presidents breakfast, and live TV and radio coverage from WUNC and AP Club president Sam Ragan.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
North Carolina Press Assn
University of North Carolina
Duke University
Albert Gord
Dtenn
Hodges
North Carolina Associated Frees Club
Franklin K
Pete) Arthur
New York City
AP News
Sam Ragan
Raleigh News & Observer
AP Club
Carolina Inn
WUN Cnd
Wunc-Fm
NCPA
Leslie S. Thompson
Whiteville
J. Harris Parks
Dante Germino
Durham
E. A. Resch
Siler City
Gov. Hodges
Hugh Morton
Germino
Rae Mae
Mos
Joy Ruth Peel Morehead
Robert B. House
UNC
James S. Currie
Raleigh
State
Journalism Foundation
Duke
A. S. Brewer
Pion
Hollis Edens
Sen
D. Hiden
Asheville
Holt McPherson
Presient Press Assn
Northern California Faces New Flood Threats From Storms
Pacific storms driven by a wandering jet stream threaten northern California with fresh floods similar to Christmas Week. Florida endures freezing cold and record lows as a Canadian front pushes south, with Florida crops damaged but no shortages expected.
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Associated Press
California
Florida
Plains
San Francisco Weather Bureau
San Francisco
Sacramento
Pacific
Mercury
Miami
Carolinas
Canada
Williston
Chicago
Graces Wedding Set For April In Monaco
Prince Rainier III of Monaco hints at a April palace wedding with actress Grace Kelly while in Palm Beach. A Monaco palace statement confirms plans but officials say details will come from the couple. Rainier plans a cross country trip to Hollywood before a possible Philadelphia ceremony.
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Prince
Palm Beach
Prince Rainier III of
Monaco
Grace Kelly
Monte Carlo
William Howard Bell
M. A. Palmaro
New York
Graces
Wilmington
Rainier
Philadelphia
Emilie Keyes
Palm Beach Daily News
United States
Hollywood
Calif
Miss Kelly
Arizona
U S Forces Keep Watch on Icy Hokkaido Outpost
In Nemuro Japan a small band of American airmen man a radar and control post facing Kunashir and other Kuriles. The detachment cooperates with Japanese self defense forces, assists locals with snow removal and roads, and maintains strict security while awaiting potential handover to Japan in 1960.
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Nemuro
Japan
Hokkaido
Free World Defense Primeter
Nemura Straits
Habomai
Shikotan Islands
Kunashir
Kuriles
Germany
Kunashiri
Hanasaki Harbor
Nemura
Yukon
James J. Harris
Seattle
Wash
Air Self-Defense Force
Sgt
Linwood Thomas
Baltimore
Chessman Receives IRS Final Notice for 1954 Taxes
Daryl Chessman author of Cell 2455 Death Row was issued a final notice by the Internal Revenue Service demanding 3433.62 dollars in unpaid 1954 taxes plus interest. He remains under sentence for kidnapping and rape from 1948 and is pursuing court appeals.
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San Quentin
Calif
Daryl Chessman
Death Row
Internal Revenue Service
French Leader Faces Slander Charge in Court Appearance
Pierre Poujade, leading tax rebel and rising political figure, appeared in Paris court on slander charges linked to remarks about Pierre Schneiter, former speaker of the National Assembly. The case ties to wartime memories and a controversial murder inquiry involving Simone Baudouin.
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Godfrey Anderson
Paris
Pierre Poujade
National Assembly
Pierre Schneiter
Schneiter
France
Simone Baudouin
Poujade
Leon
Dupont
Farmer
Wom
Laymen Told To Spread Christ's Word
Dr. William H. McCorkle secretary of evangelism of the Presbyterian Church urged 175 Southern Presbyterian lay leaders to share Christian teaching as clergy do. The World War II decorated Navy chaplain spoke at the opening session of the Assembly of Men's Councils in Louisville with sixteen states represented. The address stressed lay responsibility in mission work.
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Louisville
Atlanta
William H. McCorkle
Division of Evangelism
Presbyterian Church
U.S
Assembly of Men's Councils
Southern Presbyterian Church
McCorkle
Walter R. Hum
Hodges Named to Top Committee of SREB
Gov Lu ther Hodges of North Carolina is named to the executive committee of the Southern Regional Education Board by Florida Governor LeRoy Collins. Other North Carolina members include Dr Charles F Carroll and Dr Jan ris Parks. the late President F D D Bluteed of A and T College was the fourth NC member.
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Atlanta
Luther H. Hodges
North Carolina
Southern Regional Education Board
LeRoy Collins
Florida
SREB
Charles F. Carroll
Cpa of Public Instruction
Jan Ris Parks
University of North Carolina
F. D. D. Biuteed
A. and T. College of
North Car
Beer-Drinking Tom Cat Attacks Tax Agent in North Carolina
In Beaufort North Carolina on January 14 a beer drinking black tom cat attacked Joe Fowler an alcohol tax unit agent from New Bern as he attempted to seize the feline at a double boiler site in the Harlowe community. Local ATU reports the cat had been drinking beer and had resisted as Fowler tried to take it for testing.
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Beaufort
N.C
Joe Fowler
Alcohol Tax Unit
New Bern
M. M. Ayescue
ATU
Ee North
Ne Harlowe
Wien
S Hess & Safety
Georgia Blaze Wipes Out 22,000 Chicks in Gainesville
A grass fire in Gainesville, Georgia, on January 14 destroyed a two-story brooder house housing 22,000 two-week-old chicks. The $25,000 blaze left no survivors and caused extensive stock losses, with the facility owned by Grogan and Son and insured.
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Gainesville
Grogan
Charlestown Prison Riot Spurs Massachusetts Reform
A 84 hour 1950s Charlestown uprising led to a shift from the old Bastille like facility to a new Walpole prison. Three of the four rebels Walter Balben Fritz Swenson and Joseph Flaherty face long sentences while Theodore Green remains a biographical figure. A citizen committee intervened to save lives and reform Massachusetts corrections.
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Henry Supple
Boston
Mass
Charlestown
Cherry Hill
Massachusetts Penal System
Bastille
Walpole
Bunker Hill Monument
Massachusetts Correctional Institution
Walter Balben
Fritz O. Swenson
Joseph Flaherty
Theodore
Teddy) Green
Flaherty
Citizens’ Committee
Edw P. Hartigan
P Aeanaes P. Kellett
Pareel
Samuel Merlin
Erwin D. Canham
The
Christian Science Monitor
John J. Grant
Canham
Oswald
Massachusetts
Commissioner of Correction
Rose Sell G. Oswald
Balma
Swenson
Heir Ordered to Respond in Paternity Suit
The heir Edward Barton Colt, age 17, must answer within 30 days to a New York filed paternity suit. Superior Judge Aubrey N. Invin denied Hartford’s request to quash service of process. Colt, 44, is alleged to be the son of Hartford and the late Barton, a night club singer who died in 1941 in New York.
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Edward Barton Colt
Aubrey N. Invin
Hartford
New York City
Colt
Angeles
Ir Huntington Harts Colt
Barton
New York
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