Segregation Issue Divides Disciples of Christ Meet
In Portland Oregon delegates to the Disciples of Christ convention debated a resolution to bar future conventions in cities enforcing segregation in public spaces. A motion to recommit failed, and discussion on Miami Florida as 1954 site split delegates. Paid registration reached 8 299, near the 1950 record.
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Portland
Ore
International Convention of Disciples of Christ
Miami
Florida
Paul C. Duncan
Charlotte
N.C
South
David McNally
St. Petersburg
R. H. Es
Indianapolis
Howard Thomas Wood
Memphis
National Council of Arches
Cincinnati
Is Fan Entitled to Keep Foul Ball Hit Into the Stands
In Anderson South Carolina a man charged with larceny of a baseball was found guilty after refusing to return a foul ball hit into the bleachers during a Tri-State League game at Hardin Field. The court ruled that a ball entering the stands remains the property of the owner and that the club is not obliged to reward reclaiming fans. The judge noted the old custom of admitting fans free if they turned in a ball fouled outside the park is a good one.
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Anderson
S. C
Hoyt Fuller
Jarceny
A. P. Durham
Anderson Baseball Association
Fuller
Hardin Field
Harper Welborn
Welborn
Six Navy Crewmembers Die In Chesapeake Bay Crash
A Navy Constellation aircraft based at Patuxent Naval Air Station crashed while practicing landings at an international airport near Baltimore and burned on the shore of Chesapeake Bay near Chestertown. All six crew—three officers and three enlisted men—were killed. The cause is under Navy investigation. officers aboard were pilots, with the commander not yet identified.
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Chestertown
Chesapeake Bay
Patuxent
Farmers Plan Record Soybean Acreage in 1953
The Department of Agriculture reports American farmers will plant a record 15,862,000 acres to soybeans in 1953, up from the previous year’s 5,643,000 acres. The expansion signals a major shift toward soybean cultivation nationwide.
Highly Advanced Air Force Jet Fighter Project Revealed
Gen. Nathan F. Twining signs a regulation mentioning a new high speed fighter bomber the F 105 intended to replace the F 84. Industry rumors tie Republic Aviation to the F 105 development as public knowledge grows and tests indicate performance exceeding requirements for the F 100 and RC 121D radar aircraft.
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Gen. Twining
Washington
Air Force
Nathan F. Twining
Republic Aviation Corp
Farmingdale
L.1
Tiie Ae Ores
Air Force R
Republic
Twining
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
House
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Navy
Automatic Renewal of Insurance Approved
The House approved a bill to automatically renew World War I and I veterans government insurance every five years. The VA would assume continuation and bill the veteran at the new rate, replacing the current renewal option requiring a separate application.
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Washington
House
Senate
Veterans Administration
Six Energetic Housewives Take Over City Government in Burns
In Burns ville Mississippi six women residents sworn in as mayor and aldermen promise reform. The new mayor Mrs A H Montgomery says men fear not as wives run homes and now town. Plan include weed elimination cemetery tidying ditch cleaning and street paving with men doing the work. The council may tax man power by court fines paid through street labor.
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Burnsville
Miss
A. H. Montgomery
Barnyard Birth Control Bill Faces Cold Reception in Senate
In Washington Senator Dwight Griswold proposed funding sterilization of young heifers to curb cattle supply. Republican critics warned it mirrors New Deal experiments, while Democrats mocked the plan as ineffective for price relief. Griswold argued it would beat price supports by shrinking supply and authorized buying cows for storage or foreign aid and paying for heifer sterilization.
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Washington
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Henry A. Wallace
Hubert H. Humphrey
Robert S. Kerr
Okia
Kerr
Jail Should Refresh Memory in Savannah Case
A 78-year-old Savannah man, Andrew Kjar, was jailed by Federal Judge A B Conger to force memory of where securities he allegedly owns are located. The government seeks $130,000 excise taxes on imported alcoholic beverages from the 1930s, with a 1949 judgment unpaid. Kjar cites age and lack of income for 14 years and says he does not know where the stocks are.
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Savannah
A. B. Conger
Andrew Kiar
Bona Bella
Kjar
Cocker Spaniel Retriever Opens Ball Recoveries
New York report says four year old cocker spaniel Megan Lloyd George began retrieving lost balls last May. Owner John Samuel notes she has recovered numerous fly tennis balls as of Tuesday.
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New York
Megan ‘Lloyd George
John Samuel
Anesetts
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