Georgia Law Threat Toll Bride Case Stirs Protests
Army veteran Robert David Fisher, discharged from Ft. Benning, married Japanese-born Tameko Kikushi Stayton in Georgia last month and left the state. Georgia Attorney General Eugene Cook said he will seek action for violating ban on interracial marriages and noted penalties for licenses or ceremonies. Judge T. Bradford Bagley, who performed the ceremony, questioned the law’s constitutionality in light of a Supreme Court ruling on segregation.
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Ft. Benning
Robert David Fisher
Tameko Kikushi Stayton
Georgia
Fisher
W. Louden St
Philadelphia
Eugene Cook
Russel C. Davison Jr
Columbus
Cook
Davison
Vital Statistics Division
Georgia Health Department
T. Bradford Bagley
Supreme Court
Muscogee County
Henry H. Hunter Jr
Californians Fail To Scale Mt Makalu Peak
New Delhi reports from the Himalayas state a California expedition led by Dr. William Siri failed to summit Mt Makalu, 27790 feet. Sherpas say the team could not find a seep route to the upper levels and are at base camp packing gear awaiting departure toward Jugbani or Biratnagar.
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New Delhi
India
Himalayas
California
Makalu
Sherpas
Jugbani
William Siri
Baron Glacier
Siri
Biratnagar
Nepal
Public Noise Complaints Heap Pressure on Ellen Stevenson Club
In Chicago on June 12 police investigated two noisy party calls at Ellen Borden Stevenson's home at 1020 Lake Shore Drive. Stevenson, ex wife of Adlai Stevenson, runs an artists and writers club and has challenged a zoning board denial of a permit to sell food and liquor amid neighbor fears of property devaluation in a residential area.
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Chicago
Ellen Borden Stevenson
James J. McCarthy
Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson
Lake Shore Dr
Ava Gardner Arrives in Nevada for Divorce
Ava Gardner arrives at Lake Tahoe to establish residency for a Nevada divorce from Frank Sinatra. She drove from Los Angeles and rented a sea cottage for a six week stay and said she would use the usual grounds of extreme cruelty. Gardner dismissed reports she avoided Las Vegas where Artie Shaw and Sinatra perform, saying she prefers Lake Tahoe.
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Lake Tahoe
Nev
Ava Gardner
This Lake
Nevada
Frank Sinatra
Los Angeles
Miss Gardner
Sinatra
Las Vegas
Artie Shaw
Knowland Rejects Flanders Bid to Oust McCarthy
Sen. Knowland condemns Sen. Flanders move to strip Sen. McCarthy of his chairmanships as a mistaken and disruptive step that could block Eisenhower's legislative agenda. Flanders filed a motion to remove McCarthy from the Senate Investigations Subcommittee and Government Operations Committee pending questions about McCarthy finances.
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Sen
Knowland
Calif
Flanders
R-Wi
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Eisenhower
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Government Operations Committee
Senate Elections Subcommittee
Secretary of the Army
Stevens
Knowland Sid
Theli
Subcommittee
Francis P. Carr
States Seek Way To Avoid Law In School Segregation Clash
Richmond conference outlines a three state led approach to sidestep the Supreme Court ruling on desegregation. Georgia Mississippi and South Carolina back mixed outcomes while others aim to comply or find legal exemptions and two plans gain attention including the Mississippi Plan to separate pupils by health and welfare.
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Richmond
Southland
Supreme Court
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Florida
Alabama
Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
West Virginia
Kentucky
Maryland
Oklahoma
Nixon Urges Backing Asians to Defeat Reds
Vice President Richard Nixon told Whittier College graduates that the United States must support Asian causes to counter Communist aggression in Indochina. He warned that foreign, directed revolutions are used to gain native leaders and noted he escaped a traffic accident on his way to Los Angeles.
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Whittier College
Nixon
Mee
Los Angeles
Washington
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