Tuskegee Voter Law Sparks Threatened Negro Boycott
In Alabama Tuskegee faces a new law excluding Negro voters from city limits. Leaders say many Negro residents will boycott white merchants until voting rights are addressed. A mass meeting at a Negro church is set to discuss the action amid wide talk of escalation.
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Tuskegee
Ala
William Mitchell
Tuskegee Veterans Administration
Mitchell
Citigee
James E. Folsom
Engelhardt
Tuskegee Institute
Charles G. Gomillion
Tuskegee Civic Assn
Gomillion
Spee Institute
Four Die In Navy Air Crash Over Chesapeake Bay
Two North American AJ Savage bombers from Norfolk Naval Air Station collided off Ocean View Park near Chesapeake Bay. The crash killed four aboard including a North Carolina native. crews included Cmdr. Charles F. Fuller Lt. Cmdr. Merrill K. Martin James H. Deaton and George Lee. Search efforts continued as bodies remained unrecovered.
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Norfolk
Navy
Chesapeake Bay
Ocean View Park
Charles F. Fuller
Mary L. Fuller
Pensacola
Fla
Cmdr
Merrill K. Martin
Wanda Martin
James H. Deaton
Janet Deaton
Rt. 5
Shelby
N.C
Ida Deaton
Rt. 1
Casar
George Lee
Jean Lee
Coast Guard
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Photographic Squadron 62
Storms Hit East Coast Gulf Area Weather Watch
Thunderstorms rippled along the East as 22 Army reservists were injured by lightning at their Philadelphia gun position. A record June high in Yuma Arizona sparked extreme heat warnings while a tropical storm formed in the Gulf of Mexico hundreds of miles from Florida and Texas coastlines as reports were requested to track its nature.
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Yuma
Ariz
Gulf of Mexico
Miami
Brownsville
Tex
Weather Bureau
HPC Student Wins Shelby Beauty Crown
Miss Lee 19, daughter of Mrs. Ethel Lee, won Miss Shelby in a pageant staged by local groups. The Piedmont High and Methodist nominee stands 5 3, 115 pounds with measurements 35 24 36, and sang Deep Purple at the piano. She will go to the Miss North Carolina pageant July 11-13 in Burlington and received a $200 scholarship plus a trophy dress luggage and other prizes.
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Miss Lee
Ethel Lee
Miss Shelby
Rotary Club
Dele
Adele
Piedmont Hip School
Methodist
North Carolina
Burlington
Jaycees
New Policy Aims to Stop Ticket Fixing in City
The Thomasville city council adopted a policy to curb ticket fixing. Officials noted most meters in town fall under the system and the police department voids about 16 percent of monthly tickets. About 90 percent of those voided relate to offenders claiming they were in a doctor's office.
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Thomasville
Apra
Ike Whitten
Rec
Methodists approve plan to absorb Negro churches
North Carolina Methodist Conference votes 253 to 59 for an amendment to integrate Negro congregations into white jurisdictions. The issue arises at the 122nd annual session in New Bern with debate on local option and ongoing talks on new colleges and missionary support.
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New Bern
N.C
North Carolina Methodist Conference
Centenary Methodist Church
W. L. Clegg
Raleigh
H. L. Swain
Williamston
Robert H. Dovenmuehie
Duke University
Board of Pensicts
W. Arthur Kale
Duke Divinity School
Rocky Mount
Fayetteville
Conference Board of Education
Santo Uberto Barbieri
Buenos Aires
Board of Missions
General Conference
Clegg
Minneapolis
Two-Thirds Vote Discussed for Church Merger Plan
In High Point 1957 report J Nelson Gibson cites amendment requirements for merging white and Negro church groups. Swain notes no provision for secret ballot in church procedure and says vote was by standing count. Also mentions scientists on sight as primary sense.
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High Point Enterprise
J. Nelson Gibson
Gibson
Swain
Garbert
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