NC Governor hints at summer special session on school segregation
Gov. Luther Hodges signaled a possible extraordinary session of the North Carolina General Assembly next summer to address school segregation. He urged the Advisory Committee on Education to propose concrete recommendations balancing education with preventing mixed-race schools, and noted Pearsall will seek broader input before finalizing the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther H. Hodges
Caeior
Advisory Committee On Education
North Carolina
General Assembly
Clyde R. Hoey
Hodges
Virginia
Thomas J. Pearsall
Pearsall
Lators
Eastland Confirmed Senate Civil Rights Chair Under Fire
Sen Eastland D Miss was approved by voice vote as chairman of the Senate Civil Rights Committee amid protests from Morse and Lehman who called him a symbol of racism. NAACP and Americans for Democratic Action condemned the choice, while Eastland pledged impartial leadership and kept other posts.
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Washington
Sen
Eastland
D-Miss
Senate
Morse
Lehman
Duny
America
Supreme Court
Sen. Stennis
Senate Democratic Steering Committee
National Assn. For
Colored People
Sen. Kilgore
D-W.va
Goon Seoee
Clarence Mitchell
NAACP
Senate of the
United States
Internal Security
Eney Sen. Hennings
D-Mo
House
Eisenhower
National Assembly
Buck Passs Over Jet Planes Sale Debated in Washington
France seeks sale of 12 Mystere jets to Israel amid Western arms policy debates. State Department, French and British envoys discuss whether the planes, built under a NATO contract, might be diverted or sold. The US says no approval exists as France determines its own action.
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Washington
United, States
France
Israel
State Department
Herbert Hoover Jr
Maurice Couve de Murville
Roger Makins
United States
Middle East
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U. S
Paris
NATO
Wanted Man and Bride Held After Bank Robbery
Roosevelt L. O'Donnell 23 and his wife Tyra 16 were jailed in Wake County on $100000 bonds after a bank robbery and kidnapping in Hebron Indiana. A rookie officer identified them in Smithfield, ending a pursuit that included a gun battle. The pair had been indicted in Indiana for robbing Citizens Bank and taking the cashier hostage.
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Roosevelt L. O'Donnell
Tyra
Hebron
Ind
Smithfield
U.S
Raleigh
Indiana
Wake County
O'Donnell
FBI
William Norton
D. C. Johnson
O’donnell
Whenohnson
Johnson
Selma
Ike's Wisconsin primary test pageant for delegates
President Eisenhower enters Wisconsin primary with a 30 delegate slate led by Gov. Walter Kohler Jr. and including top state officials and three Congress members. Democratic contender Estes Kefauver seeks the state's 28 pledged delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
William Knowland
R-Calif
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Walter Kohler Jr
House of Representatives
GOP
Secretary of State
Wisconsin
Washington
John Byrnes
Glenn Davis
Melvin Laird
Eisenhower
White House
John Chapple
Ashland
Four Men Deny Involvement In College Riot Suit
Four construction workers and a truck driver sue the NAACP for four million dollars claiming false mob allegations tied to the University of Alabama riot. Miss Lucy, first Black student at Alabama, faced expulsion amid federal court actions and ongoing legal battles involving NAACP lawyers and trustees.
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Sue Naacp
Conservatives Press for Election Deadlock in 1956 Campaign
Adlai E. Stevenson hammered Eisenhower's health issue while Sen. Estes Kefauver attacked the administration's propaganda and postponement tactics. Stevenson urged permanent measures from the illness arrangement. Kefauver called for accountability. Delegates filed in Wisconsin and California, and third party whispers emerged with goals to push the race to the House.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Sen. Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Minnesota
New Hampshire
California
Wisconsin
For America
House of Representatives
White House
South Carolina
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Chicago
Stevenson
Minneapolis
Kefauver
Hanover
N.H
New Jersey
Martin J. Rafferty
Newark
Thomas E. Stephens
Walter J. Kohler Jr
John Chappel
Ashland _b
Fisher
William F. Knowland
Calif
Leaf Quotas Saved By New Law
Washington state tobacco growers win relief as President Eisenhower signs emergency legislation. Four major types of tobacco can plant up to 1955 levels after earlier 15 to 20 percent cuts were set by the Agriculture Department. Law aims to ensure 90 percent parity price supports while avoiding subsequent acreage estimates.
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Washington P
Eisenhower
Maryland
Congress
Agriculture Department
Ray States
Department
U S Globemaster Crashes Off Iceland Killing 17 Aboard
A U S Air Force Globemaster with 17 aboard crashed into the North Atlantic near Iceland after taking off from Keflavik bound for New York. A weather ship recovered an oxygen bottle showing fire, and distress signals were sent before the loss of three engines. Rescue planes and the weather ship Alpha searched the area as crews continued the recovery and survivor hunt.
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London
U. S. Air Force
North Atlantic
Iceland
Air Force
Keflavik
New York
Alpha
Prestwick
Negro Coed Will Return To Alabama
Miss Autherine Lucy declares she will return South within the next week to pursue education at the all white University of Alabama, saying she cannot abandon her goal per Supreme Court decisions. In Birmingham four men sue for four million dollars damages against Lucy NAACP and others, claiming false accusations of taking part in mob action that drove her from the university on February 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
University of Alabama
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored
NAACP
Ke Ann Hudson
Autherine J. Lucy
Miss Lucy
Earl
Ed Watts
Kenneth L. Thom
Caloosa
R. E. Chambliss
Cues
Jefferson County
Alabama
U. S. Supreme Court
Hudson
Miss Lncy
Receche
Thurgood Mars
Once Baker Motley
New York
Arthur D. Shores
Autherine Lucy
South
Supreme Court of the United
National Assn. For
Advancement of Colored People
For America leaders push plan to disrupt 1948 election
Brig. Gen. Bonner Fellers and H Dan Smoot head a conservative push to qualify electors to swing the 1948 race. They question Eisenhower as a conservative and float a possible third party strategy. South Carolina politics and James Byrnes hint at a potential third party to aid Southern states.
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For America
Bonner Fellers
Eisenhower
H. Dan Smoot
Smoot
Dallas
Mark Clark
Charleston
S.C
Ike
Clark
South
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Columbia
Fellers
Ace
White House
Spring 1956 fashions headlined by High Point feature
The Sunday Enterprise previews spring 1956 styles with 14 pages of fashion news for the whole family. Mrs Jack Rochelle models an Italian straw hat from John T Ellis & Company with raffia fish and sea shells, paired with a sky blue dacron cap. The issue also notes local politics and a $1 minimum wage not yet felt in weekly buying power.
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Sunday Enterprise
High Point
Jack Rochelle
John T. Ellis & Company
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