Courts Praise and Defense of Judicial Independence
Rogers urged respect for court decrees at Boston College Law School’s 30th anniversary banquet. He argued courts face difficult judgments and criticism should not erode judicial independence, citing the American Bar Association and Solicitor General Rankin on strengthening respect for the judiciary and protecting liberties.
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Boston College Law School
Rogers
Supreme Court
American Bar Assay
House of Delegates
Congress
Association
J. Lee Rankin
New York Bar Assa
High Court
Boston
Crowds in Baghdad Plant Tree as Kassem Speaks
In Baghdad crowds estimated near 200000 attend a spring ceremony for Premier Abdul Karim Kassem. Citizens shout support for Kassem and Gamal Abdel Nasser as a ceremonial pine tree is planted amid traffic, soldiers, and guards in a pavilion-lined plaza.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Gamal
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Kassem
Dirksen Says the Firm On Budget
President Eisenhower remains firm against Democratic attempts to extend emergency unemployment payments. Sen Everett Dirksen said the administration would fight a 15 month expansion, supporting the House bill as is but opposing longer extensions. Senate action was planned before Easter recess with 18 Democrats seeking broader coverage. Eisenhower also invited nine governors to discuss improvements to unemployment compensation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Everett Dirksen
R-Ill
Dirksen
Senate
House
Harry F. Byrd
Dva
Senate Finance Committee
Lyndon Bea
Texas
White House
IBM disowns space scientist critic in public clash
Binghamton New York AP A IBM space scientist Dr A R J Grosch who questioned missile and space research was denounced by Charles Benton Jr IBM military products divisions general manager Grosch called missiles a dying civilization and urged spending on domestic problems Benton said the views did not align with IBM's and the clash disrupted a Pasadena California meeting at Caltech where Grosch spoke as an IBM observer.
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Binghamton, N.Y
IBM
Charles Benton Jr
International Business Machine
A.R.J. Grosch
Pasadena
Calif
Grosch
Benton
California Institute of Technology
Vicki the elephant sold at auction in Charlotte
Famed elephant Vicki who wandered Mecklenburg County in 1955 was sold Saturday at auction along with the park’s rides. Pat Hall and Alec Shuford bid 5950 for Vicki and other animals. the remaining equipment brought 20200 to John L. Whitener and the Huffman brothers. The buyers plan to set up a new amusement park in Hickory and distribute some animals to a local zoo.
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Charlotte
Vicki
Mecklenburg County
Airport Amusement Park
Pat Hall
Alec A. Shuford
Hickory
John L. Whitener
Ken
Jack Huffman
Hall
Shuford
Hickory Zoo
Carpets Out Milwaukees Zion Church Plan
Members of Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church debated carpeting their new contemporary church but architect William P. Wenzler opposed it saying the church placed great demands on members. His view prevailed and the floors will remain bare.
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Milwaukee
Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church
William P. Wenzler
Wenzler
Spring Arrives Timidly Across Regions
The Associated Press reports a mild spring debut in the East and northern Rockies with teens to 80s temperatures varies by region. Cold fronts and expected freezes threaten the South and Midwest while clearing weather returns in the West and plains.
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Montana
Rockies
Pacific Northwest
Minnesota
Michigan
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Texas Panhandle
Georgia
Florida
mid-Atlantic States
New England
Maine
Southwest
Great Plains
Glindive
Mont
Gulf States
Mississippi
Alabama
Mississippi Valley
Washington
Oregon
California
Seattle
Truth Broadcast Contest for Radio Free Europe
Public service notice inviting readers to submit a 25 word truth message for a chance to win a Westinghouse radio or a trip to Europe. Entries must include a dollar donation to Crusade for Freedom. Contest closes March 31 1939 and proceeds benefit Radio Free Europe.
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America
Iion
Radio Free Europe
Aniston
Crusade For Freedom
Europe
Westinghouse
Mount Vernon
N.Y
Woman Learns Her True Identity in Surprising Adoption Case
In Winston-Salem a woman discovers her birth name is Bathie Mae Benge after welfare officials reveal she was never legally adopted. She learns her parents were Sanford and North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, and plans a Richmond reunion with three brothers and three sisters and a father she never knew.
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Richmond
Whicker
Virginia English Gassaway
Welfare Department
John Eugene Benge
Sanford Benge
North Wilkesboro
N.C
Benge
Classified Ads Flood Daily Papers Worldwide
An estimated 300 million plus classified advertisements are printed annually across daily newspapers worldwide far exceeding the total population of North America. The figure underscores the vast scale of classified listings in the print media market.
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North America
Ladies Night Observed by High Point Lions Club
The High Point Lions Club held its 30th annual Ladies Night at Sedgefield Manor with a dinner and dance. President Ralph Miller opened the event, with invocation by Joe Shackelford and Harold Craven as master of ceremonies.
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Sedgefield Manor
Mrs. N
High Point Lions
Civic Club
Ralph Miller
Joe Shackelford
Miller
Harold Craven
N. C. Johnson Jr
Jack Rives
L. C. Chiles
Vance Proctor
Clyde Watson
Harold Odum
L. W. Flythe
J. Paul Williamson
Clyde W. Martin
C. B. Hart
Harmon Says Washington Reporters Overdrunk but Welcome in His Office
Rep. Randall S. Harmon speaks to the National Affairs Committee in Muncie arguing there are too many drunken reporters in Washington yet inviting newsmen to sample his office beverages from coffee to peppermint schnapps. He denies misquotes about porch rental and voting debts and quips that any publicity is good publicity as long as his name is spelled right.
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Muncie, Ind
Randall S. Harmon
D-Ind
Washington
National Affairs Committee
Muncie
Harmon
Teens Say Most Read a Newspaper Yesterday
In a Eugene Gilbert & Co. study, teen age research authorities asked if teens read a newspaper yesterday. Eight of ten respondents said they had.
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Eugene Gilbert & Co
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