Conant urges funds and realism for slum-area schools
Dr. James B. Conant argues in Slums and Suburbs that slum-area schools need substantial funding and practical curricula focused on vocational training to prevent unrest. He criticizes taboos on the word Negro and urges honest assessment, while calling for jobs and fair access to apprenticeships as part of urban education reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Osius Washington
James B. Conant
Conant
Harvard University
McGraw-Hill
Chicago
Oil Firm Sold For $362 Million
Honolulu Oil Corp to be sold for 362 million to Tidewater Oil Pan American Oil after weeks of antitrust tax uncertainty. The 53 year old firm started when Capt William Matson sought fuel for his shipping fleet and grew into a major independent producer with assets in six states, Alaska and Canada. Sale proceeds tax favored as capital gains, with about 100 a share to stockholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leif Erickson
SAN Francisco
William Matson
Matson
California
Honolulu Oil Corp
America
Alaska
Canada
Wilmington
Del
Tidewater Oil Co
Pan American Oil Co
Standard Oil
Ind
Honolulu Oil
Tidewater
Pan American Oil
L. A. Cranson
Georgia lawmakers consider AG aide appointment bill
The Georgia legislature will study a bill in January to let the attorney general appoint his 23 assistants rather than the governor. Currently except for one, the governor names all assistants funded from the AG’s appropriation under an old law. Supporters say the change reduces gubernatorial influence on the AG’s staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
Ex Senators Cast in Advise and Consent Movie
Former U S senators Guy Gillette and Henry Fountain Ashurst emote on a Hollywood sound stage in the Otto Preminger film Advise and Consent. Gillette tows the Republican whip role while Ashurst portrays a sleeping senator as the director trains him to snore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
U.S. Senate
Guy Gillette
Iowa
Henry Fountain Ashurst
Arizona
U.S
Washington
del Armstrong
Lana Turner
Otto (the Terrible
Ashurst
Senate
Walter Winchell on New York Theatre Rituals and Stars
The column recalls post premiere reviews at Sardi's and famous figures like Sydney Chaplin Julie Harris and Ethel Merman. It notes Herman Levin My Fair Lady offers and Lerner Loewe struggles before Camelot and discusses critics, luck, and the social art of opening night. It mentions Tennessee Williams The Glass Menagerie and Ben Hecht context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sardi’s
Sydney Chaplin
Chaplin
Herman Levin
Ethel Barrymore
Oscar Hammerstein
Tulluah Bandhead
Julie Harris
Tennessee Williams
Glass Menagerie
Railroads Desegregate Facilities Across the South
Atty Gen Kennedy announced three major railroads the Illinois Central Southern and Louisville and Nashville ordered immediate desegregation of all facilities in the South. King said the orders cover all terminals and facilities nationwide and go into effect now. Justice Department prepared a statement confirming desegregation in 10 Southern states. Railroad spokesmen said they had long complied or maintained no segregation. Southern declined to comment.
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Harry Kelly Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
South
Kennedy
Martin Luther King
Justice Department
Illinois Central, Southern
Louisville & Nashville
King
Atlanta
Louisiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina
Atty
Chicago
Illinois Central
Wayne Johnston
Interstate Commerce Commission
Warren A. McNeill
Southern
TV Villains Sick Not Evil Says AP TV Writer
Cynthia Lowry argues TV villains are portrayed as sick rather than evil as a trend to avoid violence. She notes several shows display mental illness themes, predicts the trend may bore audiences, and mentions CBS Route 66 and potential replacement talk for Jack Paar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
87Th Precinct
Tot
Military Hospital Totterer
CBS
Route 66
Flintstones
Dirt Inc Forms in Virginia as Dirt Dumping Firm
A Virginia charter creates a new company named Dirt Inc with offices in Woodbridge. The firm will lease land to use as a dumping area for fill dirt, signaling its role in disposal and site preparation projects in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond, Va
of Dirt, Inc
Virginia
Woodbridge
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Walter Winchell IN
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Julie
Ethel Merman
Star
Jean Kerr
Winchell
Ben Hecht
Davis
Patrol & Watchman Service
Jack S. Davis
Cynthia Lowry
Robert Taylor
Dr. Kildare
Alcohoic
Fred Astaire
Johnny Carson
Jack Paar
David Susskind
NBC
Jackie Greason
ABC
Garry Moore
Jo Stafford
Charlton Heston
Ralph
College Village
MLL TE
CCM Pet Eerie Eimai
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Durham
ABC Jalousie Company A.S
St. Greensporo, N.C
Cessece Seeresece City
Secevereses
B.F.D
Wachovia
Cial
High Point
North Main Street
South Office
North Office
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
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