Southern educator sees court desegregation as quiet revolution
Guy B. Johnson of the University of North Carolina told the American Sociological Society that seven years of Supreme Court rulings forcing Negro admission to graduate schools and colleges have quieted race patterns in the South. He said the Court short-circuited political decision making and gave politicians an alibi while easing paths to integration with little race conflict in higher education.
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Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
South
Guy B. Johnson
University of North Carolina
High Court
American Sociological Society
Johnson
Supreme Court
Polio vaccine released in largest allocation yet
Washington reports the Public Health Service distributed 3 348 000 c c of Salk polio vaccine for five to nine year olds under a voluntary control plan. This marks the third and largest allocation to states and territories, totaling 5 371 000 c c for use outside the National Foundation program. Massachusetts shows a likely peak, with Cape Cod cases rising, while nationwide 415 confirmed polio cases occurred among vaccinees with 189 paralytic. Up to 64 million persons have received the vaccine since its 1955 license.
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Washington
Public Health Service Today
C.c
National Foundation For
the Health Service
Massachusetts
Cape Cod
Barnstable County
New England
Communicable Disease Center
Highest Weekly Polio Case Total Reported
The Public Health Service reported 2 279 new polio cases last week the highest weekly total this year. The 1955 weekly total exceeded 1954 for a similar week though officials called the increase seasonal and within expectations.
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Public Health Service
Health Service
Senate panel eyes overhaul after security hearings
Senators Johnston and Carlson, leading a Civil Service subcommittee, finished three days of hearings on firings deemed security risks. Witnesses urged specific charges, face-to-face accusers, and board reasons, with calls for broader reforms to protect rights and prevent subversives. Hearings resume in about three weeks on Ladejinsky and related cases.
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Washington
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Carlson
R-Kan
Eisenhower
Senate
Johnston
Senate Civil Service
Wolf Ladejinsky
Ladejinsky
Agriculture Department
Foreign Operations Administration
Westinghouse halts fair trade price on housewares
Westinghouse Electric Corp. will discontinue the fair trade price list for housewares and automatic bed coverings at Mansfield Ohio. John J. Anderson says the company will keep suggested and dealer prices and may adjust policy as conditions change.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Westinghouse Electric Corp
John J. Anderson
Poriabe” Appliances
Westing le
Anderson
Dea
Aler
Two Face Murder Charges In Till Case
In Greenwood Mississippi the slaying of 15 year old Emmitt Till near Money is bound for a Tallahatchie County grand jury. Roy Bryant and J W Milam are held without bond for kidnap and murder. Maurice Wright described the episode and the uncle Mose Wright pleaded not to take him away.
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Greenwood
Miss
Chicago
Delta
Louis Till
Maurice Wright
Till
Wright
Tallahatchie County
Roy Bryant
J. W. Milam
Glendora
Bryant
Mose Wright
Money
Emmitt
Maurice
Tallahatchie
Association of Citizens Councils
Robert Patterson
Association
Mayor's Son And Date Kidnapped In Charleston
Earle Morrison son of Mayor William Morrison and his date were abducted last night by a gunman on Charleston's Battery. They were later released as the suspect fled to Folly Beach where Elmer Burke was later detained. the girl mentioned Burke owed him money.
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Charleston
S.C
Earle Morrison
Morrison
William Morrison
Battery
Young Morrison
Folly Beach
Burke
Elmer
Trigger) Burke
New York
Chrysler and UAW Reach Six-State Auto Contract Settlement
Chrysler Corp and the CIO United Auto Workers announce a contract six hours after widespread strikes hit plants in six states. The agreement mirrors Ford and GM deals, with layoff pay 60 to 65 percent for up to 26 weeks, six-cent annual raises, pension boosts to about 250 dollars monthly, and union rights to strike over production standards. Negotiations push back benefits to June 1 with phased raises starting today.
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Chrysler
Uaw-Cio
Norman Matthews
John D. Leary
Detroit
Emil Mazey
Matthews
Robert S. Conder
Leary
Chrysler Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Ford
General Motors
Auto
Michigan
Indiana
Lifornia
Delaware
Kansas
Georgia
Laxity Charged to Interior Dept by House Subcommittee
Springfield reports say Rep. Chudoff leads a two day House subcommittee hearings on public power policy criticizing the Interior Department for lax enforcement of laws on government power operations. Witnesses include R J Martin detailing a policy shift away from supplying preference customers.
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House
Interior Department
Chudoff
D-Pa
Subcommittee On
Public Works and Resources
Eisenhower
Atlanta
Rgia
North Carolina Rural Electric Cooperatives
Interior Nt
Congress
Department
Elmer S&s. Bennett
Bennett
McKay
North Carolina School Enrollment Near One Million Mark
North Carolina public schools reopen with enrollment expected to exceed one million for the first time. The state plans transferring student assignment from the State Board of Education to local authorities to comply with a federal ruling on segregation. Two incidents of Black students attempting to enroll in white schools were reported, with most of the term’s increase projected in the 1955-56 school year.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
C. D. Douglas
State Board of Education
Jodges
Old Fort
Scotland Neck
Alooro
Peron Tightens Grip Amid Warning of Violent Repression
President Juan D. Peron warned opposition violence will be met with more violence as he refused to resign. He spoke to a large Plaza de Mayo rally dominated by CGT and Peronista parties, while the army stayed away. Earlier he had offered to resign if pacification could be guaranteed.
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Buenos Aires
Peron
General Confederation of Labor
CGP
Peronista
Hugo di Pietro
CGT Saree
Israel Says Egyptian Jet Planes Shot Down
Fighting along the Gaza front intensified as Israel claimed two Egyptian fighters were shot down after entering Israeli air space near Yad Mordechi. Cairo denied the loss, saying the planes collided in heavy clouds during reconnaissance. An Israeli ground raid on Khan Yunis was described as defensive action with casualties.
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Jerusalem
Gaza
Israel
Cairo
Yad Mordechai
Gaza Strip
Egypt Andrael
Egypt
Khan Yunis
Two More Ransom Bills Found
FBI agents found two additional twenty dollar bills in St. Louis as part of the Green ransom case. The bills traced to banks in Springfield and Sedalia. one prior bill was found in Minot, North Dakota. Authorities tied the bills to the Missouri fairs, with ongoing investigations into how the money circulated.
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St, Louis
FBI
Federal Reserve Bank of
Federal Reserve Bank
Minot
N.D
L. Carter
Sedalis Bank & Trust Co
Sedalia
Springfield
Carl Austin Hall
Bonnie Heady
Bobby Greenlease
Kansas
Louis
Louis Shoulders
Elmer Dolan
Hall
Japan seeks progressive pullout of US forces in postwar talks
Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu met with Secretary of State Dulles in Washington to discuss a gradual withdrawal of about 100000 US troops from Japan. No date was set, but Tokyo plans a six year rearmament and joint timetables with Tokyo for future defense. United States kept Okinawa and other islands under sovereignty and offered limited clemency for a fraction of war crime prisoners.
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Washington
Japan
Mamoru Shigemitsu
United States
New York
Tokyo
Shigemitsu
Dulles
TOF
U.S
Western Pacific
Far Pacific
Okinawa
Ryukyu and
Bonin Islands
China
Sugamo
State Department
U.S. Clemency Parole Board
Librarian Died In Car Wreckage Near Triangle
Elizabeth Casey of Brookline Massachusetts died in a car crash near Triangle. Marine Lt. Col. Richard Hey Jr. of Charlotte North Carolina, the driver, was injured with a cut wrist and eye. The Jaguar convertible rolled after leaving the road and overturned as both occupants were restrained by safety belts. He was admitted to Quantico Naval Hospital.
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Quantico Marine Base
Elizabeth Casey
Brookline
Mass
Richard Hey Jr
Charlotte
N.C
Quan See Naval Hospital
Ccnter
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Edson L. W. Burns
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