School Out, Sentries Still at L.A. School
Two thousand white students and a handful of Negro pupils were dismissed for Christmas holidays at Central High School in Little Rock. Tensions rose as segregation charges against officials were raised and debates over favoritism to white students continued. Mrs Margaret Blacksuit, leader of the pro segregationist Central High Mothers group, claimed NAACP president Mrs L C Bates was allowed to question white students about the incident.
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John A. Stare
Little Rock UA
Central High Séinol
Stanly
Renguin
Wwoa Negra
Nel Tees
Lake Rock
Margaret, Dacksuit
Pro-Segregarions
League of Central High Mothers
L. C. Bates
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Mills to Head Ways and Means Group
Rep Mills to lead the Ways and Means Committee after the death of Rep Cooper. Cooper had chaired the panel since 133 and represented Georgia’s 4th District. Mills, a Democrat from Arkansas, is slated to succeed him amid a party majority of 230 Democrats to 200 Republicans with two vacancies. Cooper died at Bethesda Naval Hospital after a mild coronary condition.
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Washington
Jere Conpér D-Téhiy
Coopers
Wilbers J. Muis
Congress
Tvo Vicant
Cooper
Garth
Ways and Mons
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Aiay
Herve Dee
le Angleden
Mek West
Flo
Mills
Une
Mills to Chair House Ways and Means After Rep Jercapp er’s Death
Representative Mills of Arkansas is named to lead the Ways and Means Committee, effective next January, following the death of Representative Jercapp er of Tennessee who had chaired the panel since 1955. The move awaits formal caucus approval in the 85th Congress.
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Washington
Willin
Mills
D-Ark
Eunialimes
Horse Ways and Means
Poweful Taxwaltlay Group
Cane Eilers
Jercapper
D-Tenn
House Democrats
Controversy Over School Bias and National Guard Reductions
Mrs. Jackson accuses school authorities of favoritism toward Negro students amid racial incidents at the school. The Capital Citizens Council circulating a handbill claims an arrest record for Mrs. Bates and repeats Jackson’s charges. Minnie Jean Brown, a Black student, is suspended for dumping food on White boys in the cafeteria. Rumors of replacing Arkansas National Guardsmen with deputy U.S. Marshals are officially denied as 432 guardsmen remain on duty following multiple force reductions since integration began.
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Arkansas National Guardsmen
U.S. Marahall
Army
Eisenhower
NAACP Officials Face Arrest In North Little Rock
NAACP leaders in North Little Rock faced arrest warrants for failing to provide confidential financial and membership data to the city clerk. Warrant hearings and a U.S. District Court motion followed as officials including Birdie Williams and Totcell Wil son contended for relief amid ongoing civil rights disputes.
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North Little Rock
Ark
National Association
Fry
Advancement of Colored People
North Little Tee
Tie Naacp
Dearllac Cow Ming
Paul O. Duke
Toreve
Birdie Williams
NAACP
Totcly Wilson
Gne
Mazella W. Powell
Tleasures
Revenily W. Ay Priv
Ardihance
Moniapal Court
Yaly
Pulaski
U.S. District Court
Calde Rock
Ibsen named state veterinarian in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK Gov Orval Faubus announced the appointment of Dr David Ibsen as assistant state veterinarian succeeding the ill Dr Joy Campbell. Washington reports FCC has advanced license assignment for KBTM and KBTM FM of Jonesboro to Alan G Patterson and Matthew C Patterson for 710010. Fayetteville bids for a University of Arkansas women’s housing facility totaled 1595180 from Bickman Pickens Bond Construction of Little Rock. Kensett lawyer Mills is noted as a potential successor to House Speaker Rayburn with Harvard Law background and long tenure since 1940.
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Little Rock
David Ibsen
Joy 8
Campbell
Orval Foubus
Ibsen
Ansistant
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
KBTM
Kbtm-Fm
Jonesboro, Ark
Harold
Vayetteville, Ark
Bickman-Pickens-Bond
Corstruction, Co
Little Rock Lms
University of Arkansas
University Board of Trust i
Kensett, Agre
Rayburn
McCormack
Harvard Law School
Mills
Lennyings
Farmers Income Declines As Crop Values Fall
Citizens note a 6.5 percent drop in farmers income as crop values total about 517,941,292,069, roughly 65 percent below last year’s level. California leads crop value at 574,827,000, while national figures show corn, hay, and wheat varying in value. States list detailed production values and shifts, with 46 nations’ students studying at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.
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Washington
Tellure Department
Danarimieni
Yale
Cross
Califyrhia
Arkansas
The
Illiiois Institute of Technology
Chicago
Woman Named to MediCenter Post at University of Arkansas
Mrs. Alice Burns Molholen, longtime educator at Ohio State Hospital, has been named assistant chief of the Social Services Department at the University of Arkansas Medical Center. Her husband, Dr. Hans B. Molholen, was appointed director of research and teaching at the Arkansas State Hospital in Little Rock.
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Litter Rock
Alice Burns Molholen
Ohio State Hospital
Columbia
Ohio
The
University of Arkansas Medical
Hans B. Malhoim
Little Rock Wall
Arkansas State Hospital
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