Supreme Court on Segregation and Civil Rights Through History
The passage traces the evolution of U S racial segregation from the Dred Scott era through post Civil War amendments to landmark cases. It notes the 1896 Plessy v Ferguson decision upholding separation and the dissent by Justice Harlan, then explains gradual legal erosion of segregation by the courts, culminating in later efforts to chip away at legalized racial separation. The narrative highlights how courts have addressed segregation from 1898 onward, emphasizing constitutional equal protection and due process concerns.
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Marlow
Supreme Court
M Bush
Avel
Belott
Bale
Missouri
Glavery
Tyth
U.S
Court of Newrocs
Sul
Liatisiupa
Justice Harlan
SW Bell Announces New One Year Contract With Workers
In St Louis on June 7 Southwestern Bell Telephone Co announced a one year contract covering about 5000 employees. The agreement provides targeted wage increases ranging from 50 cents to 10.50 per week in certain cities but not a general raise. The deal, approved by the international union, offsets changes through reclassification and schedule reductions. The utility warned the multi million dollar improvement program could pause if phone rates rise.
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St. Louis
Huw
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Worl
Southwestern Division 20
Communications Workers
International Union
Mid summer heat and cool Pacific Northwest contrast
A brief weather summary notes mid summer warmth in the eastern and southern U.S. with temperatures reaching into the 100s in the plains and a cool Pacific Northwest. Record highs included Pierre 102, Fargo 94, Rapid City 97, while Lake View Oregon saw one inch of rain and showers spread into Nevada and the central Gulf region. New Orleans reported over four inches of rain in the last 24 hours.
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Pacific Northwest
Plains States
Pierre
Fargo
N. D
Rapid City
S. D
Supreme Court Ruling on Segregation in 1898
Fragmentary report notes the court has rejected the principle of segregation as a whole, ruling only that specific practices in certain cases were wrong. It cites a recent decision ordering a southern railroad to end dining car segregation and a university to stop segregating by race.
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Supreme Court
Agilrogd
University of One
Treatment finds urge for early care in mental health study
Fayetteville June 7 An Arkansas University survey of 801 Washington county mental cases admitted since 1950 shows early hospital treatment could have prevented hundreds of later readmissions and deaths. The study cites better outcomes for early admissions, but notes many readmissions stem from returning to the same environment without post release care.
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Feyetteville
University of Arkansas’ Institute of Science and Technology
Washingoon
Washington County
J. W. Coddington
State Hospital
Whder
Gentle-Looking French Woman Slayer Faces Runoff
The French police accuse Mari Besnard of poisoning twelve relatives since 1927. After three months of mental tests doctors ruled her sane and she must stand trial for murder. Conviction could bring the guillotine. Besnard claimed a gentle character and frequent church attendance during the tests. Raleigh and North Carolina runoff news follow with details on local politics and a separate culinary aside about a dish with chicken salad, rice, celery, and mayonnaise.
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Paris
Mari
Besnard
Mme. Besnard
Last prisoner in Scottsboro case given parole
The Alabama board ordered parole for Andy Wright, the last defendant in the Scottsboro case still in Kilby prison. Wright told the board he hopes to read a law abiding life. He will depart Kilby Friday for an undisclosed New York City area to work as a hospital porter after parole. he had previously been paroled in 1944 but returned to prison in 1947 after a reckless conviction.
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Montgomery, Alg
Alabama
Spd
Andy Wright
Scottspore
Wright
Wfe
Kilby
New York
All or None Rules NLRB Ruling for Lion Oil Unit
The NLRB ruled that Lion Oil's Shuler field workers cannot be represented by the Oil Workers International union unless all field employees are included. The board noted the union seeks to represent plant based production and maintenance workers, claiming distinct work mismatches. The employer argues all Shuler employees are part of a single integrated oil production operation.
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Washingtn
National Labor Relations Board
CLO
Lion Oil Company
Shuler (Ark
Oil Workers International Union
Lion
Shwer
el Dorado
Uniol
NLRB
Shuler
Alabama train rape case survivors drift through decades
Wright was one of nine Black men originally convicted of raping two white women on a height train in Alabama in 1981. Eight faced death in the first trial. verdicts were reversed. After years of litigation, four of the nine were sent to prison, four freed, and ninth Ozie Powell served nearly 20 years for an assault on a sheriff's deputy.
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Wright
Alabama
Ozie Powell
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