LA School Upholds Policy On Seeing-Eye Dogs In Class
The Los Angeles Board of Education explained its policy on blind students and guide dogs, stating the program aims for self reliance without artificial aids and that dogs are not allowed in classrooms to maintain equal treatment and confidence in the program. Patsy Ruth Fergus, a blind student, faced an ultimatum about bringing her guide dog to school, highlighting the tension between policy and individual needs.
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The
Star
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Los Angeles
Patsy Ruth Fergus
Los Angeles Board of Education
United States Army School
Avon
Connecticut
Polytechnic High School
Patsy Ruth
Big Los Angeles
Soviet Opposition Narrows Atomic Control Pact
Pessimistic UN delegates wrestle with Russia's demand to limit international inspection of atomic sites and factories. Gromyko rejects US provisions as against national interests, while supporting strict control without broad terms. Debate intensifies ahead of Moscow conference.
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Larry Hauck Lake
N. Y
Security Council
United Nations
Gromyko
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
Russia
Poland
Moscow
New Fuel Crisis Thratens All of Britain
London March 6 A new fuel crisis threatened Britain as ice and heavy snows disrupted transport and coal output. The Daily Herald warned of further checks on coal supply unless stocks improve. A two day blizzard closed 120 highways halted rail movement on 40 branch lines and shut thirty three South Wales mines. Prime Minister Attlee convened an emergency coal meeting this afternoon.
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London
Britain
The
Daily Herald
Labor Party
El-Short
Great Western
South Wales
Midlands
Attlee
Truman Receives Baylor Honorary Degree in Waco
President Truman arrived in Waco Texas after a Mexico stopover to accept an honorary doctor of laws from Baylor University and to deliver a foreign policy speech. He urged freer world trade and warned against economic isolation, stressing bipartisan support for a cooperative economic policy. He called for leadership to prevent a return to tariffs and economic conflict.
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Waco
Tex
Truman
Mexico City
Baylor University
Digcoe Ae
U. S
Baylor
Washington
Mexico
William D. Leahy
Matthew J. Connelly
Charles Ross
Wallace Gorham
Texas
Weather Bureau
United States
Congress
Geneva
International Trade Organization
United Nations
Greece
Britain
Marshall
Conference on week-old Ely and Walker shirt stoppage held in Paragould
In Paragould a conference between union and company representatives was scheduled for today to address a week-old stoppage at the Ely and Walker shirt factory. The meeting, originally set for 2:00 p.m. yesterday, was postponed.
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Paragould
Union
Ely and Walker
Subterranean Court To Hear Testimony On Mine Disaster
Johannesburg police court session held on the 27th level of a gold mine, over 7000 feet underground, to take testimony regarding a mine disaster.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Election Reform Bill Unanimous in House
The Arkansas House passed a comprehensive election reform bill unanimously. Key provisions tighten poll tax related issues, bar block payments, standardize ballots, and make illegal poll tax receipts a felony with up to five years imprisonment or a $1,000 fine. The measure, by Rep Turner, mirrors a Senate compromise. The House also approved Wrights retirement bill for circuit and chancery judges.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
House
Turner
Cleveland County
Senate
Rep
Wright
Clark
City to widen and resurface downtown Hope streets
At a December 17 1946 city council meeting City Engineer Chas O Thomas was ordered to prepare resurfacing plans for downtown Hope and to press Arkansas Highway Dept to widen Third Street US 67 through Hope. By March 4 1947 officials reported agreement to widen Third Street from Shover to city limits and from Louisiana to Washington with parking restrictions and public input sought.
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City Council
Chas. O. Thomas
Hope
Arkansas State Highway Department
Third Street
Thomas
Shover Street
Louisiana Street
Washington Street
Highway Department
Shover East
County Red Cross Drive Contributions Listing
A long OCR list details donations to the County Red Cross Drive totaling 1440.95 with numerous individuals and couples contributing varying amounts, including Roy Anderson & Co 1272.90 and others such as McCorkle Printing Co 5.00 and Mrs. Elizabeth Horton 1.00, ending with a reported total of 1440.95. The itemized gifts span multiple names, towns, and organizations, showing broad community support.
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Roy Anderson & Co
Elizabeth Pilkinton
Olin E. Jones
McCorkle Printing Co
Reese Chambless
N. T. Jewell
Wert Rior Eos
Carroli Yocom
Cade
Dan Godbold
Richard Blair
Syvelle Burke
Garrett Story
H.J.F. Garrett Bae
Kline Snyder
John Hatley
H.ask
A. D. Middlebrooks
L. Sasser
Otto Taylor
Jimmie Field
Etoy McCorkle
A. D. Middlebrooks, Sr
Henry Feyler
J. A Davia Oie
Clyde Smith
J. H. Miller
Washington
Lee A. Holt
Elia Monroe
Elizabeth Horton
Finis Johnson
J. R. Rowe
L F. Monroe
Maud Haworth
QO. T. Beck
Paul Dudney
W. H. Etter
J. O. Gold
E. P. Martin
Jolly Stuart
J. F. W. Messer
H. Boyette
Mierrell Hatfield
Q. Lovelis, Jr
Hee Cc
L. Williams
Mattie T. Wilson
T. G. Haynes
Sanes
T. E. Bain
F Anderson
Ae Stuart
Ee Susie McFadden
Mose Belton
L. W
Alex Fellows
U S Blames Soviet Interference for Hungary Crisis
The United States charged Soviet Russia with causing Hungary's political crisis by unjustified interference. A note to Moscow London and Budapest said Moscow's actions threatened Hungary's right to a government chosen by its people and criticized the arrest of Bela Kovacs.
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Washington
United States
Soviet
Russia
Budapest
Hungary
Moscow
Marshall
Bela Kovacs
Kovacs
Smallholders Party
State Department
Noite
Espionone
Uien
Marshall Inoriti
Great Britain
Allied Control Council
Heavy Bell in Philadelphia Weighs 2000 Pounds
The Liberty Bell in Philadelphia has a rim circumference of 12 feet and a crown circumference of 7 feet 6 inches. The bell weighs 2000 pounds.
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Philadelphia
Pianist Iturbi narrowly avoids tomato barrage in Miami
In Miami on March 6, pianist Jose Iturbi escaped a planned tomato attack by socialite Mrs. Harmon Spencer Auguste who relented at the last moment. Iturbi performed a two piano concert with his sister as Mrs. Auguste, wife of a New York banker, had prepared to toss produce in revenge for a so called etiquette breach.
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Miami
Fla
Jose Iturbi
Harmon Spencer Auguste
Auguste
New York
Iturbi
New Stadium Bill on House Calendar in Arkansas
A new bill to finance a 1 million dollar war memorial stadium without new appropriations would let the state issue bonds up to 500000 and have the Fiscal Control Board buy those bonds. It resumes with 51 votes needed for passage as the stadium appropriation bill failed 46 to 41.
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Little Rock
Arkansas War Memorial
Riley
Pulaski
State Board of Fiscal Control
Facts About Cuba as Homeland of Cigars and Cocktails
HAL Boyle surveys Cuba with lively anecdotes about cigars cost and smoking lore in Havana, the Morro fortress, Drake’s turtles, the national lottery, a busy Miami Havana air route, cafe solo rituals, and street delivery services. The piece blends playful history with vivid locale, naming places like Havana, Morro Castle, and San Cristobal de la Habana.
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Cuba
Havana
Christopher Columbus
Chris
Europe
New World
West Indies
Oince de Leon
Carl Fisher
Ponce
San Cristobal de la Haba
Francis Drake
the Dragon
Carthagena
Morro Castle
Eugene Robertson
Miami-Havana
Phillip Godard
Godard
Sabath urges a probe into rapid living cost rise
Rep Adolph Sabath demands a House inquiry into why the cost of living has surged over 50 percent in eight months. The Illinois Democrat, age 80, calls for Agriculture Committee review of meat, dairy, fruit and vegetable prices and cites Dun and Bradstreet data to back his claim of inflation beyond price-control levels.
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Washington
Adolph J. Sabath
Ill
Congress
Sabah
House
Sabath
House Agriculture Committee
Clifford R. Hope
Kans
Agriculture Committee
Dun & Bradstreet
Republican Congress
By Product of Atom Catches Demand in Tennessee Labs
Oak Ridge reports supply catching up with demand for radio active by products from the Clinton uranium pile. Isotopes prices shift. carbon 14 down to 75 dollars per million curies plus handling. Radiosilver drops. radio sodium radiogold and radioiron rise slightly. 446 orders processed since last August. Used in over 100 laboratories nationwide for medical agricultural biological and industrial research.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
Isotopes Branch
Atomic Energy Commission
Isotopes
Clinton Laboratories
Istopes
Borden Co Deliveries Halted in Texarkana
Milk deliveries by the Borden company of Texarkana were halted by city meat and milk inspector H D Linker. The action followed claims that Borden herds had not been inspected locally. the council took no action as the company did not attend a Tuesday night meeting. Texarkana reportedly refuses to honor Hope inspection certificates. In Mohali North Carolina Curtis, 49, of Huntsville Arkansas, was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life for the slaying of Alvin Maddox of Collidge Texas.
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Borden Company
Texarkana
H. D. Linker
H. M. Olsen
Olie
Linker
Borden
Mohali
N. C
Curtis
Huntsville
Ark
Alvin Maddox
Collidge
Texas
Mohall
Marshall Arrives in Paris En route to Moscow
Gen. Marshall reaches Paris on the way to Moscow for the foree ministers conference. Premier Ramadier greets him and Marshall says he is glad to be back in France. He plans to visit Berlin next and will lay a wreath at the tomb of France’s unknown soldier.
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Gen. Marshall
Paris
Moscow
Marshall
John Foster Dulles
Berlin
Washington
Bermuda
Azores
Orlg Aa
Jacques Kosciusko
Paul Grossin Auriol
France
Paul Ramadier
Ramadier
Labor Change May Set Off Strikes
National Labor Relations Board Chairman Paul M. Herzog warned proposed Wagner act changes could spark a nationwide strike wave. The U S Chamber of Commerce countered that employers must push Congress to rewrite the law to remove any doubt of intent. Herzog testified to Senate and House committees on amendments amid concern over potential long term uncertainty and court disputes.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Paul M. Herzog
National Labor Relations Board
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Senate
House
Pepper rails at OPA end as blow to veterans
Sen Claude Pepper accuses Senate Republicans of striking a double blow at veterans and families by voting to end the OPA by June and to economize funds. The measure also rescinds 2.4 million dollars in civilian production administration funds. The Senate Banking committee weighs continuing rent controls amid party split while housing rent plans face division. The House demanded nine million dollars be returned, with the Senate offering an extra seven million nine hundred ninety-one thousand as a farewell appropriation.
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Ann Hick Washington
Claude Pepper
Fla
Senate Republicans
Senate
OPA
Senate Banking Committee
Charles W. Tobey
N. H
Tobey
House
Hot Springs Bath Records Hit New High
February bath totals rose to 109 042 the best ever while the gain over last year was only one percent. Park Superintendent Boles noted a postwar leveling off and the February figure marked the smallest increase since prewar years.
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National Park Office
Thomas E. Boles
Pay Service Administration
Court Upheld Convictions in Lewis and United Mine Workers Case
The Supreme Court upheld Lewis contempt conviction and kept a $10,000 fine, while reducing the United Mine Workers’ civil penalty from $3.5 million to $700,000. The dispute arose from Lewis’s refusal to send miners back to work during the November fiscal strike, and the decision affirmed injunctive rulings in the contempt proceedings. Chief Justice Vinson delivered the majority opinion with dissents by Murphy, Frankfurter, Douglas, and others.
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Lewis
United Mine Workers
Supreme Court
Vinson
Murphy
Utledgal
Frankfurter
Douglas
Norris-LaGuardian
Lewis Sudderd
Hig
Ion
Kansas Senate votes to defer primary reform amendment
The Kansas Senate approves leaving the vote on a constitutional amendment to a general election, with an 18 to 0 vote to place the measure before the House. Supporters argue the current primary favors parties and machines, while opponents warn of weak turnout and disruption of nominating rules.
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Kansas Senate
Senate
House of Representatives
Sen. Smith
Jonesbord
Pryo
Fort Smith
Reyno
Rea Hermitage
Lookadoo
Senate bill lets schools set their own taxes in Arkansas
The Arkansas Senate approved a measure to allow school districts to fix their own millage tax and send the proposal to the House. The plan would let district officials present a local budget and, if passed, remove the state tax ceiling. Debate covered constitutional implications and funding for state and local services.
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Senate
Little Rock
Arkansas Senate
House
Cleer
Springdale
Lockadoo
Sen. Pryor
Fort
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U.S
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Red Cross
U. 5
By Richard C, Glass
Veterinary Medicine
College of Ozarks
Clarksville
Hal Boyle
Borden Co
Hot Springs Bath Records
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