Negro Witness Accuses MLK of Hate Campaign
Manning Johnson testifies before a Louisiana legislative committee that Rev. Martin Luther King Jr leads Southern Negroes in bloodshed by fomenting hate. Johnson, a former Communist, calls King a megalomaniac and warns civil disobedience will cause violence, loss of homes and jobs. Hearing marks days of state probes into Civil Rights influence.
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Baton Rouge
New York
King
Southern Leadership Conference
Montgomery
Johnson
South
Sen. W. M. Rainach
Louisiana
Washington
National Assny
Snow blankets Dixie as cold front sweeps southward
Wet and chilly conditions spread across the eastern third of the nation with intermittent snow reported in Dixie. Snow fell overnight from western Pennsylvania and Ohio through West Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee into northern Mississippi and Alabama with up to five inches possible. Heaviest totals focused on western Virginia and western central Pennsylvania while Middle Tennessee saw the season’s biggest snowfall with two to eight inches. Flurries reached portions of Mississippi and Georgia as a brisk wind added to the chill. Cold air trailing the snow belt stretched from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast.
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Dixie
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
New England
Mid Atlantic States
Georgia
Virginia
Middle Tennessee
Montgomery
Jackson
Gerogia
Atlanta
Great Lakes
Texas
Gulf Coast
Hungarian Reds Refuse Red Cross Entry Visas
The International Red Cross said Hungary’s Communist authorities refused entry visas for Swiss relief personnel. Officials suggested the move may reflect preparations for unrest around the March 1848 revolt anniversary, indicating heightened tension in Hungary.
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Vienna&th. International Red Cross
Relef
IRC
Hungary
Hapsburgs
Methodist Revival to Close Sunday at First Church
Rev. Virgil D Keeley announced the revival and week of dedication end with Sunday services. Dr William B Brown will preach Friday on On Being Saved and Dr Arthur Terry will speak Sunday morning on How Far Can We See followed by Dr Kenneth Shamblin at the evening close. Mr and Mrs Paul Fulwider will provide special music at all services.
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Virgil D.keely
First Methodist Church
Keeley
William BE. Brown
Methodist Church
Texarkana
Arthur Terry
Little Rock
Heights Methodist Church
Little Will
Tenneth Shamblin
Paul Fulwider
Austin
Texas
Fulwider
Freed American May Stay in China
Hong Kong dispatch reports Rev. Paul J. Mackensen Jr, 32, a Baltimore Lutheran missionary, freed after five years' imprisonment and house arrest in Communist China. He says he wants to remain to study social changes there. Also noted: four other Americans remain jailed and a Roman Catholic Franciscan, Rev. Fulgence Gross of Omaha, is expected to be released by March 30.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Paul J. Mackensen Jr
Baltimore
China
Shanghai
Fulgence Gross
Omaha
Ned
House OKs 50000 for Prairie Grove Battlefield Work
The Arkansas House on reconsideration passed 77 to 59 a Senate Bill to appropriate 50000 for improvement of the Prairie Grove Civil War battlefield in Washington County. The measure was introduced by Sen. Clifton Wade of Fayetteville.
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Little Rock
House
Senate
Praire Grove
Washington County
Clifton Wade
Fayetteville
Richards to Visit More Countries
Washington reports that Richards plans a two month tour to explain President Eisenhower's program to block Communist expansion in the Middle East. He will depart Tuesday with aides as Eisenhower is poised to sign a Middle East resolution authorizing aid and a $200 million first installment by July 1.
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Washington
James P
Richards
United States
Appropriation Bill Still Held Up In Arkansas House
In Little Rock the Arkansas House again blocked final passage of a Senate bill to appropriate nearly 50 million dollars a year to the Welfare Department. Objections centered on executive salary increases for Welfare Director Carl Adams and other top executives. Sixty eight members voted for, two against, with many abstaining. the measure was referred to the House as a committee of the whole for Monday consideration.
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Little Rock
House
Carl Adams
Senate
Welfare Department
Klansmen Plan a Big Rally in Cleveland Tenn
More than 20 000 Klansmen from Jennings, Georgia, Alabama and North Carolina are expected to attend a Ku Klux Klan rally in Cleveland Tennessee on Saturday night, March 16, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Editor-publisher Syd Gould said three men identifying as Klansmen would attend the event to build up “young and old.”
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Cleveland, Tenn
Morehhan
Jennessen
Georgia
Alabama
North Carolina
Kn Klux Klan
Cleveland Pally Rooney
Syd $. Gould
Yale Ray
Aia
Conservatives Hold 2 Seats in England
The Conservative party retained two parliamentary seats after special elections. In Warwick, Conservative John Hobson defeated Labor candidate William Wilsons 24,948 to 22,761, succeeding Sir Anthony Eden. In Bristol, Conservative A. G. Cooke beat Laborist WT Rodgers 24, and 10,423 as the majority, succeeding Sir Walter Mackion. Labour gains blamed on voter apathy.
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London
Warwick
Anthony Eden
John Hobson
Willian Wilsons
Eden
Tanuagy
Hobson
al Bristol
A. G. Cooke
Rodgers
SRS
Cooke
Sir Walter Mackion
Labor
House of Lords
Vites
Egypt approves Suez clearance opens canal to small ships
Cairo announces final clearance for the Suez Canal with permission for vessels up to 500 tons at daybreak. The UN salvage chief reviews progress as engineers remove explosives from wrecks. Open by month end to ships up to 10 000 tons, restoring about 70 percent of normal traffic.
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Cairo
Egypt
Suez Canal
Middle East
U.N
Raymond A Wheeler Asypt
Sinai Peyam- Sula
Gaga Strip
Sharmes] Sheikh
Gulf of Aqaba
Edgar Bonnet
Abubir
Ismail
Canal
Suez
Wheeler
Sergeant Guilty of Mistreating Marine Recruits
At Paris Island a drill instructor was found guilty on four counts of tapping or touching recruits. Corporal William Walsh, Lyndhurst N. Y., faced 24 counts. he was acquitted on 20. A special court martial board reduced charges and found Walsh guilty only of touching Private David Lee Porter, 18, of Hartford Vermont. Porter testified he was struck but could not identify the object. Porter's father received word of the proceedings.
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Paris Island
S. Co
Mm al Ihusky
Cpl
Wiliam
Walsh
Lynd. Murst
N. Vi
Tte
Martal
Adute
David Lee Porter
Hinttford
Porter
Tilad
Smith
Philadelphia
Ibay
Cancer Vaccine Reported From Houston Breakthrough
A vaccine against a chicken cancer called lymphomatosis was announced at the Synposium on Fundamental Research in Cancer. Developed by Dr. B. R. Burmester of the USDA at East Lansing, the extract vaccine increases hens resistance about five thousandfold but is not yet practical or fully protective. Researchers aim to create milder preparations for newly hatched birds to build lasting immunity as the virus threat persists in poultry industry losses.
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Houston
Texah
B. R. Burmester
US Department of Agriculture Research
East Lansing
Wich
Burmester
Pr. Burmester
Ike Weakening on Record Budget
Washington report shows President Eisenhower signaling potential cuts to his record peacetime budget of 71.8 billion dollars. He indicated aides would search for reductions while Republicans press for trimming, with Secretary Humphrey defending the budget as necessary to maintain services. Budget Director Brundage warned substantial cuts are unlikely this or next year.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Hla Jon
Tisenhower
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
United States
House
Chamber of Commerce
Johns& Coleman
Martin
Massachusetts
Congress
Peretta Brundage
Brundage
Boxing Group in New York Found Guilty
The Inter national Boxing Club of New York and its Chicago affiliate and others were found guilty of violating antitrust laws. The court held they conspired to monopolize promotion of title bouts and sale of radio television and motion picture rights. Joe Louis Enterprises helped form a four-way heavyweight contract with Louis resigning his title to the new firm.
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New York
International Boxing Club of
Chicago
Sylvester J. Ryan
Madison Square Garden
James 2. Norrin
Avie M. Wirtz
United States
Bew
Ttle
Rysn
Combine
Wirta
Nors
Joe Louis
Joe Louis Enterprises, Inc
Louis
Wirz
Norris
Man Charged in Liquor Store Attack
A 41-year-old Conway man, A O Henley, was bound over to the Pulaski County Grand Jury after a preliminary hearing in a case tied to a shotgun attack on J C Made liquor store near North Little Rock. Witnesses placed him near the scene. testimony also covered a property line dispute with Mode, who challenged the store’s extension onto Henley’s land. Clerk John W Bradley, 22, was wounded, while his 16-year-old wife Jane was uninjured.
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Little Rock
Cohway
Pulaski
Grand Jury
North Little Rock
A. O. Henley
Conway
J. ¢. Made
Arkansas Surpreme
Guy Williams
Lquar
Henleys
Mode
John W.bradley
Hiighly
Jane
Pine Bluff Seeks More Time Over Sewer Contract Case
In Pine Bluff Arkansas, the city asks a federal district court for an extension to study a nine page special master report on a sewer project contract dispute. The report by Richard B. McCullogh recommends Pine Bluff collect $200.98 from Lancaster by Leve, Twe, of Dallas for installation of the sewer system. The extension sought is to April.
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Lttle Rock
Pine Bluff
Federal District Court
Richard B. McCullogh
Forrest City
Lancaster
Leve, Twe
Dalls
Pox
Toy
Communists Said To Target Negro Groups In South Probe
James McLean reports Baton Rouge testimony in a segregation inquiry alleging Communist pressure backs integration efforts. A former Communist party member testified that the NAACP has been targeted by fronts and that Communists aim to unite with the NAACP, while noting infiltration without control.
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James McLean
Baton Rouge
South
Yeaterday
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
Joseph Z. Kornfedder
NAACP
Star Witness
Communist Party
Rornfedder
Communist Army
Ben. W. M Raingeh
Naack Ay
Portland Mayor Faces Lie Detector Test Over Bribe Claim
Portland Mayor Schrunk and former Multnomah County sheriff denied taking a $500 bribe to halt a gambling raid. He agreed to a lie detector test amid Senate probes into Teamsters union influence in Portland vice profits. Witnesses linked gamblers, Elkins, Maloney, and McLaughlin, to attempts to muscle in on city operations.
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Norman Walker Washington
Torsey D. Sehrunk
Portland
Oltf
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
Schrunk
Multnomah County
McClellan
D-Ark
Hind
Justice Department
Con Iits
Sehrunk
Feame
James B. Elkins
Sileins
Teamsters
Portland View
Vikinghug
Searle
Thomas Maloney
Joseph McLaughlin
Frank Brewster
Teamsters Union
Recruits Say Instructors Tapped Them In Court Martial
Marine recruits testified in a court martial that a drill instructor charged with hazing only tapped them not hit them. Pvt. Edmund L. Ramie said a statement he signed carried the word hit, though he claimed he was never struck. Pvt. David Lee Porter testified Walsh’s blows were taps, while Porter’s father said his son reported being hit with an iron bar, though he later cited conflicting injuries. Also noted: Col. William P. Jones Jr. named as Army Corps of Engineers chief in Memphis, succeeding Col. F. W. Dowsing.
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Bem Price
Ramie
Walshi
Fred W. Shields
Mount Vernon
Morgan
Truley
Sly
Shields
Pat Morgan
Austin
Tex
David Lee Porter
Hartford
Wil
Blows Walsh
Porter
Nelson Br.porter
P Heter
Walsh
Arkansas Weather Extends to Next Week
Forecasts indicate temperatures will average near normal with a low around 41 degrees. Mostly dry conditions with minor daily changes and no significant precipitation expected. The period spans Friday to Wednesday with a warmer night Friday.
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Arkansas
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Lexington
Horn
Jersey
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John P Stapp
Aero-Medical Piclg
Prolong Air Development Center
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North Pole
Col. Slanp
England
By Rennis Taylor
AP Science Reporter
Ike
James Marlow
Associated Peas
Poloski Circutt
Wilbur J. Jones
B. G Adams
Cenlta Wirth Jones
Jones Puise
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Boxing Group
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William P. Jones Jr
Memphis
Col Filles Worth
Jones
Harvard University
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