Anniversary of Ruling on Segregation
Editor notes the ninth anniversary of the 1954 Supreme Court ruling that outlawed school segregation and ordered desegregation with all deliberate speed. It recalls key figures, events, and ensuing desegregation progress including gains in many cities and continued resistance in three states.
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U.S. Supreme Court
South
Relman Morin
Associated Press
Tennessee
Little Rock
Ark
Oxford
Miss
Birmingham
Ala
Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Nashville
Tenn
District of Columbia
Paragould Officer Assault Case Ends in Guilty Plea
Jes se Jones pleaded guilty to aggravated assault after biting Paragould Police Captain W D Meadows and striking him with a punch during a probe of a prowler in a Paragould parking lot. Circuit Judge John Mosby suspended a six month jail term on good behavior and fined $400.
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Paragould, Ark
Jesse Jones
Paragould
W. D. Meadows
March
John$. Mosby
Meadows
Cea
Birmingham Businessmen Back Desegregation Pact
Desegregation pact backing drawn from Birmingham's prominent businessmen amid threats of white boycotts of downtown stores. Governor Wallace accuses Kennedy of military dictatorship over Alabama. Kennedy sends 3000 troops to Alabama. Shuttlesworth Jr. convicted for parade without permit and jailed on appeal.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Commission
Arthur Hane
Eugene
Bul) Connor
Montgomery
George C. Wallace
Kennedy
Fred L. Shuttlesworth Jr
Same Day Mail Service Planned in North Little Rock
Washington AP reports the Post Office Department will launch same day mail service in downtown North Little Rock Arkansas. A letter mailed by 11 a.m. will reach the same area by 3 p.m. the same day. Rep Wilbur D Mills D Ark announced the plan and urged coordination with Little Rock to extend rapid delivery across City areas.
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Lie Rock
Dawntuwi
Stein
River Survey Cost Rises for Red River Study
Washington AP Maj Gen Elsworth Davis reports expansion of the Red River study to cover flood control navigation bank stabilization water supply and recreation across Texas Oklahoma Arkansas and Louisiana. The cost climbs to about 1.9 million with an interim report due before June 30 1965.
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Washington
Army
Red River
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Elsworth Davis
Lower
Mississippi Valley
Senate Public Works Appropriations
Davis
Land grant colleges at Houston minority youth job conference
Secretary of Labor Wirtz announced a conference May 30-31 at Texas Southern University in Houston with presidents and deans from land grant colleges in Texas Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma and Missouri attending to discuss minority group youth employment including Arkansas A&M College as a participant.
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Grant
A&m Washington
Arkansas A&m College
Houston
Tex
W. Willard Wirtz
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Missouri
Texas Southern University
To Call Election Jacksonville Ark Mayoral Statement
Mayor Jonn W. Wardell said in Jacksonville Arkansas that a call for an election is proposed. He outlined reasons and potential dates to address city governance and budget concerns. Community members expressed varying views on fiscal impact and administrative changes.
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Jacksonville, Ark
Jonn W. Wardell
Debris Photos Probe Thresher Sinking Mystery
Oceanographers released photos from 9000 foot depths east of Boston showing possible debris from the nuclear submarine Thresher lost with 20 men during a deep sea test dive on April 10. Dr Paul M Fye said objects are not yet identified and experts will analyze the images.
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Portsmouth
APD
Woods Hole
Mass
Paul M. Fye
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Navy
Fye
Navy Court of Inqury
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Boston
Atlantis IL
Election proposal to switch to city manager form outlined
The speaker said Thursday he would call an election on a proposal to change from mayor council to city manager government but did not set a date. A similar proposal failed in 1959.
Woman Charged With Assault In Hot Springs Wounding
Mrs. Richard Ayers is charged with assault with intent to kill after a shotgun wound to her husband at their Hempwallace home on Highway 70 west. Ayers was wounded in the stomach and remained in serious condition at a Hot Springs hospital.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Richard Ayers
Hempwallace
Highway 70
Ayers
Stamps Plant Bought to Reopen Furniture Firm
A group of local businessmen buys bankrupt Atex Manufacturing Co Inc at Stamps Arkansas to restart operations. The plant formerly employed about 21 people making tables and similar furniture before operations ceased about a month ago.
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Stamps, Ark
Atex Manufacturing Co., Inc. Ab Stamps
Orders End to Racial Imbalance in Orange School
In Trenton state Education Commissioner Frederic M. Raubinger orders Orange School Board to end extreme racial imbalance at Oakwood Elementary where 92 percent of students are Negro. Board to submit enrollment plan by July for 1963 64. Englewood Lincoln Elementary also contested with 90 percent Negro enrollment.
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Trenton
Frederic M. Raubinger
Orange School Board
Oakwood
New Jersey
Raubinger
Park School
Rauhinger
Otuly Land
Englewood
Lincoln
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Belman Morinp
Mississippi
South Carolina
Maryland
Southern Education Reporting Service
Ford Foundation
Autherine Lucy
University of Alabama
Virgil Hawkins
Law School
University of Florida
Orval W. Faubus
Arkansas National Guardsmen
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
St. Louis
Baltimore
Wilmington
Del
Louisville
Dean Murphy
Hope Kiwanis Club
Harry Hawthorne
W. S. Atkins
Frank Horton
Bobbye Murphy
John Gordon
Crit Stuart Jr
Southwest Arkansas Poultry Festival
Hope
Arkadelphia
Roy Rowe
Elmo Cheney
Ouachita Baptist College
Rowe
Lacie Rowe
Williamson
American Coleges
Marine Reserve
Roy &. Fryman
Red River Army Depot
Texarkana
Fryman
THE
Hope Auto Co. Inc
Ford & Falcon
W. Second
Hope, Ark
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