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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1957

Page

4

1900 Marines Slated for Atom Test Role

At the Nevada test site Jucca Flat 1900 U S Marines will man trenches 4000 yards from ground zero for a summer atomic exercise. After the 500 foot tower shot Marines move to ground zero in 32 helicopters with 24 support planes from Mojave providing air cover. Brig Gen Harvey C Tschirgi commands the exercise with Fourth Marine Corps Provisional Atomic Exercise Brigade.

Nev. UF U.S Jucca Ground Zero Harvey C. Tschirgi USNEC Fourth Marine Corps Provisional Atomic

Whites Spurn Negro Pastor Plan to Quit

In Los Angeles the Normandie Avenue Methodist Church faces a walkout after Rev. N Burkin Higgins Jr was named pastor by the Los Angeles District of the Methodist Church The church with 45 members is seen as an interracial battleground with the board president H Seal saying most members are threatening to quit except a few He claimed no chance for discussion of the ministerial change and noted the church sits in an interracial district Leader Bishop Gerald H Kennedy announced the appointment as part of regional ministerial changes.

Los Angeles I H. Seal Normandie Avenue Methodist Church Methodist Church Gerald H. Kennedy California-Arizona

Million Members Pageantry Marks Church Merger

Dramatic pageantry marked the sealing of ties between the Congregational Christian Churches and the Evangelical and Reformed Church. Jubilant voices and ritual united national church bodies in Cleveland in a historic merger ceremony with strong, hopeful tones.

Cleveland United Church of Armies of Christians Congregational Christian Churches Evangelical and Reformed Church

NAACP Faces Grave Crisis as Southern States Move Against It

At the 48th NAACP Convention in Detroit Dr. Channing H. Tobias warns that Southern state governments seek to stamp out the association, portraying the move as a challenge to the Supreme Court and a retreat from human equality. Delegates affirm unity as a historic merger of Protestant denominations in Cleveland climaxes 17 years of talks.

Detroit National Association For the Advancement of Colored People NAACP Channing H. Tobias United States ‘Supreme Court Supreme Court United States of America Tobias

Classified calling card for extra cash via selling unused items

A brief classified notice urging readers to raise cash by selling unused belongings and providing a contact number HE 2-5959 for placing ads.

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