Negro Leaders Map Strategy On Segregation
San Francisco NAACP leaders outlined a plan to overturn segregation through federal action, legal challenges in eight states, community education, and party platform changes. Thurgood Marshall urged swift desegregation, noting 30 cases under study for filing this year and warning Southern politicians that legal barriers will erode.
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Virginia
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Signed St Louis bill to raise salaries for civil service
The measure signed by the mayor hikes salaries for civil service workers by 31 149 000 for the remaining fiscal year. Departments are told to run on current budgets without base pay boosts, risking layoffs or vacancies as funds and approved appropriations fall short for already scheduled payrolls.
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Tours
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Ferguson Residents Vote Down Five Issues
Ferguson residents defeated five civic improvement bond issues totaling 485000 in a local vote. Each proposal required a two thirds majority to pass. The measures covered electric traffic signals street improvements new parks a city garage and a library addition.
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ST. Louis
Subuhan Perguson
Utility Head Probes Voter Sentiment On Trip
Dayton Power & Light president Kenneth C. Long said he learns by meeting people in person. While vacationing in Florida he visited a Coral Gables home and asked the occupant why they cast a dissenting proxy in the annual election, receiving a vague reply about keeping management on its toes.
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Kenneth ¢. Long
Dayton Power & Light Ca
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Coral Gables
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District 3 Lawyers To Meet Saturday
District 3 meeting of the Missouri Bar Association will discuss probate code. Judges Beske Welch of Jackson County and Perry Storly of Butine County are slated speakers. Cape Girardeau president Trush Limbaugh will speak at the banquet and outline the year's program.
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Missouri, Bar Assn
Beske A. Welch
Jackson County
Perry G. Storly
Butine County
Trush J. Limbaugh
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Tohnann
Saline
LeMay Tested as Key to Bigger Air Force Funding
Gen Curtis LeMay head of the Strategic Air Command urged Senate support for higher Air Force funding to expand long range bombers and B52 production. He warned that without more money, the Soviets would overtake the United States in strategic air power by 1959. The Senate approved about 1 billion more for the Air Force over several years, with the total subject to House approval and possible presidential veto or compromise. A separate note reports Marine Lance Cpl. Z. H. Velie parachuted safely from a Skyraider after a crash 50 miles west of Mito, Japan.
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Audie Murphy Wins Additional Belgian Military Honors
World War II hero Audie Murphy, film star, received two more decorations from King Leopold I of Belgium the Croix de Guerre 1940 and the palm for the same medal. Murphy already holds the Medal of Honor and multiple military honors, making him the most decorated soldier in the United States.
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Noisy Jaycees Celebrate New Year Eve Bash in Kansas City
A large Jaycees party in Kansas City transformed a June evening into a New Year celebration drawing about 7 500 attendees. Delegates from state groups toured the area for the National Turion Chipnp of Commerce convention. Food vendors from Indiana and California served thousands of hot dogs, chicken, and champagne despite last minute setup glitches and a capacity squeeze.
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Sticco
Missouri
Shy Lin
Newton
Bakers
Kansas Cit
Boeing's Seattle Growth Drives Northwest Industry Outlook
The Northwest economy relies on agriculture, forest products, and industry. Agriculture fades with winter wheat and fruits dented by weather, while lumber profits dip as home building cools. Industrial growth steadies via aerospace, aluminum, chemicals, and electronics, with Boeing expanding payroll and planning $90 million in capital outlays over three years to stay ahead.
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Washington educators' punctuation problem debated
Tacoma report notes delegates at the National Conference of Teacher Education and Professional Standards grappled with a sentence about that that is and that that is not. The assistant quoted the tricky punctuation and admitted most teachers would struggle to fix it.
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National Conference of Teacher Education and Professional Standards
Northwest economy seems steady amid farm and lumber income shifts
The community notes indicate broad belief that military program cuts are unlikely. The current outlook is generally favorable with rising payrolls offsetting declines in farming and lumber. If termites do not affect industrial sectors and the weather improves for farmers, the northwest economy should remain stable.
Contractors President Dies in St. Louis
Byron W. Tibbs Jr. former president of the Associated General Contractors of Missouri died at DePaul Hospital in St. Louis. He was 5-year-old? former president, vice president and general manager of Rock Hit Asphalt and Contracting Co. Survived by his widow, his mother, one sister and two brothers. Funeral services set for Friday.
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ST. Louis
Byron W. Tibbs Jr
Associated General Contractors of Missouri
DePaul Hospita
Tibbs
Rock Hit Asphalt and Contracting Co
Norfolk woman pursues hit-and-run truck after minor crash
Mrs Helen Agnes Hall, a telephone company supervisor in Norfolk, chased a truck that struck her rear fender and fled. She blocked the vehicle on a dead-end street and called police. The driver faced charges of hit-and-run driving, property damage, and no registration card.
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Helen Agnes Hall
Folice
Two Boys Burned While Vacationing Near Princeton
Two boys, sons of Mr and Mrs S A Thomas of Liberty Missouri, visiting grandparents near Princeton, were badly burned when rocks were thrown at a pan of gasoline, igniting the fluid. The older boy was listed in critical condition, later reported in good condition, and both were hospitalized in Trinity Hospital Kansas City.
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Trinity Hospital At
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Willie Finney
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