Candidates Still Hit Education in Tennessee Campaigns
In Tennessee the gubernatorial race centers on education. John Hooker Jr criticizes the administration for neglecting education while Ellington cites per pupil spend and state policy. Senator Bass seeks reelection on a platform of progress. Clement argues for state leadership in education. Ken Roberts criticizes Great Society economics as hawkish, with Howard Baker Jr addressing the Kingsport Jaycees.
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Lewis
Hooker
John Cniq
Paign
Educa
Jay Hooker Jr
Ellington
Hohenwald
Chattanooga
Buford Euington
Memphis
Ross Bass
J. Howard Warr
Ture
Frank
Clement
Tennessee
Lions International
New York City
Ken Roberts
Johnson
Great Society
Roberts
Jackson Young Republican Club
Howard Baker Jr
Kingsport Jaycees
Governors Split Over Viet War Policy At Governors Conference
At the 1956 National Governors Conference in Los Angeles Oregon Governor Mark Hatfield dissented against a broad pro Viet Nam resolution. Michigan Governor George Romney moved toward the majority, while Nevada Governor Grant Sawyer led a bipartisan effort supporting U S servicemen and world commitments without detailing Johnson’s actions.
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Los Angeles
UPD
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Viet Nam
George Romney
Michigan
Hatfield
U.S
U.S. Senate
Grant Sawyer
Nevada
Johnson
Hanoi
Haiphong
Civil Rights Talk At Fisk Urges Church Action
Dr Bryant George of New York challenged Negro churches to join civil rights efforts, urging denominations to risk their necks alongside activists for housing and employment justice. He cited J H Jackson of the National Baptist Convention and warned against reliance on piety alone. Ben Sepal of the EEOC stressed solving ghetto poverty through integrated schooling, housing, and crime reduction measures.
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Nashville
UPS
Fisk University
Segal
Drought Disaster Aid Sought for 26 Tennessee Counties
Gov. Frank Clement sent a telegram to Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman requesting disaster area designation for 26 counties including Campbell, Carroll, Davidson, Haywood and Sumner. He seeks full federal program aid. Also: Korean War veteran Clarence Adams returns home after 12 years in Communist China. Farm Bureau building project planned on Highway 99. traffic regulation revision approved. Defense Department grants Cumberland Shoe Co. $1.99 million for 163,200 combat boots.
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Frank Clement
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Clement
Campbell
Carroll
Chester, Crockett
Davidson
DeKalb
Dyer
Fayette
Gibson
Hardeman
Haywood
Henderson
Hardin
Henry
Hickman
Lauderdale
Lawrence
McNairy
Madison
Obion
Putnam
Smith
Sumner
Warren
Weakley
Clarence Adams
China
Gladys Peoples
Adams
Tennessee Farm Bureau
Highway 99
Farm Bureau
U. S. Defense Department
Cumberland Shoe Co
Franklin, Tenn
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Cumberland
Chapel Hill Tenn
Hoffa Given Vote Of Confidence Amid Union Strike In Atlanta
In Atlanta the Constitution missed its Friday edition after a 3:30 p.m. lock-in by union members without a contract since last Sept. 30. Journal and Constitution publishing by Atlanta Newspapers, Inc faced disruption as workers remained in the composing room. In Miami Beach the Teamsters convention, ending early due to airline strikes, lauded Hoffa as “the greatest president” and voted to extend his tenure with a $100,000 pay raise and funding for litigation and office expenses. The gathering also endorsed a successor should Hoffa’s legal battles continue.
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Atlanta
UPI
Alanta Constitution
Atlanta Journal
Morning Constitution
The
Journal
Atlanta Newspapers, Inc
Jack Tarver
ITU
Elmer Brown
Atlanta Constitution
Tarver
Afternon Journal
Miami. Beach
UPL
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
William Raykin
Model Railroad And Its Caboose
In San Leandro California Warren Smith Jr. built a display of a model railroad with a full scale caboose. The Ackawanna Western Railroad collection features tiny electric models bought for 350 dollars from Pickering Lumber Co. in Standard City. It sits on 30 lengths of track in his backyard used to house the model trains.
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San Leandro
Calif
Ackawanna Western Railroad
Warren Smith Jr
Young Smith
Pickering Lumber Co
Standard City
Industrial Spies Jailed In California Conspiracy Case
Don J. Mattos age 33 president of MLC Corp Union City and foreman Lerobert Henderson age 31 pleaded no contest to conspiracy to overhear women convicted of private conversation. They planned four months in jail Thursday after investigators found a listening device under a rival firm Botts Company's office window. Transmitter found in bushes near the window. Both firms make highway safety devices.
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Don J. Mattos
MLC. Corp
Union City
Lerobert Henderson
Redwood City
Calif
Botts Company
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Kingsport Times
United Press International
Richard J. Hughes
New Jersey
South Viet Nam
Hughes
Washington, D.C
Kingsport
Newiaupee
E. Markel Roel
King Joert
Tenn
Plame
Carmers
Fronmstad
Columbia
Bureau
Nell $. Brown
Metro Law Department
Metropolitan Council
Franklin
Ifred Johnson
Channel
Retail
Virginia
Roanoke
Roanoke Valley
Linda Jo Maclin
Colonial Heights
Lauren Dale Grigg
Constitution
Atlanta Daily World
Children's Shoe Dept
Deliso
Marquise
Jacqueline Corel
Larks Sports
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