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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1952
Page
12
The Supreme Court required Kansas on Nov. 24 to file a brief or concede segregation wrong. Fatzer’s brief argued the Kansas law does not violate the U S Constitution, claiming no proof that Negro students suffered or that mental development was retarded due to segregation.
State Department disclosed that Foy D. Kohler a 44 year old diplomat on the Policy Planning Board was arrested for drunkenness after a car crash in Arlington Virginia last weekend. He and his wife Phyllis 40 were taken into custody. Kohler paid a 36.25 fine for public intoxication and his wife was freed on 500 bail on drunken driving charges. The two secret documents in his possession concerned Morocco politics and Tunisia.
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons Britain will take legal steps against any American oil company that buys or sells Iranian oil. He stated the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company retains rights in Iran and Britain will exercise them if companies proceed. The Commons debate followed a U S State Department note permitting American firms to buy oil without government approval, risking British legal action for prospective buyers.
Belgrade radio Monday cited Tanjug in reporting a major new wave of arrests targeting Czechs in Czechoslovakia. The broadcast named General Ludwig Svoboda, former postwar defense minister now health official, and Vladimir Kopshiva, minister of police, among those listed in the purge.
A blast at Wests Electric Corp jet engine testing area in Kansas City sparked a fire that damaged the plant. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics official Capt C E Smith feared heavy losses but reported no injuries. Plant manager Samuel B Stine said cleanup would take about a week.
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the state accident records section show figures for the last 48 hours and year-to-date totals. In the latest period three deaths occurred, with a year-to-date total for 1982519 and a prior period report noting four deaths.
The Prince lands near a circular village lit by firefly lamps and meets daffodil clad dwarfs who invent things. He seeks a fast route to Santa Land and tests a rocking chair and a pogo stick that fail to reach the goal, as the dwarfs urge perseverance.
A special House committee in Washington began drafting proposed reforms to federal election laws. Despite decade of talk, real action seems unlikely this session, with hearings showing support for raising caps on committee spending and individual contributions from the long standing ceilings set since 1939.
In Black Jack the community selects the old Presbyterian church building as a two year center with rental option. Ralph Kalb is president, Mrs. George Newland secretary, Claude Sanders treasurer. The 4 H club uses it monthly for meetings, parties, and square dances. Next community meeting set for January 13, 1953.
Itzhak Ben-Zvi, 68, Labor Party leader, was chosen Israel's second president by 62 votes on the third ballot in the 120 seat Knesset. He will be sworn in Wednesday, succeeding Dr. Chaim Weizmann who died on November 8. Ben-Zvi long acted as Palestine Jewry's chief spokesman before British rule and Independence.
A compact survey notes India’s role in current global dynamics alongside domestic social items. Social club notes include Rebekah lodge activities, officer elections, and upcoming Christmas party. Kensington club Lambda Circle Tri Delta and PEO chapter schedule meetings with local hosts and guests listed. There is a closing line: THERE OUGHTA BE A LAW.
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