Court Rules On Bus Segregation in Montgomery
A three judge federal panel ruled Montgomery city and state bus seating laws unconstitutional. The majority held separate facilities for white and Negro passengers violate the federal constitution, with a dissent claiming segregation is constitutional. The decision ties to the ongoing civil rights era controversies surrounding public transportation.
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Mongomery
Ala
Montgomery
Richard T. Rives
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Frank M. Johnson
Alabama
U.S
Seybour
Annnversay
Ventgomserg
Negra
Son Effera
Phi Beta Kappa Elects Officers in Kansas Chapter
The Kansas Alpha Chapter elected officers including president Dean John Ho Nelson and vice president Mix. Rasmionfi Nichols as secretary and Emma Wagner as treasurer. New initiates Dwight Allen Frame Ina May Brewster Melvin Troeh Jeanne Fish Richard Blair Martha Warner. The 79th chapter, first west of the Mississippi, organized April 2, 1890.
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Nansas Amne
Uhapeet
Pha Beta Kapeeme
Ropers Liberal Arts
Peck
Init
John Ho Nelson
Maurot Mix
Paaltons
Rasmionfi Nichols
Pneo Dn
Emma Wagner
Dwight Allen Frame
Wichita
Ina May Brewster
St. Melvin Troeh
Grangeville
Idaho
Jeanne Floise Fish
Parsons
Thomas Richard Blair
Osborne
Martha Warner
Ottawa
Kansas Alpha
Mississippi River
Willamsburg
Tito Opens Talks With Soviet Leaders in Moscow
Yugoslav President Tito began formal negotiations with Soviet leaders in Moscow to patch relations and seek equal partnership. He reaffirmed independence of Yugoslavia and continuity of Western ties while praising the 1955 declaration with Bulganin Khrushchev and calling for mutual respect and noninterference.
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Moscow
Tito
Soviet Union
Kremlins
West
Stalin
Soviet Bloc
Kremlin
Presmier Bulganin
Nikita Khrushcheva
Belgrade
Democratic Platform Committee to Meet Early in Chicago
Democratic Chairman Paul Butler announced the Platform Committee will convene a week before the 169th national convention in Chicago to draft a rights plank acceptable to Northern and Southern Democrats. The drafting committee meets August 6, one week before the convention opens August 13 at the International Amphitheatre.
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Chicago
Paul Butler
Butler
International Amphitheatre
Platform Committee
Ernest Prim Files for Marion Township Treasurer
Ernest Prim a Democrat filed Monday for treasurer of Marion Township. The article notes a historical tuberculosis mortality figure and implies a public health context without detailing ongoing statistics.
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Ernest Prim
Marion Township
Crackdown Pledged On Kansas Traffic Enforcement
Gov. Fred Hail pledged a crackdown program to improve Kansas highway safety. He told the Kansas Newspaper Seminar that the effort would be an all-out enforcement drive and urged complete cooperation from Kansas judges and all law enforcement agencies.
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Toper Alm
Fred Hail
Hail
Kansas
Fire Department Grateful After Recent Rains
Firemen credit recent rains for easing hazards as they logged multiple calls in January and February including a respirator incident. The Douglas County fire loss for the first quarter reached 48 068 with the year’s worst total previously. Electrical, trash, unknown, inflammable liquid, and burning structures accounted for several blazes.
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Mary
Our
Journal-World
Jobo Miller Sant
Prryone
Douglas County
Sam
Deglas County
Waitress Given Death Sentence in Alabama Case
Rhonda Belle Martin, 49, auburn haired waitress, was sentenced to die in the electric chair for poisoning her fourth husband Claude De Martin after a year of marriage. Prosecutors said she used arsenic to collect life insurance and move on.
Local Veterans Group Receives State Awards
The Alford-Clarke Post 852 and Auxiliary earned state encampment citations at Hays for 6th place in con service and a tie for third in community service. Individual honors went to Mrs. Carl D. Smith and post commander Bud Hess, who received a diamond lapel pin. Morris Krause of Wichita was elected head of the state VFW for 1998-57. Lawrence attendees included Commander Norman Willis Gilbert and several local members.
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Alford-Clarke
Hays
Carl D. Smith
Conn
Bud Hess
Morris Krause
Wichita
VFW
Lawrence
Norman Willis Gilbert
Ea McClintock
Frank Shoemaker
Harry Barnard
Mollet Expected to Win Confidence Vote in Assembly
Paris observers forecast Premier Guy Mollet would win a confidence vote today after a three day debate on Algeria policy. The Communist bloc planned abstention to push for a Socialist Communist alliance while opposing harder Algeria measures. Right wing deputies favored Algeria but opposed autonomy for Tunisia and Morocco, risking Mollet's broader program.
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Paris
Guy Mollet
National Assembly
France
Aleria
Algeria
Assembly
Mollet
Tunisia
Morocca
Morocco
Study Areas Set Up On Local Financing
Kansas Legislative Council Finance and Taxation committee heard study areas from a joint finance group including the League of Kansas Municipalities and school boards. They proposed mechanisms to ease county general fund pressure and tax limits from early payment discounts and discussed reallocating lease funds and school allocations.
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Topeka
Kansas Legislative Council
League of Kansas Municipalities
Kansas County Commissioner’s Assn
Kansas County Clerks' Assn
Kansas Assn
Annapolis Skipper Found Negligent in Sinking Case
Federal Judge R Dorsey Watkins found John Meckling guilty of negligence endangering life and property in the sinking of the Levin J Marvel last August off North Beach in Herring Bay. Fourteen people died. He received a one year suspended sentence and no fine.
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Baltimore
R. Dorsey Watkins
John Meckling
Annapolis
Levin J. Marvel
Herring Bay
North Beach
Haskell Institute Hosts One-Week Workshop for Home Economics Teachers
A week long workshop at Haskell Institute on New Trends in Home Economies brings together 32 teachers from Anadarko and Muskogee areas. Leaders include Leila Black and Wanda Gray with consultant Dorothy Ellis, featuring speakers from Kansas University and local industry.
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Haskell Institute
Anadarko
Muskogee
The
Indian Service
Leila K. Black
Haskell
Tidian Service
Wanda W. Gray
Haskell Home Economics
Dorothy G. Ellis
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Washington, D.C
Marie Or and
Cy Lawrence
Kansas University
Julia Springer
Kansas, Power and Light Co
Mary Fletcher
Manhinttin
Fred McClure
Singer Sewing Center
Alb. Caldwell
Subbools
Okla
Meow Tech
How To Hold FALSE TEETH More Firmly in Place
Advice on securing dentures with FASTEETH powder. The alkaline non acid powder sprinkles on plates to keep false teeth firm and comfortable with no gummy taste. It claims to prevent slipping during meals and speech and is available at drug counters.
Damage figure tops two thousand in four Douglas County wrecks
Four traffic accidents in Douglas County from Monday to today caused estimated damage totaling 2125 with no injuries. Incidents include a Monday crash at 10th and Mass in Waverly, another near Baldwin Junction on US 59, a 6:30 am pole collision on K-10 west of Lawrence, and a 7:25 am sideswipe on US 40 west of Lawrence. Berlin reports 1100 farms in its city limits.
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Douglas County
William T. Tuttle
Waverly
Theodore H. Rohde
Emery Rd
10Th
Mass
Sis
Walter F. Shapley
St. John's
Robert William Keim
Ottawa
Baldwin Junction
Alfrelda Maek Brown
Lawrence
Billy J. Killiam
Louis Kaplan
Kansas City
Highway Patrol
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