Segregation Laws Challenged In New Federal Suit
Oklahoma City August 3 AP G W McLaurin a former Langston faculty member sues for an injunction to bar state and University of Oklahoma authorities from denying him admission to the graduate school of education. The suit follows a Cleveland County district court ruling denying three Negro women graduate enrollment. The petition claims race denial violated his constitutional rights. Defendants include Oklahoma Regents, University regents, Dr George L Cross, Lawrence Snyder, and J B Fellows. A bill to allow Negroes to attend white colleges if Langston lacks offered work was prepared for the 1949 legislature.
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Oklahoma City
G. W. McLaurin
Langston Negro University
Oklshorrs
University of Oklahoma
Cleveland County
Amos T. Hall
Tulan
Hajl
State Supreme Court
Ada Fisher
Mauderie Hancock-Wilson
Helen Maxine Holmés
Supreme Court of the United States
Oklahoma
McLaurin
University of Kansas
Oklahoma ‘Regents For Higher Education
Board of Regents
George L. Cross
Lawrence Snyder
Graduate College
J.B. Fellows
Atele
Langston
State Legislative Council
Local Social Notes Show Many Visitors for Pion Celeb
Mrs. Carrie Van Lew and guests from Oklahoma City Fitzgerald Ga and Fort Lauderdale join Aug 6 Pioneer celebration festivities hosted by Lawton Women’s Club. Attendees include sisters and relatives from Dallas Philadelphia and Nashville, with escapes to Pampa and Eagle Nest planned for visits and return trips.
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Carrie van Lew
Gore
Lawton
Refugee Influx Strains Lower Saxony Housing
Lower Saxony officials plead for asylum to ease a refugee surge from the east. They report 44 percent of recent arrivals originate from the Soviet zone and describe the situation as desperate, requesting military help with barracks and apartment blocks still regulated by the Army.
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Wanlgvir
Germany
Lower Saxony
Ataten
Topics For Study By BPW At Meeting Here
Law ton group discusses expanded study topics for 1948 focusing on women's history growth in business and professional fields. Mary Pokorny leads, Nettie Oliver reports plans for youth preparation programs and ongoing outside federation acts with sessions on youth service and development. Hong Kong note appears as a separate fact.
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Lawton Business and Professions
Nettie Oliver
National Federation
Old South Caffeteria
Mary Pokorny
State Federation
Sgt Wood Serves with Occupation Forces in Kobe Japan
Sgt Wood Roswell New Mexico son of Mr and Mrs C W Wood is serving with the occupation forces in Kobe Japan. He may study at the Kobe Army Educational Center with courses in academics and vocational training. He left Fort Bliss in November 1945 and arrived in Japan in April 1946 assigned to the East Finance Con in Kobe.
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Atu Sor Haro
A. Wood
Mra
Sgt Wood
Japan
Kobe
Fort Bliss
Texas
Wood
Iasth Finance Con
Few Auto Accidents Laid To Mechanical Defects
A Wisconsin study of fatal accidents finds about 90 percent of cars were in apparently good condition before colliding with culverts or walls. Investigators attribute most accidents to human error rather than vehicle defects.
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Wis
Wisconsin
Nance Opposes Council Pay Doubling Dispute
State Sen James C Nance on vacation in Colorado says he will not approve the Oklahoma City council pay of 190 monthly and 38 daily for council work. Attorney General Mack Williamson argues the pay is effective now and payable. Nance states the council would dispute that interpretation and says the legislature did not intend double compensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
James C. Nance
Colorado
Nance
Mack Williamson
Controversy Over Legislative Pay and Grim Cape Phantom Tale
The text debates a system of double pay for lawmakers amid a broader intest controversy. It notes little money involved and hints council members may meet only three times before the next session. A phantom ship reportedly haunts waters near the Cape of Good Hope.
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Morey
Legisature
Endary
Cape of ‘Good, Hope
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