Methodists Meet To Discuss Plans for Integration
About 1,000 ministers and lay members attend a five day Methodist conference in Chicago to plan integration of white and Negro units and to prepare leadership for the projected merger of the Central Negro jurisdiction with the church’s other jurisdictions. The event aims to influence next year’s general conference and addresses desegregation, brotherhood, open housing, and equal employment. Martin Luther King Jr. is slated to speak.
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Chicago
UPT
Dallas
Tex
Dalas
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Washington
Methodists
Parole Board Reviews Three Murderers In Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board considers Ernest Fields 52 Tulsa once on death row for a 1954 kidnapping slaying, W A Boling 79 tied to a 1958 Carter County murder, and Delbert Randall Cornell 33 linked to a 1948 Grady County murder. Two others receive parole approvals. Isaac Williams Jr. receives medical leave recommendation.
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McAlester
State Pardon and Parole Board
Ernest Fields
Tulsa
Val Daie Royster
W. A. Boling
Carter County
Delbert Randall Cornell
Grady County
Marvin Pappan
Kay County
Don Quinn
Cherokee County
Isaac Williams Jr
Cuba Trade Surges With Non Communist Nations
A report notes ten of 26 non Communist countries increased trade with Cuba last year led by Japan which surpassed the U S as Cuba’s top non Communist partner. Morocco UAR Tunisia Greece Sweden Finland Norway Uruguay and Brazil also raised trade. A Census Bureau survey forecasts higher consumer buying, with 18 2 percent planning auto purchases and 5 2 percent planning new or existing house purchases. FBI data show crime rose 9 percent in the first half of the year with larceny over $50 up 13 percent and auto theft up 9 percent.
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Cuba
Japan
United States
Morocco
United Arab Republic
Tunisia
Greece
Sweden
Finland
Norway
Uruguay
Brazil
Census Bureau
FBI
Policeman Injured In Chicago Mobile Classroom Scuffle
Five officers clashed at a mobile classroom on Chicago's South Side injuring Lt. Frank Dovie and two other white officers. The incident followed civil rights protests over the mobile classroom and alleged school segregation, with off-duty Negro officers involved.
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United Press International
Chicago South Side
Frank Dovie
Dovie
Mississippi Gubernatorial Race Sees Candidates Attack Administration
In Mississippi the Democratic primary pits former Gov. J. P. Coleman and Lt. Gov. Paul Johnson, both pledging to uphold segregation if elected. They accuse each other of siding with the national Democratic administration as Republican Ruchel Phillips looms in November with independent Fdr Bishop. Polls open 7 am to 6 pm with about 445,000 voters expected.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
J. P. Coleman
Paul Johnson
Ruchel Phillips
Phillips
Fdr Bishop
Ross Barnett
James H Meredith
University of Mississippi
Johnson
Barnett
Meredith
Ole Miss
Coleman
U.S
John P. McShane
McShane
Charlies Sullivan
Clarksdale
Kennedys
Sullivan
Hattiesburg
House of Representatives
Ripley Schools Delay Term After Meningitis Death
The start of the fall term for Ripley grade and high school is postponed to September 3 as a precaution following the death of 13 year old Linda Rose Two Guns from meningitis last Tuesday. Bob Brandeberry explained the delay to gate the response and safety.
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Ripley
Bob Brandeberry
Linda Rose Two Guns
Foreign Teachers To Attend OU
Twenty four high school teachers from six foreign lands will audit courses at the University of Oklahoma this fall. They will take part in special seminars arranged by Dr. Lloyd P. Williams and join the International Teacher Development Program funded by the U S Office of Education.
Guinea Gold Sparks Old English Coin Name
The unusually pure gold mined in Guinea on the West African coast gave English coins the name guineas according to National Geographic Magazine.
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Guinea
Coast
National Geographic Magazine
Patrol Expands to Eighty Five Oklahoma Counties
The Highway Patrol now covers all but three counties in Oklahoma and will add units as manpower allows. New posts have been in Stilwell Cheyenne Hollis and Hominy each with one trooper. Planned units for Coal Pushmataha and Johnston counties aim to increase statewide coverage to cut accident rates.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Oklahoma
Bob Lester
Stilwell
Cheyenne
Hollis
Hominy
Coal
Pushmataha
Johnston
Lester
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