Southern States Fight For Segregation Across States
Atlanta dispatch notes Southern states firming their stance against Supreme Court anti segregation rulings. South Carolina Senate passes a sovereignty resolution. Virginia seeks constitutional amendment. Alabama records a null and void stance without Gov Folsom's signature. Mississippi and Georgia expected to act on interposition resolutions after recent Virginia-South Carolina governors' meeting.
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Atlanta
Supreme Court
South Carolina
Senate
Virginia
High Court
Congress
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Folsom
Mississippi
Georgia
Richmond
Army Orders Assignments and Promotions as Shown
Department of the Army releases changes including assignments for cols, captains, majors and lieutenants across Fort Campbell Fort Meade Fort Bliss Fort Lewis Fort Sill and other posts. Names include Douglass Quandt John Goodwin William Goodwin Lucar Clark O’Connor Tredernick Cowie Hutchinson Zimmerman Kelly and many others with transfers resignations and new UVA posts listed. Promoted officers include Edwin O’Connor Jr John C Tredernick Leo Zigler Napoleon Pannell David Shepherd Dino Castellani and Rex McKissick among others.
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Department of the Army
Washington, D.C
Douglass P. Quandt
Washington, DC
Campbell
John W. Goodwin
AAA
George G. Meade
William E. Goodwin
Wayne
Milwaukee
Wis
William R. Clark
Edwin O’connor Jr
John C. Tredernick
Thomas C. Finneran
George YV. Gillette
William M. Proctor
Wilbur D. Rudy
Edward H. Skiffington
John R. Thompan, Jr
Leo P. Tichell
Leo E. Ziegler
Eugene A. Brooks
John A. McGrane
Charles R. Otterbourg
Napoleon B. Pannell
George Roundebush
David R. Shepherd
Robert L. Cowie
Merton C. Harris
Robert W. Mann
Ft Bliss
Ft Lewis
David Coper
Presidio
Monterey
Bogota
Colombia
DP Resig
Donald R. Schwartz
Ft Carson
Leroy R. Anderson
Boise
Idaho
Charles T. Church
Ft Belvoir
Arty
David F. Tyler
John G. Williams
James H Wolfe
Braiard S.cook
Ft Knox
Robert V. Hall
el Paso
Paul W.steinbeck
Kearny Shipward
Univ of Ill
Harry G. Estes
Oklahoma City
Richard G.kelley
Bragg
Lewis
William P. Berry Jr
Bliss
Hancock
Robert F. Borchering
South Park Miles
Albert E. Crow
Ft Benning
Robert E. Daley
Lewis G. DeMent
Shewson Louie
Law
Stu
Butane Truck Blast at Sulpher Causes Major Damage
A truck loaded with liquified gas exploded in Sulphur Oklahoma yesterday, destroying a building and about 40 automobiles. Damage is estimated at 250000 dollars. Two men had minor injuries while one driver escaped with head injury attempting to flee. Most destroyed cars were new. a cement mixer was crushed by a wall. Bert Williams warned colleagues in time for their escape.
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Sulpher
Okla
Paul Reed Motor Co
Doyle Peak
Don Smith
Ada
Bert Williams
JAPAN NAMES FIRST POSTWAR WOMAN JET PILOT
Mrs Hideko Yokoya Ma of Tokyo becomes Japan’s first postwar woman to fly a jet, piloting a T33 trainer with a U S Air Force officer from Johnson Air Base aboard.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hideko Yokoyama
Johnson Air Base
Aviatrix
Scouts Assigned To Post For Citizenship Day
Sixty two Boy Scouts and Explorers of the Lawton district will report to Fort Sill Thursday morning to learn about the Army center in a Scout Citizenship Day. The event, sponsored by Hunting Horse District Black Beaver Council, assigns units to Building No 52 for 10 a.m. briefings by Lt Col Arthur J Matheny.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
Hunting Horse District
Black Beaver Council
C. H. Parsons
Arthur J. Matheny
Parsons
Passons
Stanley Tyrone
Kent Hampton
Joe Dillingham
Billy Norris
Terry Joern
Bob Wiseman
Carnell McPhail
Eugene Marburger
John McCorkle
Gary Rudolph
Jon Dee Wilkinson
Billy Pollock
Mike Matheny
Jimmy Hicks
Wayne J. Gaynor
John Strawbridge
Jacob Arellano
Melvin S. Zahn
David Lyon
Bill Deamer
John S. Coffgain
David Coleman
Robert W. Chivohugh Jr
Deane Magalis
David M. Davis
Neil McLeod
Roger Johnson
Harold E. Hillman
John M. Clase
Stennis Johnson
David L. Simpson
Bruce G. Wilkins
John Thacker
James R. Conabay
Monty Overbay
Robert Read
Ray Kincy
Rob Knapp
Jim Booth
Tommy Campbell
Lawton Business District
Debate Limits Set On Senate Gas Bill Saturday
The Senate moves to final debate limits on a measure to exempt field gas producers from federal regulation. Governors of 12 states urged rejection, warning hundreds of millions in higher gas bills for consumers. Senate opponents say amendments face House resistance as lobbying continues.
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Senate
Wisconsin
Michigan
Connecticut
Iowa
Maine
Minnesota
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Sen
Wiley
R-Wis
House
Oil and Gas
Heirs Slip Through Prosecutor's Hands
In Sacramento Otis Grady 54 and brother Harry 57 evaded Acting City Prosecutor Milton Baldwin who sought them as heirs to a small legacy. Otis jailed 30 days while Harry got a suspended sentence if he leaves town. Baldwin said he would inform Otis of the inheritance.
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Sacramento
Calif
Otis
Harry Grady
Harry
Milton L. Baldwin
Baldwin
Debater House Targets Washita Reclamation Bill
The House will begin debate on the 40.6 million Washita reclamation authorization bill next week. It covers the Foss reservoir west of Clinton and the Fort Cobb dam near Anadarko for flood control irrigation municipal water and recreation. Rep. Victor Wickershem wrote the House measure identical to last year’s Senate version by Kerr and Monroney.
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Washington
House
Carl Albert
McAlester
Albert
Foss
Clinton
Fort Cobb
Anadarko
Rep
Victor Wickershem
Senate
Robert S. Kerr
Mike Monroney
Tax Collectors Hit Joe Louis With New Tax Lien
The Internal Revenue Service filed an income tax lien of 11351 against former heavyweight champion Joe Louis, bringing total liens for 1946 through 1951 to 1210789. Louis faces ongoing tax actions as authorities pursue back taxes in Chicago.
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Chicago
Internal Revenue Service
Joe Louis
Benson to sign his own letters from now on
Washington secretary of agriculture Ezra T. Benson will personally sign letters bearing his name after aides previously signed routine acknowledgments. An order earlier this week requires routine correspondence to be prepared so subordinates can sign in their own names, while Benson will sign letters he wishes to bear his name on.
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Washington
Ezra T. Benson
Miller F. Shurtleff
Benson
Agriculture
Propaganda Balloons Reported Over Kent Near London
Plastic balloons carrying leaflets landing in Kent south of London may be propaganda from Radio Free Europe in Munich aimed at Iron Curtain countries. Authorities investigated the event, noting the balloons appeared to be American backed and part of a broader effort to spread East European messaging.
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London
Kent County
Radio Free Europe
Munich
Stevenson and Kefauver Prepare for California Debate
Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver, seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, prepare to address the California Democratic Council in Fresno as part of their 1956 campaign. Kefauver appears first, Stevenson to follow with a nationwide NBC radio broadcast planned for 9 p.m. EST.
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San Francisco
Adlai Stevenson
California
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
California Democratic Council
Fresno
Stevenson
Kefauver
Washington
NBC
CDC
Chicago
Bay Meadows
Adlai Stevenson Gets Lost in San Francisco Rally
Adlai Stevenson was late for a political speech as his campaign van wandered for about 20 minutes seeking Bay Meadows race track in San Mateo. About 2,500 people gathered to hear him despite the delay.
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San Francisco
Adlai Stevenson
Bay Meadows
San Mateo
Collier Animals Win Show Honors at Southwestern Exposition
Fort Worth Special Hallwood Magna Mercury 7th, a pure bred Shorthorn owned by J A Collier and son Bob of Fletcher, was named reserve senior champion bull at the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock show. Collier entries placed second, third or fourth across multiple classes against Shorthorns from Iowa, Illinois, Texas, Oklahoma and Indiana. They plan to compete later this year, with Hallwood Farms not showing again until August.
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Hallwood Magna Mercury
J. A. Collier and Son
Bob
Fletcher
Collier
Iowa
Illinois
Texas
Oklahoma
Indiana
Hallwood Farms
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