Louisiana Fights Ruling Against Segregation Law
New Orleans reports Louisiana prepares action on two fronts after a federal court struck down state segregation laws. A Baton Rouge legislative committee will study countermeasures while Orleans Parish schools plan appeals. The three judge panel ordered integration, sparking vows to resist with new laws and political moves.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Orleans Parish
Cr. P. Besse
J. Skelly Wright
Herbert W. Christenberry
Wayne Borah
U.S. Supreme Court
Wright
A. P. Tureaud
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
William M. Rainach
Legislative Committee
Mystery Sub Labeled Red Suva Mystery Sub Identified
Fiji officials said a mystery craft sighted off Suva on February 3 has been identified as a K class Soviet submarine. Capt. Taniela Kepa sketched the submarine surfacing near the British colony. it carries 20 torpedoes and four guns. The case follows the Joyita tragedy with 25 missing people.
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Suva
Fiji
Taniela Kepa
Kepa
Joyita
Roosevelt backs Stevenson for Democratic nomination
In Los Angeles Rep. James Roosevelt, of the 26th district, announced support for Adlai Stevenson. The son of a former president, he previously backed Estes Kefauver at the 1952 Democratic convention, signaling a shift in local party alignments before the nomination vote.
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Los Angeles
James Roosevelt
Adlai Stevenson
Roosevelt
Estes Kefauver
City Scout Wins Caravan Honors
Mike Parsons son of Dr and Mrs O L Parsons 815 Euclid and a member of Explorer Scout post No 13 will represent Region Nine in the Explorer conservation caravan June 22 July 5 Scouting officials term the designation a high honor because the region covers Oklahoma New Mexico Texas northeast Arizona and southwest Arkansas Parsons 15 and a Lawton high school sophomore began Scouting at eight joining the Cubs One scout from each of 12 regions in the United States Alaska and Hawaii will make the two week field trip The tour will cover Washington Oregon and Idaho Parsons was advised in a letter from Harold W Lewman regional Scout executive at Dallas that the caravan is a field trip during which Explorers visit examples of outstanding conservation practices such as National forests industrial forests soil conservation demonstration areas National parks and range improvement areas as well as lumber mills mining operations fisheries and other examples of resource use He earned the Hornaday award and is designated an expert conservationist by the Oklahoma Game and Fish commission His Explorer post is sponsored by Beal Heights Presbyterian church and his father is adviser to Post No 13 About 40 per cent of private U S timber resources are on farms
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O. L. Parsons
Euclid
Explorer Scout
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Explorer
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Texas
Arizona
Arkansas
Young Parsons
Lawton High School
Cubs
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Dallas
Tex
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Harold W. Lewman
Parsons
Guard Rifle Team Wins Top Laurels
Lawton's Company F of the 179th Infantry Oklahoma National Guard won the unit marksmanship title with a 1220 score at Oklahoma City. The team consists of Sgt Clarence Priest Sgt 1st Class Albert Holderman Sgt Bob Nauman Pvt Jimmy Peck Sgt Tommy Wells and Cpl Chadwick Payne. The next match is March 31 in Oklahoma City as 45th Division finals.
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Lawton
179Th Infantry
Oklahoma National Guard
Oklahoma City
National Guard
F Company
Clarence Priest
Albert Holderman
Bob Nauman
Jimmy Peck
Tommy Wells
Cpl
Chadwick Payne
Court Oil Tax Ruling Could Cost Oklahoma Millions
Oklahoma Tax Commission gains attorney general aid for a rehearing of a state supreme court oil income tax case. Gov. Raymond Gary warns the ruling could cost $2 to $5 million yearly in revenue and allow retroactive refunds, threatening the General Revenue Fund and road program funding.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Supreme Court
Raymond Gary
Gary
Leon Daube
Ardmore Oil
Daube
General Revenue Fund
Boy Who Lost Both Parents Gets Little Dog Back
Ten year old Bobby Niebuhr in Madison Wisconsin regained his small black dog after it was picked up as a stray. His mother Thelma Niebuhr had died recently and his father died when he was a baby. The Dane County Humane Society returned the pet yesterday.
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Madison
Wis
Bobby Niebuhr
Bobby
Thelma Niebuhr
Dane County Humane Society
Captain and companion fleece shop with jail as security
A man posing as an army captain bought a coat for the wife of a general and left a woman as guarantee he would return with money. The captor did not come back, and the woman remained in jail today as security for his debt.
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Mexico City
Employees Buy Out St. Joseph Paper
The St. Joseph Gazette and News-Press are now entirely employee-owned after purchase of the Sprague and Douglas family stock. Publisher Henry D. Bradley was elected president. other officers include Arthur Burrowes as vice president and David R. Bradley as secretary treasurer. Directors are Lloyd Elliott Merrill Chilcote and Robert Gilmore.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
St. Joseph
Evening News-Press
Henry D. Bradley
Sprague
Douglas
Wayward Weather Balloon Presumed Down in Siberia
The U S Navy says a weather balloon launched from OPPAMA Japan last Saturday drifted toward the Lake Bayal region of Soviet southern Siberia. It was expected to report weather from across the Pacific every two hours but winds diverted it over Russian territory and it has been silent since Wednesday.
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Oppama
Japan
U.S. Navy
Lake Bayal
Siberia
Navy
Pacific
Torrential Rain Floods New Orleans
New Orleans faced renewed downpours that drenched suburbs, clogged sewers, and halted traffic as debris from Mardi Gras blocked drainage. Officials warned of more storms with 6 inches of rain in seven hours and a cottage washed from its foundations while no injuries were reported.
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New Orleans
de Lesseps Morrison
Weather Bureau
Flier Of Fortune Dahl Missing In Canada Flier
Harold E. Dahl known as a flier of fortune since the Spanish Civil War is believed missing with three others after a DC3 transport disappeared on a 400 mile northeast flight from Fro Bis j ur Bay to Fort Chimo. Northland radar base officials say Dahl piloted the American owned craft though no confirmation or passenger identifications were available.
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Mont Joli
Que
Harold E. (Whitey) Dahl
Canada
Northland
Dahl
Frobisher Bay
Baffin Island
Fort Chimo
Apache Youth Joins Reserve Battery B 359th Field Arty
Olen R. Elliott of Apache completes papers for assignment to Battery B 359th Field Artillery Battalion U S Army Reserve in Lawton. He is a sophomore at Apache High School and works part time at Apache Motor Co. He will perform six months active duty between junior and senior years, then return to school and Army Reserve duties. Maj Rawlins M. Morris provides guidance. contact 2-4217 or P O Box 1342 Fort Sill for details.
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Ralph C. Elliott
Apache
359Th Field Artillery
U. S. Army Reserve
Lawton
Wayne E. Whiting
Elliott
Apache High School
Apache Motor Co
Maj
Rawlins M. Morris
Maj. Morris
P.O. Box
Fort Sill
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