National Negro Sitdown Planned For Bus Boycott
Ministers in four large population centers pledge support for a nationwide Deliverance Day sitdown on March 28 to back the Montgomery bus boycott leaders. Rep. Adam Clayton Powell reports pledges from Columbus, Cincinnati, New York area and Boston while federal officials consider protection of the accused.
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Montgomery
Ala
Adam Clayton Powell
New York
Department of Justice
Washington
White House
Powell
Columbus
Ohio
Cincinnati
Boston
Walter O. Davis
Union Methodist Church
Council of Bishops of the
African Methodists Church
Cook Drops Out Of Demo Race for Corporation Commission
Oklahoma City February 25 Buck Cook commissioner of charities and corrections withdraws from the Democratic nomination race for the state Corporation Commission citing his wife ill health. He will not endorse any candidate leaving Harold Freeman and Andy Payne as the major contenders. He says he will not dictate votes and thanks supporters for their efforts.
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Oklahoma City
Buck Cook
Charities and Corrections
State Corporation Commission
Cook
Harold Freeman
Andy Payne
State Supreme Court
Corporation Commission of
State of Oklahoma
Lawton Entertainment Center of the Southwest
Lawton aims to be the entertainment hub of the Southwest featuring the McMahon Memorial auditorium in Metropolitan Park. The city hosts the Lawton Symphony Society and Lawton Community Concert Series with groups like the Paganini String Quartet. Local theater includes Lawton Little Theater and Red Barn Players, plus active art and music scenes and notable visitors to Fort Sill.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Southwest
Metropolitan Park
Lawton Symphony Society
Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra
Lawtonians
Wyatt Hendricks
Lawton Little Theater
Red Barn Players
Red Barn
Leslie Powell
Paganini String Quartet
Nan Merriman
McMahon
Potatoes Without Fat Not Fattening Says Study
Contrary to popular belief, a medium sized potato has about 100 calories and does not fatten when eaten without added fat. The note emphasizes that preparation matters for calorie impact.
Missing Nitro Sought In State
Oklahoma county sheriff officials reported an incomplete inventory of missing nitroglycerin gadgets and warned northwest Oklahoma City parents to watch for more blasting caps. Plumber recovered 25 caps. total found now 52 with 48 still missing from a Grove Hardware Co. cache north of the city. Detonators and dynamite were hidden in attics and garages in Nichols Hills.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office
Bob Turner
Grove Hardware Co
Oklahoma City Safety Council
Turner
Nichols Hills
Stalin Ignored as Red Congress Ends in Moscow
Moscow February 25 UPI The 20th Communist Party Congress ended at the Kremlin Palace with songs and cheers for Leninism, Stalin’s name not mentioned. Khru shchev opened the congress February 14 and chaired the final session. A secret ballot for the central committee was presented, names elected not yet released. Agriculture Minister Matskevich announced farm program changes adopting American ideas, including twice daily cow milking and hybrid corn methods, with experimental stations to be set up.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Kremlin Palace
Stalin
Party
Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
Vladimir Matskevich
United States
Matskevich
America
Colorado Project Faces Floor Fight
Washington Feb 25 Proponents of the Upper Colorado River project brace for a stiff floor fight when the House opens debate Tuesday on the controversial $760 million measure. Rep Wayne N Aspinall says they will present a strong case to win House support amid mixed opposition from Republicans and other interests across the region. Opposition leader Rep Craig Hosmer predicts defeat as Democrats split on the issue and Southern California water interests press their stance.
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Washington
House
Wayne N. Aspinall
Dcolo
Eisenhower
Aspinall
Craig Hosmer
Calif
House Interior Committee
Carl Albert
Okla
Senate
Echo Park
Dinosaur National Monument
Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming
California
Hosmer
First Grade Pupils Taught Spanish in Iowa Experiment
Cedar Falls Iowa Feb 9 First grade pupils at Iowa State Teachers College elementary school are being taught Spanish. Dr Richard Lattin principal of the Campus elementary school outlined the experiment Saturday. The two fold purpose is to stimulate interest in foreign nations and discover the best age to learn a foreign language.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
Iowa State Teachers College
Richard Lattin
Lattin
Leader’s visual impairment noted in historical reports
Despite needing glasses to read ordinary print, the leader refused to wear them in public, a detail that illustrates his public persona and image management during that era.
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Hilter
Army Halts War Trainee Pay Boost for Six Month Recruits
The House passed a bill to raise six month Army Reserve trainee pay from 50 to 78 dollars monthly. The change would be retroactive and aimed for before April 1, 1956 as the first group completes active duty. Training for about 800 men from Oklahoma begins June 10 at Camp Chaffee Arkansas with Fort Sill in Oklahoma coordinating.
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House of Representatives
Army Reserve
Department of Defense
Army Times
Army Times Publishing Company
Department of the Army
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
No Sound Cattle Prop System Seen
Assistant Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz said no administration has found a sound and practical method to support cattle prices. He noted the cattle industry has traditionally opposed direct price supports or government controls. Butz testified before a House Agriculture subcommittee about the decline in cattle prices and related industry issues.
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Washington
Earl L. Butz
Butz
House Agriculture
Area Men In Service Almus V Dickenson Visits Lawton
Almus V. Dickenson, who enlisted in the Navy here last December, is visiting Lawton on leave after recruit training. A former Lawton High student who later lived in Sterling, he will report to New London Connecticut after his leave for submarine training, according to Navy recruiters.
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Almus V. Dickenson
Navy
Lawton
Sterling
Dickenson
New London
Conn
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