Virginia court orders Prince Edward County to desegregate
A three judge court in Virginia ordered Prince Edward County to end racial segregation in its public schools. The court did not set a specific compliance deadline, allowing time for adjustment and rearrangement while urging nondiscriminatory admission with all deliberate speed. The ruling mirrors a related decision in Clarendon County South Carolina and follows the U.S. Supreme Court's desegregation edict.
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Prince Edward County
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
Special Court
Spottswood W. Robinson
Oliver Hill
Virginia
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Prince Edward
District Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Circuit
Armistead Dobie
Federal Dist
Albert V. Bryan
Sterling Hutcheson
Summerton
Clarendon County
S. C
Supreme Court
Capital Man Held On Murder Case
A 31 year old Oklahoma City man, C. D. Blackie Collier, is jailed without bond on murder charges in the death of Garvin county farmer John D. Venable. Collier pleaded innocent. prosecutors say Venable died after a beating. Collier admits taking a watch but denies taking money from Venable.
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Collier
Grigg
Garvin County
Burger
Venable
Bat
Lindsay
Garvin
Oklahoma City
Social Security Bill Passed House With Wide Margin
A Democrat sponsored measure expanding Social Security benefits for women and disabled workers passed the House 372 to 31, with 8 Democrats and 23 Republicans voting no. The bill lowers the female eligibility age to 62, allows disabled workers to receive benefits at age 50, extends coverage to about 200,000 professionals mainly dentists and lawyers, and would raise payroll taxes by ½ percent for both employer and employee. Time is tight as Congress heads toward a July 31 adjournment.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower Handles Mail During Geneva Conference Lull
President Eisenhower paused from Big Four talks at Geneva to review U S mail and documents on recent Congress actions. A courier plane delivered official papers to his Lake Geneva villa office where he worked after breakfast with his private secretary Mrs Ann Whitman.
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Geneva
Eisenhower
White House
Congress
Washington
Lake Geneva
United States
Ann Whitman
Strauss Pulls Switch First Atomic Electric Power Starts
West Milton N Y The free worlds first commercial atomic electric power is in use in upstate New York. Chairman Lewis Strauss of the Atomic Energy Commission pulled the switch launching several thousand kilowatts into the Niagara Mohawk grid. General Electric built the 12 500 kilowatt generator expected to produce about 10 000 kilowatts enough for as many as 35 000 homes. Mrs John Thoma of Ballston Spa used the atomic power to cook a hamburger. The ceremony at the AEC Knolls lab near Schenectady featured a 225 foot sphere housing the reactor.
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West Milton
N. Y
Free World
Upstate New York
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
General Electric Co
Niagara Mohawk
New York
John Thoma
Ballston Spa
Free Salk Vaccine Okayed By Senate
The Senate voted to provide free Salk anti polio vaccine for millions of children under 20 and expectant mothers. The measure would authorize government purchase and distribution via states with no means test and no set funding ceiling, while the House proposed funding for needy children and dollar for dollar state matching. The vote followed criticism of Cutter Labs and calls for action on public health.
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Fred
Hoffman
Washington
Senate
House
Commerce Committee
Sen
Morse
Dore
Sen. Welker
Ridaho
Public Health Service
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Welker
Cutter
Idaho
Hill
D-Ala
Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Congressional Appropriations Committees
Power Line Tragedy Kills Four in Louisiana Rainfall
In Alexandria Louisiana a power line fell during a rainstorm, killing Y E Tillman 36 a truck line operator William Brosette 23 dairy truck driver William L Voorhies 33 dairy fleet supervisor and Voorhies daughter Linda Carolyn 6. Voorhies son William Jr. 5 was treated for minor burns. A passing motorist Tillman also died while helping.
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Alexandria
la PA
Y. E. Tillman
William Brosette
William L. Voorhies
Voorhies
Linda Carolyn
William Jr
Brosettes
Woman Ends Hunger Strike Over Draft Laws
CORAL GABLES Fla Mrs Martha Blumenbach ended a three day hunger strike by sipping milk. She began Friday after her dentist son Thomas Blumenbach 26 joined the U S Public Health Service to serve in the armed forces. Her husband Earl summoned friends to persuade her to eat and regain health.
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Coral Gables
Fla
Martha Blumenbach
Earl
Thomas Blumenbach
U. S. Public Health Service
Savannah
Public Health Service
Armed Forces
New England Sees Cool Air Amid Warm Broad Weather
The Associated Press reports a cooling trend in New England New York and northern Great Lakes while much of the area from the Rockies to the Atlantic Coast remains warm and humid. Nighttime temps mostly in the 70s with cooler pockets near Canadian air. mild warmth in the Northern Plains and Mississippi Valley. few wet areas and scattered thunderstorms in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys the Southern Plains Northern Rockies and the Arizona desert.
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New England
New York State
Great Lakes
Rockies
Atlantic Coast
Canada
Northern
Plains
Middle
Mississippi Valley
Ohio
Middle Mississippi
Southern Plains
Arizona Desert
Beach Opening Plan Faces Racial Advisory Panel
Florida City votes to study opening its ocean beach to Negroes after 125 residents petition for city policy clarity. A three member interracial advisory committee will select members, with equal white and Negro representation, to explore options.
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Florida City Studies
Daytona Beach
Fla.p
Ocean Beach
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