NAACP Denied Role In Tulsa School Integration Suit
US District Judge Fred Daugherty set July 27 as the deadline for a merits hearing on an integration plan in Tulsa. He denied the Tulsa NAACP's bid to intervene, despite Julius Pegues saying black residents oppose closing mostly black schools and want a voice before a ruling.
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Tulsa
Okla
US Dist
Fred Daugherty
Daugherty
Tulsa National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Tulsa Board of Education
Julius Pegues
Tulsa Naacp
Board of Education
Americans cash about twenty two billion checks a year
Report notes that Americans cash roughly 22 billion checks annually across banks and merchants. It highlights the widespread reliance on paper payments and the ongoing use of checks in commerce.
Fire Destroys Durant Stockyards Firm
Durant stockyards owner Y Spence of Madill said the fire on Tuesday afternoon caused at least 150000 in damage with replacement costs around 450000. Fire departments Civil Defense and Highway Patrol fought the blaze for about three hours. The barn and stock pens were destroyed, 12 hogs were killed, and a welder portable welder and pickup were ruined.
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Y. Spence
Madill
Highway Patrol
Durant
Civil Defense Workers
Franklin proposed turkey as national emblem over eagle
A historical note recalls Benjamin Franklin favoring the turkey as the United States national emblem instead of the bald eagle. He praised the turkey as a hardy native bird and questioned the eagle’s moral character.
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Benjamin Franklin
Turkey
United States
Katyn massacre tale raises old wartime claims
A Haifa resident tells Maariv he spoke with Soviet soldiers who claimed involvement in the Katyn forest killings of about 10,000 Polish officers. The account includes a Soviet major denying, under secrecy, his role and a later emigration to Israel. The report notes prior inquiries and contested blame between the Soviets and Nazis. A second brief mentions Dallas seniors gaining discounted transit passes during off peak hours on a six month trial for county residents with photo IDs.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Abraham Vidra
Haifa
Maariv
Katyn
Smolensk
U.S. Congress
Red Army
Poland
Starobelsk
Ukraine
Vidra
Joshua Sorokin
Dallas
Dallas County
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Alexander Suslov
Samyon Tichonov
Suslov
Tichonov
Cor
Russia
Taliza
Katya
Fedders
Friedrich Room
Friedrich
HeiTer
Ny Ae
Roo
Wiest Auto Service
WARDS
Haystack
Sheridan Mall
Shop Southwest
Oklahoma
DEPT
Sheridan & Gere
Ant
Bay Auto Center
Flore
Accomodation Center
Montgomery
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