Three Negroes Ready To Enter North Carolina U
Three Negro students, Leroy Frasier 17 Ralph Frasier 16 and John L Brandon 18, were admitted to the University of North Carolina as undergraduates becoming the first of their race to enroll in the 166 year old institution. They will commute from Durham and take aptitude tests before classes. LSU rejected two undergraduate applicants Tureaud and White while admitting graduate and professional students under a court order. Arkansas Tech and Henderson State Teachers College each admitted one Negro undergraduate for the fall term.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
University of North Carolina
Leroy Frasier
Ralph
John L. Brandon
Durham
Hillside High School
Louisiana State University
A.P. Tureaud Jr
LSU
Toler White
Independence
Southern University
College of Commerce
Arkansas
Arkansas Tech
Russellville
Henderson State Teachers College
Arkadelphia
Westinghouse Stud ies CIO Pay Demands
Westinghouse Electric Corp began studying wage demands from the CIO IUE as a three day strike idled 43,000 workers at 27 plants in nine states. The union seeks a substantial raise. current average pay is $2.10 hourly. Local 601 at East Pittsburgh voted to end the strike after the conference board approved a settlement adding time study discussions to wage talks.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
CIO International Union of Eelectrical
East Pittsburgh
Cioiue
Westinghouse
IUE
James B. Carey
Carey
Fresno cab cleaner plans ranch for delinquent children
Frank C. Bente, a Fresno taxi company worker, proposed to a Texas widow with 12 children after reading a local story about uniting his large family. He envisions buying a ranch to house and educate distressed youths, saying a child helped is a crime prevented. He aims to marry soon once she returns.
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Fresno
Calif
Frank C. Bente
Bente
Clara Margerum
Dallas
Tex
Beate
Clara Patterson
Clever Thief Flees Minus His Pants
Honolulu resident Kazuo Asato saw a burglar rifling a money jar then chased him. The thief fled into a second house and changed clothes, but was caught by a cop in his underwear after the homeowner woke. The wallet and pants remained behind as evidence.
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Honolulu
Kazuo Asato
Charles J. Kato
Hugh Whitford
Sweet potato weighs six and a half pounds in Rock Hill
In Rock Hill yesterday C. H J E Wright displayed a sweet potato measuring 18 inches long and weighing about six and a half pounds, drawing attention at the local display.
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Rock Hill
J. E. Wright
Police forbid Jacksonville cops from reserves enlistment
Asst. Chief W A Miller barred any more Jacksonville police from joining the reserves or National Guard. He as a colonel commanding an Army reserve battalion said recruitment had reduced patrol staffing on drill nights.
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Jacksonville
Fla.p
W. A. Miller
National Guard
Miller
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Xavier
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Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Rockies
North Pacific States
Florida
Plains
Everest & Jennings
W. F
Bill
Glasgow
Southwestern Radio & Sound
4Th & E
Windsheild
Fobeliiget
Lawton
SEARS
Fen
Fort Sill
T. V. Center
Motorola
Chamois
Pilgrim
Bayville Jr
Army
Nis
N.W
Oklahoma
Pine
Maple
Provincial
Heywood-Wakefield
Hibriton
O’hearn
Bassett
Shaw
Kingsley
Colonial Craft
Shockey, Savage
S.W. Oklahoma
Futorian
Karpen
Flexsteel
Decorators Studios
International
Hibriten
Selig
Lightolier
Cache Road Furniture CO
Cache Road
Gore
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