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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1956

Page

18

Dixie Church Closed Ten Months After Negro Priest Rejected

Arch Bishop Joseph Rummel says Jesuit Bend Little Roman Catholic Mission remains closed ten months after parishioners refused a negro priest. He notes delays in Catholic school integration planned for 1956 and postponed to September 1957. Parishioners attend mother church or nearby stations. elder members distrust new integration.

New Orleans Joseph Francis Rummel Rummel Gerald Lewis Little Mission Clement Meyer Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church Jesuit Bend Mission

Judge ac-quits man over raccoon hat remark in court

Brockton report states Judge Anthony Kupka acquits Gordon H. Sealy Jr. after he claimed shooting a raccoon to skin and make a hat for himself. The judge also notes a mass at the mother church with racial seating, placing Negroes and whites on separate sides.

Brockton, Mass Anthony Kupka Gordon H. Sealy Jr

Divorce Plea After Abusive Drill Attack in Superior Court

The case details a South Portlander Théron N Colbath accused of cruel treatment. She testified in superior court that she was struck with an electric drill, suffering injuries to both legs, as part of an abusive marriage situation.

Portland Maine

Speed Flier Hanes Wins Mackay Trophy at Pentagon

Col Horace A. Hanes, director of flight tests at Edwards AFB, received the Mackay Trophy from Gen Nathan Twining in a Pentagon ceremony. Hanes set a world speed record of 822.135 mph in an F100C on Aug 20, 1955, in straight and level flight. he hails from West Lafayette Indiana.

Washington UP Horace A. Hanes Hanes Air Research and Development Command Edwards Air Force Base Calif Nathan Twining Air Chiefly Pentagon Clarence H. Mackay Mackay Radio Corp West Lafayvette Ind

Capt Fischer Joins List of Guests for Iowa Picnic

Air Force Capt Harold Fischer once jailed in Korea joins a guest list for a Saturday Iowa picnic in Recreation Park. Gov Leo Hoegh and party including Maj Gen A C Pandy arrive by plane with Sen B B Hickenlooper and Sen Thomas E Martin among others. Hoeghs bring along a tow corn to share.

Air Force Harold Fischer Korea Iowa Recreation Park Leo. Hoegh Mayshell. Craig Les Hoegh A. C. Pandy Dulles Thomas E. Martin West Hoeghs Craig

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