High Court Hears Final Argument on Segregation Today
The Supreme Court debated public school segregation in three cases from Virginia South Carolina and Kansas and heard the Delaware appeal on school integration. The Eisenhower administration urged a ruling that segregation violates the 14th Amendment while Virginia argued the issue lies with legislatures and not the high court.
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Knight 57 Today Governor Plans Quiet Birthday Workday
Sacramento LPI reports Governor Knight is 57 today with no party plans. Press Secretary Newton Stearns says the governor will spend the day working and has no public events scheduled.
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Mississippi House votes to abolish public schools
Mississippi lawmakers back a resolution to end the public school system and replace it with private schools, with Speaker Walter Sillers defending segregation as the aim. The plan seeks a $45 million program to equalize facilities and would place a constitutional amendment on March 30 1954 voting.
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Vicksburg Reopens After Tornado Disaster
Vicksburg Mississippi resumes normal life as stores reopen and debris are surveyed for victims. Death toll is 31 with areas possibly hiding more bodies beneath weakened structures. The $25 million disaster damaged the business district warehouse area and homes. 1500 engineers aided cleanup and Red Cross reports 1500 homeless.
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