Segregation Foe at School Told to Quit
The Monticello Methodist Church board demands Rev Thaxton Springfield resign as Wesley Foundation director at the University of Florida over his support for ending racial segregation at the school. The board cites not questioning his character but says his views could confuse youth.
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Monticello, Fla.1
Monticello
Quaker Society of Friends
Student Baptist
Episcopal
Board of Control
World War II Deserter Given 25 Years at Hard Labor
Arthur Athans, 35, of Steuben Vermont, deserting in December 1944 after prior AWOL convictions, is sentenced by a court martial to 25 years at hard labor with dishonorable discharge and forfeiture of pay. His wife Marjorie testified that she knew nothing of the desertion until his arrest. The case highlights wartime discipline as another soldier, Clayton Robinson of Glasgow Montana, received 10 years for 11 years AWOL.
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New York
Arthur Athans
Stee N
Athans
Governors Island
Marjorie
Joseph Trainor
Jamestown
Fort Knox
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Clayton
Robinson
Glasgow
Mont
Camp Hanford
Washington
Eleanor
Ftord
Calif
Livingston
Clynlean
George L. Grobe Sr
Buffalo
Army
Joseph B. Fazzano
U.S
Twentynine Palms Banker Granted $25,000 Bail
Roscoe D. Coon, 46, vice president and cashier of the Joshua Monument National Bank in Twentynine Palms, is free on $25,000 bail pending a August 19 preliminary hearing on a federal embezzlement charge. An audit revealed a $687,000 shortage. the bank was closed and Coon’s six race horses were suspended by Del Mar officials. Coon denied the charge and will return to his Altadena home.
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San Diego
UPI
Roscoe D. Coon
Coon
Joshua Monument
National Bank of
del Mar
China Savant Decides on Return to Communist China
The liner President Wilson stops with 26 Chinese aboard including Hsieh Chia Lin a Stanford trained nuclear physicist undecided about returning to Communist China. Purser Yuen Lee says Hsieh avoids interview while seeking possible return and inquires about U S return amid family illness in the United States.
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San Francisco
United States
Boy Fires Rifle Wounds Neighbor Killing Woman
Oklahoma City police report a 16-year-old boy fired a .22 rifle into an old shed behind his home. The bullet went through the shed wall and struck 57-year-old Mrs. Mable Carrell, killing her. The boy, Joe Chafin, was taken into custody. no charges filed yet.
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Okla
Homa County
Sarah Chafin
Mable Carrell
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Chafin
Turner
Any
Joe Chafin
Rus
Bob Turner
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