Senate confirms Harlan paving way for school segregation ruling
Senate confirmation of John Marshall Harlan as associate justice clears the way for early action on public school segregation. The court plans to set hearings to determine how and when states will abolish separate white and Negro schools. The appointment, opposed by some Democrats and Republicans, makes Harlan the third Republican on the court alongside Warren and Burton.
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Supreme Court
High Court
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Robert H. Jackson
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New York
Sine Democrats
South
U.S. Cicuit Court of Appeals
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Eisenhower
Earl Warren
Harold H. Burton
Sinclair Plans New Tests on Shale Oil
Sinclair Research Laboratories plans a new series of field tests on its controlled fire method to recover oil from shale formations. For two years the subsidiary has tested on a 7000 acre Rifle Colorado site with shafts sunk into rock and fires maintained to heat and dislodge oil for pumping to the surface.
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Sinclair Oil Corp
Rifle
Colo
FBI Probing Vandalism in Phone Strike
The FBI joined union and company officials in probing vandalism tied to a four day old Southern Bell strike affecting about 30,000 workers in the southeast. Damage reports mounted as talks sought a new contract. a government cable cut in West Palm Beach drew FBI attention. CIO CW A district director urged members to join efforts to keep the strike on principle and high plane.
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FBI
Haslé
Southern Bell Telephone Co
West Palm Beach
Fla
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Smallwood
Yalta Papers Shock Britons Stir Anger Over Hong Kong
James F. Rings reports Britons shocked and angered by the Yalta Papers. Roosevelt's proposal to turn Hong Kong over to China and to exclude Britain from Korea’s postwar administration sparked criticism and fear of hindering Big Three talks. Churchill and Eden warned against open covenants and secret deals, stressing privacy for top-level talks. The public misgivings centered on trust in diplomatic secrets and implications for postwar strategy.
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Yalta
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Hong Kong
China
Foreign Office
Washington
Talis
Labor Party
Revel
Far East
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Hong Hong
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Korea
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Eden
Army to Expand Student Visits to Anti Aircraft Batteries
About 1,000 students from Oxon Hill High School visited two anti aviation batteries near Washington. Lectures and demonstrations on artillery and radar were planned. If successful, the program may expand to other areas as part of Army outreach. Moscow Radio and Le Figaro reported on Washington’s announcement with varied emphasis while West Berlin papers ran front pages without comment.
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