Negro preacher to stay in Prichard council race
In Prichard Alabama 68 year old Negro minister Ray Joshua Barney says he will continue his bid for a City Council seat after four bullets were fired into his home early Friday. He is the first Black candidate among eighteen seeking five council seats in Monday’s election amid threats and calls for unity. Barney, a carpenter, says he will not yield to violence as Prichard, near Mobile, with 20 000 residents and over 5 000 voters, 10 percent of whom are Black.
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New Orleans School Bans Race Booklet
New Orleans Parish School Supt James F Redmond ordered removal of the controversial booklet The Rabbit Brothers from public schools after the Citizens Council attacked it as brainwashing students on racial integration. Two copies were found at La Salle White Elementary. the B nai B rith Anti Defamation League defended it.
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Russ Reports Aid Navy on Arctic Duty
Rear Adm George C Towner credited Russian weather reports with aiding the 1956 Arctic supply mission. He said radio reports to Anchorage helped the fleet navigate hazardous seas and supply DEW line radar bases guarding the pole. The weather data included wind direction, temperatures and other details.
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Registrations Rise at University of California Berkeley
First day registrations at the University of California increased four percent from the previous year, with total registrations estimated at 18,395, seven percent higher than last year.
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