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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1955
Page
2
The District of Columbia, South Carolina and Virginia cases will be argued Tuesday. Attorneys for the Negro parents will present their stand, with each side allotted one hour.
The attorney general voices caution about federal court rulings on school integration, urging local control through thousands of local boards rather than centralized Washington decision making. He stresses minority rights must be protected while honoring majority will.
The Supreme Court prepares three days of hearings on ending racial segregation in public schools. Southern and border states warn of a shock effect from immediate integration while Negro groups push for swift totals. The Eisenhower administration urges a middle course considering long standing state practices. The court's historic 1954 decision outlawed separate but equal.
An enlarged 44 page booklet titled Rheumatism offers non surgical non medical treatment and claims to provide lasting relief rather than drugs. The Ball Clinic in Excelsior Springs Missouri invites requests with no obligation to receive the free issue.
AUSTIN April 9 Texas Atty Gen John Ben Shepperd left for Washington to urge the U S Supreme Court to be cautious on desegregation decree effects and defer to local school authorities. He noted Texas is not a party but participates in explaining state desegregation issues after the high court's May 17 1954 ruling that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.
A AP survey shows private doctors may charge 9 to 15 dollars for the three shot polio series with the vaccine paid by physicians and the first through fourth graders receiving free inoculations if approved. Availability is expected around late April with fees varying by city and supplier.
Fifteen year old Barbara Cotter and sixteen year old Kenneth Brown wed at St Mark's Episcopal Cathedral with help from Salt Lake City social workers and the detention home staff. The teens, who met in Oyster Bay High School, financed the plan by selling a trombone and saving $240, borrowed gowns and a suit, and planned to finish high school with hopes for college. The ceremony was performed by Rev Elvin R Gallagher with about 50 attendees, including the director Kenneth A Griffiths and assistant Claude C Dean.
Police and the FBI say they mapped a master plan to hunt three men who robbed a Queens Chase Manhattan Bank branch of 305000 dollars. The two hour conference included Police Commissioner Adams and FBI New York chief James Kelly. suspects include Redmond Cribbin Archie Stewart and Joseph Kress.
The Lubbock Chamber of Commerce industrial week committee meets at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the chamber building to review last week's observance of Texas Industrial Week in the city. Edgar Lewis chairs the group with Forrest Lindsey as vice chair and a list of members including M. J. Aderton Mark Anderson Allen Ater Herbert Brown J. E. Hancock Roy James Raymond King Bill Pendley Marvin Poor Jack Shaw Charles Signor and Rex Webster.
Striking Frary and Clark Co. employees in New Britain Conn will stage an Easter Parade Sunday. Female union members will wear Easter finery and march before the plant with dainty picket signs featuring an Easter motif.
The advertisement touts Kellogg's All-Bran as a natural fiber cereal that stays crunchy in milk and aids constipation by adding bulk to the diet. It claims nine daily body-building components and encourages a ten day trial with a money back double-your-money offer from Kellogg's of Battle Creek Michigan.
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