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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1956
Page
2
Chicago authorities detain 12 year old Anthony Till after he stows away on a Dallas bound flight via St Louis and bus ride to the airport. He provides inconsistent family details as investigators verify his story and call the incident a juvenile case.
Dallas dispatch reports an NAACP action seeks contempt citations against two Texas school officials in a high profile desegregation case. A state court restraining order targets the NAACP, while federal proceedings promise a courtroom clash over school integration. Simpson Tate, NAACP leader, faces pressure amid efforts to seat Negro and white students together. A Tyler court hearing tallies the next steps as officials contend propriety was overstepped.
Seniors 60 to 80 can apply for a $1000 life insurance policy to cover final expenses with no burden on family. Complete by mail through Old American Life Insurance Co. in Kansas City. No obligation, no calls. Send a postcard or letter for free information to 3 W 9th St Dept Laq2A Kansas City Mo. Ad.
A homespun apple pie recipe highlights plump apples and fragrant spice. The October issue of Metter Homer & Gardens promotes the bake at home classic with a call to pick up the magazine wherever magazines are sold.
In La Paz violence linked to the Falange hunger march ends with several dead and many arrested. Police blame the Falange and a Carlos Victor Aramago faction for attacks on La Nacion newspaper and state radio. Government says additional assaults occurred at the transit office as unrest spreads.
The fragmentary TV log mentions names and times in unclear order. It hints at programs or schedules with scattered odd words and possible descriptors. No coherent event or outcome is identifiable from the readable text.
Anvil Products Inc will build a manufacturing plant at Greggton Texas to serve southwestern and mid continent markets. James R Mellroy vice president of the parent and Texas subsidiary said the site was chosen after surveys of East Texas. The plant will manufacture and distribute steel pipe couplings for the oil and gas sector.
In a concise list Nadine Seltzer notes the four holidays recognized nationwide: New Year’s Day Independence Day Labor Day Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. The piece emphasizes these days as common across the 48 states.
In Nicosia on September 3 the French halted their Suez crisis buildup on Cyprus. A French military spokesman cited the threat of war over the Suez Canal as the reason, saying a long awaited paratrooper deployment to the British colony is unlikely unless the Suez situation worsens.
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