Editors Note on Civil Rights Bill Prospects in Senate
The editorial notes optimism that a Civil Rights Bill would pass the Senate after House approval 297 to 97. It cites Senate filibuster threats by Stennis and Thurmond, with Holland criticizing the bill. The piece argues passage is likely and calls for presidential support despite protests, noting the bill would be a major step toward voting rights for Negro citizens.
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Mississippi
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South Carolina
Labor Day Holiday Sparks Route Travel Risk
Labor Day on September 2 signals a three day weekend with picnics and travel across Greater Miami where about 350,000 will be on the roads. The piece urges caution to prevent deaths, noting many ignore warnings each year and stressing that drivers risk their own lives and those of relatives.
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Miami
Veterans of Foreign Wars hold 58th Miami Beach convention
About 30 000 VFW members gathered in Miami Beach for their 58th annual convention enjoying the city’s facilities. Negro veterans and families attended, with Kelsey Pharr guiding tours. The parade was a highlight with 62 marching units and about 50 000 spectators.
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Miami Beach
United States
Kelsey Pharr
Exchange of pulpits in North Carolina church dispute
In North Carolina a White Canadian minister and a minister of Paticsan Methodist Church swapped wallets and parsonage for a month. The White minister, Rev Wilson Bridges, proposed the exchange.
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Paticsan
Wilson Bridges
Ambassadors of goodwill praised for Christian unity
Mr Bridges told Rev J S Nathaniel Tross editor of The Charlotte Post that leaving Canada felt risky yet life seemed a risk and he aimed to sow seeds of Christian love in good soil. Rev Raphael Michael said he has served 29 years as minister and 25 as ordained preacher and found welcome in every church visited.
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Bridges
J. S. Nathaniel Tross
Charlotte Post
Negro Weekly
Raphael Michael
Charlotte
Vacationing Clergy Return to Miami This Weekend
The Rev Elisha Clarke and Mrs Clarke plan to return from New York this weekend after a brief vacation. Fr James Hall, also on vacation, celebrated the 8 a m Mass at Church of the Incarnation last Sunday and Fr Clarke will again celebrate and preach at 8 a m at Church of the Incarnation and 10 30 a m at St Anns Hallandale. Our postal rates bill may not pass before Congress adjourns. if enacted it would raise first second and third class rates, with estimates surpassing 900000.
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Elisha Clarke
Clarke
New York
Miami
James Hall
Church of the Incarnation
Fr. Clarke
St. Ann’s Church
Hallandale
Congress
Metropolitan Atlanta population tops 900000 mark
The Metropolitan Planning Committee of Atlanta reported this week that the population of Greater Atlanta had surpassed the 900,000 mark.
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Atlanta, Ga
Greater
Atlanta
Sheriff warns on gas price sign sizing under state law
The Sheriff's Department cautions that price signs must display tens at least half the size of the main figure. Violations could bring jail time or fines up to $100, per state law.
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Sheriff’s Department
Meat Radiation Could Extend Room Temp Preservation
Dr. B S Sweigert of the American Meat Institute Foundation told the Amalgamated Conference that wrapped meat may be kept at room temperature for months on a commercial basis within three to five years. He cited radiation as a method to preserve meat longer.
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B. S. Sweigert
American Meat Institute Foundation
Haitian Government Recognized By Military Junta
The Haitian government was recognized after officials stated all requirements were met and international obligations fulfilled. The military junta remains in control with no opposition voiced to recognition, announced on the embassy’s recommendation.
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Haiti
Haijiian
Edison bulb Replica lights lab tests for century lifetime
A replica of Thomas Edison’s first lamp bulb was recently switched on in a laboratory setting. Researchers expect the bulb to burn for about 100 years, showcasing remarkable longevity for early electric lighting.
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